Long-term amiodarone treatment causes cardioselective hypothyroid-like alteration in gene expression profile
Long-term amiodarone treatment causes cardioselective hypothyroid-like alteration in gene expression profile
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DOI:
10.1016/j.ejphar.2007.09.039
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发表时间:
2008-01-14
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5
通讯作者:
Kodama, Itsuo
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作者:
Shi, Rong-qian;Lee, Jong-Kook;Kodama, Itsuo
The long-term cardiac effects of amiodarone resemble many aspects of hypothyroidism. The anti-arrhythmic potential of amiodarone may therefore be the result of a drug-induced, local hypothyroid-like condition. To investigate this controversial issue, we compared gene expression profiles in the hearts of rats treated with amiodarone with those of rats with hypothyroidism. Wistar male rats were assigned to 3 groups (n = 6-8): Control, systemic hypothyroidism (Hypothyroidism) and amiodarone treatment (Amiodarone, 150 mg/kg/day, p.o., 4 weeks). Electrocardiogram (ECG) recordings, gene profiling by DNA microarray and Northern blotting were carried out. Amiodarone, like Hypothyroidism, caused significant prolongation of RR and QT intervals in ECGs. Microarray analysis of 8435 genes in the left ventricular myocardium revealed a significant similarity in expression profiles between Hypothyroidism and Amiodarone (R=0.63, p