| Effects of cortisol on cardiac myocytes and on expression of cardiac genes in fetal sheep. | |
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PMID: 15576665 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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In 17 fetal sheep aged 129 days, the effects of large-dose infusions of cortisol (72.1 mg/day for 2-3 days) on proliferation, binucleation, and hypertrophy of cardiac myocytes, cardiac expression of angiotensinogen, angiotensin receptor subtypes 1 and 2, Glut-1, glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptors, proteins of the MAPK pathways and calcineurin were studied. Cortisol levels were 8.7 +/- 2.3 nM (SE) in 8 control and 1,028 +/- 189 nM in 9 treated fetuses (P < 0.001). Cortisol had no effect on myocyte binucleation. Left ventricular free wall (LVFW) uni- and binucleated myocytes were larger in cortisol-treated fetuses (P < 0.001, P < 0.05). Cortisol-treated fetuses had higher right ventricular free wall (RVFW) and LVFW angiotensinogen (Aogen) mRNA levels (treated: 2.30 +/- 0.37, n = 8 and 2.05 +/- 0.45, n = 7 vs. control: 0.94 +/- 0.12, n = 8 and 0.67 +/- 0.09, n = 7, P < 0.02). Levels of the glucose transporter Glut-1 mRNA were lower in the LVFW of treated fetuses (0.83 +/- 0.23 vs. 1.47 +/- 0.30 in control, P < 0.05, n = 7, 8). The higher the cortisol level, the greater the Aogen mRNA level (RVFW, r = 0.61, P < 0.01, n = 16; LVFW, r = 0.83, P < 0.0003, n = 14). There were no other changes in mRNA levels nor in levels of extracellular kinase, JNK, p38, their phosphorylated forms, and calcineurin. Thus high levels of cortisol such as occur after birth do not affect fetal cardiac myocyte binucleation or number but are associated with higher levels of ventricular Aogen mRNA, lower levels of Glut-1 mRNA, and hypertrophy of LVFW myocytes. These effects could impact on postnatal cardiac development. |
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Authors:
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E R Lumbers; A C Boyce; G Joulianos; V Kumarasamy; E Barner; J L Segar; J H Burrell |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2004-12-02 |
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Title: American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology Volume: 288 ISSN: 0363-6119 ISO Abbreviation: Am. J. Physiol. Regul. Integr. Comp. Physiol. Publication Date: 2005 Mar |
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Created Date: 2005-02-08 Completed Date: 2005-03-29 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100901230 Medline TA: Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: R567-74 Citation Subset: IM |
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Dept. of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia. E.Lumbers@unsw.edu.au |
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Angiotensinogen
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genetics Animals Cell Division / drug effects Cell Nucleus / ultrastructure Fetal Development Fetal Heart / drug effects*, metabolism* Fetus Gene Expression / drug effects Glucose Transporter Type 1 Heart Ventricles Hydrocortisone / blood, pharmacology* Hypertrophy Monosaccharide Transport Proteins / genetics Myocytes, Cardiac / drug effects*, pathology, ultrastructure RNA, Messenger / metabolism Renin-Angiotensin System / drug effects Sheep |
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0/Glucose Transporter Type 1; 0/Monosaccharide Transport Proteins; 0/RNA, Messenger; 11002-13-4/Angiotensinogen; 50-23-7/Hydrocortisone |
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