Regulation of the sphingolipid signaling pathways in the growing and hypoxic rat heart.
Prostaglandins Other Lipid Mediat
; 78(1-4): 249-63, 2005 Dec.
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ABSTRACT
Sphingolipids (SLs) have a biomodulatory role in physiological as well as pathological cardiovascular conditions. This study aims to assess the variation of SL mediators and metabolizing enzymes in the growing and hypoxic rat heart. Sprague-Dawley rats were placed in a hypoxic environment at birth. Control animals remained in room air. In control animals, activities of acidic-sphingomyelinase (A-SMase), sphingomyelin synthase (SMS), glucosylceramide synthase (GCS), and ceramidase decreased with age in both ventricles whereas activity of neutral-sphingomyelinase (N-SMase) increased with age. Hypoxic RV mass was 171 and 229% that of controls, at 4 and 8 weeks, respectively. This was accompanied by an increase in RV myocardial ceramide synthesis, consumption and breakdown, with a net effect of suppression of ceramide accumulation and increase in diacylglycerol (DAG) concentration. In addition, significant increase in activities of A-SMase by 26 and 29%, SMS by 108 and 40%, and ceramidase by 66 and 35%, in the hypoxic RV rats as compared to controls, was noted at 4 and 8 weeks of age, respectively. Sphingolipids and their regulating enzymes appear to play a role in adaptive responses to chronic hypoxia in the neonatal rat heart.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Esfingolípidos
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Transducción de Señal
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Hipoxia
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Miocardio
Límite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Prostaglandins Other Lipid Mediat
Asunto de la revista:
ENDOCRINOLOGIA
Año:
2005
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Líbano