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  • Title: Bone morphogenetic protein-2--a potential autocrine/paracrine factor in mediating the stretch activated B-type and atrial natriuretic peptide expression in cardiac myocytes.
    Author: Tokola H, Rysä J, Pikkarainen S, Hautala N, Leskinen H, Kerkelä R, Ilves M, Aro J, Vuolteenaho O, Ritvos O, Ruskoaho H.
    Journal: Mol Cell Endocrinol; 2015 Jan 05; 399():9-21. PubMed ID: 25218476.
    Abstract:
    Hemodynamic overload exposes the heart to variety of neural, humoral and mechanical stresses. Even without the neurohumoral control of the entire organism cardiac myocytes have the ability to sense mechanical stretch and convert it into adaptive intracellular signals. This process is controlled by several growth factors. Here we show that mechanical stretch in vitro and hemodynamic overload in vivo activated the expression of bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2), while expression of BMP-4 was temporarily attenuated by stretch. BMP-2 and BMP-4 alone stimulated B-type and atrial natriuretic peptide (BNP and ANP) expression and protein synthesis, and activated transcription factor GATA-4 resembling the effects of mechanical stretch of cultured cardiac myocytes. Further, BMP antagonist Noggin was able to inhibit stretch and hypertrophic agonist induced BNP and ANP expression. Together these data provide evidence for BMP-2 as a new autocrine/paracrine factor that regulates cardiomyocyte mechanotransduction and adaptation to increased mechanical stretch.
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