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Watanabe K, Maruo Y, Takeda A. Efficacy of cibenzoline for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy in paediatric patients with RAS/MAPK pathway syndromes. Cardiol Young 2022; 33:1-3. [PMID: 36221307 DOI: 10.1017/s1047951122003183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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RASopathies - caused by mutations in the RAS/MAPK signaling pathway - are frequently associated with cardiac diseases, such as hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. Although cibenzoline is useful for adult hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy patients, little is known about its effect in children. Here, we report two paediatric cases of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy associated with RASopathies where the condition was improved by cibenzoline.
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- Kota Watanabe
- Pediatrics, Kitami Red Cross Hospital, North 6-East 2, Kitami, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Pediatrics, Kitami Red Cross Hospital, North 6-East 2, Kitami, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Pediatrics, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Shimozawa H, Sato T, Osaka H, Takeda A, Miyauchi A, Omika N, Yada Y, Kono Y, Murayama K, Okazaki Y, Kishita Y, Yamagata T. A Case of Infantile Mitochondrial Cardiomyopathy Treated with a Combination of Low-Dose Propranolol and Cibenzoline for Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Stenosis. Int Heart J 2022; 63:970-977. [DOI: 10.1536/ihj.21-859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University
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- Department of Pediatrics, Jichi Medical University
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- Department of Pediatrics, Jichi Medical University
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- Department of Pediatrics, Jichi Medical University
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- Center for Medical Genetics and Department of Metabolism, Chiba Children's Hospital
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- Diagnostics and Therapeutic of Intractable Diseases, Intractable Disease Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University
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- Diagnostics and Therapeutic of Intractable Diseases, Intractable Disease Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University
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Hamada M, Shigematsu Y, Ikeda S, Ohshima K, Ogimoto A. Impact of cibenzoline treatment on left ventricular remodelling and prognosis in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. ESC Heart Fail 2021; 8:4832-4842. [PMID: 34713615 PMCID: PMC8712831 DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.13672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2021] [Revised: 09/03/2021] [Accepted: 10/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Aims This study aimed to elucidate the long‐term effect of cibenzoline therapy on cardiovascular complications and prognosis in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM). Methods and results Eighty‐eight patients with HOCM were treated with cibenzoline (Group A), and 41 patients did not receive cibenzoline (Group B). The changes in left ventricular (LV) remodelling, incidences of cardiovascular complications and deaths, were examined. The mean follow‐up period was 15.8 ± 5.6 years in Group A and 17.8 ± 7.2 years in Group B. In Group A, the LV pressure gradient (LVPG) decreased immediately after treatment, and the reduction was maintained throughout the study. In Group B, the LVPG decreased gradually according to the deterioration of LV function. LV reverse remodelling was confirmed in Group A, and LV remodelling advanced in Group B. In Group A, the incidence of each cardiovascular complication was <10%. Only one patient experienced LV heart failure (LVHF). LVHF incidence and atrial fibrillation were higher in Group B than those in Group A (P < 0.0001). The incidence of death was 20.5% in Group A and 90.2% in Group B (P < 0.0001). The most frequent cause of death was sudden cardiac death (SCD) (38.9%) in Group A and LVHF (67.6%) in Group B. The incidence of SCD showed no significant difference between the two groups. The cumulative cardiac survival rate was higher in Group A than that in Group B (P < 0.0001). Conclusions Cibenzoline treatment significantly reduced all cardiovascular complications and death due to LVHF and may be a promising treatment in patients with HOCM.
