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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
48
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-11-24
pubmed:abstractText
Evidence from several rodent models has suggested that a reduction of either atrial natriuretic peptide or its receptor in the heart affects cardiac remodeling by promoting the onset of cardiac hypertrophy. The atrial natriuretic peptide receptor mediates signaling at least in part via the generation of intracellular cyclic GMP. To directly test whether accumulation of intracellular cyclic GMP conveys protection against cardiac hypertrophy, we engineered transgenic mice that overexpress a catalytic fragment of constitutively active guanylate cyclase domain of the atrial natriuretic peptide receptor in a cardiomyocyte-specific manner. Expression of the transgene increased the intracellular concentration of cyclic GMP specifically within cardiomyocytes and had no detectable effect on cardiac performance under basal conditions. However, expression of the transgene attenuated the effects of the pharmacologic hypertrophic agent isoproterenol on cardiac wall thickness and prevented the onset of the fetal gene expression program normally associated with cardiac hypertrophy. Likewise, expression of the transgene inhibited the hypertrophic effects of abdominal aortic constriction, since it abolished its effects on ventricular wall thickness and greatly attenuated its effects on cardiomyocyte size. Altogether, our results suggest that cyclic GMP is a cardioprotective agent against hypertrophy that acts via a direct local effect on cardiomyocytes.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
28
pubmed:volume
278
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
47694-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14500707-Adenylate Cyclase, pubmed-meshheading:14500707-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:14500707-Aorta, pubmed-meshheading:14500707-Blood Pressure, pubmed-meshheading:14500707-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:14500707-COS Cells, pubmed-meshheading:14500707-Cyclic GMP, pubmed-meshheading:14500707-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:14500707-Echocardiography, pubmed-meshheading:14500707-Guanylate Cyclase, pubmed-meshheading:14500707-Hypertrophy, pubmed-meshheading:14500707-Isoproterenol, pubmed-meshheading:14500707-Male, pubmed-meshheading:14500707-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:14500707-Mice, Inbred C3H, pubmed-meshheading:14500707-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:14500707-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:14500707-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:14500707-Myocardium, pubmed-meshheading:14500707-Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:14500707-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:14500707-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:14500707-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:14500707-Receptors, Atrial Natriuretic Factor, pubmed-meshheading:14500707-Tissue Distribution, pubmed-meshheading:14500707-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:14500707-Transgenes
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Expression of constitutively active guanylate cyclase in cardiomyocytes inhibits the hypertrophic effects of isoproterenol and aortic constriction on mouse hearts.
pubmed:affiliation
Experimental Cardiovascular Biology Unit, Canadian Institutes for Health Research Multidisciplinary Research Group in Hypertension, Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal, Montréal, Québec H2W 1R7, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't