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Dziemidowicz M, Bonda TA, Litvinovich S, Taranta A, Winnicka MM, Kamiński KA. The role of interleukin-6 in intracellular signal transduction after chronic β-adrenergic stimulation in mouse myocardium. Arch Med Sci 2019; 15:1565-1575. [PMID: 31749886 PMCID: PMC6855166 DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2019.89452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2017] [Accepted: 07/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Inflammatory mediators play an important role in development and progression of cardiovascular disease. Both adrenergic stimulation and high levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6) indicate an unfavorable outcome in patients with myocardial infarction or heart failure. Understanding the interaction between β-adrenergic stimulation and IL-6 in the myocardium may contribute to developing more effective treatments. The aim of this study was to verify the role of IL-6 in the effects of β-adrenergic stimulation in activating selected intracellular signaling pathways in mouse myocardium. MATERIAL AND METHODS Experiments were performed on 12-week-old male mice: 16 C57BL/6JIL6‑/‑TMKopf (IL-6 KO) and 17 C57BL/6J (WT). Animals received intraperitoneal injections of isoproterenol (ISO, 50 mg/kg) or placebo (0.9% NaCl) once a day for 16 days. The phosphorylation of STAT3 (signal transducer and activator of transcription 3), ERK1/2 (extracellular-regulated kinases 1/2), Akt1/2/3, p-38, c-Raf and expression of SOCS3 (suppressor of cytokine signaling 3), PIAS1/3 (protein inhibitors of activated STAT) was assessed by western blotting in the myocardium 24 h after the last injection. Evaluation of gene expression downstream of these pathways was performed by real-time PCR. RESULTS Chronic ISO treatment leads to increased fibrosis of the myocardium in mice lacking IL-6, which is accompanied by increased activity of ERK1/2, p38 and reduced expression of SOCS3. Administration of ISO in IL-6 KO animals intensified gene expression of proteins activated by MAPK/ERK (myc; CEBPB; BMP4; Fasn; Tank), while it reduced expression of genes repressed by ERK 1/2 (Wisp1, Wnt1). CONCLUSIONS IL-6 plays an important role in regulating the activation of MAPK pathways in the mouse myocardium in response to chronic β-adrenergic stimulation.
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- Magdalena Dziemidowicz
- Department of General and Experimental Pathology, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
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- Department of General and Experimental Pathology, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
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- Department of General and Experimental Pathology, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
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- Department of General and Experimental Pathology, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
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- Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
- Department of Population Medicine and Civilization Diseases Prevention, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
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Liu L, Wu J, Kennedy DJ. Regulation of Cardiac Remodeling by Cardiac Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase Isoforms. Front Physiol 2016; 7:382. [PMID: 27667975 PMCID: PMC5016610 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2016.00382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2016] [Accepted: 08/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Cardiac remodeling occurs after cardiac pressure/volume overload or myocardial injury during the development of heart failure and is a determinant of heart failure. Preventing or reversing remodeling is a goal of heart failure therapy. Human cardiomyocyte Na+/K+-ATPase has multiple α isoforms (1–3). The expression of the α subunit of the Na+/K+-ATPase is often altered in hypertrophic and failing hearts. The mechanisms are unclear. There are limited data from human cardiomyocytes. Abundant evidences from rodents show that Na+/K+-ATPase regulates cardiac contractility, cell signaling, hypertrophy and fibrosis. The α1 isoform of the Na+/K+-ATPase is the ubiquitous isoform and possesses both pumping and signaling functions. The α2 isoform of the Na+/K+-ATPase regulates intracellular Ca2+ signaling, contractility and pathological hypertrophy. The α3 isoform of the Na+/K+-ATPase may also be a target for cardiac hypertrophy. Restoration of cardiac Na+/K+-ATPase expression may be an effective approach for prevention of cardiac remodeling. In this article, we will overview: (1) the distribution and function of isoform specific Na+/K+-ATPase in the cardiomyocytes. (2) the role of cardiac Na+/K+-ATPase in the regulation of cell signaling, contractility, cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis in vitro and in vivo. Selective targeting of cardiac Na+/K+-ATPase isoform may offer a new target for the prevention of cardiac remodeling.
