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JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION
Volume 26, Issue 3, Pages 560-569Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e3282f343e1
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cardiomyocyte; contraction; hypertension; insulin resistance
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Objectives Vascular insulin resistance plays a crucial pathogenic role in the development of genetic hypertension. However, it is not known whether hypertension-associated myocardial insulin resistance also exists, and whether this is involved in the development of related diseases, such as hypertensive heart failure. The present study aimed to determine whether hypertension-associated myocardial insulin resistance exists, in addition to any underlying mechanism. Methods Ventricular myocytes were enzymatically isolated from male Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats or spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and myocyte shortening and intracellular Ca2+ transient were assessed, as was any signaling mechanism. Results Compared with WKY rats, insulin-stimulated myocardial glucose uptake was blunted in SHR. More importantly, the positive inotropic effect of insulin was significantly reduced in SHR myocytes. Moreover, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)gamma and phosphatidylinositol 3 (PI-3) kinase p85 expression and insulin-induced Akt phosphorylation were reduced in SHR cardiomyocytes, but were markedly restored when animals were treated with rosiglitazone for 14 days. Pretreatment with an Akt inhibitor abolished the inotropic effect induced by insulin in rosiglitazone-treated SHR cardiomyocytes. Conclusions The data obtained demonstrate that insulin resistance exists in SHR cardiomyocytes as manifested by both reduced insulin-stimulated glucose uptake and an impaired contractile response to insulin, which is attributable to decreased PPAR gamma expression and subsequent impairment in PI-3 kinase/Akt signaling.
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