Increased myocardial adenosine production and reduction of beta-adrenergic contractile response in aged hearts.

abstract：:Mutations in the human gene encoding the nucleotide-binding region in the gamma-subunit of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) cause cardiomyopathy with preexcitation syndrome. Mutant AMPK showed reduced binding affinity to nucleotides in vitro raising the possibility that altered regulation of AMPK activity by AMP/AT...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Zou L,Shen M,Arad M,He H,Løfgren B,Ingwall JS,Seidman CE,Seidman JG,Tian R

更新日期：2005-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:High sodium intake (HNa) increases brain ouabainlike activity (OLA) in rats. In spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), HNa exaggerates development of hypertension and pressor and sympathoexcitatory responses to stress. To investigate whether dietary sodium-induced changes in brain OLA play a functional role, responses...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Huang BS,Leenen FH

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that branching strands of cardiac tissue can form a substrate for very slow conduction. The branches slow conduction by acting as current loads drawing depolarizing current from the main strand ("pull" effect). It has been suggested that, upon depolarization of the branches, they become current sources rei...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Kucera JP,Rudy Y

更新日期：2001-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the hypothesis that stunning swine myocardium with brief ischemia reduces oxygen demand in the stunned region and increases tolerance of myocardium to longer periods of ischemia. Wall function was quantified with ultrasonic crystals aligned to measure wall thickening, and stunning was achieved with two cy...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Schott RJ,Rohmann S,Braun ER,Schaper W

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:F2-Isoprostanes are novel bioactive prostaglandin F2-like compounds produced by nonenzymatic free radical-catalyzed peroxidation of arachidonic acid. F2-Isoprostanes are initially formed in situ on phospholipids and subsequently released. Quantification of the F2-isoprostanes has been found to represent a valuable and...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Moore KP,Darley-Usmar V,Morrow J,Roberts LJ 2nd

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cardiac high molecular weight proteins/ryanodine receptors were purified to homogeneity from junctional sarcoplasmic reticulum membranes and shown to exhibit large conductance calcium channel activity. High molecular weight proteins were solubilized from junctional sarcoplasmic reticulum in zwitterionic detergent ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Rardon DP,Cefali DC,Mitchell RD,Seiler SM,Jones LR

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene therapy, aimed at the correction of key pathologies being out of reach for conventional drugs, bears the potential to alter the treatment of cardiovascular diseases radically and thereby of heart failure. Heart failure gene therapy refers to a therapeutic system of targeted drug delivery to the heart that uses fo...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Pleger ST,Brinks H,Ritterhoff J,Raake P,Koch WJ,Katus HA,Most P

更新日期：2013-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Activation of the mitochondrial ATP-sensitive potassium channel (mitoK(ATP)) has been implicated in the mechanism of cardiac ischemic preconditioning, yet its molecular composition is unknown. OBJECTIVE:To use an unbiased proteomic analysis of the mitochondrial inner membrane to identify the mitochondrial K(...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Foster DB,Ho AS,Rucker J,Garlid AO,Chen L,Sidor A,Garlid KD,O'Rourke B

更新日期：2012-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanical overload elicits functional and structural adaptive mechanisms in cardiac muscle. Signaling pathways linked to integrin/cytoskeleton complexes may have a function in mediation of the effects of mechanical stimulus in myocardial cells. We investigated the tyrosine phosphorylation and the assembly of the mult...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Franchini KG,Torsoni AS,Soares PH,Saad MJ

更新日期：2000-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:To isolate specific markers of both differentiated and proliferating vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs), we used the technique of differential cDNA screening using RNA from cultured rat aortic VSMCs. The tissue specificity of expression of all of the cDNAs isolated was determined by Northern analysis. We isolated se...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Shanahan CM,Weissberg PL,Metcalfe JC

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) remains a progressive and eventually lethal disease characterized by increased pulmonary vascular resistance because of loss of functional lung microvasculature, primarily at the distal (intracinar) arteriolar level. Cell-based therapies offer the potential to repair and ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Granton J,Langleben D,Kutryk MB,Camack N,Galipeau J,Courtman DW,Stewart DJ

更新日期：2015-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We sought to determine the ejection variables that are principally responsible for increases in isovolumic ventricular relaxation rate observed with increases in stroke volume. In nine isolated canine hearts, left ventricular ejection was controlled by patterns specially designed to isolate the ejection parameters mos...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Hori M,Kitakaze M,Ishida Y,Fukunami M,Kitabatake A,Inoue M,Kamada T,Yue DT

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Although PSA (prostate-specific antigen)-a tumor marker for prostate cancer-has been reported to be associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, studies on the association of PSA with subclinical and clinical CVD remain limited. OBJECTIVE:We examined the association of total serum PSA within th...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Chang Y,Kim JH,Noh JW,Cho YS,Park HJ,Joo KJ,Ryu S

更新日期：2019-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism(s) by which mutations in sarcomeric proteins cause hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) remains unknown. A leading hypothesis proposes that mutant sarcomeric proteins impair cardiac myocyte contractility, providing an impetus for compensatory hypertrophy. To test this hypothesis, we determined the impact of...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Marian AJ,Zhao G,Seta Y,Roberts R,Yu QT

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated cardiac conduction disease is an autosomal dominant defect that includes various combinations of bundle branch or fascicular blocks. These defects can cause sudden death due to a complete heart block. We used a genome-wide screening approach with polymorphic (CA)n repeat markers to determine the chromosomal p...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： de Meeus A,Stephan E,Debrus S,Jean MK,Loiselet J,Weissenbach J,Demaille J,Bouvagnet P