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- Mareomi Hamada
- Division of Cardiology, Uwajima City Hospital, 1-1, Goten-machi, Uwajima, 798-8510, Japan
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- Fundamental and Clinical Nursing, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan
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- Department of Community and Emergency Medicine, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan
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- Division of Cardiology, Uwajima City Hospital, 1-1, Goten-machi, Uwajima, 798-8510, Japan
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- Division of Cardiology, Uwajima City Hospital, 1-1, Goten-machi, Uwajima, 798-8510, Japan
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Chronic phase improvements in electrocardiographic and echocardiographic manifestations of left ventricular hypertrophy after alcohol septal ablation for drug-refractory hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. Heart Vessels 2017; 33:246-254. [DOI: 10.1007/s00380-017-1053-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2017] [Accepted: 09/22/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Hamada M, Ikeda S, Ohshima K, Nakamura M, Kubota N, Ogimoto A, Shigematsu Y. Impact of chronic use of cibenzoline on left ventricular pressure gradient and left ventricular remodeling in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. J Cardiol 2016; 67:279-86. [PMID: 26116980 DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2015.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2015] [Revised: 05/12/2015] [Accepted: 05/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cibenzoline, a class Ia antiarrhythmic drug, is useful for reducing the left ventricular pressure gradient (LVPG) in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM). However, chronic effects of cibenzoline on LVPG and left ventricular (LV) remodeling are unknown. METHODS Forty-one patients with HOCM participated in this study. Echocardiographic, electrocardiographic, and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) data collected before and after cibenzoline treatment were compared. From the relation between LVPG and plasma concentration of cibenzoline, an efficacious plasma concentration of cibenzoline was estimated. RESULTS The mean follow-up period was 74.2±47.1 months. The LVPG decreased from 104.8±62.6mmHg to 27.6±30.5mmHg (p<0.0001). The LV end-diastolic dimension increased from 42.8±5.8mm to 46.2±5.4mm (p<0.0001), but neither LV end-systolic dimension nor LV fractional shortening changed significantly. The left atrial dimension decreased from 40.0±4.7mm to 36.2±5.1mm (p<0.0001). The E-wave velocity/A-wave velocity ratio increased, early diastolic annular velocity (Ea) increased, and E/Ea ratio decreased. The interventricular septal wall thickness, LV posterior wall thickness, the Sokolow-Lyon index, and the depth of negative T wave decreased. The heart rate-corrected QT interval was shortened. Plasma BNP level decreased from 418.8±423.7pg/ml to 213.7±154.1pg/ml (p<0.02). The safe and efficacious plasma concentration of cibenzoline was between 300ng/mL and 1500ng/mL. CONCLUSIONS Long-term treatment with cibenzoline attenuated LVPG, improved LV diastolic dysfunction, and induced LV hypertrophy regression in patients with HOCM without causing serious complications.
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- Mareomi Hamada
- Division of Cardiology, Uwajima City Hospital, Uwajima, Ehime, Japan.
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- Division of Cardiology, Uwajima City Hospital, Uwajima, Ehime, Japan
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- Division of Cardiology, Uwajima City Hospital, Uwajima, Ehime, Japan
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- Division of Cardiology, Uwajima City Hospital, Uwajima, Ehime, Japan
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- Division of Physiological Laboratory, Uwajima City Hospital, Uwajima, Ehime, Japan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Integrated Medicine and Informatics, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon-city, Ehime, Japan
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- Clinical Nursing, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon-city, Ehime, Japan
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Zhao ZH, Jin CL, Jang JH, Wu YN, Kim SJ, Jin HH, Cui L, Zhang YH. Assessment of Myofilament Ca2+ Sensitivity Underlying Cardiac Excitation-contraction Coupling. J Vis Exp 2016. [PMID: 27501399 DOI: 10.3791/54057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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Heart failure and cardiac arrhythmias are the leading causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide. However, the mechanism of pathogenesis and myocardial malfunction in the diseased heart remains to be fully clarified. Recent compelling evidence demonstrates that changes in the myofilament Ca(2+) sensitivity affect intracellular Ca(2+) homeostasis and ion channel activities in cardiac myocytes, the essential mechanisms responsible for the cardiac action potential and contraction in healthy and diseased hearts. Indeed, activities of ion channels and transporters underlying cardiac action potentials (e.g., Na(+), Ca(2+) and K(+) channels and the Na(+)-Ca(2+) exchanger) and intracellular Ca(2+) handling proteins (e.g., ryanodine receptors and Ca(2+)-ATPase in sarcoplasmic reticulum (SERCA2a) or phospholamban and its phosphorylation) are conventionally measured to evaluate the fundamental mechanisms of cardiac excitation-contraction (E-C) coupling. Both electrical activities in the membrane and intracellular Ca(2+) changes are the trigger signals of E-C coupling, whereas myofilament is the functional unit of contraction and relaxation, and myofilament Ca(2+) sensitivity is imperative in the implementation of myofibril performance. Nevertheless, few studies incorporate myofilament Ca(2+) sensitivity into the functional analysis of the myocardium unless it is the focus of the study. Here, we describe a protocol that measures sarcomere shortening/re-lengthening and the intracellular Ca(2+) level using Fura-2 AM (ratiometric detection) and evaluate the changes of myofilament Ca(2+) sensitivity in cardiac myocytes from rat hearts. The main aim is to emphasize that myofilament Ca(2+) sensitivity should be taken into consideration in E-C coupling for mechanistic analysis. Comprehensive investigation of ion channels, ion transporters, intracellular Ca(2+) handling, and myofilament Ca(2+) sensitivity that underlie myocyte contractility in healthy and diseased hearts will provide valuable information for designing more effective strategies of translational and therapeutic value.
