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Catecholamines and cardiac growth

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Biochemical Regulation of Myocardium

Part of the book series: Developments in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry ((DMCB,volume 19))

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The present knowledge concerning the α- and β-adrenergic systems in the regulation of cardiac growth and gene expression is reviewed. To investigate the mechanism by which cAMP regulates the expression of cardiac genes we have used cultured myocytes derived from fetal rat hearts. We have shown previously that the addition of Br cAMP to the culture medium produced an increase in a-myosin heavy chain (α-MHC) mRNA level, in its rate of transcription as well as in the amount of VI isomyosin. To characterize the promoter element(s) involved in cAMP responsive regulation of α-MHC expression we performed transient transfection analysis with a series of α-MHC gene promoter-CAT constructs. We have identified a 13 bp E-box/M-CAT hybrid motif (EM element) which conferred a basal muscle specific and cAMP inducible expression of the α-MHC gene. Using mobility shift assay we have documented that one of the EM element binding protein is TEF-1. Moreover, by incubating cardiac nuclear extracts with the catalytic subunit of PK-A we have found that factor(s) binding to the EM element is a substrate for cAMP dependent phosphorylation.

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  1. Department of Medicine (Section of Cardiology), The University of Chicago, MC 5105, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA

    Mahesh P. Gupta, Smilja Jakovcic & Radovan Zak

  2. Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Sciences, The University of Chicago, IL, 60637, USA

    Mahesh P. Gupta, Smilja Jakovcic & Radovan Zak

  3. Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, The University of Chicago, IL, 60637, USA

    Mahesh P. Gupta, Smilja Jakovcic & Radovan Zak

  4. The Heart Institute for Children and Christ Hospital Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL, 60463, USA

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Gupta, M.P., Gupta, M., Jakovcic, S., Zak, R. (1996). Catecholamines and cardiac growth. In: Vetter, R., Krause, EG. (eds) Biochemical Regulation of Myocardium. Developments in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, vol 19. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1289-5_25

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