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Glucocorticoid stimulation of metabolism and glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase activity in cultured heart cells. 1986

D L Freerksen, and C R Hartzell

The direct effects of the glucocorticoids hydrocortisone and corticosterone on myocardial metabolism were studied in cultured heart cells by assessing several parameters previously unreported. Hormone and growth factor concentrations were carefully controlled by using a serum-free medium, which also allowed maintenance of cells in the absence of glucocorticoids. Heart cell beating rate, glucose uptake rate, and CO2 evolution from radioactively labeled glucose were increased by the addition of 0.03 microM corticosterone to the medium of cells maintained in culture for 11 days. There were no further changes in these parameters as steroid concentration was increased to 14.43 microM. The activity of NAD-linked sn-glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.8) was increased by both corticosteroids and was dose dependent between 0.06 and 1.44 microM corticosterone. The difference between glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase activity in cells maintained with hydrocortisone as compared to cells maintained without hydrocortisone increased with days in culture. The protein and DNA contents of dishes maintained with corticosteroid were depressed, demonstrating an inhibitory effect on cellular replication. Glucocorticoids have numerous direct effects on cardiac cell metabolism, and the nature of these effects suggests that secondary responses of the cell to chronic exposure are significant.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007328	Insulin	A 51-amino acid pancreatic hormone that plays a major role in the regulation of glucose metabolism, directly by suppressing endogenous glucose production (GLYCOGENOLYSIS; GLUCONEOGENESIS) and indirectly by suppressing GLUCAGON secretion and LIPOLYSIS. Native insulin is a globular protein comprised of a zinc-coordinated hexamer. Each insulin monomer containing two chains, A (21 residues) and B (30 residues), linked by two disulfide bonds. Insulin is used as a drug to control insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1).	Iletin,Insulin A Chain,Insulin B Chain,Insulin, Regular,Novolin,Sodium Insulin,Soluble Insulin,Chain, Insulin B,Insulin, Sodium,Insulin, Soluble,Regular Insulin
D009200	Myocardial Contraction	Contractile activity of the MYOCARDIUM.	Heart Contractility,Inotropism, Cardiac,Cardiac Inotropism,Cardiac Inotropisms,Contractilities, Heart,Contractility, Heart,Contraction, Myocardial,Contractions, Myocardial,Heart Contractilities,Inotropisms, Cardiac,Myocardial Contractions
D009206	Myocardium	The muscle tissue of the HEART. It is composed of striated, involuntary muscle cells (MYOCYTES, CARDIAC) connected to form the contractile pump to generate blood flow.	Muscle, Cardiac,Muscle, Heart,Cardiac Muscle,Myocardia,Cardiac Muscles,Heart Muscle,Heart Muscles,Muscles, Cardiac,Muscles, Heart
D002245	Carbon Dioxide	A colorless, odorless gas that can be formed by the body and is necessary for the respiration cycle of plants and animals.	Carbonic Anhydride,Anhydride, Carbonic,Dioxide, Carbon
D002478	Cells, Cultured	Cells propagated in vitro in special media conducive to their growth. Cultured cells are used to study developmental, morphologic, metabolic, physiologic, and genetic processes, among others.	Cultured Cells,Cell, Cultured,Cultured Cell
D003345	Corticosterone	An adrenocortical steroid that has modest but significant activities as a mineralocorticoid and a glucocorticoid. (From Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 8th ed, p1437)
D004247	DNA	A deoxyribonucleotide polymer that is the primary genetic material of all cells. Eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms normally contain DNA in a double-stranded state, yet several important biological processes transiently involve single-stranded regions. DNA, which consists of a polysugar-phosphate backbone possessing projections of purines (adenine and guanine) and pyrimidines (thymine and cytosine), forms a double helix that is held together by hydrogen bonds between these purines and pyrimidines (adenine to thymine and guanine to cytosine).	DNA, Double-Stranded,Deoxyribonucleic Acid,ds-DNA,DNA, Double Stranded,Double-Stranded DNA,ds DNA
D004815	Epidermal Growth Factor	A 6-kDa polypeptide growth factor initially discovered in mouse submaxillary glands. Human epidermal growth factor was originally isolated from urine based on its ability to inhibit gastric secretion and called urogastrone. Epidermal growth factor exerts a wide variety of biological effects including the promotion of proliferation and differentiation of mesenchymal and EPITHELIAL CELLS. It is synthesized as a transmembrane protein which can be cleaved to release a soluble active form.	EGF,Epidermal Growth Factor-Urogastrone,Urogastrone,Human Urinary Gastric Inhibitor,beta-Urogastrone,Growth Factor, Epidermal,Growth Factor-Urogastrone, Epidermal,beta Urogastrone
D005947	Glucose	A primary source of energy for living organisms. It is naturally occurring and is found in fruits and other parts of plants in its free state. It is used therapeutically in fluid and nutrient replacement.	Dextrose,Anhydrous Dextrose,D-Glucose,Glucose Monohydrate,Glucose, (DL)-Isomer,Glucose, (alpha-D)-Isomer,Glucose, (beta-D)-Isomer,D Glucose,Dextrose, Anhydrous,Monohydrate, Glucose
D005993	Glycerolphosphate Dehydrogenase		Alpha-Glycerophosphate Dehydrogenase,Glycerol-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase,Glycerophosphate Dehydrogenase,Glycerophosphate Oxidase,Alpha Glycerophosphate Dehydrogenase,Dehydrogenase, Alpha-Glycerophosphate,Dehydrogenase, Glycerol-3-Phosphate,Dehydrogenase, Glycerolphosphate,Dehydrogenase, Glycerophosphate,Glycerol 3 Phosphate Dehydrogenase,Oxidase, Glycerophosphate