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- Lijun Liu
- Department of Medicine, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo Toledo, OH, USA
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- Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo Toledo, OH, USA
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Wu J, Li D, Du L, Baldawi M, Gable ME, Askari A, Liu L. Ouabain prevents pathological cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure through activation of phosphoinositide 3-kinase α in mouse. Cell Biosci 2015; 5:64. [PMID: 26587223 PMCID: PMC4652409 DOI: 10.1186/s13578-015-0053-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2015] [Accepted: 11/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Use of low doses of digitalis to prevent the development of heart failure was advocated decades ago, but conflicting results of early animal studies dissuaded further research on this issue. Recent discoveries of digitalis effects on cell signal pathways prompted us to reexamine the possibility of this prophylactic action of digitalis. The specific aim of the present study was to determine if subinotropic doses of ouabain would prevent pressure overload-induced cardiac remodeling in the mouse by activating phosphoinositide 3-kinase α (PI3Kα). Results Studies were done on an existing transgenic mouse deficient in cardiac PI3Kα (p85-KO) but with normal cardiac contractility, a control mouse (Con), and on cultured adult cardiomyocytes. In Con myocytes, but not in p85-KO myocytes, ouabain activated PI3Kα and Akt, and caused cell growth. This occurred at low ouabain concentrations that did not activate the EGFR-Src/Ras/Raf/ERK cascade. Con and p85-KO mice were subjected to transverse aortic constriction (TAC) for 8 weeks. A subinotropic dose of ouabain (50 µg/kg/day) was constantly administrated by osmotic mini-pumps for the first 4 weeks. All mice were monitored by echocardiography throughout. Ouabain early treatment attenuated TAC-induced cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis, and improved cardiac function in TAC-operated Con mice but not in TAC-operated p85-KO mice. TAC downregulated α2-isoform of Na+/K+-ATPase but not its α1-isoform in Con hearts, and ouabain treatment prevented the downregulation of α2-isoform. TAC-induced reduction of α2-isoform did not occur in p85-KO hearts. Conclusions Our results show that (a) safe doses of ouabain prevent or delay cardiac remodeling of pressure overloaded mouse heart; and (b) these prophylactic effects are due to ouabain binding to α2-isoform resulting in the selective activation of PI3Kα. Our findings also suggest that potential prophylactic use of digitalis for prevention of heart failure in man deserves serious consideration. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13578-015-0053-7) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Jian Wu
- Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo, 3000 Arlington Ave., MS 1010, Toledo, OH 43614 USA ; Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo, 3000 Arlington Ave., MS 1010, Toledo, OH 43614 USA ; State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo, 3000 Arlington Ave., MS 1010, Toledo, OH 43614 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo, 3000 Arlington Ave., MS 1010, Toledo, OH 43614 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo, 3000 Arlington Ave., MS 1010, Toledo, OH 43614 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo, 3000 Arlington Ave., MS 1010, Toledo, OH 43614 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo, 3000 Arlington Ave., MS 1010, Toledo, OH 43614 USA
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Quintas LEM, Noël F, Wibo M. Na+/K+-ATPase α isoforms expression in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rat heart ventricles: Effect of salt loading and lacidipine treatment. Eur J Pharmacol 2007; 565:151-7. [PMID: 17451677 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2007.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2007] [Accepted: 03/13/2007] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Changes in myocardial expression of Na+/K+-ATPase alpha-subunit isoforms have been demonstrated in different models of cardiac hypertrophy and hypertension. Here we studied the expression of these isozymes in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSP) and the influence of high salt diet and treatment with the dihydropyridine lacidipine. Adult SHRSP were offered either 1% NaCl or water as drinking solution for 6 weeks. Salt-loaded SHRSP were treated or not with 1 mg/kg/day lacidipine. Compared to Wistar Kyoto (WKY) rats, non-salt-loaded SHRSP presented significant hypertension and cardiac hypertrophy. Salt intake markedly enhanced cardiac hypertrophy, an effect blunted by lacidipine. [3H]Ouabain binding assays on total particulate fractions from heart ventricles revealed the existence of two high-affinity sites with Kd approximately 25 and approximately 200 nM, ascribed to the alpha3 and alpha2 isoforms, respectively. Bmax of alpha3 was unexpectedly high (40% of total high-affinity binding) in ventricles from WKY rats but very low in all groups of SHRSP. On the other hand, Bmax of alpha2 was similar in WKY and non-salt-loaded SHRSP; however, salt loading of SHRSP resulted in a Bmax reduction of 20% (P<0.05), an effect blocked by lacidipine. These effects were largely confirmed by immunoblotting analysis, which, in addition, demonstrated that the density of the ubiquitous alpha1 isoform was comparable among the experimental groups. In conclusion, WKY rats showed a high myocardial expression of the Na+/K+-ATPase alpha3 subunit, which was not found in SHRSP; the level of the alpha2 isoform was similar in untreated SHRSP and WKY; salt-loading of SHRSP promoted reduction of the alpha2 isoform, and this effect was completely hampered by lacidipine.
