α- and β-Adrenergic pathways differentially regulate cell type-specific apoptosis in rat cardiac myocytes
α- and β-Adrenergic pathways differentially regulate cell type-specific apoptosis in rat cardiac myocytes
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DOI:
10.1161/01.cir.100.3.305
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发表时间:
1999-07-20
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影响因子:
37.8
通讯作者:
Sasayama, S
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作者:
Iwai-Kanai, E;Hasegawa, K;Sasayama, S
Background-The apoptosis of cardiac myocytes may play a role in the development of heart failure. Norepinephrine is one of the factors activated in heart failure and can induce myocardial cell apoptosis in culture. However, it is unknown if alpha- and beta-adrenergic pathways coordinately or differentially regulate apoptosis and if this apoptotic pathway uses common or cell type-specific apoptotic signals.Methods and Results-We stimulated cultured neonatal rat cardiac myocytes with an alpha(1)-adrenergic agonist (PE, phenylephrine), a beta-adrenergic agonist (isoproterenol [Iso]) or a membrane-permeable cAMP analogue (8-Br-cAMP) in serum-free conditions for 48 hours. Iso and 8-Br-cAMP markedly increased the number of TUNEL-positive cells (%TUNEL-positive nuclei >40%) compared with saline stimulation (