Effects of increasing afterload on left ventricular output in fetal lambs.

abstract：:The effects of endothelin on systemic and renal hemodynamics in anesthetized spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and Wistar-Kyoto rats were examined. Endothelin (500 ng i.v. +1,000 ng/hr per 300-g rat) elevated mean blood pressure by 13% (p less than 0.02) and decreased renal blood flow by 71% and glomerular filtrat...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Hirata Y,Matsuoka H,Kimura K,Fukui K,Hayakawa H,Suzuki E,Sugimoto T,Sugimoto T,Yanagisawa M,Masaki T

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertrophied cardiac myocytes exhibit prolonged action potentials and decreased transient outward potassium current (I(to)). Because Kv4.3 is a major contributor to I:(to), we studied regulation of its expression in neonatal rat cardiac myocytes in response to the known stimulators of cardiac myocyte hypertrophy, ang...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Zhang TT,Takimoto K,Stewart AF,Zhu C,Levitan ES

更新日期：2001-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Necrosis is one of the main forms of cardiomyocyte death in heart disease. Recent studies have demonstrated that certain types of necrosis are regulated and programmed dependent on the activation of receptor-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase (RIPK) 1 and 3 which may be negatively regulated by Fas-as...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Wang JX,Zhang XJ,Li Q,Wang K,Wang Y,Jiao JQ,Feng C,Teng S,Zhou LY,Gong Y,Zhou ZX,Liu J,Wang JL,Li PF

更新日期：2015-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial stunning is a form of reversible myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury associated with systolic and diastolic contractile dysfunction. In the isolated rat heart model, myocardial stunning is characterized by specific C-terminal proteolysis of the myofilament protein, troponin I (cTnI) that yields cTnI1-193...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Foster DB,Noguchi T,VanBuren P,Murphy AM,Van Eyk JE

更新日期：2003-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Long QT syndrome (LQTS) type 3 (LQT3), typified by the DeltaKPQ mutation (LQT3 mutation in which amino acid residues 1505 to 1507 [KPQ] are deleted), is caused by increased sodium entry during the action potential plateau resulting from mutation-altered inactivation of the Na(v)1.5 channel. Although rare, LQT3 is the ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Fredj S,Lindegger N,Sampson KJ,Carmeliet P,Kass RS

更新日期：2006-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Apolipoprotein E-deficient (ApoE-/-) mice develop atherosclerotic lesions throughout the arterial tree, including the carotid bifurcation. Although the expression of adhesion molecules such as ICAM-1, vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1), and P-selectin on endothelium that overlie atherosclerotic plaques has bee...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Ramos CL,Huo Y,Jung U,Ghosh S,Manka DR,Sarembock IJ,Ley K

更新日期：1999-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified immunologically the protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms present in rat mesenteric small arteries, defined their distribution between particulate and soluble fractions, and studied their involvement in phorbol ester-induced contraction. Our analysis revealed the presence of the CA(2+)-dependent PKCs (alp...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Ohanian V,Ohanian J,Shaw L,Scarth S,Parker PJ,Heagerty AM

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Local alterations in the hemodynamic environment regulate endothelial cell function, but the signal-transduction mechanisms involved in this process remain unclear. Because mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases have been shown to be activated by physical forces, we measured the phosphorylation and enzyme activity of...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Tseng H,Peterson TE,Berk BC

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics of contractions and Ca(2+) transients are slowed in myocytes from failing hearts. The mechanisms accounting for these abnormalities remain unclear. Myocardial infarction (MI) was produced by ligation of the circumflex artery in rabbits. We used confocal microscopy to record spatially resolved Ca(2+) trans...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Litwin SE,Zhang D,Bridge JH

更新日期：2000-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with severe heart failure are at high risk of sudden cardiac death. In the majority of these patients, sudden cardiac death is thought to be due to ventricular tachyarrhythmias. Alterations of the electric properties of single myocytes in heart failure may favor the occurrence of ventricular arrhythmias in th...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Priebe L,Beuckelmann DJ