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- Luis Eduardo M Quintas
- Departamento de Farmacologia Básica e Clínica, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Cidade Universitária, 21941-590, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Tesson L, Cozzi J, Ménoret S, Rémy S, Usal C, Fraichard A, Anegon I. Transgenic modifications of the rat genome. Transgenic Res 2006; 14:531-46. [PMID: 16245144 DOI: 10.1007/s11248-005-5077-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2005] [Accepted: 03/29/2005] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The laboratory rat (R. norvegicus) is a very important experimental animal in several fields of biomedical research. This review describes the various techniques that have been used to generate transgenic rats: classical DNA microinjection and more recently described techniques such as lentiviral vector-mediated DNA transfer into early embryos, sperm-mediated transgenesis, embryo cloning by nuclear transfer and germline mutagenesis. It will also cover techniques associated to transgenesis such as sperm cryopreservation, embryo freezing and determination of zygosity. The availability of several technologies allowing genetic manipulation in the rat coupled to genomic data will allow biomedical research to fully benefit from the rat as an experimental animal.
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- Laurent Tesson
- Institut de Transplantation et de Recherche en Transplantation (ITERT), F-44093, Nantes, France
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Ruiz-Opazo N, Kosik KS, Lopez LV, Bagamasbad P, Ponce LRB, Herrera VLM. Attenuated hippocampus-dependent learning and memory decline in transgenic TgAPPswe Fischer-344 rats. Mol Med 2005; 10:36-44. [PMID: 15502881 PMCID: PMC1431353 DOI: 10.2119/2003-00044.herrera] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by increased beta amyloid (Abeta) levels, extracellular Abeta deposits in senile plaques, neurofibrillary tangles, and neuronal loss. However, the physiological role of normal levels of Abeta and its parent protein, the amyloid precursor protein (APP) are unknown. Here we report that low-level transgenic (Tg) expression of the Swedish APP mutant gene (APPswe) in Fischer-344 rats results in attenuated age-dependent cognitive performance decline in 2 hippocampus-dependent learning and memory tasks compared with age-matched nontransgenic Fischer-344 controls. TgAPPswe rats exhibit mild increases in brain APP mRNA (56.8%), Abeta-42 (21%), and Abeta-40 (6.1%) peptide levels at 12 mo of age, with no extracellular Abeta deposits or senile plaques at 6, 12, and 18 mo of age, whereas 3- to 6-fold increases in Abeta levels are detected in plaque-positive human AD patients and transgenic mouse models. The data support the hypothesis that a threshold paradigm underlies Abeta-related pathology, below which APP expression may play a physiological role in specific hippocampus-dependent tasks, most likely related to its neurotrophic role.
