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. 1998 Oct 15;102(8):1609–1616. doi: 10.1172/JCI3077

Inhibition of norepinephrine-induced cardiac hypertrophy in s100beta transgenic mice.

J N Tsoporis 1, A Marks 1, H J Kahn 1, J W Butany 1, P P Liu 1, D O'Hanlon 1, T G Parker 1
PMCID: PMC509012  PMID: 9788975

Abstract

We have recently reported that the Ca2+-binding protein S100beta was induced in rat heart after infarction and forced expression of S100beta in neonatal rat cardiac myocyte cultures inhibited alpha1-adrenergic induction of beta myosin heavy chain (MHC) and skeletal alpha-actin (skACT). We now extend this work by showing that S100beta is induced in hearts of human subjects after myocardial infarction. Furthermore, to determine whether overexpression of S100beta was sufficient to inhibit in vivo hypertrophy, transgenic mice containing multiple copies of the human gene under the control of its own promoter, and CD1 control mice were treated with norepinephrine (NE) (1.5 mg/kg) or vehicle, intraperitoneally twice daily for 15 d. In CD1, NE produced an increase in left ventricular/body weight ratio, ventricular wall thickness, induction of skACT, atrial natriuretic factor, betaMHC, and downregulation of alphaMHC. In transgenic mice, NE induced S100beta transgene mRNA and protein, but provoked neither hypertrophy nor regulated cardiac-specific gene expression. NE induced hypertrophy in cultured CD1 but not S100beta transgenic myocytes, confirming that the effects of S100beta on cardiac mass reflected myocyte-specific responses. These transgenic studies complement in vitro data and support the hypothesis that S100beta acts as an intrinsic negative regulator of the myocardial hypertrophic response.

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