Protein kinase C isozyme expression in right ventricular hypertrophy induced by pulmonary hypertension in chronically hypoxic rats.
Mol Med Rep
; 16(4): 3833-3840, 2017 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-28765942
ABSTRACT
In chronic hypoxia, pulmonary hypertension (PH) induces right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH). Evidence indicates that protein kinase C (PKC) serves a crucial role in hypoxiainduced RVH. The present study investigated PKC isoform-specific expression and its involvement in RVH. Rats were exposed to normobaric hypoxia for a number of days to induce PH. PKC isoformspecific membrane translocation and protein expression in the myocardium were evaluated by western blotting and immunostaining. A total of six isoforms of conventional PKC (cPKC; α, ßI and ßII) and of novel PKC (nPKC; δ, ε and η), were detected in the rat myocardium. Hypoxic exposure (121 days) induced PH with RVH and vascular remodeling. nPKCδ membrane translocation at 37 days and cPKCßI expression at 121 days in the RV following hypoxic exposure were significantly decreased as compared with the normoxia control group. Membrane translocation of cPKCßII at 1421 days and of nPKCη at 721 days in the left ventricle following hypoxic exposure was significantly increased when compared with the control. The results of the present study suggested that the alterations in membrane translocation, and nPKCδ and cPKCßI expression, are associated with RVH following PH, and the upregulation of cPKCßII membrane translocation is involved in leftsided heart failure.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Protein Kinase C
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Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular
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Hypertension, Pulmonary
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Hypoxia
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Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Mol Med Rep
Year:
2017
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Article