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- Zai Hao Zhao
- Department of Physiology & Biomedical Sciences, Ischemic/hypoxic Disease Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine
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- Department of Physiology & Biomedical Sciences, Ischemic/hypoxic Disease Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine
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- Department of Physiology & Biomedical Sciences, Ischemic/hypoxic Disease Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine
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- Department of Physiology & Biomedical Sciences, Ischemic/hypoxic Disease Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine
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- Department of Physiology & Biomedical Sciences, Ischemic/hypoxic Disease Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine
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- Yan Bian University Hospital;
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- Department of Physiology & Biomedical Sciences, Ischemic/hypoxic Disease Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine; Yan Bian University Hospital; Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester;
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SERCA2 Haploinsufficiency in a Mouse Model of Darier Disease Causes a Selective Predisposition to Heart Failure. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2015; 2015:251598. [PMID: 26064889 PMCID: PMC4433638 DOI: 10.1155/2015/251598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2014] [Revised: 12/18/2014] [Accepted: 12/23/2014] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Null mutations in one copy of ATP2A2, the gene encoding sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase isoform 2 (SERCA2), cause Darier disease in humans, a skin condition involving keratinocytes. Cardiac function appears to be unimpaired in Darier disease patients, with no evidence that SERCA2 haploinsufficiency itself causes heart disease. However, SERCA2 deficiency is widely considered a contributing factor in heart failure. We therefore analyzed Atp2a2 heterozygous mice to determine whether SERCA2 haploinsufficiency can exacerbate specific heart disease conditions. Despite reduced SERCA2a levels in heart, Atp2a2 heterozygous mice resembled humans in exhibiting normal cardiac physiology. When subjected to hypothyroidism or crossed with a transgenic model of reduced myofibrillar Ca(2+)-sensitivity, SERCA2 deficiency caused no enhancement of the disease state. However, when combined with a transgenic model of increased myofibrillar Ca(2+)-sensitivity, SERCA2 haploinsufficiency caused rapid onset of hypertrophy, decompensation, and death. These effects were associated with reduced expression of the antiapoptotic Hax1, increased levels of the proapoptotic genes Chop and Casp12, and evidence of perturbations in energy metabolism. These data reveal myofibrillar Ca(2+)-sensitivity to be an important determinant of the cardiac effects of SERCA2 haploinsufficiency and raise the possibility that Darier disease patients are more susceptible to heart failure under certain conditions.
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Hamada M, Ikeda S, Shigematsu Y. Advances in medical treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. J Cardiol 2014; 64:1-10. [PMID: 24735741 DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2014.02.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2014] [Accepted: 02/20/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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We reviewed the natural history of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). The effect of medical treatments on natural history, left ventricular (LV) functions and LV remodeling was also evaluated. Sudden cardiac death and end-stage heart failure are the most serious complications of HCM. Age <30 years and a family history of sudden premature death are risk factors for sudden cardiac death in HCM patients. End-stage heart failure is not a specific additional phenomenon observed in patients with HCM, but is the natural course of the disease in most of those patients. After the occurrence of heart failure, the progression to cardiac death is very rapid. Young age at diagnosis, a family history of HCM, and greater wall thickness are associated with a greater likelihood of developing end-stage heart failure. Neither beta-blockers nor calcium antagonists can prevent this transition. The class Ia antiarrhythmic drugs, disopyramide and cibenzoline are useful for the reduction of LV pressure gradient. Unlike disopyramide, cibenzoline has little anticholinergic activity; therefore, this drug can be easily adapted to long-term use. In addition to the reduction in LV pressure gradient, cibenzoline can improve LV diastolic dysfunction, and induce regression of LV hypertrophy in patients with HCM. A decrease in intracellular Ca(2+) concentration through the activation of the Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger associated with cibenzoline therapy is likely to be closely related with the improvement in HCM-related disorders. It is possible that cibenzoline can prevent the progression from typical HCM to end-stage heart failure.
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- Mareomi Hamada
- Division of Cardiology, Uwajima City Hospital, 1-1 Goten-machi, Uwajima, Ehime 798-8510, Japan.
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- Division of Cardiology, Uwajima City Hospital, 1-1 Goten-machi, Uwajima, Ehime 798-8510, Japan
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- Clinical Nursing, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Shitsukawa, Toon-City, Ehime 791-0295, Japan
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Kaushik G, Engler AJ. From stem cells to cardiomyocytes: the role of forces in cardiac maturation, aging, and disease. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2014; 126:219-42. [PMID: 25081620 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-394624-9.00009-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Stem cell differentiation into a variety of lineages is known to involve signaling from the extracellular niche, including from the physical properties of that environment. What regulates stem cell responses to these cues is there ability to activate different mechanotransductive pathways. Here, we will review the structures and pathways that regulate stem cell commitment to a cardiomyocyte lineage, specifically examining proteins within muscle sarcomeres, costameres, and intercalated discs. Proteins within these structures stretch, inducing a change in their phosphorylated state or in their localization to initiate different signals. We will also put these changes in the context of stem cell differentiation into cardiomyocytes, their subsequent formation of the chambered heart, and explore negative signaling that occurs during disease.