更新日期：1998-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathological remodeling of the left ventricle (LV) after myocardial infarction (MI) is a major cause of heart failure. Although cardiac hypertrophy after increased loading conditions has been recognized as a clinical risk factor for human heart failure, it is unknown whether post-MI hypertrophic remodeling of the myoc...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： van Rooij E,Doevendans PA,Crijns HJ,Heeneman S,Lips DJ,van Bilsen M,Williams RS,Olson EN,Bassel-Duby R,Rothermel BA,De Windt LJ

更新日期：2004-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart failure (HF) has been singled out as an epidemic and is a staggering clinical and public health problem, associated with significant mortality, morbidity, and healthcare expenditures, particularly among those aged ≥ 65 years. The case mix of HF is changing over time with a growing proportion of cases presenting ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Roger VL

更新日期：2013-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The proteoglycan versican is implicated in several atherogenic events, including stimulation of vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) growth and migration, retention of lipoproteins, and promotion of thrombogenesis. A high content of intimal versican also correlates with a low content of elastin, suggesting an inhibitory...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Huang R,Merrilees MJ,Braun K,Beaumont B,Lemire J,Clowes AW,Hinek A,Wight TN

更新日期：2006-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The extracellular epicardial potential fields produced by simple depolarization waves in the in situ canine left ventricular myocardium were analyzed. A mathematical model that included tissue anisotrophy was developed to explain the observed fields. Values of intracellular (i), extracellular (o), longitudinal (l), an...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Roberts DE,Scher AM

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The positive inotropic effect of the beta-adrenoceptor agonist isoproterenol is accompanied by inhibition of phosphatase type 1 activity in myocardium. Indirect assays suggest that this effect is due to activation of protein phosphatase inhibitor-1, which inhibits phosphatase activity only when phosphorylated. To test...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Neumann J,Gupta RC,Schmitz W,Scholz H,Nairn AC,Watanabe AM

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Mutations in vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor-3 (VEGFR3 or FLT4) cause Milroy disease, an autosomal dominant condition that presents with congenital lymphedema. Mutations in VEGFR3 are identified in only 70% of patients with classic Milroy disease, suggesting genetic heterogeneity. OBJECTIV...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Gordon K,Schulte D,Brice G,Simpson MA,Roukens MG,van Impel A,Connell F,Kalidas K,Jeffery S,Mortimer PS,Mansour S,Schulte-Merker S,Ostergaard P

更新日期：2013-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) protein is expressed in cardiac myocytes of patients and experimental animals with congestive heart failure (CHF). Here we show that iNOS expression plays a role in pressure overload-induced myocardial chamber dilation and hypertrophy. In wild-type mice, chronic transverse aortic...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Zhang P,Xu X,Hu X,van Deel ED,Zhu G,Chen Y

更新日期：2007-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated that expression of p193 and p53 mutants with dominant-interfering activities renders embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes responsive to the growth promoting activities of the E1A viral oncoproteins. In this study, the effects of p53 and p193 antagonization on cardiomyocyte cell...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Nakajima H,Nakajima HO,Tsai SC,Field LJ

更新日期：2004-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of chronic therapy with quinapril on the temporal progression of left ventricular failure and survival was assessed in the CHF 146 cardiomyopathic (CM) hamster, which is an idiopathic model of congestive heart failure. Age-matched Golden Syrian (GS) hamsters served as normal controls. Quinapril was administ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Haleen SJ,Weishaar RE,Overhiser RW,Bousley RF,Keiser JA,Rapundalo SR,Taylor DG

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium channel blockers are among the most commonly used therapeutic drugs. Nevertheless, the utility of calcium channel blockers for heart disease is limited because of the potent vasodilatory effect that causes hypotension, and other side effects attributable to blockade of noncardiac channels. Therefore, focal cal...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Murata M,Cingolani E,McDonald AD,Donahue JK,Marbán E

