Altered Na/Ca exchange activity in cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure: a new target for therapy?

abstract：AIMS:To describe the overall role of reduced sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) ATPase (SERCA2) for Ca(2+) wave development. METHODS AND RESULTS:SERCA2 knockout [Serca2(flox/flox) Tg(alphaMHC-MerCreMer); KO] mice allowing inducible cardiomyocyte-specific disruption of the Serca2 gene in adult mice were compared with Serca(...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Stokke MK,Hougen K,Sjaastad I,Louch WE,Briston SJ,Enger UH,Andersson KB,Christensen G,Eisner DA,Sejersted OM,Trafford AW

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aims were (1) to investigate the effect of hypertention on left ventricular dilatation and haemodynamic alterations following acute myocardial infarction in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and normotensive rats (WKY); (2) to compare haemodynamic indices between the two groups; (3) to assess whether ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Nishikimi T,Yamagishi H,Takeuchi K,Takeda T

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim was to determine if either heparin or N-acetylheparin could reduce the extent of myocardial injury resulting from 90 min of coronary artery occlusion and 6 h of reperfusion in the anaesthetised dog. METHODS:Heparin or N-acetylheparin was given in three repeated intravenous doses of 2 mg.kg-1. Drug or...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Black SC,Gralinski MR,Friedrichs GS,Kilgore KS,Driscoll EM,Lucchesi BR

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Nitric oxide (NO) has complex effects on myocardial function particularly following ischaemia-reperfusion. The goal of this study was to examine the result of repetitive myocardial stunning on myocardial NO release and expression of inducible (iNOS) and constitutive (eNOS) NO synthases. METHODS AND RESULTS:...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Baker CS,Rimoldi O,Camici PG,Barnes E,Chacon MR,Huehns TY,Haskard DO,Polak JM,Hall RJ

更新日期：1999-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Polyunsaturated fatty n-3 acids (PUFAs) have been reported to exhibit antiarrhythmic properties. However, the mechanisms of action remain unclear. We studied the electrophysiological effects of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) on IKs, and on the expression and location of Kv7.1 and KCNE1....

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Moreno C,de la Cruz A,Oliveras A,Kharche SR,Guizy M,Comes N,Starý T,Ronchi C,Rocchetti M,Baró I,Loussouarn G,Zaza A,Severi S,Felipe A,Valenzuela C

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Diastolic dysfunction that determines symptoms and prognosis in patients with systolic dysfunction causes heart failure even in the absence of systolic dysfunction. Our recent studies have suggested that myocardial stiffening is likely to play a crucial role in triggering deleterious cardiac disorder. This s...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Yamamoto K,Masuyama T,Sakata Y,Nishikawa N,Mano T,Yoshida J,Miwa T,Sugawara M,Yamaguchi Y,Ookawara T,Suzuki K,Hori M

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Diastolic dysfunction is a characteristic finding of the aged mammalian heart. Parvalbumin acts as a Ca2+ sink and enhances relaxation in skeletal muscle, and overexpression of parvalbumin in myocardium increased cardiac relaxation in vitro as well as in vivo. Therefore, the objective of this study is to test...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Schmidt U,Zhu X,Lebeche D,Huq F,Guerrero JL,Hajjar RJ

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of chronic propranolol administration (2 mg.kg-1.d-1 for 14d) and withdrawal on microvascular perfusion was studied in rabbit myocardium. Fluorescein isothiocyanate-dextran was injected into four groups of anaesthetised open chest rabbits. Fluorescent microscopy was used to identify the perfused vessels and...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Acad BA,Shenko JM,Eliades D,Weiss HR

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The endothelium is a newly recognised target tissue of parathyroid hormone (PTH). It is not clear whether hyperparathyroidism affects endothelial function and whether parathyroidectomy (Ptx) has an influence on arterial vessel wall properties. We studied brachial flow-mediated vasodilation (FMD) and brachial ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Kosch M,Hausberg M,Vormbrock K,Kisters K,Gabriels G,Rahn KH,Barenbrock M