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- Gaurav Kaushik
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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Tripathi S, Schultz I, Becker E, Montag J, Borchert B, Francino A, Navarro-Lopez F, Perrot A, Özcelik C, Osterziel KJ, McKenna WJ, Brenner B, Kraft T. Unequal allelic expression of wild-type and mutated β-myosin in familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Basic Res Cardiol 2011; 106:1041-55. [PMID: 21769673 PMCID: PMC3228959 DOI: 10.1007/s00395-011-0205-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2011] [Revised: 06/29/2011] [Accepted: 07/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (FHC) is an autosomal dominant disease, which in about 30% of the patients is caused by missense mutations in one allele of the β-myosin heavy chain (β-MHC) gene (MYH7). To address potential molecular mechanisms underlying the family-specific prognosis, we determined the relative expression of mutant versus wild-type MYH7-mRNA. We found a hitherto unknown mutation-dependent unequal expression of mutant to wild-type MYH7-mRNA, which is paralleled by similar unequal expression of β-MHC at the protein level. Relative abundance of mutated versus wild-type MYH7-mRNA was determined by a specific restriction digest approach and by real-time PCR (RT-qPCR). Fourteen samples from M. soleus and myocardium of 12 genotyped and clinically well-characterized FHC patients were analyzed. The fraction of mutated MYH7-mRNA in five patients with mutation R723G averaged to 66 and 68% of total MYH7-mRNA in soleus and myocardium, respectively. For mutations I736T, R719W and V606M, fractions of mutated MYH7-mRNA in M. soleus were 39, 57 and 29%, respectively. For all mutations, unequal abundance was similar at the protein level. Importantly, fractions of mutated transcripts were comparable among siblings, in younger relatives and unrelated carriers of the same mutation. Hence, the extent of unequal expression of mutated versus wild-type transcript and protein is characteristic for each mutation, implying cis-acting regulatory mechanisms. Bioinformatics suggest mRNA stability or splicing effectors to be affected by certain mutations. Intriguingly, we observed a correlation between disease expression and fraction of mutated mRNA and protein. This strongly suggests that mutation-specific allelic imbalance represents a new pathogenic factor for FHC.
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- Snigdha Tripathi
- Institute of Molecular and Cell Physiology, Hannover Medical School, Carl Neuberg Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular and Cell Physiology, Hannover Medical School, Carl Neuberg Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
- Present Address: Niederwiesenring 4, 63110 Rodgau, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular and Cell Physiology, Hannover Medical School, Carl Neuberg Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular and Cell Physiology, Hannover Medical School, Carl Neuberg Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular and Cell Physiology, Hannover Medical School, Carl Neuberg Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
- Present Address: Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Hospital Clinic/IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
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- Charité-Unversitätsmedizin Berlin, Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC) am Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin, Kardio-Genetisches Labor, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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- Charité-Unversitätsmedizin Berlin, Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC) am Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin, Kardio-Genetisches Labor, 13125 Berlin, Germany
- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Kardiologie am Campus Virchow-Klinikum, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Kardiologie am Campus Virchow-Klinikum, 13353 Berlin, Germany
- Present Address: Kardiologische Gemeinschaftspraxis, Marienstraße 9, 92224 Amberg, Germany
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT United Kingdom
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- Institute of Molecular and Cell Physiology, Hannover Medical School, Carl Neuberg Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular and Cell Physiology, Hannover Medical School, Carl Neuberg Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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Myocardial Fibrosis Attenuates the Effect of Cibenzoline on Left Ventricular Diastolic Function in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2011; 57:207-12. [DOI: 10.1097/fjc.0b013e318203830d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Ogut O, Brozovich FV. The potential role of MLC phosphatase and MAPK signalling in the pathogenesis of vascular dysfunction in heart failure. J Cell Mol Med 2009; 12:2158-64. [PMID: 19120700 PMCID: PMC2811849 DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2008.00536.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The clinical syndrome of heart failure is associated with both a resting vasoconstriction and reduced sensitivity to nitric oxide mediated vasodilatation, and this review will focus on the role of myosin light chain (MLC) phosphatase in the pathogenesis of the vascular abnormalities of heart failure. Nitric oxide mediates vasodilatation by an activation of guanylate cyclase and an increase in the production of cGMP, which leads to the activation of the type I cGMP-dependent protein kinase (PKGI). PKGI then activates a number of targets that produce smooth muscle relaxation including MLC phosphatase. MLC phosphatase is a holoenzyme consisting of three subunits; a 20 kD subunit of unknown function, an approximately 38-kD catalytic subunit and a myosin targeting subunit (MYPT1). Alternative splicing of a 31 bp 3 exon generates MYPT1 isoforms, which differ by a COOH-terminus leucine zipper (LZ). Further, PKGI-mediated activation of MLC phosphatase requires the expression of a LZ+ MYPT1. Congestive heart failure is associated with a decrease in LZ+ MYPT1 expression, which results in a decrease in the sensitivity to cGMP-mediated smooth muscle relaxation. Beyond their ability to reduce afterload, angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors have a number of beneficial effects that include maintaining the expression of the LZ+ MYPT1 isoform, thereby conserving normal sensitivity to cGMP-mediated vasodilatation, as well as differentially regulating genes associated with mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) signalling. ACE inhibition reduces circulating angiotensin II and thus limits the downstream activation of MAPK signalling pathways, possibly preventing the alteration of the vascular phenotype to preserve normal vascular function.