更新日期：2004-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Five fetal sheep (gestational age, 118 to 125 days) were instrumented to measure impedances of the lower abdominal aorta. Four days after surgery, flow and pressure pulses were recorded during control conditions and during infusion of norepinephrine (0.3 to 3 micrograms.min-1.kg-1 body weight) or angiotensin II (0.2 t...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Schröder H,Cetin E,Hüneke B,Carstensen M

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated, cultured arterial endothelial cells express an acetylcholine (ACh)-activated K+ current in addition to an inward rectifier current whose conductance is unaffected by ACh. The cholinergic K+ current is specifically blocked by atropine (1 microM) and shows single saturation kinetics with ACh (half-maximal stim...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Olesen SP,Davies PF,Clapham DE

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A potent transcriptional enhancer was previously identified upstream of the mouse renin gene. Within the enhancer is a TGACCT direct-repeat motif, required for enhancer activity, that is the consensus sequence recognized by members of the thyroid hormone subfamily of steroid hormone receptors. We previously reported t...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Liu X,Huang X,Sigmund CD

更新日期：2003-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventricular repolarization was analyzed by measuring epicardial potential distributions in intact dogs with single or multiple ectopic foci and a minimum at the terminal site(s) of excitation. During the latter half of the T wave the distributions became more complex, and two maxima evolved from the initial one at eac...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Spach MS,Barr RC

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The consequences of endothelin receptor activation were examined in atrial tumor myocytes derived from transgenic mice (AT-1 cells). Endothelin-1 (endothelin) stimulates phosphoinositide hydrolysis in a dose-dependent manner. Endothelin also induces the rapid and transient translocation of protein kinase C (PKC)-epsil...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Jiang T,Pak E,Zhang HL,Kline RP,Steinberg SF

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:We previously reported that vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-induced binding of VEGF receptor 2 (VEGFR2) to epsins 1 and 2 triggers VEGFR2 degradation and attenuates VEGF signaling. The epsin ubiquitin interacting motif (UIM) was shown to be required for the interaction with VEGFR2. However, the mole...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Rahman HNA,Wu H,Dong Y,Pasula S,Wen A,Sun Y,Brophy ML,Tessneer KL,Cai X,McManus J,Chang B,Kwak S,Rahman NS,Xu W,Fernandes C,Mcdaniel JM,Xia L,Smith L,Srinivasan RS,Chen H

更新日期：2016-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia is a potent coronary-vasodilating signal; its mechanisms are still controversial. We have assessed the possible role of nitric oxide (NO) in hypoxic coronary vasodilatation (HCVD) in isolated guinea pig hearts perfused at constant pressure. HCVD was elicited by a 1-minute 100% N2 exposure; coronary flow double...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Park KH,Rubin LE,Gross SS,Levi R

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular dysfunction in diabetes is attributed to lack of bioavailable nitric oxide (NO) and is postulated as a primary cause of small vessel complications as a result of poor glycemic control. Although it has been proposed that NO is bound by red blood cells (RBCs) and can induce relaxation of blood vessels distal to...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： James PE,Lang D,Tufnell-Barret T,Milsom AB,Frenneaux MP

更新日期：2004-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Volume expansion has been shown to increase plasma atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) levels, but the precise role of paracrine and autocrine factors in stretch-induced cardiac hormone release is not clear. In the present study, we report the effects of endothelin (ET) and angiotensin receptor (AT receptor) antagonists ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Leskinen H,Vuolteenaho O,Ruskoaho H

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolongation of the action potential has been postulated to be a major reason for the altered diastolic relaxation of the heart in patients with severe heart failure. To investigate the electrophysiological basis for this action potential prolongation in terminal heart failure, K+ currents were recorded in single vent...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Beuckelmann DJ,Näbauer M,Erdmann E

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00