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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 282: H749-H756, 2002; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00228.2001
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Vol. 282, Issue 2, H749-H756, February 2002

Downregulation of ANG II receptor is associated with compensated pressure-overload hypertrophy in the young dog

David Schultz5, Xuefeng Su1, Chih-Chang Wei1, Sanford P. Bishop3, Pamela Powell3, Gerald H. Hankes4, A. Ray Dillon4, Patricia Rynders4, Francis G. Spinale6, Gregory Walcott1, Raymond Ideker1, and Louis J. Dell'Italia1,2

1 Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Medicine, 2 Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and 3 Department of Pathology, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35294; 4 Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn, Alabama 36849; 5 Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322; and 6 Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425

We studied the gradual onset of pressure overload (PO) induced by a mildly constricting aortic band in 8-wk-old puppies (n = 8) that increased to 98 ± 11 mmHg at 9 mo. Left ventricular (LV) weight/body weight was increased in PO versus sham-operated littermate controls [8.11 ± 0.60 (SE) vs. 4.46 ± 0.38 g/kg, P < 0.001]. LV end-diastolic diameter, diastolic pressure, and fractional shortening did not differ in PO versus control dogs. There were no inducible arrhythmias in response to an aggressive electrophysiological stimulation protocol in PO dogs. Furthermore, isolated cardiomyocyte function did not differ between control and PO dogs. LV angiotensin II (ANG II) levels were increased (68 ± 12 vs. 20 ± 5 pg/g, P < 0.01) as steady-state ANG II type 1 (AT1) receptor mRNA was decreased 40% and endothelial nitric oxide synthase mRNA levels were increased 2.5-fold in PO versus control dogs (P < 0.05). Total ANG II receptor binding sites of freshly prepared cardiac membranes demonstrated no difference in the dissociation constant, but there was a 60% decrease in maximum binding (Bmax) in PO versus control dogs (P < 0.01). LV ANG II levels correlated negatively with AT1 receptor mRNA levels (r = -0.75, P < 0.01) and total AT1 receptor Bmax (r = -0.77, P < 0.02). These results suggest that LV ANG II negatively regulates AT1 receptor expression and that this is an adaptive response to chronic PO before the onset of myocardial failure in the young dog.

angiotensin II; hypertrophy; angiotensin II receptors; arrhythmias


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