Increased angiotensin II coupled with decreased Adra1a expression enhances cardiac hypertrophy in pregnancy-associated hypertensive mice.

Cardiac hypertrophy is a crucial risk factor for hypertensive disorders during pregnancy, but its progression during pregnancy remains unclear. We previously showed cardiac hypertrophy in a pregnancy-associated hypertensive (PAH) mouse model, in which an increase in angiotensin II (Ang II) levels was induced by human renin and human angiotensinogen, depending on pregnancy conditions. Here, to elucidate the factors involved in the progression of cardiac hypertrophy, we performed a comprehensive analysis of changes in gene expression in the hearts of PAH mice and compared them with those in control mice. We found that alpha-1A adrenergic receptor (Adra1a) mRNA levels in the heart were significantly reduced under PAH conditions, whereas the renin-angiotensin system was upregulated. Furthermore, we found that Adra1a-deficient PAH mice exhibited more severe cardiac hypertrophy than PAH mice. Our study suggests that Adra1a levels are regulated by renin-angiotensin system and that changes in Adra1a expression are involved in progressive cardiac hypertrophy in PAH mice. Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Jun-Dal Kim, Chulwon Kwon, Kanako Nakamura, Naoto Muromachi, Haruka Mori, Shin-Ichi Muroi, Yasunari Yamada, Hodaka Saito, Yoshimi Nakagawa, Akiyoshi Fukamizu. Increased angiotensin II coupled with decreased Adra1a expression enhances cardiac hypertrophy in pregnancy-associated hypertensive mice. The Journal of biological chemistry. 2023 Mar;299(3):102964

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