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CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHARMACOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 37, Issue 2, Pages E70-E77Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2009.05315.x
Keywords
angiotensin-converting enzyme; AT(1) receptor; atrial natriuretic peptide; cardiac hypertrophy; fibrosis; gene expression; gene knockout; guanylyl cyclase/natriuretic peptide receptor-A; pro-inflammatory cytokines
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- National Institutes of Health [HL-57531, HL-62147]
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1. Understanding of the regulatory mechanisms of gene expression in the control of blood pressure and fluid volume is a key issue in cardiovascular medicine. Guanylyl cyclase/natriuretic peptide receptor-A (GC-A/NPRA) signalling antagonizes the physiological and pathophysiological effects mediated by the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) in the regulation of cardiovascular homeostasis. 2. The targeted-disruption of the Npr1 gene (coding for GC-A/PRA) leads to activation of the cardiac RAAS involved in the hypertrophic remodelling process, which influences cardiac size, expression of pro-inflammatory cytokine genes and the behaviour of various hypertrophy marker genes. The Npr1 gene-knockout (Npr1(-/-)) mice exhibit 35-40 mmHg higher systolic blood pressure and a significantly greater heart weight to bodyweight ratio than wild-type (Npr1(+/+)) mice. 3. The expression of both angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) and angiotensin II AT(1a) receptors are significantly increased in hearts from Npr1(-/-) mice compared with hearts from Npr1(+/+) mice. In parallel, the expression of interleukin-6 and tumour necrosis factor-alpha is also markedly increased in hearts from Npr1(-/-) mice. 4. These findings indicate that disruption of NPRA/cGMP signalling leads to augmented expression of the cardiac RAAS in conjunction with pro-inflammatory cytokines in Npr1-null mutant mice, which promotes the development of cardiac hypertrophy and remodelling.
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