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Buněčná signalizace v myokardu spontánně hypertenzích potkanů s transgenní a kongenní expresi CD36 / Myocardial cell signaling in spontaneously hypertensive rats with transgenic and congenic expression of CD36

Long-chain fatty acids (LCFA) are the primary energy source in the myocardium and an imbalance in the LCFA and glucose utilization could cause cardiovascular diseases. More than 50% of LCFA uptake by the heart is mediated by the fatty acid translocase CD36 and disruption of its function has been shown to impair cardiovascular functions. The spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) harbors a deletion variant of the Cd36 gene that results in reduced LCFA transport into myocytes. Therefore, the main aim of this thesis was to investigate the importance of a functional CD36 to sustain normal physiological functions of the heart. We used SHR and two genetic modified SHR strains, the congenic SHR-4 and the transgenic SHR-Cd36, with fully functional CD36. They differ in the CD36 expression and in the manner how they were derived from the SHR. CD36 has been proven to play a role in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance. Therefore we analyzed the effect of a functional CD36 on insulin resistance and protein kinase C (PKC) expression, which is known to be involved in the mechanism of insulin resistance, in the heart of SHR-4 and SHR. We showed that the SHR-4 had lower serum free fatty acids (FFA) and triacylglycerols (TAG) concentrations, indicating improved insulin sensitivity. Furthermore, SHR-4 had increased...

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:322630
Date January 2013
CreatorsKlevstigová, Martina
ContributorsNováková, Olga, Kalous, Martin, Zicha, Josef
Source SetsCzech ETDs
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess

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