PMID- 17472029 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20070606 LR - 20220318 IS - 0803-7051 (Print) IS - 0803-7051 (Linking) VI - 15 IP - 6 DP - 2006 TI - Early left ventricular gene expression profile in response to increase in blood pressure. PG - 375-83 AB - The heart adapts to increased pressure overload by hypertrophic growth of terminally differentiated cardiomyocytes. At the genetic level, the hypertrophic response is characterized by the reprogramming of gene expression, i.e. upregulation of immediate early genes, natriuretic peptide genes and genes encoding structural proteins. In the present study, we characterized the early changes in gene expression with cDNA expression arrays in response to increase in blood pressure produced by arginine8-vasopressin infusion (0.05 microg/kg/min, i.v.) for 30 min and 4 h in conscious normotensive rats. Expression profiling revealed differential expression of 14 genes in the left ventricle, and several novel factors of immediate early genetic response to pressure overload were identified, such as growth arrest and DNA damage inducible protein 45 (GADD45alpha), epidermal fatty acid-binding protein (E-FABP) and Bcl-X. Administration of angiotensin II (Ang II) for 6 h by osmotic minipumps also increased left ventricular GADD45alpha, E-FABP and Bcl-X gene expression. Furthermore, the induction of GADD45alpha and Bcl-X gene expression by Ang II was blocked by angiotensin II type 1 receptor antagonist losartan. In summary, our analysis provided new insights into the pathogenesis of pressure overload-induced hypertrophy by suggesting the existence of novel regulators of the immediate early gene expression program. FAU - Rysa, Jaana AU - Rysa J AD - Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Finland. FAU - Aro, Jani AU - Aro J FAU - Ruskoaho, Heikki AU - Ruskoaho H LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Blood Press JT - Blood pressure JID - 9301454 RN - 0 (Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers) RN - 0 (Antihypertensive Agents) RN - 0 (Bcl2l1 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Cell Cycle Proteins) RN - 0 (DNA, Complementary) RN - 0 (Early Growth Response Protein 1) RN - 0 (Egr1 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Eye Proteins) RN - 0 (Fabp5 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Gadd45a protein, rat) RN - 0 (HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins) RN - 0 (Nerve Tissue Proteins) RN - 0 (Nuclear Proteins) RN - 0 (Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (bcl-X Protein) RN - 11128-99-7 (Angiotensin II) RN - 113-79-1 (Arginine Vasopressin) RN - 9061-61-4 (Nerve Growth Factor) RN - JMS50MPO89 (Losartan) SB - IM MH - Acute Disease MH - Angiotensin II/toxicity MH - Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers/pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Animals MH - Antihypertensive Agents/pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Arginine Vasopressin/pharmacology/*toxicity MH - *Blood Pressure/drug effects MH - Cell Cycle Proteins/biosynthesis/genetics MH - Chronic Disease MH - Consciousness MH - DNA, Complementary/genetics MH - Early Growth Response Protein 1/biosynthesis/genetics MH - Eye Proteins/biosynthesis/genetics MH - Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins/biosynthesis/genetics MH - Gene Expression Profiling MH - Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects/*physiology MH - HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/biosynthesis/genetics MH - Heart Ventricles/*metabolism MH - Hypertension/chemically induced/drug therapy/*genetics/physiopathology MH - Losartan/pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Male MH - Nerve Growth Factor/biosynthesis/genetics MH - Nerve Tissue Proteins/biosynthesis/genetics MH - Nuclear Proteins/biosynthesis/genetics MH - Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis MH - Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1/biosynthesis/genetics MH - RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - bcl-X Protein/*biosynthesis/genetics EDAT- 2007/05/03 09:00 MHDA- 2007/06/07 09:00 CRDT- 2007/05/03 09:00 PHST- 2007/05/03 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/06/07 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/05/03 09:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1080/08037050601037851 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Blood Press. 2006;15(6):375-83. doi: 10.1080/08037050601037851.