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- Ozgur Ogut
- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Medical School, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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Hamada M, Aono J, Ikeda S, Watanabe K, Inaba S, Suzuki J, Ohtsuka T, Shigematsu Y. Effect of Intravenous Administration of Cibenzoline on Left Ventricular Diastolic Pressures in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Its Relationship to Transmitral Doppler Flow Profiles. Circ J 2007; 71:1540-4. [PMID: 17895548 DOI: 10.1253/circj.71.1540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cibenzoline is able to improve left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), but the exact mechanism remains to be determined. METHODS AND RESULTS The present study was designed to elucidate the effect of intravenous administration of 1.4 mg/kg of cibenzoline on aortic and LV pressures, and transmitral Doppler flow pattern in 7 patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) and 9 patients with hypertrophic nonobstructive cardiomyopathy (HNCM). Before and at the end of the administration, aortic and LV pressures, LV pressure gradient (LVPG) and transmitral Doppler velocity profiles were examined. After the administration of cibenzoline, LV minimal and end-diastolic pressures decreased from 9+/-4 mmHg to 1+/-5 mmHg (p=0.0049) and from 22+/-7 mmHg to 14+/-5 mmHg (p=0.0106) in patients with HOCM, and from 9+/-5 mmHg to 5+/-3 mmHg (p=0.0036) and from 20+/-6 mmHg to 14+/-3 mmHg (p=0.0033) in patients with HNCM. LVPG decreased in all patients with HOCM. E-wave velocity increased, A-wave velocity decreased, and thus the E/A ratio increased from 0.77+/-0.29 to 1.20+/-0.48 (p=0.0004). CONCLUSIONS Reduction of LV diastolic pressures by intravenous administration of cibenzoline may be related to an improvement in the E/A ratio in patients with HCM.
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- Mareomi Hamada
- Division of Cardiology, Uwajima City Hospital, Uwajima, Japan.
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Hamada M, Shigematsu Y, Inaba S, Aono J, Ikeda S, Watanabe K, Ogimoto A, Ohtsuka T, Hara Y, Higaki J. Antiarrhythmic drug cibenzoline attenuates left ventricular pressure gradient and improves transmitral Doppler flow pattern in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy caused by midventricular obstruction. Circ J 2005; 69:940-5. [PMID: 16041163 DOI: 10.1253/circj.69.940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND Recent interventional and surgical therapies to attenuate left ventricular pressure gradient (LVPG) can be difficult to perform in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) caused by midventricular obstruction (MVO), owing to the risk of inducing or deteriorating mitral regurgitation. METHODS AND RESULTS The effects of the antiarrhythmic drug, cibenzoline, on LVPG and left ventricular (LV) diastolic function estimated by the change in the transmitral Doppler flow pattern were examined in 23 patients with HOCM and MVO. Hemodynamic changes 2 h after a single dose of 200 mg of cibenzoline and 3 months after oral administration of 300-450 mg of cibenzoline per day were examined. At 2 h after the treatment, LVPG decreased from 79+/-37 mmHg to 24+/-21 mmHg (p < 0.0001). E-wave velocity significantly increased and A-wave velocity significantly decreased, and thus the E/A ratio increased from 0.83+/-0.39 to 1.36+/-0.50 (p < 0.0001). After 3 months of treatment, LVPG remained decreased, and the E-wave and A-wave velocities and the E/A ratio remained improved. CONCLUSIONS Cibenzoline can attenuate LVPG and ameliorate LV diastolic dysfunction in patients with HOCM caused by MVO, which suggests a new strategy for the management of this condition.
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- Mareomi Hamada
- Division of Cardiology, Uwajima City Hospital, Uwajima, Japan.
