Article
Metabolically-modulated growth and phenotype of the rat heart.
European heart journal - 1 Sept 1992
Rupp H, Jacob R
Abstract excerpt
Heart muscle reacts to work overload and various neuroendocrine stimuli by inducing myocyte growth. A novel type of hypertrophy can be induced in the rat heart by etomoxir, which reduces fatty acid oxidation. This hypoglycaemic drug inhibits the mitochondrial carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1, and thus reduces the long-chain fatty acid uptake of mitochondria; in a compensatory manner, the glycolytic flux is...
Topics
- Animals
- Cardiomegaly
- Energy Metabolism
- Fatty Acids
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Heart Failure
- Hemodynamics
- Hypertension
- Mitochondria, Heart
- Muscle Proteins
- Phenotype
- Rats
