Abstract
Mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) blockers attenuate cardiac remodeling in experimental models of heart failure, myocardial infarction and pressure-overload, in which the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system is activated. Mice lacking the gene encoding guanylyl cyclase-A (GC-A), a common receptor for atrial and brain natriuretic peptide (ANP and BNP, respectively), show marked cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis, which are almost completely inhibited by both genetic and pharmacological blockade of type 1 angiotensin II receptors. However, the effect of eplerenone, a specific MR blocker, on cardiac remodeling in GC-A knockout (GC-A KO) mice remains unknown. Male 12-week-old GC-A KO mice were assigned to control, eplerenone and hydralazine groups (n=6-7/group). Treatment with eplerenone at a dose of 100 mg/kg body weight/d reduced heart weight/body weight ratios, interstitial fibrosis and blood pressure to levels similar to those seen in wild type mice, in association with reduced transcription of atrial natriuretic peptide, brain natriuretic peptide, transforming growth factor-beta1, collagen I and collagen III. Although hydralazine (5 mg/kg body weight/d) exerted a similar effect on blood pressure, it did not inhibit the cardiac rem...Continue Reading
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