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Objective To investigate the effects of substance P (SP) pretreatment on the expression of β1-adrenoreceptor(β1-R) induced by norepinephrine (NE) in cultured neonatal rat cardiomyecytes.Methods The cardiomyocytes obtained from 1-3 day old SD rats were cultured for 72 h.The experiment was performed in 2 parts.In part 1 the cells were seeded in 15 well plate and randomly divided into 5 groups (n=3 wells each):control group (C1)and 4 NE groups were exposed to NE 10-9, 10-8,10-7,10-6 mol/L respectively (NE1,2,3,4).In part Ⅱ the.cells were seeded in 12 well plate and randomly divided into 4 groups (n=3 wells each): group I control (C2): group II NE 10-7 tool/L; group Ⅲ (SN)was pretreated with SP 10-6 mol/L 30 minbefore NE 10-7 mol/L and group IV (NSN)was treated with NK-1 receptor antagonist (NK-1 tachykinin receptor antagonist,S3144) 30 min before SP pretreatment.After exposure to NE for 3 h the expression of β1-R in the rat cardiomyecytes was detected using flow cytometry.Results In part Ⅰ the expression of β1-R was significantly higher in group NE1-3 than in control group (C1),with the highest expression in group NF3.In part Ⅱ the expression of β1-R was significantly higher in group Ⅱ (NE) than in control group (C2) while lower in group Ⅲ (SN) than in control group Ⅱ.(NE).There was no significant difference in the expression of β1-R between group Ⅰ (C2) and group Ⅲ and Ⅳ (NSN).Conclusion Substance P pretreatment can inhibit the up-regulation of β1-R expression in cultured rat cardiomyocytes induced by norepinephrine through activating NK-1 receptor.
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Objective To explore the roles of autoantibodies against ?1 adrenoceptor(?1-receptor)and M2 cholinergic receptor(M2-receptor)in patients with chronic renal insufficiency.Methods The epitopes of the second extracellular loop of ?1 receptor and M2 receptor were synthesized and used respectively to detect the sera autoantibodies against ?1 receptor and M2 receptor by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA) in 76 patients with chronic renal insufficiency,60 cases with hypertension and 40 healthy controls.Results In patients with chronic renal insufficiency,the positive rates of the autoantibodies against ?1-receptor and M2-receptor were 56.7% and 38.1% respectively,which were much higher than those of patients with hypertension(18.3% and 11.7%) and higher than those of healthy controls(17.5% and 15.0%)(all P
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Objective To explore the role of the autoantibodies against ?_1 and ?_1-adrenergic receptor(?_1-receptor)in the development of hypertension with renal failure.Methods The epitopes of the second extracellular loop of ?_1-receptor(197-222) and ?_1-receptor(192-218) were synthesized and used respectively to screen sera autoantibodies in patients with hypertension and renal failure(n=61),hypertension without renal failure(n=60) and healthy blood donors(n=40,control) by ELISA.Results The positive rates of the autoantibodies against ?_1-receptor(62.3%)and ?_1 receptor(50.8%) in patients with hypertension with renal failure were higher than those of patients with hypertension without renal failure(13.3% and10.0%)(P