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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE
Volume 26, Issue 1, Pages 159-164Publisher
SPANDIDOS PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm_00000448
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calpain; calcineurin; congestive heart failure
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- PLA [06MB188]
- Medical Scientific Research Program of PLA Chengdu Military Area Command [MB09023]
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The angiotensin (Ang) II/Ang II receptor (ATR)-associated calcium signaling pathway is the major cause of ventricular remodelling in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). However, the calcium-regulated proteinases responsible for Ang II-induced remodelling are not well understood. We investigated the profiles of the Ang II/ATR/calpain/calcineurin (CaN) pathway in human failing heart. We measured both the plasma and cardiac levels of Ana II and cardiac mRNA expression of ATR in 39 patients with CHF and 38 healthy controls. Importantly, protein expression of calpains, cleavage of cain/cabin1 and activity of CaN were tested. Both plasma and cardiac levels of Ang II were significantly increased in patients with CHF (both p<0.01), and the plasma Ang II concentration was closely correlated with the parameters of ventricular remodelling (r=+/-0.29-0.65, p<0.05 or <0.01). In addition, the cardiac level of AT1R but not AT2R was significantly upregulated in mild failing hearts (p<0.05) but dramatically downregulated in severe failing. ones (p<0.01). CHF was associated with a marked upreaulation of calpains, an increased cleavage of cain/cabin1, and the activation of CaN in the failing ventricular tissue. In patients with CHF, calpain upregulation was associated with an increase in cleavage of cain/cabin1 and the activation of CaN, indicating that these changes in calcium-regulated proteinases contribute to Ang II-induced cardiac remodelling.
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