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[Increased atria expression of receptor activity-modifying proteins in heart failure patients].

AbstractOBJECTIVE:
Receptor activity-modifying proteins (RAMPs) determine the ligand specificity of the calcitonin receptor-like receptor (CRLR); co-expression of RAMP1 and CRLR results in a calcitonin gene related peptide (CGRP) receptor, whereas the association of RAMP2 or RAMP3 with CRLR gives an adrenomedullin(ADM) receptor. As CGRP and ADM may play a beneficial role in heart failure, this study aimed at the question whether RAMPs mRNAs are changed in heart failure.
METHODS:
Semi-quantitative reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) was used to detect and quantify the mRNAs of RAMP1 and RAMP3 in the atria of heart failing patients.
RESULTS:
It was found that the expressions of RAMP1, RAMP2 and RAMP3 mRNAs increased with the worsening of heart function, but the expressions of RAMP1 and RAMP2 mRNA decreased at level IV of heart failure.
CONCLUSION:
The above results demonstrated in the atria of heart failure patients an up-regulation of CGRP receptor by an increase of RAMP1 in association with CRLR and an up-regulation of ADM receptor by an increase of RAMP2 expression in association with CRLR, thus suggesting that CGRP and ADM receptors be playing a functional role in compensating the chronic heart failure in human.
AuthorsYu-fang Wang, Ji Zhang, Jing Li, Li-qiong Lan, Zhi-mei Yang, Shu-ren Wang
JournalZhonghua yi xue yi chuan xue za zhi = Zhonghua yixue yichuanxue zazhi = Chinese journal of medical genetics (Zhonghua Yi Xue Yi Chuan Xue Za Zhi) Vol. 21 Issue 4 Pg. 351-4 (Aug 2004) ISSN: 1003-9406 [Print] China
PMID15300632 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • CALCRL protein, human
  • Calcitonin Receptor-Like Protein
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
  • Membrane Proteins
  • RAMP1 protein, human
  • RAMP2 protein, human
  • RAMP3 protein, human
  • Receptor Activity-Modifying Protein 1
  • Receptor Activity-Modifying Protein 2
  • Receptor Activity-Modifying Protein 3
  • Receptor Activity-Modifying Proteins
  • Receptors, Adrenomedullin
  • Receptors, Calcitonin
  • Receptors, Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide
  • Receptors, Peptide
Topics
  • Adult
  • Calcitonin Receptor-Like Protein
  • Female
  • Heart Atria (metabolism)
  • Heart Failure (genetics, physiopathology)
  • Humans
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins (genetics, physiology)
  • Male
  • Membrane Proteins (genetics, physiology)
  • Receptor Activity-Modifying Protein 1
  • Receptor Activity-Modifying Protein 2
  • Receptor Activity-Modifying Protein 3
  • Receptor Activity-Modifying Proteins
  • Receptors, Adrenomedullin
  • Receptors, Calcitonin (genetics, physiology)
  • Receptors, Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide (genetics, physiology)
  • Receptors, Peptide (genetics, physiology)
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction

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