CARDIAC MYOCYTE HYPERTROPHY IS ASSOCIATED WITH C-MYC PROTOONCOGENE EXPRESSION
CARDIAC MYOCYTE HYPERTROPHY IS ASSOCIATED WITH C-MYC PROTOONCOGENE EXPRESSION
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.83.21.8348
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发表时间:
1986-11-01
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
WILLIAMS, LT
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作者:
STARKSEN, NF;SIMPSON, PC;WILLIAMS, LT
The mechanism of hormonally induced cell hypertrophy is unknown. Stimulation of cardiac myocytes by .alpha.1-adrenergic agents, phorbol esters, and serum induces an increase in the cell size of nondividing cardiac myocytes in primary culture. Expression of the c-myc gene, known to be increased in growth factor-induced cell division, was studied in this model of cell hypertrophy. The .alpha.-adrenergic agonist norepinephrine (0.002-20 .mu.M) increased levels of c-myc-encoded mRNA to 10-fold over control levels. This increase was detectable at 30 min, peaked at 2 hr, and returned to baseline by 6 hr after stimulation. The norepinephrine response was abolished by the .alpha.1-antagonist terazosin (2 .mu.M) but was not affected by the .beta.-adrenergic antagonist propranolol (2 .mu.M) and was only slightly (25%) attenuated by the .alpha.2-adrenergic antagonist yohimbine (2 .mu.M). Serum and the phorbol ester tumor promoter phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate also enhanced c-myc expression in cardiac myocyte cultures. These findings show that the induction of cardiac myocyte hypertrophy is associated with enhanced expression of the c-myc gene and suggest that hormonally induced cell hypertrophy and cell division share common mechanistic pathways.