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Hamada M. A new strategy for the attenuation of left ventricular pressure gradient in patients with HOCM. Intern Med 2004; 43:273-4. [PMID: 15168765 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.43.273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Hamada M. Cibenzoline therapy for mitral regurgitation in patients with HOCM. Intern Med 2004; 43:3-4. [PMID: 14964571 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.43.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Köhler J, Chen Y, Brenner B, Gordon AM, Kraft T, Martyn DA, Regnier M, Rivera AJ, Wang CK, Chase PB. Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy mutations in troponin I (K183D, G203S, K206Q) enhance filament sliding. Physiol Genomics 2003; 14:117-28. [PMID: 12759477 DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00101.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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A major cause of familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (FHC) is dominant mutations in cardiac sarcomeric genes. Linkage studies identified FHC-related mutations in the COOH terminus of cardiac troponin I (cTnI), a region with unknown function in Ca(2+) regulation of the heart. Using in vitro assays with recombinant rat troponin subunits, we tested the hypothesis that mutations K183Delta, G203S, and K206Q in cTnI affect Ca(2+) regulation. All three mutants enhanced Ca(2+) sensitivity and maximum speed (s(max)) of filament sliding of in vitro motility assays. Enhanced s(max) (pCa 5) was observed with rabbit skeletal and rat cardiac (alpha-MHC or beta-MHC) heavy meromyosin (HMM). We developed a passive exchange method for replacing endogenous cTn in permeabilized rat cardiac trabeculae. Ca(2+) sensitivity and maximum isometric force did not differ between preparations exchanged with cTn(cTnI,K206Q) or wild-type cTn. In both trabeculae and motility assays, there was no loss of inhibition at pCa 9. These results are consistent with COOH terminus of TnI modulating actomyosin kinetics during unloaded sliding, but not during isometric force generation, and implicate enhanced cross-bridge cycling in the cTnI-related pathway(s) to hypertrophy.
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- Jan Köhler
- Molekular- und Zellphysiologie, Medizinische Hochschule, D-30625 Hannover, Germany
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Modulation of Thin Filament Activity in Long and Short Term Regulation of Cardiac Function. MOLECULAR CONTROL MECHANISMS IN STRIATED MUSCLE CONTRACTION 2002. [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-015-9926-9_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Ca(2+) regulation of contraction in vertebrate striated muscle is exerted primarily through effects on the thin filament, which regulate strong cross-bridge binding to actin. Structural and biochemical studies suggest that the position of tropomyosin (Tm) and troponin (Tn) on the thin filament determines the interaction of myosin with the binding sites on actin. These binding sites can be characterized as blocked (unable to bind to cross bridges), closed (able to weakly bind cross bridges), or open (able to bind cross bridges so that they subsequently isomerize to become strongly bound and release ATP hydrolysis products). Flexibility of the Tm may allow variability in actin (A) affinity for myosin along the thin filament other than through a single 7 actin:1 tropomyosin:1 troponin (A(7)TmTn) regulatory unit. Tm position on the actin filament is regulated by the occupancy of NH-terminal Ca(2+) binding sites on TnC, conformational changes resulting from Ca(2+) binding, and changes in the interactions among Tn, Tm, and actin and as well as by strong S1 binding to actin. Ca(2+) binding to TnC enhances TnC-TnI interaction, weakens TnI attachment to its binding sites on 1-2 actins of the regulatory unit, increases Tm movement over the actin surface, and exposes myosin-binding sites on actin previously blocked by Tm. Adjacent Tm are coupled in their overlap regions where Tm movement is also controlled by interactions with TnT. TnT also interacts with TnC-TnI in a Ca(2+)-dependent manner. All these interactions may vary with the different protein isoforms. The movement of Tm over the actin surface increases the "open" probability of myosin binding sites on actins so that some are in the open configuration available for myosin binding and cross-bridge isomerization to strong binding, force-producing states. In skeletal muscle, strong binding of cycling cross bridges promotes additional Tm movement. This movement effectively stabilizes Tm in the open position and allows cooperative activation of additional actins in that and possibly neighboring A(7)TmTn regulatory units. The structural and biochemical findings support the physiological observations of steady-state and transient mechanical behavior. Physiological studies suggest the following. 1) Ca(2+) binding to Tn/Tm exposes sites on actin to which myosin can bind. 2) Ca(2+) regulates the strong binding of M.ADP.P(i) to actin, which precedes the production of force (and/or shortening) and release of hydrolysis products. 3) The initial rate of force development depends mostly on the extent of Ca(2+) activation of the thin filament and myosin kinetic properties but depends little on the initial force level. 4) A small number of strongly attached cross bridges within an A(7)TmTn regulatory unit can activate the actins in one unit and perhaps those in neighboring units. This results in additional myosin binding and isomerization to strongly bound states and force production. 5) The rates of the product release steps per se (as indicated by the unloaded shortening velocity) early in shortening are largely independent of the extent of thin filament activation ([Ca(2+)]) beyond a given baseline level. However, with a greater extent of shortening, the rates depend on the activation level. 6) The cooperativity between neighboring regulatory units contributes to the activation by strong cross bridges of steady-state force but does not affect the rate of force development. 7) Strongly attached, cycling cross bridges can delay relaxation in skeletal muscle in a cooperative manner. 8) Strongly attached and cycling cross bridges can enhance Ca(2+) binding to cardiac TnC, but influence skeletal TnC to a lesser extent. 9) Different Tn subunit isoforms can modulate the cross-bridge detachment rate as shown by studies with mutant regulatory proteins in myotubes and in in vitro motility assays. (ABSTRACT TRUNCATED)
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- A M Gordon
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-7290, USA.
