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MOLECULAR MEDICINE REPORTS
卷 15, 期 5, 页码 2574-2582出版社
SPANDIDOS PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2017.6318
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telmisartan; cardiomyocyte hypertrophy; nuclear factor of activated T-cells nuclear translocation; atrial natriuretic peptide; apoptosis
Telmisartan, a type of angiotensin II (Ang II) receptor inhibitor, is a common agent used to treat hypertension in the clinic. Hypertension increases cardiac afterload and promotes cardiac hypertrophy. However, the ventricular Ang II receptor may be activated in the absence of hypertension. Therefore, telmisartan may reduce cardiac hypertrophy by indirectly ameliorating hypertensive symptoms and directly inhibiting the cardiac Ang II receptor. Nuclear factor of activated T-cells (NFAT) contributes to cardiac hypertrophy via nuclear translocation, which induces a cascade of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and brain/B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) expression and cardiomyocyte apoptosis. However, NFAT-mediated inhibition of cardiac hypertrophy by telmisartan remains poorly understood. The present study demonstrated that telmisartan suppressed cardiomyocyte hypertrophy in a mouse model of cardiac afterload and in cultured cardiomyocytes by inhibiting NFAT nuclear translocation, as well as by inhibiting ANP and BNP expression and cardiomyocyte apoptosis, in a dose-dependent manner. The present study provides a novel insight into the potential underlying mechanisms of telmisartan-induced inhibition of cardiomyocyte hypertrophy, which involves inhibition of NFAT activation, nuclear translocation and the ANP/BNP cascade.
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