title: Angiotensin II and mechanical stretch induce production of tumor necrosis factor in cardiac fibroblasts.
abstract: To determine whether ANG II as well as mechanical stress affect the production of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) in the heart, neonatal rat cardiac myocytes and fibroblasts were cultured separately and treated for 6 h with ANG II, lipopolysaccharide (LPS), or cyclic mechanical stretch. LPS induced the production of TNF in cardiac myocytes and fibroblasts. However, TNF synthesis in fibroblasts was 20- to 40-fold higher than in myocytes. ANG II (>/=10(-8) M) and mechanical stretch stimulated the production of TNF in cardiac fibroblasts but not in myocytes. Furthermore, both ANG II and LPS increased the expression of TNF-alpha mRNA in cardiac fibroblasts. Isoproterenol inhibited both LPS- and ANG II-induced production of TNF in cardiac fibroblasts with increasing intracellular cAMP level. Moreover, both isoproterenol and dibutyryl cAMP inhibited LPS-induced TNF-alpha mRNA expression. Thus activation of the renin-angiotensin system, as well as mechanical stress, can stimulate production of TNF in cardiac fibroblasts. Furthermore, beta-adrenergic receptors may be responsible for the regulation of TNF synthesis at the transcriptional level by elevating intracellular cAMP.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi 371, Japan. yokoyamt@news.sb.gunma-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sekiguchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tomaru
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nagai
mesh_terms: D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002316:Cardiotonic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D010656:Phenylephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D000804:Angiotensin II; D010656:Phenylephrine; D003994:Bucladesine; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D007545:Isoproterenol