Angiotensin-(1-7) prevents cardiomyocyte pathological remodeling through a nitric oxide/guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate-dependent pathway

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Title:	Angiotensin-(1-7) prevents cardiomyocyte pathological remodeling through a nitric oxide/guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate-dependent pathway
Creators Name:	Gomes, E.R., Lara, A.A., Almeida, P.W., Guimaraes, D., Resende, R.R., Campagnole-Santos, M.J., Bader, M., Santos, R.A. and Guatimosim, S.
Abstract:	The renin-angiotensin (Ang) system plays a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease, with Ang II being the major effector of this system. Multiple lines of evidence have shown that Ang-(1-7) exerts cardioprotective effects in the heart by counterregulating Ang II actions. The questions that remain are how and where Ang-(1-7) exerts its effects. By using a combination of molecular biology, confocal microscopy, and a transgenic rat model with increased levels of circulating Ang-(1-7) (TGR[A1-7]3292), we evaluated the signaling pathways involved in Ang-(1-7) cardioprotection against Ang II-induced pathological remodeling in ventricular cardiomyocytes. Rats were infused with Ang II for 2 weeks. We found that ventricular myocytes from TGR(A1-7)3292 rats are protected from Ang II pathological remodeling characterized by Ca(2+) signaling dysfunction, hypertrophic fetal gene expression, glycogen synthase kinase 3beta inactivation, and nuclear factor of activated T-cells nuclear accumulation. Moreover, cardiomyocytes from TGR(A1-7)3292 rats infused with Ang II presented increased expression levels of neuronal NO synthase. To provide a signaling pathway involved in the beneficial effects of Ang-(1-7), we treated neonatal cardiomyocytes with Ang-(1-7) and Ang II for 36 hours. Treatment of cardiomyocytes with Ang-(1-7) prevented Ang II-induced hypertrophy by modulating calcineurin/nuclear factor of activated T-cell signaling cascade. Importantly, antihypertrophic effects of Ang-(1-7) on Ang II-treated cardiomyocytes were prevented by N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester and 1H-1,2,4oxadiazolo4,2-aquinoxalin-1-one, suggesting that these effects are mediated by NO/cGMP. Taken together, these data reveal a key role for NO/cGMP as a mediator of Ang-(1-7) beneficial effects in cardiac cells.
Keywords:	Cardiomyocytes, NO, cGMP, Ca(2+) Transient, Ang-(1-7), Ang II, Animals, Rats
Source:	Hypertension
ISSN:	0194-911X
Publisher:	American Heart Association
Volume:	55
Number:	1
Page Range:	153-160
Date:	January 2010
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.109.143255
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