Maguire, Janet J, Kirby, Helen R, Mead, Emma J, Kuc, Rhoda E, d'Anglemont de Tassigny, Xavier, Colledge, William H, Davenport, Anthony P (2011) Inotropic action of the puberty hormone kisspeptin in rat, mouse and human: cardiovascular distribution and characteristics of the kisspeptin receptor. PLoS ONE, 6 (11). e27601. ISSN 1932-6203. (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0027601) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:34307)
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0027601 |
Abstract
Kisspeptins, the ligands of the kisspeptin receptor known for its roles in reproduction and cancer, are also vasoconstrictor peptides in atherosclerosis-prone human aorta and coronary artery. The aim of this study was to further investigate the cardiovascular localisation and function of the kisspeptins and their receptor in human compared to rat and mouse heart. Immunohistochemistry and radioligand binding techniques were employed to investigate kisspeptin receptor localisation, density and pharmacological characteristics in cardiac tissues from all three species. Radioimmunoassay was used to detect kisspeptin peptide levels in human normal heart and to identify any pathological changes in myocardium from patients transplanted for cardiomyopathy or ischaemic heart disease. The cardiac function of kisspeptin receptor was studied in isolated human, rat and mouse paced atria, with a role for the receptor confirmed using mice with targeted disruption of Kiss1r. The data demonstrated that kisspeptin receptor-like immunoreactivity localised to endothelial and smooth muscle cells of intramyocardial blood vessels and to myocytes in human and rodent tissue. [(125)I]KP-14 bound saturably, with subnanomolar affinity to human and rodent myocardium (K(D)?=?0.12 nM, human; K(D)?=?0.44 nM, rat). Positive inotropic effects of kisspeptin were observed in rat, human and mouse. No response was observed in mice with targeted disruption of Kiss1r. In human heart a decrease in cardiac kisspeptin level was detected in ischaemic heart disease. Kisspeptin and its receptor are expressed in the human, rat and mouse heart and kisspeptins possess potent positive inotropic activity. The cardiovascular actions of the kisspeptins may contribute to the role of these peptides in pregnancy but the consequences of receptor activation must be considered if kisspeptin receptor agonists are developed for use in the treatment of reproductive disorders or cancer.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0027601 |
Uncontrolled keywords: | kisspeptin cardiovascular |
Subjects: |
Q Science R Medicine R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Biosciences |
Depositing User: | Emma Hargreaves |
Date Deposited: | 18 Jun 2013 08:49 UTC |
Last Modified: | 16 Nov 2021 10:11 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/34307 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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