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Untangling the Cooperative Role of Nuclear Receptors in Cardiovascular Physiology and Disease
The heart is the first organ to acquire its physiological function during development, enabling it to supply the organism with oxygen and nutrients. Given this early commitment, cardiomyocytes were traditionally considered transcriptionally stable cells fully committed to contractile function. Howev...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8346021/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34360540 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms22157775 |
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author | Paredes, Ana Santos-Clemente, Rocio Ricote, Mercedes |
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description | The heart is the first organ to acquire its physiological function during development, enabling it to supply the organism with oxygen and nutrients. Given this early commitment, cardiomyocytes were traditionally considered transcriptionally stable cells fully committed to contractile function. However, growing evidence suggests that the maintenance of cardiac function in health and disease depends on transcriptional and epigenetic regulation. Several studies have revealed that the complex transcriptional alterations underlying cardiovascular disease (CVD) manifestations such as myocardial infarction and hypertrophy is mediated by cardiac retinoid X receptors (RXR) and their partners. RXRs are members of the nuclear receptor (NR) superfamily of ligand-activated transcription factors and drive essential biological processes such as ion handling, mitochondrial biogenesis, and glucose and lipid metabolism. RXRs are thus attractive molecular targets for the development of effective pharmacological strategies for CVD treatment and prevention. In this review, we summarize current knowledge of RXR partnership biology in cardiac homeostasis and disease, providing an up-to-date view of the molecular mechanisms and cellular pathways that sustain cardiomyocyte physiology. |
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spelling | pubmed-83460212021-08-07 Untangling the Cooperative Role of Nuclear Receptors in Cardiovascular Physiology and Disease Paredes, Ana Santos-Clemente, Rocio Ricote, Mercedes Int J Mol Sci Review The heart is the first organ to acquire its physiological function during development, enabling it to supply the organism with oxygen and nutrients. Given this early commitment, cardiomyocytes were traditionally considered transcriptionally stable cells fully committed to contractile function. However, growing evidence suggests that the maintenance of cardiac function in health and disease depends on transcriptional and epigenetic regulation. Several studies have revealed that the complex transcriptional alterations underlying cardiovascular disease (CVD) manifestations such as myocardial infarction and hypertrophy is mediated by cardiac retinoid X receptors (RXR) and their partners. RXRs are members of the nuclear receptor (NR) superfamily of ligand-activated transcription factors and drive essential biological processes such as ion handling, mitochondrial biogenesis, and glucose and lipid metabolism. RXRs are thus attractive molecular targets for the development of effective pharmacological strategies for CVD treatment and prevention. In this review, we summarize current knowledge of RXR partnership biology in cardiac homeostasis and disease, providing an up-to-date view of the molecular mechanisms and cellular pathways that sustain cardiomyocyte physiology. MDPI 2021-07-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8346021/ /pubmed/34360540 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms22157775 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Paredes, Ana Santos-Clemente, Rocio Ricote, Mercedes Untangling the Cooperative Role of Nuclear Receptors in Cardiovascular Physiology and Disease |
title | Untangling the Cooperative Role of Nuclear Receptors in Cardiovascular Physiology and Disease |
title_full | Untangling the Cooperative Role of Nuclear Receptors in Cardiovascular Physiology and Disease |
title_fullStr | Untangling the Cooperative Role of Nuclear Receptors in Cardiovascular Physiology and Disease |
title_full_unstemmed | Untangling the Cooperative Role of Nuclear Receptors in Cardiovascular Physiology and Disease |
title_short | Untangling the Cooperative Role of Nuclear Receptors in Cardiovascular Physiology and Disease |
title_sort | untangling the cooperative role of nuclear receptors in cardiovascular physiology and disease |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8346021/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34360540 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms22157775 |
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