@article{APS7631,
author = {Jian-Ming Pei and Yue-Min Wang and Yun-Long Zhu and Mai Chen and De-Ming Huang},
title = {Signaling pathway mediated by kappa-opioid receptor is impaired in cardiac hypertrophy},
journal = {Acta Pharmacologica Sinica},
volume = {22},
number = {10},
year = {2016},
keywords = {},
abstract = {Aim: The responses of the intracellular calcium ([Ca2+]i) and the intracellular pH (pHi) to kappa-opioid receptor stimulation were determined in the single right ventricular myocytes isolated from the hearts of chronically hypoxic rats which exhibited right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH).
Methods: With the spectrofluorometric method, the electrically-induced [Ca2+]i transient and pHi were measured in myocytes loaded with fura-2 and BCECF [2',7'-bis-(2-carboxyethyl)-5-(and 6)-carboxyfluorscein], respectively.
Results: U50,488H, a selective kappa-opioid agonist decreased the electrically-induced [Ca2+]i transient and increased the pHi. The effect of U50,488H was mediated by protein kinase C (PKC). In the RVH, the effect of U50,488H on the [Ca2+]i transient and the pHi were significantly attenuated. In parallel, 4-phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), an activator of PKC, also decreased the [Ca2+]i transient and increased the pHi. In the RVH, the effects of PMA were blunted. The recovery of pHi, which was blocked by ethylisopropyl-amiloride (EIPA), following an acid loading induced by washout of 10 mmol/L NH4)Cl exposing to the cells for 10 min was the same in the RVH and control myocytes.
Conclusion: kappa-Opioid receptor signaling was impaired in the cardiac hypertrophy due to a defect in the coupling of PKC signaling with its effector.},
issn = {1745-7254}, url = {http://www.chinaphar.com/article/view/7631}
}