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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-12-12
pubmed:abstractText
c-Myc, a protooncogene, mediates both proliferative and cellular growth in many cell types. Although not expressed in the adult heart under normal physiological conditions, Myc expression is rapidly upregulated in response to hypertrophic stimuli. Although Myc is capable of sustaining hyperplastic growth in fetal myocytes, the effects of its re-expression in adult postmitotic myocardium and its role in mediating cardiac hypertrophy are unknown. To determine the effects of de novo Myc activity in adult postmitotic myocardium in vivo, we created a novel transgenic model in which Myc is expressed and inducibly activated specifically in cardiac myocytes. Activation of Myc in adult myocardium was sufficient to reproduce the characteristic changes in myocyte size, protein synthesis, and cardiac-specific gene expression seen in cardiac hypertrophy. Despite the increased cardiac mass, left ventricular function remained normal. Activation of Myc also provoked cell cycle reentry in postmitotic myocytes, which led to increased nuclei per myocyte and DNA content per nuclei.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1524-4571
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
7
pubmed:volume
89
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1122-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11739276-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11739276-Cardiomegaly, pubmed-meshheading:11739276-Cell Cycle, pubmed-meshheading:11739276-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:11739276-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:11739276-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:11739276-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:11739276-Heart, pubmed-meshheading:11739276-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11739276-Ligands, pubmed-meshheading:11739276-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11739276-Mice, Inbred C3H, pubmed-meshheading:11739276-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:11739276-Myocardium, pubmed-meshheading:11739276-Myosin Heavy Chains, pubmed-meshheading:11739276-Organ Size, pubmed-meshheading:11739276-Organ Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:11739276-Ploidies, pubmed-meshheading:11739276-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc, pubmed-meshheading:11739276-Receptors, Estrogen, pubmed-meshheading:11739276-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11739276-Tamoxifen, pubmed-meshheading:11739276-Up-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:11739276-Ventricular Myosins
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Inducible activation of c-Myc in adult myocardium in vivo provokes cardiac myocyte hypertrophy and reactivation of DNA synthesis.
pubmed:affiliation
Cardiovascular Research Laboratories, Department of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, Friederich-Wilhelms University of Bonn, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't