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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 476, Issue 12, Pages 4343-4349Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11010-021-04237-8
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Expression of K-ATP channels; SUR2; Aging; Hypertension; Myocardial remodeling
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- National Research Foundation of Ukraine [2020.01/0204]
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The study revealed the association between changes in K-ATP channel subunits and alterations in heart function and structure in spontaneously hypertensive rats, suggesting that the significant decrease in SUR2 expression may be one of the mechanisms of heart failure decompensation.
ATP-sensitive potassium (K-ATP) channels are participants of mechanisms of pathological myocardial remodeling containment. The aim of our work was to find the association of changes in the expression of Kir6.1, Kir6.2, SUR1, and SUR2 subunits of K-ATP channels with changes in heart function and structure during aging under conditions of the constant increase of vascular pressure. The experiments were carried out on young and old spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and Wistar rats. The expression levels of K-ATP channels subunits were determined using reverse transcription and quantitative PCR. It is shown that the mRNA expression level of Kir6.1 in young SHR rats is significantly lower (6.3-fold, p = 0.035) than that of young Wistar rats that may be one of the causes of arterial hypertension in SHR. At the same time, mRNA expression of both Kir6.1 and Kir6.2 in old SHR rats was significantly higher (6.8-fold, p = 0.003, and 5.9-fold, p = 0.006, respectively) than in young hypertensive animals. In both groups of old animals, SUR2 expression was significantly reduced compared to young animals, in Wistar rats at 3.87-fold (p = 0.028) and in SHR rats at 48.2-fold (p = 0.033). Changes in SUR1 expression were not significant. Thus, significant changes in the cardiovascular system, including impaired function and structure of the heart in old SHR rats, were associated with a significant decrease in SUR2 expression that may be one of the mechanisms of heart failure decompensation. Therefore, it can be assumed that increased expression of SUR2 may be one of the protective mechanisms against pathological myocardial remodeling.
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