Effects of hMCIP1 on cardiac hypertrophy induced by activated
calcineurin. (A) Gross morphology of hearts from
wild-type, α−MHC-hMCIP1 transgenic, α−MHC-CnA* transgenic, and
doubly transgenic (α−MHC-hMCIP1 × α−MHC-CnA*) mice aged 20
weeks. (B) M-mode echocardiographic analysis from male
littermates of the indicated genotypes at an age of 20 weeks. Heart
rate was markedly slowed in the α-MHC-CnA* animals relative to mice
of other genotypes. Echocardiographic measurements of these animals are
found in Table 2. (C) RNA dot blot analysis of gene
expression of GAPDH, α-MHC, β-MHC, α-skeletal actin, and ANF in
hearts of mice of the indicated genotypes.