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Lim HW, De Windt LJ, Mante J, Kimball TR, Witt SA, Sussman MA, Molkentin JD. Reversal of cardiac hypertrophy in transgenic disease models by calcineurin inhibition. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2000; 32:697-709. [PMID: 10756124 DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.2000.1113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Heart disease remains one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the industrialized nations of the world. Intense investigation has centered around identifying and manipulating intracellular signaling pathways that direct hypertrophic and myopathic responses in an attempt to intervene in the progression or reverse certain forms of heart disease. We show here that cyclosporin A-mediated inhibition of the calcium-regulated phosphatase, calcineurin (PP2B), reverses cardiac hypertrophy and myopathic dilation in two transgenic mouse models of cardiomyopathy. Reversal was demonstrated by gravimetric analysis, echocardiography, histological analysis, and molecular analysis of hypertrophy-associated gene expression. In contrast, a third mouse model of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy due to activated NFAT3 cardiac-specific expression was not affected by cyclosporin A. These results suggest that calcineurin may function in the long-term maintenance of cardiac hypertrophy or myopathic disease states.
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- H W Lim
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Molecular Cardiovascular Biology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039, USA
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Murphy AM, Kögler H, Georgakopoulos D, McDonough JL, Kass DA, Van Eyk JE, Marbán E. Transgenic mouse model of stunned myocardium. Science 2000; 287:488-91. [PMID: 10642551 DOI: 10.1126/science.287.5452.488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 189] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Stunned myocardium is a syndrome of reversible contractile failure that frequently complicates coronary artery disease. Cardiac excitation is uncoupled from contraction at the level of the myofilaments. Selective proteolysis of the thin filament protein troponin I has been correlated with stunned myocardium. Here, transgenic mice expressing the major degradation product of troponin I (TnI1-193) in the heart were found to develop ventricular dilatation, diminished contractility, and reduced myofilament calcium responsiveness, recapitulating the phenotype of stunned myocardium. Proteolysis of troponin I also occurs in ischemic human cardiac muscle. Thus, troponin I proteolysis underlies the pathogenesis of a common acquired form of heart failure.
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- A M Murphy
- Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Ross Building 1144, 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
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Szczesna D, Zhang R, Zhao J, Jones M, Guzman G, Potter JD. Altered regulation of cardiac muscle contraction by troponin T mutations that cause familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:624-30. [PMID: 10617660 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.1.624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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To study the effect of troponin (Tn) T mutations that cause familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (FHC) on cardiac muscle contraction, wild-type, and the following recombinant human cardiac TnT mutants were cloned and expressed: I79N, R92Q, F110I, E163K, R278C, and intron 16(G(1) --> A) (In16). These TnT FHC mutants were reconstituted into skinned cardiac muscle preparations and characterized for their effect on maximal steady state force activation, inhibition, and the Ca(2+) sensitivity of force development. Troponin complexes containing these mutants were tested for their ability to regulate actin-tropomyosin(Tm)-activated myosin-ATPase activity. TnT(R278C) and TnT(F110I) reconstituted preparations demonstrated dramatically increased Ca(2+) sensitivity of force development, while those with TnT(R92Q) and TnT(I79N) showed a moderate increase. The deletion mutant, TnT(In16), significantly decreased both the activation and the inhibition of force, and substantially decreased the activation and the inhibition of actin-Tm-activated myosin-ATPase activity. ATPase activation was also impaired by TnT(F110I), while its inhibition was reduced by TnT(R278C). The TnT(E163K) mutation had the smallest effect on the Ca(2+) sensitivity of force; however, it produced an elevated activation of the ATPase activity in reconstituted thin filaments. These observed changes in the Ca(2+) regulation of force development caused by these mutations would likely cause altered contractility and contribute to the development of FHC.
