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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-7-31
pubmed:abstractText
Cardiotrophin-1 (CT-1) was originally identified as a molecule capable of inducing cardiac hypertrophy. We show here that treatment of cultured neonatal cardiocytes with CT-1 induces enhanced synthesis of the heat shock proteins hsp70 and hsp90, with hsp70 levels being enhanced three-fold and hsp90 levels being enhanced seven-fold. Such CT-1-treated cells are protected against subsequent exposure to severe thermal or ischaemic stress, as assayed both by measures of total cell death, such as trypan blue exclusion and LDH release, and by measures of apoptosis, such as propidium-iodide-staining and TUNEL-labelling. Hence, CT-1 can induce the protective hsps and protect cardiac cells from diverse stresses.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0022-2828
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
849-55
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Cardiotrophin-1 induces heat shock protein accumulation in cultured cardiac cells and protects them from stressful stimuli.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Pathology, Windeyer Institute of Medical Sciences, University College London Medical School, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't