Activation of the Calcineurin/NFAT Signalling Cascade Starts Early in Human Hypertrophic Myocardium  

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Diedrichs, H. ; Hagemeister, J. ; Chi, M. ; Boelck, B.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The Journal of International Medical Research vol. 35 no. 06 (Nov. 2007), page 803-818.
Topik: Calcineurin

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: J11.K.2007.01 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Cardiac hypertrophy is an independent risk factor for heart failure. Recent studies on gene regulation of proteins have involved intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis. The Ca2+-sensitive phosphatase, calcineurin, is one potential regulator of the hypertrophic response, so we aimed to investigate the calcineurin-dependent signal pathway at different stages of hypertrophy in human myocardium. We found the calcineurin pathway to be significantly activated in hypertrophic compared with non-hypertrophic myocardium as demonstrated by increased calcineurin activity and expression of calcineurin A-beta and B, and GATA-4, and a shift of phosphorylated cytoplasmic NFAT-3 into the nucleus as dephosphorylated nuclear NFAT-3. There was a tendency for these changes to be more pronounced in the decompensated compared with the compensated hypertrophic myocardium. The present study provides evidence for significant activation of the Ca2+-triggered calcineurin pathway in hypertrophic humans. Already present in compensated hypertrophy it showed a tendency to a further increase following transition to decompensated hypertrophy.

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