title: Diabetes-induced down-regulation of beta1-adrenoceptor mRNA expression in rat heart.
abstract: The present study addressed the question of whether the number of myocardial beta-adrenoceptors in rats with 4- to 6-week streptozotocin-induced diabetes is regulated in a transcriptional or translational manner. Radioligand binding experiments with [3H]CGP 12177 {4-(3-t-butylamino-2-hydroxypropoxy)-[5,7-3H]benzimidazol-2-one} showed that the density of beta-adrenoceptors fell by 50% with no change in affinity in diabetic rat ventricular myocardium compared with age-matched control myocardium. The relative content of beta1-adrenoceptor mRNA in diabetic myocardium also was reduced from the control level by 57%, as determined by northern blot analysis. The reductions in myocardial beta-adrenoceptor number and beta1-adrenoceptor mRNA observed in diabetes were prevented by insulin therapy. These data indicate that the diminished density of myocardial beta-adrenoceptors in diabetes occurred, at least in part, at the mRNA level.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hattori
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gando
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Akaishi
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kemmotsu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kanno
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000378:metabolism*; D015536:Down-Regulation; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D018342:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-1 / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D013311:Streptozocin
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018342:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-1; D013311:Streptozocin