title: [Vasonatrin peptide attenuates hypoxia-induced increase in [Ca(2+)] (i) of culured rat cardiac fibroblasts].
abstract: The purpose of this work was to test the hypothesis that vasonatrin peptide (VNP) can attenuate the growth-promoting effect by hypoxia in cardiac fibroblasts of cultured neonatal rats. Cultured fibroblasts were divided into four groups: control group, hypoxia group, VNP group and VNP+hypoxia group. The growth of cardiac fibroblasts was observed using MTT method and the incorporation of (3)H-TdR, and the effect of VNP on the intracellular level of Ca(2+) was measured by means of interactive laser cytometry. It was found that hypoxia (2% - 3%) increased significantly the MTT optical density (OD) of cardiac fibroblasts (P<0.05 vs control group), but the increase was greatly attenuated in the VNP (10(- 6)mol/L) group and also the incorporation of (3)H-TdR in cardiac fibroblasts (P<0.05 vs hypoxia group). VNP (10(- 6)mol/L) also decreased the intracellular level of Ca(2+) which was increased by hypoxia (P<0.05) as compared with control and hypoxia group. These findings demonstrate that VNP can attenuate the hypoxia-induced growth-promoting effect in cardiac fibroblasts, which may be associated with the elevation of intracellular Ca(2+).
authors.affiliation: Department of Physioloy, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi  an 710032.
authors.forename: H T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: M Z
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: M Q
authors.initials: MQ
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Shi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D015687:Cell Hypoxia; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003864:Depression, Chemical; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: C068986:ventricular natriuretic peptide, eel; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D002118:Calcium