Impaired expression of atrial natriuretic peptide in diabetic rats with myocardial infarction |
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Authors: | M Inoue T Kanda M Arai BM McManus T Suzuki I Kobayashi R Nagai |
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Affiliation: | The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan. |
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Abstract: | We evaluated the effects of myocardial infarction (MI) on the hemodynamics and the expression of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) mRNA in rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes. Eight weeks after streptozotocin injection, the diabetic rats and age-matched nondiabetic controls underwent coronary artery ligation. One week later, the left ventricular end-diastolic pressure, systolic blood pressure, infarct size, and serum ANP levels did not differ significantly between the diabetic and nondiabetic rats. Compared with control animals without MI, the atrial ANP/beta-actin mRNA ratio in rats with MI was increased to 195% in diabetic animals and 213% in nondiabetic animals. In the left ventricle, however, the ANP/beta-actin mRNA ratio in diabetic animals with MI was increased to only 131% compared with control animals, whereas the corresponding increase in nondiabetic animals was 240% (p<0.05). Thus, the modulation of ANP mRNA expression after MI was impaired in the left ventricle, but not in the atria, of diabetic rats. A reduced myocardial expression of ANP could increase the morbidity and mortality associated with cardiovascular disorders in patients with diabetes. |
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