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Transcriptional and translational regulation of calpain in the rat heart after myocardial infarction--effects of AT(1) and AT(2) receptor antagonists and ACE inhibitor.

Abstract：

:1. Recent studies demonstrated that the cardiac calpain system is activated during ischaemic events and is involved in cardiomyocyte injury. The aim of this study was to investigate the contribution of AT(1) and AT(2) receptors in the regulation of calpain-mediated myocardial damage following myocardial infarction (MI). 2. Infarcted animals were treated either with placebo, the ACE inhibitor ramipril (1 mg kg(-1) d(-1)), the AT(1) receptor antagonist valsartan (10 mg kg(-1) d(-1)) or the AT(2) receptor antagonist PD 123319 (30 mg kg(-1) d(-1)). Treatment was started 7 days prior to surgery. On day 1, 3, 7 and 14 after MI, gene expression and protein levels of calpain I, II and calpastatin were determined in left ventricular free wall (LVFW) and interventricular septum (IS). At day 3 and 14 post MI, morphological investigations were performed. 3. Calpain I mRNA expression and protein levels were increased in IS 14 days post MI, whereas mRNA expression and protein levels of calpain II were maximally increased in LVFW 3 days post MI. Ramipril and valsartan decreased mRNA and protein up-regulation of calpain I and II, and reduced infarct size and interstitial fibrosis. PD 123319 did not affect calpain I or II up-regulation in the infarcted myocardium, but decreased interstitial fibrosis. Calpastatin expression and translation were not affected by AT receptor antagonists or ACE inhibitor. 4. Our data demonstrate a distinct, temporary-spatial up-regulation of calpain I and II following MI confer with the hypothesis of calpain I being involved in cardiac remodelling in the late and calpain II contributing to cardiac tissue damage in the early phase of MI. The up-regulation of calpain I and II is partly mediated via the AT(1) receptor and can be reduced by ACE inhibitors and AT(1) receptor antagonists.

journal_name

Br J Pharmacol

journal_title

British journal of pharmacology

authors

Sandmann S,Yu M,Unger T

doi

10.1038/sj.bjp.0703860

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2001-02-01 00:00:00

pages

767-77

issue

eissn

0007-1188

issn

1476-5381

journal_volume

132

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Transcriptional and translational regulation of calpain in the rat heart after myocardial infarction--effects of AT(1) and AT(2) receptor antagonists and ACE inhibitor.