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial ischaemia increases cellular and extracellular osmolarity, alters membrane permeability to ions and causes moderate cell swelling and interstitial oedema. Ischaemia also reduces the mechanical resistance of the sarcolemma of myocytes, probably as a result of proteolytic digestion of the connections between ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Garcia-Dorado D,Oliveras J

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:17β-Oestradiol (E2) and its receptors (ERα and ERβ) are important regulators of physiological and pathological processes in the cardiovascular system. ER act in concert with other regulatory factors mediating oestrogenic effects. However, the underlying mechanisms modulating ER transcriptional activity are not ful...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Mahmoodzadeh S,Pham TH,Kuehne A,Fielitz B,Dworatzek E,Kararigas G,Petrov G,Davidson MM,Regitz-Zagrosek V

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heart contains not only cardiomyocytes but also other cell types such as endothelial cells and fibroblasts. Functional crosstalk among these cell types is important for normal cardiac function and is also involved in disease pathophysiology. Recent data indicate that redox signalling within and between endothelial...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Zhang M,Shah AM

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We have previously shown that cardiac-directed expression of adenylycyclase type VI (AC(VI)) increases heart function in transgenic mice, and improves heart function and survival in murine cardiomyopathy. However, a potential problem of crossbreeding paradigms that use lines with two constitutively active tra...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Gao MH,Bayat H,Roth DM,Yao Zhou J,Drumm J,Burhan J,Hammond HK

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Autonomic dysfunction can promote atrial fibrillation (AF) and results from AF-related remodelling. N-type Ca2+-channels (NTCCs) at sympathetic nerve terminals mediate Ca2+-entry that triggers neurotransmitter release. AF-associated remodelling plays an important role in AF pathophysiology but the effects of NTCC ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Tajiri K,Guichard JB,Qi X,Xiong F,Naud P,Tardif JC,Costa AD,Aonuma K,Nattel S

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To improve assessment of ventricular function during cardiac catheterisation there should be available a continuous registration of stroke volume and cardiac output in addition to ventricular pressure. To obtain the desired volumetric quantities a catheter has been developed which measures changes in intraventricular ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Baan J,Jong TT,Kerkhof PL,Moene RJ,van Dijk AD,van der Velde ET,Koops J

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholesterol is an essential component of both the peripheral nervous system and central nervous system (CNS) of mammals. Brain cholesterol is synthesized in situ by astrocytes and oligodendrocytes and is almost completely isolated from other pools of cholesterol in the body, but a small fraction can be taken up from t...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Vitali C,Wellington CL,Calabresi L

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), secreted by vascular cells and a variety of tumour cells, is a potent angiogenic factor. Since nitric oxide (NO) seems to play a key role in the VEGF-induced proliferation of endothelial cells, the aim of the present study was to determine whether VEGF stimulates end...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Bouloumié A,Schini-Kerth VB,Busse R

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The acute administration of growth hormone (GH) or insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) improves cardiac performance, possibly contributing to the beneficial effects of GH therapy on heart failure (HF). GH can induce the production of IGF-1 and thus the actions of GH may be mediated through its IGF-1 inductio...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Kinugawa S,Tsutsui H,Ide T,Nakamura R,Arimura K,Egashira K,Takeshita A

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In menopause, aging and decreased estrogen levels are risk factors contributing to impaired vascular function. Previously, in a young ovariectomized rat model, we demonstrated an increase in prostaglandin H synthase (PGHS)-dependent vasoconstriction that could be prevented by estrogen replacement. Subsequentl...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Armstrong SJ,Xu Y,Davidge ST

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans-isomerases are a highly conserved family of immunophilins. The three peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans-isomerase subfamilies are cyclophilins, FK-506-binding proteins, and parvulins. Peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans-isomerases are expressed in multiple human tissues and regulate different cellular functions...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Perrucci GL,Gowran A,Zanobini M,Capogrossi MC,Pompilio G,Nigro P