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis is considered to be an inflammatory disease. Tissue factor (TF), a prothrombotic molecule expressed by various cell types within atherosclerotic plaques, is thought to play an essential role in thrombus formation after atherosclerotic plaque rupture. Recent studies suggest that the antiinflammatory cyt...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Kamimura M,Viedt C,Dalpke A,Rosenfeld ME,Mackman N,Cohen DM,Blessing E,Preusch M,Weber CM,Kreuzer J,Katus HA,Bea F

更新日期：2005-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:An improved assay was used to investigate the effects of hypoxia or ischemia on interstitial fluid and coronary venous effluent levels of adenosine in isolated perfused nonworking rat hearts. The adenosine in 5- to 10-microliter samples of left ventricular epicardial surface transudates and coronary effluents was reac...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Fenton RA,Dobson JG Jr

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the hemodynamic parameters of stage 18, 21, 24, and 27 chick embryos (from 3 to 5 days of incubation). Dorsal aortic blood velocity and mean vitelline artery blood pressure are measured with a 20 MHz pulsed-Doppler meter and servo-null pressure system respectively. We also measure heart rate, dorsal aortic d...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Clark EB,Hu N

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidatively modified LDL (ox-LDL) activates a lectin-like receptor, LOX-1, which results in the expression of adhesion molecules on endothelial surface. We investigated the regulation of the expression of transforming growth factor-beta(1) (TGF-beta(1)) and its receptors by ox-LDL and the functional significance of th...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Chen H,Li D,Saldeen T,Mehta JL

更新日期：2001-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular recordings were made from eustachian ridge of cat right atrium to determine mechanisms responsible for subsidiary pacemaker automaticity. Pacemaker action potentials exhibited two phases of diastolic depolarization: an initial steeper slope (D1) followed by a more gradual slope (D2). Cesium (1 mM) decrea...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Rubenstein DS,Lipsius SL

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD40 is a 48-kDa phosphorylated transmembrane glycoprotein belonging to the TNF receptor superfamily. CD40 has been demonstrated on a range of cell types, and it has an important role in adaptive immunity and inflammation. CD40 has recently been described on platelets but platelet activation by CD40 has not been descr...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Inwald DP,McDowall A,Peters MJ,Callard RE,Klein NJ

更新日期：2003-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the kinetic parameters of the crossbridge cycle that regulate force and shortening in cardiac muscle, we compared the mechanical properties of cardiac trabeculae with either ATP or 2-deoxy-ATP (dATP) as the substrate for contraction. Comparisons were made in trabeculae from untreated rats (predominantly...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Regnier M,Rivera AJ,Chen Y,Chase PB

更新日期：2000-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Plakophilin-2 (PKP2) is an essential component of the cardiac desmosome. Recent data show that it interacts with other molecules of the intercalated disc. Separate studies show preferential localization of the voltage-gated sodium channel (Na(V)1.5) to this region. OBJECTIVE:To establish the association of P...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Sato PY,Musa H,Coombs W,Guerrero-Serna G,Patiño GA,Taffet SM,Isom LL,Delmar M

更新日期：2009-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat lungs were inflated and incubated in either anionic or cationic ferritin, and alveolar and capillary basement membranes were examined by electron microscopy. Cationic ferritin bound to heparan sulfate proteoglycans on the external surface of the alveolar basement membrane, whereas cationic ferritin bound to the la...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Brody JS,Vaccaro CA,Hill NS,Rounds S

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that hyperhomocysteinemia (HHcy), an independent risk factor of coronary artery disease (CAD), is associated with increased atherosclerosis and decreased plasma high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) in cystathionine beta-synthase-/apolipoprotein E-deficient (CBS(-/-)/apoE(-/-)) mice. We o...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Liao D,Tan H,Hui R,Li Z,Jiang X,Gaubatz J,Yang F,Durante W,Chan L,Schafer AI,Pownall HJ,Yang X,Wang H

更新日期：2006-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase (SERCA2) plays a critical role in the contractile performance of cardiac and slow-twitch skeletal muscle by restoring cytosolic calcium to low resting levels during the contractile cycle. We have previously shown that SERCA2 expression in the heart is altered by a number of pat...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Fisher SA,Buttrick PM,Sukovich D,Periasamy M

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The programmed onset of myocardial dysfunction and its progression to congestive heart failure in the cardiomyopathic Syrian hamster is hallmarked by alterations in myocellular calcium regulation. To determine whether calcium channel blockade is effective in halting the progressive depression of myocardial contractile...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Capasso JM,Sonnenblick EH,Anversa P

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient coronary occlusion (15 minutes) does not result in irreversible myocardial injury but is associated with a depression of contractile function sustained for several hours to days ("stunned myocardium"). The defect in the contractile process responsible for this phenomenon has been suggested to be causally rel...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Ito BR,Tate H,Kobayashi M,Schaper W

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Mitochondria are key integrators of convergent intracellular signaling pathways. Two important second messengers modulated by mitochondria are calcium and reactive oxygen species. To date, coherent mechanisms describing mitochondrial integration of calcium and oxidative signaling in arterial smooth muscle are...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Chaplin NL,Nieves-Cintrón M,Fresquez AM,Navedo MF,Amberg GC

更新日期：2015-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the molecular effectors of apoptotic cell death have been largely annotated over the past 30 years, leading to a strong biological understanding of this process and its importance in cell biology, cell death through necrosis has only recently been accepted as a similarly regulated process with definable molec...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Karch J,Molkentin JD

更新日期：2015-05-22 00:00:00