Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that apelin protects against angiotensin II (Ang II)-induced cardiovascular fibrosis and vascular remodeling. METHODS AND RESULTS:Wild-type mice administered apelin or apelin along with Ang II exhibited less cardiovascular fibrosis and decreased plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1 (PAI-1) gene expression than mice receiving Ang II, N-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), apelin plus L-NAME or apelin plus Ang II plus L-NAME. In-vitro analysis using a luciferase construct driven by 3.1 kb of the human PAI-1 promoter revealed that apelin blocked Ang II-mediated PAI-1 gene expression. Immunoblotting for phosphorylated myosin phosphatase subunit and myosin light chain revealed that apelin blocked Ang II activation of the Rho kinase pathway, which is associated with induction of PAI-1 gene expression by Ang II. In addition, treatment of human aortic smooth muscle cells with apelin reduced PAI-1 mRNA and protein production in the presence and absence of Ang II. Conversely, L-NAME treatment attenuated the downregulation of PAI-1 by apelin in cells. CONCLUSION:Apelin protects against cardiac fibrosis and vascular remodeling through direct regulation of PAI-1 gene expression. This protective effect is mediated through the synergistic inhibition of Ang II signaling and increased production of nitric oxide by apelin. Our data extend previous findings and provide new insight into the molecular mechanisms by which apelin elicits a cardioprotective effect.
journal_name
J Hypertensjournal_title
Journal of hypertensionauthors
Siddiquee K,Hampton J,Khan S,Zadory D,Gleaves L,Vaughan DE,Smith LHdoi
10.1097/HJH.0b013e32834347desubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2011-04-01 00:00:00pages
724-31issue
4eissn
0263-6352issn
1473-5598journal_volume
29pub_type
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journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Journal of hypertension
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journal_title:Journal of hypertension
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/HJH.0b013e32814db89f
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journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/HJH.0b013e328346a5af
更新日期:2011-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:1999-12-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2012-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00004872-199816090-00004
更新日期:1998-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/HJH.0000000000000680
更新日期:2015-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1995-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/HJH.0b013e32832f0d06
更新日期:2009-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.hjh.0000163144.74588.ad
更新日期:2005-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/HJH.0000000000002456
更新日期:2020-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/HJH.0b013e32826f49a3
更新日期:2007-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/HJH.0b013e3282fb81c8
更新日期:2008-06-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1097/00004872-200108000-00020
更新日期:2001-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2010-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1987-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2012-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00004872-199816121-00013
更新日期:1998-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.hjh.0000244949.65040.de
更新日期:2006-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2000-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1991-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2019-02-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1989-07-01 00:00:00