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ArticleLife sciences2016

GPER is required for the age-dependent upregulation of the myocardial endothelin system.

Matthias R Meyer, Natalie C Fredette, Geetanjali Sharma, Matthias Barton, Eric R Prossnitz

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Article in Life sciences, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Matthias R MeyerDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, United States. Electronic address: matthias.meyer@ksa.ch.
Natalie C FredetteDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, United States.
Geetanjali SharmaDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, United States.
Matthias BartonMolecular Internal Medicine, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
Eric R ProssnitzDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, United States. Electronic address: eprossnitz@salud.unm.edu.
University of New Mexico · USUniversity of Zurich · CH

Funding

MINORITY INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAM (T32)T32HL007736 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIS CTR · PI RESTA, THOMAS C · 1993 to 2025
$6.5M
G protein-coupled estrogen receptor GPER and breast carcinogenesisR01CA163890 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIS CTR · PI PROSSNITZ, ERIC R · 2012 to 2023
$3.3M
Development of GPR30-Selective LigandsR01CA127731 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO · PI ARTERBURN, JEFFREY B, OPREA, TUDOR I · 2008 to 2012
$1.7M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA127731NCI NIH HHS R01 CA163890NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007736
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsCardiac aging is associated with progressive structural changes and functional impairment, such as left ventricular hypertrophy, fibrosis and diastolic dysfunction. Aging also increases myocardial activity of endothelin-1 (ET-1), a multifunctional peptide with growth-promoting and pro-fibrotic activity. Because the G protein-coupled estrogen receptor (GPER) regulates vascular responsiveness to ET-1, we investigated whether GPER also plays a role in the regulation of the myocardial endothelin system with aging. MAIN

methodsYoung (4month-old) and aged (24month-old) wild-type and Gper-deficient (Gper(-/-)) mice were studied. Gene expression levels of prepro-ET-1, endothelin converting enzymes ECE-1 and ECE-2, and endothelin ETA and ETB receptors were determined by qPCR in left ventricular myocardium. KEY

findingsAging markedly increased steady-state mRNA expression levels of ECE-1, ECE-2, ETA and ETB receptors (each p<0.001 vs. young mice). Deletion of Gper inhibited the age-dependent increase in ECE-2 and ETB receptor mRNA levels (57% and 40% reduction, respectively, each p<0.01 vs. wild-type mice), whereas gene expression of prepro-ET-1, ECE-1, and the ETA receptor was unaffected in Gper(-/-) mice. SIGNIFICANCE: We identified a novel regulatory mechanism through which the endogenous Gper facilitates the age-dependent increase in myocardial expression of ECE-2 and the ETB receptor, which is compatible with an activating role of GPER for the local endothelin system with aging. Targeting GPER signaling by selective antagonists may therefore be considered a new therapeutic approach to reduce age-dependent increased ET-1 activity and the associated development of left ventricular hypertrophy, fibrosis and heart failure.

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AgingAnimalsEndothelinsMaleMiceMice, KnockoutMyocardiumReceptors, EstrogenReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledUp-RegulationEndothelinsGPER1 protein, humanReceptors, EstrogenReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledAgingEndothelin converting enzymeEndothelin receptorEstrogen receptorET-1GPR30HeartMyocardium

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PMID26880534
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