title: Increased expression of the gene for alpha-interferon-inducible protein in cardiomyopathic hamster heart.
abstract: Cardiomyopathic (CM) hamsters have a disruption in the delta-sarcoglycan gene which leads to progressive cardiac necrosis by 30 to 40 days of age, hypertrophy by 120 days, and heart failure by 250 days. We used differential display to detect other changes in mRNA levels in 30-, 60-, and 90-day-old wild-type and CM hamsters. We identified a 400-bp cDNA with sequence similarity to the human alpha-interferon-inducible protein (p27). This cDNA annealed with a 570-base mRNA whose steady-state levels were increased in 30-, 60-, and 90-day-old CM compared to wild-type heart. Increased expression of this hamster homolog of p27 (p27-h) was detected in CM hamster cardiac and skeletal muscle at 60 days of age but not in liver, kidney, or brain. Thus, an inherited defect in CM hamsters leads to increased expression of p27-h in advance of the development of hypertrophy and heart failure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4H7, Canada.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Denovan-Wright
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Ferrier
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Howlett
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000235:genetics; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology; D054371:Chemokine CXCL11; D019743:Chemokines, CXC / Q000235:genetics*; D006224:Cricetinae; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D006321:Heart / Q000254:growth & development; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D049031:Sarcoglycans; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: C515202:CXCL11 protein, human; D054371:Chemokine CXCL11; D019743:Chemokines, CXC; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D049031:Sarcoglycans