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JOURNAL ARTICLE
RESEARCH SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T
Expression of renin-angiotensin system and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors in alcoholic cardiomyopathy.
Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research 2008 November
BACKGROUND: Alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACM) develops in response to chronic alcohol intake and it is hypothesized that activation of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) and disorders in energy metabolism may play important roles in its onset. Given that the expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARalpha and PPARgamma) changes with alterations in cardiac metabolism and myocardial remodeling, this study was designed to test the hypothesis that protein expression of PPARalpha and PPARgamma is correlated with RAS activation in ACM.
METHODS: For the first experiment, rats were divided into 3 groups: 30 received alcohol (intragastric administration with ad libitum drinking), 30 received alcohol and irbesartan (5 mg/kg/d, p.o.), and 30 served as controls. RAS activity and protein expression of PPARalpha and PPARgamma were evaluated in rats following 6 months of alcohol feeding using radioimmunoassay, reverse transcriptase PCR, and Western blot methods. For the second experiment, rats were divided into 4 groups: 10 rats received alcohol/irbesartan (5 mg/kg/d, p.o.)/PD98059 (methyl ethyl ketone [MEK]-1 inhibitor) (0.3 mg/kg/d, p.o.), 10 rats received alcohol/PD98059, 10 rats received alcohol/irbesartan, and 10 rats received alcohol alone. Myocardial PPARalpha and PPARgamma protein expression was detected following 6 months of alcohol feeding using Western blot method.
RESULTS: Compared with controls, myocardial angiotensin (Ang) I, Ang II, and renin levels were progressively increased at 2, 4, and 6 months of alcohol intake. mRNA expression of renin, angiotensinogen, angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), and AT1 was increased at 6 months. Moreover, activated RAS downregulated PPARalpha and upregulated PPARgamma protein expression as ACM progressed. Finally, extracellular signal regulated kinase 1 and 2 (ERK1/2) was shown to play a key role in the regulation of protein expression of PPARalpha and PPARgamma.
CONCLUSION: These results suggest that RAS is activated during the development of ACM. Moreover, ERK1/2 plays a key role in the regulation of protein expression of PPARalpha and PPARgamma by RAS in ACM.
METHODS: For the first experiment, rats were divided into 3 groups: 30 received alcohol (intragastric administration with ad libitum drinking), 30 received alcohol and irbesartan (5 mg/kg/d, p.o.), and 30 served as controls. RAS activity and protein expression of PPARalpha and PPARgamma were evaluated in rats following 6 months of alcohol feeding using radioimmunoassay, reverse transcriptase PCR, and Western blot methods. For the second experiment, rats were divided into 4 groups: 10 rats received alcohol/irbesartan (5 mg/kg/d, p.o.)/PD98059 (methyl ethyl ketone [MEK]-1 inhibitor) (0.3 mg/kg/d, p.o.), 10 rats received alcohol/PD98059, 10 rats received alcohol/irbesartan, and 10 rats received alcohol alone. Myocardial PPARalpha and PPARgamma protein expression was detected following 6 months of alcohol feeding using Western blot method.
RESULTS: Compared with controls, myocardial angiotensin (Ang) I, Ang II, and renin levels were progressively increased at 2, 4, and 6 months of alcohol intake. mRNA expression of renin, angiotensinogen, angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), and AT1 was increased at 6 months. Moreover, activated RAS downregulated PPARalpha and upregulated PPARgamma protein expression as ACM progressed. Finally, extracellular signal regulated kinase 1 and 2 (ERK1/2) was shown to play a key role in the regulation of protein expression of PPARalpha and PPARgamma.
CONCLUSION: These results suggest that RAS is activated during the development of ACM. Moreover, ERK1/2 plays a key role in the regulation of protein expression of PPARalpha and PPARgamma by RAS in ACM.
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