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. 1995 Aug 1;92(16):7391–7395. doi: 10.1073/pnas.92.16.7391

Retinoid-dependent pathways suppress myocardial cell hypertrophy.

M D Zhou 1, H M Sucov 1, R M Evans 1, K R Chien 1
PMCID: PMC41345  PMID: 7638203

Abstract

Utilizing an in vitro model system of cardiac muscle cell hypertrophy, we have identified a retinoic acid (RA)-mediated pathway that suppresses the acquisition of specific features of the hypertrophic phenotype after exposure to the alpha-adrenergic receptor agonist phenylephrine. RA at physiological concentrations suppresses the increase in cell size and induction of a genetic marker for hypertrophy, the atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) gene. RA also suppresses endothelin 1 pathways for cardiac muscle cell hypertrophy, but it does not affect the increase in cell size and ANF expression induced by serum stimulation. A trans-activation analysis using a transient transfection assay reveals that neonatal rat ventricular myocardial cells express functional RA receptors of both the retinoic acid receptor and retinoid X receptor (RAR and RXR) subtypes. Using synthetic agonists of RA, which selectively bind to RXR or RAR, our data indicate that RAR/RXR heterodimers mediate suppression of alpha-adrenergic receptor-dependent hypertrophy. These results suggest the possibility that a pathway for suppression of hypertrophy may exist in vivo, which may have potential therapeutic value.

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