title: [The role of nitric oxide in the prevention of myocardial hypertrophic response and its mechanisms].
abstract: This study investigated the role of nitric oxide(NO) in the prevention of myocardial hypertrophic response and its mechanisms. Left ventricular NO content decreases in the pathophysiogenesis of myocardial hypertrophy induced by pressure overload. Endogenous NO may attenuate cardiac hypertrophy induced by pressure overload, independent of cGMP mechanism. Angiotensin II (AII), endothelin-1 (ET-1) and norepinephrine(NE) can inhibit NOS activity and NO production, and induce hypertrophic response in cultured neonatal rat cardiomyocytes; these effects of AII, ET-1 and NE are mediated respectively by AII receptor, ETA receptor and alpha 1-adrenergic receptor; these effects of AII and ET-1 are mediated by PTX-sensitive G protein, while the effects of NE are mediated by PTX-insensitive G protein. eNOS gene is expressed in cultured neonatal rat cardiac myocytes and nonmyocytes. AII, ET-1 and NE can inhibit eNOS gene expression in cardiomyocytes. Exogenous NO can prevent hypertrophic response induced by AII, ET-1 and NE in cardiomyocytes. Both endogenous and exogenous NO can inhibit the expression of proto-oncogene c-fos induced by AII and ET-1, which may be involved in protein kinase C.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou 510089
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Zhan
mesh_terms: D004212:Academic Dissertations as Topic; D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000378:metabolism; D019332:Endothelin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000096:biosynthesis; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D017725:Ventricular Pressure / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D019332:Endothelin-1; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D000804:Angiotensin II; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D006152:Cyclic GMP; D009638:Norepinephrine