Up-regulation of myocardial connexin-43 in spontaneously hypertensive rats fed red palm oil is most likely implicated in its anti-arrhythmic effects

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1235-1245

  Tribulová, Narcis ^a   Bačová, Barbara ^a   Radošinská, Jana ^a,b   Viczenczová, Csilla ^b   Knezl, Vladimír ^c   Dosenko, Victor ^d   Behova, Tamara ^a   Navarová, Jana ^c   Gonçalvesová, Eva ^e   van Rooyen, Jacques ^f   Weismann, Peter ^b   Slezák, Jan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^d BOGOMOLETZ INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^e National Cardiovascular Institute   (Slovakia)

^f CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Connexin 43; Heart; Pkc ; Red palm oil; Shr

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; MESSENGER RNA; PALM OIL; PROTEIN KINASE C EPSILON; RED PALM OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DOWN REGULATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; UPREGULATION; WISTAR KYOTO RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CONNEXIN 43; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; PLANT OILS; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84865438875     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: 12057541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Y2012-103     Document Type: Article

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