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to examine the effect of ischaemia on vascular responses to endothelium-dependent and endothelium-independent vasodilators and on vasoconstrictor responses. Furthermore, the ability of preconditioning to prevent ischaemia-induced changes in vascular reactivity was examined in the rat...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Loke KE,Woodman OL

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We recently demonstrated in our swine model of coronary artery spasm that enhanced myosin light chain (MLC) phosphorylations (both MLC mono- and diphosphorylations) play a central role in the pathogenesis of the spasm. However, the molecular mechanism for and the phosphorylation sites for the enhanced MLC pho...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Shimokawa H,Seto M,Katsumata N,Amano M,Kozai T,Yamawaki T,Kuwata K,Kandabashi T,Egashira K,Ikegaki I,Asano T,Kaibuchi K,Takeshita A

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Recent studies indicate that endothelial type nitric oxide synthase (NOS3) modulates cardiac systolic and diastolic function and the inotropic responsiveness to beta-adrenergic agonists, and may affect myocardial oxygen consumption. Although NOS3 is a constitutive protein, its levels of expression can be modi...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Bayraktutan U,Yang ZK,Shah AM

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD) is commonly present in patients with metabolic derangements and is increasingly recognized as an important contributor to myocardial ischaemia, both in the presence and absence of epicardial coronary atherosclerosis. The latter condition is termed 'ischaemia and no obstructive ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Sorop O,van de Wouw J,Chandler S,Ohanyan V,Tune JD,Chilian WM,Merkus D,Bender SB,Duncker DJ

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim was to study the contractility of the conduit coronary artery to vasoactive agents in developing and established volume overload cardiac hypertrophy and to compare it with structural alterations in the artery. METHODS:Aortic valve insufficiency in rabbits was used to produce a volume overloaded heart...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Gerová M,Holécyová A,Kristek F,Fízel' A,Fízel'ová A

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Current mechanisms driving cardiac pacemaker function have focused on ion channel and gap junction channel function, which are essential for action potential generation and propagation between pacemaker cells. However, pacemaker cells also harbour desmosomes that structurally anchor pacemaker cells to each other i...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Mezzano V,Liang Y,Wright AT,Lyon RC,Pfeiffer E,Song MY,Gu Y,Dalton ND,Scheinman M,Peterson KL,Evans SM,Fowler S,Cerrone M,McCulloch AD,Sheikh F

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of catheterisation on the rabbit aortic wall is investigated employing a technique identical to that used for continuous monitoring of blood pressure in humans. The catheters were introduced into the aorta through the right femoral artery of the rabbit using the Seldinger technique, except that the catheter...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Madsen JK,Garbarsch C,Nielsen PE

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In diabetes mellitus several cardiac electrophysiological parameters are known to be affected. In rodent experimental diabetes models changes in these parameters were reported, but no such data are available in other mammalian species including the dog. The present study was designed to analyse the effects of...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Lengyel C,Virág L,Bíró T,Jost N,Magyar J,Biliczki P,Kocsis E,Skoumal R,Nánási PP,Tóth M,Kecskeméti V,Papp JG,Varró A

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:Metabolic syndrome (MS) is a cluster of cardio-metabolic risk factors associated with atherosclerosis and low-grade inflammation. Using unbiased expression screenings in peripheral blood mononuclear cells, we depict here a novel expression chart of 678 genes and 84 microRNAs (miRNAs) controlling inflammatory, immu...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： D'Amore S,Härdfeldt J,Cariello M,Graziano G,Copetti M,Di Tullio G,Piglionica M,Scialpi N,Sabbà C,Palasciano G,Vacca M,Moschetta A

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Altered Ca(2+) handling in atrial fibrillation (AF) has been associated with dysregulated protein phosphatase 1 (PP1) and subcellular heterogeneities in protein phosphorylation, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. This is due to a lack of investigation into the local, rather than global, regulation of PP...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Chiang DY,Li N,Wang Q,Alsina KM,Quick AP,Reynolds JO,Wang G,Skapura D,Voigt N,Dobrev D,Wehrens XH

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00