Journal
CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH
Volume 85, Issue 4, Pages 763-772Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvp364
Keywords
Natriuretic peptides; Phosphodiesterases; Beta-adrenoceptors; Heart failure; Cyclic nucleotides
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Funding
- Norwegian Council on Cardiovascular Disease
- Research Council of Norway
- Center for Heart Failure Research
- Anders Jahre's Foundation for the Promotion of Science
- Novo Nordisk Foundation
- The Family Blix foundation
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Whereas natriuretic peptides increase cGMP levels with beneficial cardiovascular effects through protein kinase G, we found an unexpected cardio-excitatory effect of C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) through natriuretic peptide receptor B (NPR-B) stimulation in failing cardiac muscle and explored the mechanism. Heart failure was induced in male Wistar rats by coronary artery ligation. Contraction studies were performed in left ventricular muscle strips. Cyclic nucleotides were measured by radio- and enzyme immunoassay. Apoptosis was determined in isolated cardiomyocytes by Annexin-V/propidium iodide staining and phosphorylation of phospholamban (PLB) and troponin I was measured by western blotting. Stimulation of NPR-B enhanced beta(1)-adrenoceptor (beta(1)-AR)-evoked contractile responses through cGMP-mediated inhibition of phosphodiesterase 3 (PDE3). CNP enhanced beta(1)-AR-mediated increase of cAMP levels to the same extent as the selective PDE3 inhibitor cilostamide and increased beta(1)-AR-stimulated protein kinase A activity, as demonstrated by increased PLB and troponin I phosphorylation. CNP promoted cardiomyocyte apoptosis similar to inhibition of PDE3 by cilostamide, indicative of adverse effects of NPR-B signalling in failing hearts. An NPR-B-cGMP-PDE3 inhibitory pathway enhances beta(1)-AR-mediated responses and may in the long term be detrimental to the failing heart through mechanisms similar to those operating during treatment with PDE3 inhibitors or during chronic beta-adrenergic stimulation.
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