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Ventricular dysfunction is one of the important side effects of the anti-inflammatory agent, glucocorticoid (GC). The present study was undertaken to examine whether abnormal calcium signaling is responsible for cardiac dysfunction due to an excess of GC hormone. The synthetic GC drug, dexamethasone (DEX), significantly (P<0.001, n=20) increased heart weight to body weight ratio, left ventricular remodeling, and fibrosis. The microarray analysis showed altered expression of several genes encoding calcium cycling/ion channel proteins in DEX-treated rat heart. The altered expression of some of the genes was validated by real-time PCR and western blotting analyses. The expression of the L-type calcium channels and calsequestrin was increased, whereas sarcoendoplasmic reticulum calcium transport ATPase 2a (SERCA2a) and junctin mRNAs were significantly reduced in DEX-treated rat left ventricular tissues. In neonatal rat ventricular cardiomyocytes, DEX also increased the level of mRNAs of atrial- and brain natriuretic peptides, L-type calcium channels, and calsequestrin after 24 h of treatment, which were mostly restored by mifepristone. The caffeine-induced calcium release was prolonged by DEX compared to the sharp release in control cardiomyocytes. Taken together, these data show that impaired calcium kinetics may be responsible for cardiac malfunction by DEX. The results are important in understanding the pathophysiology of the heart in patients treated with excess GC.
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The effects of salmon calcitonin (sCT) on the secretion of 17β-estradiol (E2) were examined in female common carp, Cyprinus carpio. Vitellogenic stage fish adapted to high-Ca water were i.p. injected with vehicle, sCT, human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), or hCG plus sCT. To determine whether ovarian follicles are equipped with CT receptors, a CT binding assay was conducted. In the in vitro experiments, vitellogenic follicles were incubated with stimulators and inhibitors. Administration of sCT increased the basal and hCG-stimulated E2 release in vivo and in vitro. Binding characteristics of [125I]sCT to plasma membrane preparation of carp ovarian follicles showed saturability with high-affinity (K d=48.48 pmol/l and B max=1.2 pmol/mg protein). To clarify the mechanism of E2 production by sCT, in vitro effect of sCT and hCG on aromatase activity (conversion of testosterone to E2) and cytochrome P450 aromatase (P450arom) gene expression in carp ovarian follicles were investigated. Salmon CT-stimulated both aromatase activity and P450arom gene expression in ovarian follicles of carp. sCT-stimulated E2 release by the ovarian follicles in vitro was augmented in the presence of dibutyryl cAMP. Inhibitor of protein kinase A (PKA), SQ 22536 inhibited sCT-stimulated steroid production in a dose-dependent manner. Specific inhibitor of protein kinase C (PKC), NPC-15437 dihydrochloride had no inhibitory effects on sCT-induced E2 release. The present study indicates that sCT binds specifically to carp ovary and stimulates E2 production by increasing the activity of cytochrome P450 aromatase and P450arom gene expression. The results further suggest that stimulatory action of sCT on E2 production is mediated through cAMP pathway.