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- Nelson Ruiz-Opazo
- Section of Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Address correspondence and reprint requests to Victoria LM Herrera, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, W609, Boston University School of Medicine, 700 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118. Phone: 617-638-4020; fax: 617-638-4066; e-mail:
; or to Kenneth S Kosik, Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 77 Ave Louis Pasteur Avenue, Boston, MA 02115. Phone: 617-525-5230; fax: 617-525-5252; e-mail:
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- Section of Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Section of Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Section of Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Section of Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Address correspondence and reprint requests to Victoria LM Herrera, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, W609, Boston University School of Medicine, 700 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118. Phone: 617-638-4020; fax: 617-638-4066; e-mail:
; or to Kenneth S Kosik, Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 77 Ave Louis Pasteur Avenue, Boston, MA 02115. Phone: 617-525-5230; fax: 617-525-5252; e-mail:
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Baek M, Weiss M. Down-Regulation of Na+Pump α2Isoform in Isoprenaline-Induced Cardiac Hypertrophy in Rat: Evidence for Increased Receptor Binding Affinity but Reduced Inotropic Potency of Digoxin. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2005; 313:731-9. [PMID: 15644428 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.104.078345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Cardiac hypertrophy in rats induces a down-regulation of Na(+),K(+)-ATPase alpha(2) isoform, although its functional consequences are poorly understood. Using a mathematical modeling approach that allows differentiation between effects elicited at the receptor and postreceptor level, we studied uptake, receptor binding kinetics, and positive inotropism of digoxin in single-pass Langendorff-perfused hearts of vehicle- and isoprenaline-pretreated rats (2.4 mg/kg per day over 4 days). Digoxin outflow concentration and left ventricular developed pressure data were measured for three consecutive doses (15, 30, and 45 microg) in the absence and presence of the reverse mode Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchange inhibitor 2-[2-[4-(4-nitrobenzyloxyl-)phenyl]ethyl isothiourea methansulfonate] (KB-R7943) (0.1 microM) in perfusate. In hypertrophied hearts, 1) the amount of alpha(2) receptors was reduced to 52% of control levels; 2) the digoxin binding affinity was increased 12-fold due to a decrease in dissociation rate constants of alpha(1) and alpha(2) receptors, and 3) inotropic responsiveness to digoxin the was attenuated on the stimulus-response level, where the coupling ratio of stimulus to response was reduced to 38% of control values. Only in the lowest dose level (15 microg) was this decrease in inotropic potency counterbalanced by the increase in receptor affinity. The Na(+),K(+)-ATPase isoform shift was not responsible for the diminished inotropic effect of digoxin. Coadministration of KB-R7943 significantly reduced cellular response generation at higher digoxin doses to the same limiting stimulus-response relationship in both the vehicle and isoprenaline group.
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- Myoungki Baek
- Section of Pharmacokinetics, Department of Pharmacology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
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Makielski JC, Fozzard HA. Ion Channels and Cardiac Arrhythmia in Heart Disease. Compr Physiol 2002. [DOI: 10.1002/cphy.cp020119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Lavelin I, Meiri N, Genina O, Alexiev R, Pines M. Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase gene expression in the avian eggshell gland: distinct regulation in different cell types. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2001; 281:R1169-76. [PMID: 11557625 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.2001.281.4.r1169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The avian eggshell gland (ESG) is a tissue specialized in transporting the Ca(2+) required for eggshell formation and represents a unique biological system in which the calcification process takes place in a circadian fashion. With the use of RNA fingerprinting, a set of genes differentially induced at the time of calcification was detected, one of which was identified as the alpha(1)-subunit of Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase. The gene was expressed in a circadian manner in both cell types populating the ESG, but in different temporal patterns, suggesting distinct mechanisms of regulation. Ca(2+) flux and mechanical strain were found to regulate gene expression in the inner glandular epithelium and the pseudostratified epithelium facing the lumen, respectively. Mechanical strain also affected gene expression in cell layers facing the lumen in other parts of the oviduct. Only the alpha(1)-isoform, not the alpha(2)- or alpha(3)-isoform, of Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase was expressed in the ESG. In summary, we demonstrate that the alpha(1)-subunit Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase gene is expressed in different epithelial cell types in the ESG and is regulated by various mechanisms, which may reflect the disparity in the physiological roles of the cells in the process of eggshell formation.
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- I Lavelin
- Institute of Animal Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel
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Waters CM, Ridge KM, Sunio G, Venetsanou K, Sznajder JI. Mechanical stretching of alveolar epithelial cells increases Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase activity. J Appl Physiol (1985) 1999; 87:715-21. [PMID: 10444632 DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1999.87.2.715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Alveolar epithelial cells effect edema clearance by transporting Na(+) and liquid out of the air spaces. Active Na(+) transport by the basolaterally located Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase is an important contributor to lung edema clearance. Because alveoli undergo cyclic stretch in vivo, we investigated the role of cyclic stretch in the regulation of Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase activity in alveolar epithelial cells. Using the Flexercell Strain Unit, we exposed a cell line of murine lung epithelial cells (MLE-12) to cyclic stretch (30 cycles/min). After 15 min of stretch (10% mean strain), there was no change in Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase activity, as assessed by (86)Rb(+) uptake. By 30 min and after 60 min, Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase activity was significantly increased. When cells were treated with amiloride to block amiloride-sensitive Na(+) entry into cells or when cells were treated with gadolinium to block stretch-activated, nonselective cation channels, there was no stimulation of Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase activity by cyclic stretch. Conversely, cells exposed to Nystatin, which increases Na(+) entry into cells, demonstrated increased Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase activity. The changes in Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase activity were paralleled by increased Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase protein in the basolateral membrane of MLE-12 cells. Thus, in MLE-12 cells, short-term cyclic stretch stimulates Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase activity, most likely by increasing intracellular Na(+) and by recruitment of Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase subunits from intracellular pools to the basolateral membrane.
