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The regulatory effect of bromocriptine on cardiac hypertrophy by prolactin and D2 receptor modulation
Karla Aidee Aguayo-Cerón1, Claudia Camelia Calzada-Mendoza1, Enrique Méndez-Bolaina2
1Sección de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación, Escuela Superior De Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional-Escuela Superior de Medicina , México City, México.
Background:
Bromocriptine, a dopamine agonist, used for the treatment of hyperprolactinemia, type 2 diabetes, ovarian hyper-stimulation syndrome, has also effects on the cardiac remodeling process, but the mechanism of action is unknown. The aim of this work was to determinate the effect during hypertrophic process through molecular mechanisms that include prolactin receptor (Prlr) and receptor of dopamine 2 (D2 r) expression.
Methods:
We used a model of cardiac hypertrophy induced by an aortocaval fistula (ACF) surgery in rats. Protein concentrations of D2 r and Prlr were determined by western blotting. The treatment consisted in water (control), captopril (50 mg/kg/day), bromocriptine (3 mg/kg/day), and ACF group (n = 6 per group).
Results:
Our results showed that bromocriptine treatment decreases the hypertrophy index. Treatment with bromocriptine increases the protein expression of Prlr and D2 r in the cardiac tissue of rats with cardiac hypertrophy.
Conclusions:
We concluded that bromocriptine has a protective effect on cardiac hypertrophy, and due to this effect, it may modulate the expression of Prlr and D2 r, which are involved in the development of cardiac hypertrophy.
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