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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.
