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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2023

Anti-Fibrotic Potential of Angiotensin (1-7) in Hemodynamically Overloaded Rat Heart.

Matus Sykora, Vojtech Kratky, Libor Kopkan, Narcisa Tribulova, Barbara Szeiffova Bacova

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Matus SykoraCentre of Experimental Medicine, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute for Heart Research, 841 04 Bratislava, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0002-0438-3956
Vojtech KratkyCenter for Experimental Medicine, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, 140 21 Prague, Czech Republic.
Libor KopkanCenter for Experimental Medicine, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, 140 21 Prague, Czech Republic.
Narcisa TribulovaCentre of Experimental Medicine, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute for Heart Research, 841 04 Bratislava, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0002-5904-4249
Barbara Szeiffova BacovaCentre of Experimental Medicine, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute for Heart Research, 841 04 Bratislava, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0001-8394-7459
Slovak Academy of Sciences · SKCharles University · CZInstitute of Clinical and Experimental Medicine · CZ

Funding

Slovak Research and Development Agency under the Contract no 21-0410VEGA 2/0002/20, 2/0158/19
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a highly dynamic structure controlling the proper functioning of heart muscle. ECM remodeling with enhanced collagen deposition due to hemodynamic overload impairs cardiomyocyte adhesion and electrical coupling that contributes to cardiac mechanical dysfunction and arrhythmias. We aimed to explore ECM and connexin-43 (Cx43) signaling pathways in hemodynamically overloaded rat heart as well as the possible implication of angiotensin (1-7) (Ang (1-7)) to prevent/attenuate adverse myocardial remodeling. Male 8-week-old, normotensive Hannover Spraque-Dawley rats (HSD), hypertensive (mRen-2)27 transgenic rats (TGR) and Ang (1-7) transgenic rats (TGR(A1-7)3292) underwent aortocaval fistula (ACF) to produce volume overload. Five weeks later, biometric and heart tissue analyses were performed. Cardiac hypertrophy in response to volume overload was significantly less pronounced in TGR(A1-7)3292 compared to HSD rats. Moreover, a marker of fibrosis hydroxyproline was increased in both ventricles of volume-overloaded TGR while it was reduced in the Ang (1-7) right heart ventricle. The protein level and activity of MMP-2 were reduced in both ventricles of volume-overloaded TGR/TGR(A1-7)3292 compared to HSD. SMAD2/3 protein levels were decreased in the right ventricle of TGR(A1-7)3292 compared to HSD/TGR in response to volume overload. In parallel, Cx43 and pCx43 implicated in electrical coupling were increased in TGR(A1-7)3292 versus HSD/TGR. It can be concluded that Ang (1-7) exhibits cardio-protective and anti-fibrotic potential in conditions of cardiac volume overload.

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Heart FailureHypertensionAngiotensin IAngiotensin IIAnimalsConnexin 43FibrosisHeartMalePeptide FragmentsRatsRats, TransgenicAngiotensin Iangiotensin I (1-7)Angiotensin IIConnexin 43Peptide Fragmentsangiotensin (1-7)aortocaval fistulaconnexin 43extracellular matrixheart failure

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PMID36834901
PMCPMC9967643
OpenAlexW4319985451

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