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Effect of Ghrelin on Aldolase Gene Expression in the Heart of Chronic Hypoxic Rat
BACKGROUND: Chronic hypoxia causes apoptosis of cardiac myocytes, however, energy production by anaerobic glycolysis protects myocardium against hypoxia injuries. Aldolase A is a well-characterised key enzyme of the glycolysis pathway. Ghrelin, a 28-amino-acid peptide, synthesizes in the stomach and...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3693620/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23843819 http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ijem.3914 |
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author | Aliparasti, Mohammad Reza Alipour, Mohammad Reza Almasi, Shohreh Feizi, Hadi |
author_facet | Aliparasti, Mohammad Reza Alipour, Mohammad Reza Almasi, Shohreh Feizi, Hadi |
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description | BACKGROUND: Chronic hypoxia causes apoptosis of cardiac myocytes, however, energy production by anaerobic glycolysis protects myocardium against hypoxia injuries. Aldolase A is a well-characterised key enzyme of the glycolysis pathway. Ghrelin, a 28-amino-acid peptide, synthesizes in the stomach and has protective roles in cardiovascular systems and also affects metabolic pathways. OBJECTIVES: Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of ghrelin on aldolase A gene expression after chronic hypoxia in the rat hearts. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty four adult male wistar rats were randomly divided into three groups. Hypoxic rats with saline or ghrelin treatment were placed in a normobaric hypoxic chamber (O2 11 %), for two weeks. Controls remained in room air. Aldolase A gene expression was measured by Real-Time RT-PCR. RESULTS: the transcriptiom rate of Aldolase A in hypoxic animals did not change significantly compared to negative control ones. During chronic hypoxia, ghrelin treatment increased the amount of heart Aldolase A gene expression compared to negative controls (P = 0.029). Hypoxic animals that were treated with ghrelin were significantly more polycythemic than the controls and even hypoxic with saline treated rats (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: It seems that ghrelin interferes in the cardiac metabolism through upregulation of glycolytic enzymes. In other words, it may protect heart from possible hypoxia induced damages. |
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spelling | pubmed-36936202013-07-10 Effect of Ghrelin on Aldolase Gene Expression in the Heart of Chronic Hypoxic Rat Aliparasti, Mohammad Reza Alipour, Mohammad Reza Almasi, Shohreh Feizi, Hadi Int J Endocrinol Metab Original Article BACKGROUND: Chronic hypoxia causes apoptosis of cardiac myocytes, however, energy production by anaerobic glycolysis protects myocardium against hypoxia injuries. Aldolase A is a well-characterised key enzyme of the glycolysis pathway. Ghrelin, a 28-amino-acid peptide, synthesizes in the stomach and has protective roles in cardiovascular systems and also affects metabolic pathways. OBJECTIVES: Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of ghrelin on aldolase A gene expression after chronic hypoxia in the rat hearts. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty four adult male wistar rats were randomly divided into three groups. Hypoxic rats with saline or ghrelin treatment were placed in a normobaric hypoxic chamber (O2 11 %), for two weeks. Controls remained in room air. Aldolase A gene expression was measured by Real-Time RT-PCR. RESULTS: the transcriptiom rate of Aldolase A in hypoxic animals did not change significantly compared to negative control ones. During chronic hypoxia, ghrelin treatment increased the amount of heart Aldolase A gene expression compared to negative controls (P = 0.029). Hypoxic animals that were treated with ghrelin were significantly more polycythemic than the controls and even hypoxic with saline treated rats (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: It seems that ghrelin interferes in the cardiac metabolism through upregulation of glycolytic enzymes. In other words, it may protect heart from possible hypoxia induced damages. Kowsar 2012-06-30 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3693620/ /pubmed/23843819 http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ijem.3914 Text en Copyright © 2012, Research Institute For Endocrine Sciences and Iran Endocrine Society http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Aliparasti, Mohammad Reza Alipour, Mohammad Reza Almasi, Shohreh Feizi, Hadi Effect of Ghrelin on Aldolase Gene Expression in the Heart of Chronic Hypoxic Rat |
title | Effect of Ghrelin on Aldolase Gene Expression in the Heart of Chronic Hypoxic Rat |
title_full | Effect of Ghrelin on Aldolase Gene Expression in the Heart of Chronic Hypoxic Rat |
title_fullStr | Effect of Ghrelin on Aldolase Gene Expression in the Heart of Chronic Hypoxic Rat |
title_full_unstemmed | Effect of Ghrelin on Aldolase Gene Expression in the Heart of Chronic Hypoxic Rat |
title_short | Effect of Ghrelin on Aldolase Gene Expression in the Heart of Chronic Hypoxic Rat |
title_sort | effect of ghrelin on aldolase gene expression in the heart of chronic hypoxic rat |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3693620/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23843819 http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ijem.3914 |
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