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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CARDIOLOGY
Volume 34, Issue 10, Pages 1377-1385Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.2002.2089
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heart failure; hypertrophy; hypertension; angiotensin II; protein kinase C
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- NIAAA NIH HHS [AA 11147] Funding Source: Medline
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The protein kinase C (PKC) family has been implicated as second messengers in mechanosensitive modulation of cardiac hypertrophy. However, little information is available on the role of expression and activation of specific cardiac PKC isozymes during development of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and failure (LVF). Dahl salt-sensitive rats fed an 8% salt diet developed systemic hypertension and concentric LVH at 11 weeks of age that is followed by left ventricle (LV) dilatation and global hypokinesis at 17 weeks. Among several PKC isozymes expressed in the LV myocardium, only PKCepsilon showed a 94% increase at the LVH stage. At the LVF stage, however, PKCepsilon returned to the control level, whereas PKCbetaI and betaII increased by 158% and 155%, respectively. Hearts were studied at each stage using the Langendorff set-up, and a LV balloon was inflated to achieve an equivalent diastolic wall stress. Following mechanical stretch, PKCepsilon was significantly activated in LVH myocardium in which tissue angiotensin II levels were increased by 59%. Pre-treatment with valsartan, an AT(1)-receptor blocker, abolished the stretch-mediated PKCepsilon activation. Mechanical stretch no longer induced PKCepsilon activation in LVF. Chronic administration of valsartan blunted the progression of LVF and inhibited the increase in PKCbeta. Mechanosensitive PKCepsilon activation is augmented and therefore may contribute to the development of compensatory hypertrophy. This effect was dependent on activation of tissue angiotensin II. However, this compensatory mechanism becomes inactive in LVF, where PKCbeta may participate in the progression to cardiac dysfunction and LV remodeling. (C) 2002 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.
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