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A study of beta-adrenergic myocardial signaling in spontaneously hypertensive rat of transgenic strain SHR-Tg19
Manakov, Dmitry ; Novotný, Jiří (advisor) ; Nováková, Olga (referee)
β-Adrenergic signalization plays an important role in heart, regulating cardiac frequency and contractility. It is also involved in development of hypertension and heart hypertrophy. Spontaneous hypertensive rat strain is a common model for human essential hypertension, although the origin of blood pressure abnormalities in SHR remains unknown. Dysfunction in the regulation of fatty acid translocase Cd36 was suggested as a link to development of hypertension in SHR. Transgenic strain SHR-Tg19 (also known as SHR-Cd36) was obtained, harboring a wild type of FAT/Cd36. This thesis aimed to investigate key elements of β-adrenergic signaling in the heart of SHR-Tg19 compared to their SHR controls. Expression and distribution of β1- and β2-ARs were measured using radioligand binding and Western blot analysis along with expression of selected G proteins and expression and activity of adenylyl cyclase. Our experiments showed that there were no significant changes in the Gsα and Giα subunits expressions, along with the amount of β1-AR in both left and right ventricles, according to the Western immunoblotting, but radioligand binding showed an increase in the quantity of β-ARs, particularly β2 subtype. Alongside, an increased expression of β2- ARs was observed in the right ventricle. Different...
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