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Expression of the angiotensinogen gene and localization of its protein in the human heart
- Source :
- Circulation. 86:138-146
- Publication Year :
- 1992
- Publisher :
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 1992.
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Abstract
- BACKGROUND There have been no reports on the presence of the tissue renin-angiotensin system in the human heart, although the presence of angiotensinogen has been described in the animal heart. METHODS AND RESULTS To determine whether angiotensinogen is synthesized in the human heart, we examined angiotensinogen messenger RNA (mRNA) synthesis in autopsy hearts by using ribonuclease protection assay. As a result, angiotensinogen mRNA was detected in the atrial muscle, muscles of the conduction system, and the left ventricular wall. In the left ventricular wall, mRNA expression was more prominent in the subendocardial muscles than in the midcardial or epicardial muscles. Using a monoclonal antibody to human angiotensinogen in immunoblotting experiments, we detected two closely spaced bands at approximately 70 kd in the heart, which was quite consistent with the human angiotensinogen molecule. Immunohistochemical studies with this monoclonal antibody demonstrated intense immunoreactivity in the atrial muscles, the muscles of the conduction system, and those of the subendocardial layers. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that angiotensinogen was synthesized in the human heart. It was evident that the localization of angiotensinogen was not ubiquitous in the cardiac muscles, showing its predilection for the atrial muscles, muscles of the conduction system, and subendocardial layer of the left ventricle.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Blotting, Western
Gene Expression
Biology
Ribonucleases
Physiology (medical)
Internal medicine
Gene expression
medicine
Humans
Tissue Distribution
cardiovascular diseases
Messenger RNA
Staining and Labeling
Angiotensin II
Myocardium
Nucleic Acid Hybridization
RNA
Immunohistochemistry
medicine.anatomical_structure
Endocrinology
Ventricle
Circulatory system
Electrical conduction system of the heart
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15244539 and 00097322
- Volume :
- 86
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Circulation
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5f7014a70e0faa6e636a56f2e7de71d4