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- C M Waters
- Departments of Anesthesiology and Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Chicago 60611, Illinois.
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Rankinen T, Pérusse L, Dériaz O, Thériault G, Chagnon M, Nadeau A, Bouchard C. Linkage of the Na,K-ATPase alpha 2 and beta 1 genes with resting and exercise heart rate and blood pressure: cross-sectional and longitudinal observations from the Quebec Family Study. J Hypertens 1999; 17:339-49. [PMID: 10100071 DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199917030-00006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate whether genetic variations in the genes encoding the alpha and beta subunits of the Na,K-ATPase are linked with hemodynamic phenotypes. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS Cross-sectional data based on 533 subjects (no antihypertensive medication) were obtained from 150 families of phase 2 of the Quebec Family Study, together with longitudinal data from 338 subjects (105 families) who had been measured 12 years earlier in phase 1 of the Quebec Family Study. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Restriction fragment length polymorphisms were examined at the alpha 2 (exon 1 and exon 21-22 with BglII) and beta 1 (Msp I and Pvu II) loci of Na,K-ATPase. Hemodynamic phenotypes measured included systolic and diastolic blood pressure, heart rate and rate-pressure product at rest and during low-intensity exercise. RESULTS Sib-pair analysis revealed relatively strong linkages (P = 0.0003-0.002) between the resting heart rate and rate-pressure product and the alpha 2 exon 21-22 marker and alpha 2 haplotype. Moreover, the alpha 2 exon 21-22 marker showed suggestive linkages (P = 0.01 to 0.043) with resting systolic blood pressure and exercise diastolic blood pressure, heart rate and rate-pressure product, and the alpha 2 haplotype with exercise diastolic blood pressure and rate-pressure product and the 12-year change in resting systolic blood pressure (P = 0.03 to 0.05). Both the beta 1 Msp I marker and the beta 1 haplotype were linked with the resting rate-pressure product (P = 0.007 and 0.003, respectively), and all beta 1 markers showed linkage with the change in resting systolic blood pressure (P = 0.00005 to 0.024). In men, there was a significant (P = 0.01) interaction between the alpha 2 exon 21-22 genotype and the postglucose plasma insulin level with regard to resting systolic blood pressure. CONCLUSIONS These data suggest that the alpha 2 and beta 1 genes of Na,K-ATPase contribute to the regulation of hemodynamic phenotypes in healthy subjects.
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- T Rankinen
- Physical Activity Sciences Laboratory, Laval University, Ste-Foy, Quebec, Canada
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Ogawa T, Linz W, Schölkens BA, de Bold AJ. Regulation of aortic atrial natriuretic factor and angiotensinogen in experimental hypertension. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 1998; 32:1001-8. [PMID: 9869508 DOI: 10.1097/00005344-199812000-00019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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We investigated the relation between atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) gene expression and the status of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) in aortic tissue in rats made hypertensive by either aortic banding or by deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt administration. These experimental models of hypertension are known to have differences in terms of the status of RAS. ANF messenger RNA (mRNA) levels were measured in aortic tissue by using a newly developed quantitative competitive reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (QC-RT-PCR) technique. Changes in the proportions of alpha1 and alpha2 isoforms of Na+K+-adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) mRNA levels were used as indicators of aortic hypertrophy. Treatment with DOCA alone, salt alone, or DOCA-salt for 5 weeks increased aortic-weight/body-weight ratio and aortic angiotensinogen mRNA levels, but did not change alpha1 or alpha2 Na+K+-ATPase mRNA levels. Aortic ANF mRNA levels had a tendency to increase after treatment with DOCA, salt, or DOCA-salt, but this change did not reach statistical significance. Suprarenal aortic banding for 6 weeks or 12 weeks increased aortic-weight/body-weight ratio (12 weeks), decreased alpha2 Na+K+-ATPase and angiotensinogen mRNA levels, but did not affect alpha1 Na+K+-ATPase mRNA levels or ANF mRNA levels. Treatment with ramipril, an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor was carried out for 6 weeks just after aortic banding (prevention experiment) or after 6 weeks in rats that were banded for the previous 6 weeks (regression experiment). High-dose ramipril (1 mg/kg)--a treatment known to inhibit both tissue and circulating RAS--normalized aortic-weight/body-weight ratio, and also normalized alpha2 Na+K+-ATPase mRNA levels. Aortic angiotensinogen mRNA levels of banded rats treated with high-dose ramipril was higher than those of the normal control, sham operated, and banded rats. Treatment with high-dose ramipril did not affect alpha1 Na+K+-ATPase mRNA levels or ANF mRNA levels. Low-dose ramipril (10 microg/kg)--a treatment that selectively inhibits tissue RAS--normalized aortic-weight/body-weight ratio but did not normalize alpha2 Na+K+-ATPase mRNA levels (regression experiment) or angiotensinogen mRNA levels (prevention experiment) and did not change either alpha1 Na+K+-ATPase mRNA levels or ANF mRNA levels. The results suggest that, in contrast to previous findings in heart and kidney, the regulation of ANF mRNA levels in aortic tissue is largely independent of pressure load, volume load, and plasma or tissue RAS. It is suggested that any antihypertrophic actions of ANF may be mediated by the increased circulating ANF levels and its interaction with its receptor or through CNP.
