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Here we have studied the inhibition by oestrogen of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">BMP<\/jats:styled-content>4 expression in cardiomyocytes.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Experimental Approach<\/jats:title><jats:p>Cultures of neonatal rat cardiomyocytes were used in <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic> experiments. Bilat\u03b1l ovariectomy (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OVX<\/jats:styled-content>) was carried out in female Kunming mice and cardiac hypertrophy was induced by transverse aortic constriction (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TAC<\/jats:styled-content>).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Key Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Oestrogen inhibited <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">BMP<\/jats:styled-content>4\u2010induced cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">BMP<\/jats:styled-content>4 expression <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic>. The inhibition of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">BMP<\/jats:styled-content>4\u2010induced <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">BMP<\/jats:styled-content>4 protein expression by oestrogen was prevented by the inhibitor of oestrogen receptor\u2010\u03b2, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PHTPP,<\/jats:styled-content> but not by the inhibitor of oestrogen receptor\u2010\u03b1 <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MPP<\/jats:styled-content>. <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">BMP<\/jats:styled-content>4 induced smad1\/5\/8 activation, which was not affected by oestrogen in cardiomyocytes. <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">BMP<\/jats:styled-content>4 induced <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">JNK<\/jats:styled-content> but not <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ERK<\/jats:styled-content>1\/2 and p38 activation, and activated <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">JNK<\/jats:styled-content> was inhibited by oestrogen. Treatment with the p38 inhibitor <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SB<\/jats:styled-content>203580 or the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">JNK<\/jats:styled-content> inhibitor <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SP<\/jats:styled-content>600125 inhibited <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">BMP<\/jats:styled-content>4\u2010induced <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">BMP<\/jats:styled-content>4 expression in cardiomyocytes, but the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ERK<\/jats:styled-content>1\/2 inhibitor <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">U<\/jats:styled-content>0126 increased <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">BMP<\/jats:styled-content>4\u2010induced <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">BMP<\/jats:styled-content>4 expression, indicating that <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">JNK<\/jats:styled-content>, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ERK<\/jats:styled-content>1\/2 and p38 <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MAPK<\/jats:styled-content>s were all involved, although only <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">JNK<\/jats:styled-content> activation contributed to the inhibition of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">BMP<\/jats:styled-content>4\u2010induced <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">BMP<\/jats:styled-content>4 expression by oestrogen. <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TAC<\/jats:styled-content> induced significant heart hypertrophy in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OVX<\/jats:styled-content> mice <jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic> and oestrogen replacement inhibited <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TAC<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010induced heart hypertrophy in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OVX<\/jats:styled-content> mice. In parallel with the data of heart hypertrophy, oestrogen replacement significantly reduced the increased <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">BMP<\/jats:styled-content>4 protein expression in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TAC<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010treated <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OVX<\/jats:styled-content> mice.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions and Implications<\/jats:title><jats:p>Oestrogen treatment inhibited <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">BMP<\/jats:styled-content>4\u2010induced <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">BMP<\/jats:styled-content>4 expression in cardiomyocytes through stimulating oestrogen receptor\u2010\u03b2 and inhibiting <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">JNK<\/jats:styled-content> activation. 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