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Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics ›› 2004, Vol. 9 ›› Issue (3): 281-284.

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Influence of a new endothelin receptor antagonist CPU-0213 on expression of MMPs mRNA and TIMPs mRNA in rats with hypertrophic myocardium induced by L-thyroxin

LIU Qing, DAI De-Zai   

  1. Research Department of Pharmacology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, Jiangsu, China
  • Received:2003-09-20 Revised:2003-11-11 Online:2004-03-26 Published:2020-11-21

Abstract: AIM: To observe the alterations of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and TIMPs (the inhibitor of MMPs) and to study the influence of a new endothelin receptor antagonist CPU-0213 on MMPs mRNA and TIMPs mRNA in rats with hypertrophic myocardium induced by L-thyroxin (L-thy).METHODS: Male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into three groups and sc administrated suspension of L-thy (0.4 mg·kg -1·d -1) for consecutive 10 d except for normal group.On the 7th day, the rats treated with L-thy were given CPU-0213 (ig, 100 mg · kg -1·d -1) for 3 d.The whole collagen content in myocardium was measured.Relative LV myocardial mRNA levels of MMPs (MMP-2, MMP-9) and tissue inhibitor (TIMP-1, TIMP-2) were detected with semi-quantitative RT-PCR.RESUITS: The whole collagen content in myocardium induced by L-thy decreased but it increased in the group CPU-0213.The expression of MMPs (MMP-2, MMP-9) mRNA was downregulated in L-thy group and the expression of TIMPs mRNA was upregulated in L-thy group markedly.Treated with CPU-0213, the expressions of MMP-9 and TIMP-1 mRNA were downregulated, whereas the expression of MMP-2 mRNA coming from CPU-0213 group tended to upregulate.But there was no statistical significance among these groups. CONCLUSION: CPU-0213 can inhibit the expression of MMPs and increase collagen content, which can improve heart function.

Key words: L-thyroxin, metalloproteinases, TIMPs, RT-PCR, CPU-0213

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