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- T Ogawa
- University of Ottawa Heart Institute at the Ottawa Hospital, Ontario, Canada
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Herrera VL, Xie HX, Lopez LV, Schork NJ, Ruiz-Opazo N. The alpha1 Na,K-ATPase gene is a susceptibility hypertension gene in the Dahl salt-sensitiveHSD rat. J Clin Invest 1998; 102:1102-11. [PMID: 9739044 PMCID: PMC509093 DOI: 10.1172/jci3868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Despite the prevalence of essential hypertension, its underlying genetic basis has not been elucidated due to the complexities of its determinants. To identify a hypertension susceptibility gene, we used an approach that integrates molecular, transgenic, and genetic analysis using Dahl salt-sensitive (S) and Dahl salt-resistant (R) rats ascertained for genotype and phenotype. To determine the role of the Dahl S Q276L alpha1 Na,K-ATPase gene variant, we developed transgenic Dahl S rats bearing the Dahl R wild-type (wt) alpha1 Na, K-ATPase cDNA directed by the cognate wt promoter region, Tg[wtalpha1]. Transgenic Dahl S rats exhibited less salt-sensitive hypertension, less hypertensive renal disease, and longer life span when compared with non-transgenic Dahl S controls. Total chromosome 2 linkage analysis of F2(SxR) male rats detects cosegregation of the alpha1 Na,K-ATPase locus with salt-sensitive hypertension. These data support the alpha1 Na,K-ATPase gene as a susceptibility gene for salt-sensitive hypertension in the Dahl S rat model, and provide the basis for the study of the alpha1 Na,K-ATPase locus in human hypertension.
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- V L Herrera
- Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Evans Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118,
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Maxwell CV, Tao QF, Seely EW, Repke JT, Graves SW. Regulation of the sodium pump in pregnancy-related tissues in preeclampsia. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1998; 179:28-34. [PMID: 9704761 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9378(98)70247-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This study examined the expression of the three alpha-isoforms of the sodium pump in preeclampsia. Reductions in sodium pump number and activity in smooth muscle may underlie hypertension in preeclampsia. STUDY DESIGN Northern and Western analyses were used to determine whether sodium pump alpha-isoform regulation in myometrium, placenta, and umbilical artery of women with preeclampsia differed from those with normotensive pregnancies. RESULTS Levels of alpha1 and alpha3 messenger ribonucleic acid were reduced in myometrium of women with preeclampsia compared with normotensive pregnancies, as was alpha2 messenger ribonucleic acid in preeclamptic placenta. Protein expression of the alpha-isoforms was unaltered in placenta and umbilical artery from women with preeclampsia versus those with normotensive pregnancies, but myometrial alpha2 protein levels were reduced significantly in women with preeclampsia. Moreover, myometrial alpha1 protein expression was undetectable. CONCLUSIONS Reduced smooth muscle sodium pump expression in preeclampsia may raise cell sodium, increase pressor sensitivity, or increase tone directly, which may contribute to hypertension in preeclampsia.
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- C V Maxwell
- Endocrine-Hypertension Division, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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