Leptin Regulates Cardiomyocyte Contractile Function Through Endothelin-1 Receptor–NADPH Oxidase Pathway
- 1 February 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Hypertension
- Vol. 47 (2) , 222-229
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.hyp.0000198555.51645.f1
Abstract
Leptin, the obese gene product, plays an important role in the regulation of cardiac function. However, the mechanism behind leptin-induced cardiomyocyte contractile response is poorly understood. This study was designed to examine whether endothelin-1 receptor and NADPH oxidase play any role in leptin-induced cardiac contractile response. Isolated murine cardiomyocytes were exposed to leptin (5, 50, and 100 nmol/L) for 60 minutes in the absence or presence of the ETA receptor antagonist BQ123 (1 μmol/L), the ETB receptor antagonist BQ788 (1 μmol/L), or the NADPH oxidase inhibitor apocynin (100 μmol/L) before mechanical function was studied. Superoxide levels were measured by dihydroethidium fluorescent dye and the superoxide dismutase–inhibitable reduction of cytochrome c. NADPH oxidase subunit expression (p22phox, p47phox, p67phox, and gp91phox) was evaluated with Western blot. Leptin depressed peak shortening and maximal velocity of shortening/relengthening (±dL/dt), prolonged the duration of relengthe...Keywords
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