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- D Szczesna
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33101, USA
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Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (FHC) is a cardiomyopathy that occurs in 0.2% of the general population. It is characterized by asymmetrical hypertrophy of the ventricle, predominantly the intraventricular septum. FHC is caused by genetic mutations in several of the sarcomeric proteins, such as myosin heavy chain, troponin T, troponin I, alpha-tropomyosin, essential and regulatory light chains of myosin, and the cardiac myosin-binding protein C. FHC is genetically heterogeneous, and, therefore, it is associated with a very diverse clinical presentation in terms of altered cardiac structure and clinical manifestations. The most severe manifestation is sudden death. The purpose of this article is to provide the reader with new insights into the genetic mutations that give rise to FHC and to discuss risk factors that are associated with severe hypertrophy and sudden death in this population.
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- M R Piano
- Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA
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- E N Olson
- Department of Molecular Biology and Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Texas 75235-9148, USA.
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Yanaga F, Morimoto S, Ohtsuki I. Ca2+ sensitization and potentiation of the maximum level of myofibrillar ATPase activity caused by mutations of troponin T found in familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:8806-12. [PMID: 10085122 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.13.8806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Human wild-type cardiac troponin T, I, C and five troponin T mutants (I79N, R92Q, F110I, E244D, and R278C) causing familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy were expressed in Escherichia coli, and then were purified and incorporated into rabbit cardiac myofibrils using a troponin exchange technique. The Ca2+-sensitive ATPase activity of these myofibrillar preparations was measured in order to examine the functional consequences of these troponin mutations. An I79N troponin T mutation was found to cause a definite increase in Ca2+ sensitivity of the myofibrillar ATPase activity without inducing any significant change in the maximum level of ATPase activity. A detailed analysis indicated the inhibitory action of troponin I to be impaired by the I79N troponin T mutation. Two more troponin T mutations (R92Q and R278C) were also found to have a Ca2+-sensitizing effect without inducing any change in maximum ATPase activity. Two other troponin T mutations (F110I and E244D) had no Ca2+-sensitizing effects on the ATPase activity, but remarkably potentiated the maximum level of ATPase activity. These findings indicate that hypertrophic cardiomyopathy-linked troponin T mutations have at least two different effects on the Ca2+-sensitive ATPase activity, Ca2+-sensitization and potentiation of the maximum level of the ATPase activity.
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- F Yanaga
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
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Sussman MA, Lim HW, Gude N, Taigen T, Olson EN, Robbins J, Colbert MC, Gualberto A, Wieczorek DF, Molkentin JD. Prevention of cardiac hypertrophy in mice by calcineurin inhibition. Science 1998; 281:1690-3. [PMID: 9733519 DOI: 10.1126/science.281.5383.1690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 372] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is an inherited form of heart disease that affects 1 in 500 individuals. Here it is shown that calcineurin, a calcium-regulated phosphatase, plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of HCM. Administration of the calcineurin inhibitors cyclosporin and FK506 prevented disease in mice that were genetically predisposed to develop HCM as a result of aberrant expression of tropomodulin, myosin light chain-2, or fetal beta-tropomyosin in the heart. Cyclosporin had a similar effect in a rat model of pressure-overload hypertrophy. These results suggest that calcineurin inhibitors merit investigation as potential therapeutics for certain forms of human heart disease.
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- M A Sussman
- Division of Molecular Cardiovascular Biology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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Solaro RJ, Rarick HM. Troponin and tropomyosin: proteins that switch on and tune in the activity of cardiac myofilaments. Circ Res 1998; 83:471-80. [PMID: 9734469 DOI: 10.1161/01.res.83.5.471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 216] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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We present a current perception of the regulation of activation of cardiac myofilaments with emphasis on troponin (Tn) and tropomyosin (Tm). Activation involves both a Ca2+-regulated molecular switch and a potentiated state, dependent on feedback effects of force-generating crossbridges. Recent developments in the elucidation of the structure and arrangement of the myofilament proteins offer insights into the molecular interactions that constitute the switching and potentiating mechanisms. Transgenic mice overexpressing myofilament proteins, in vitro studies of mutant myofilament proteins, multidimensional multinuclear nuclear magnetic resonance, and fluorescence resonance energy transfer offer important approaches to understanding the molecular signaling processes. These studies reveal special features of the cardiac myofilament proteins that appear specialized for the unique functions of the heart. An important aspect of these special features is their role in mechanical, chemical, and neurohumoral coupling processes that tune myofilament activation to hemodynamics and beating frequency. Understanding these processes has become essential to understanding cardiac pathologies such as heart failure, ischemia and reperfusion injury, stunning, and familial hypertrophic cardiac myopathies.
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- R J Solaro
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, 60612-7342, USA
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Molkentin JD, Lu JR, Antos CL, Markham B, Richardson J, Robbins J, Grant SR, Olson EN. A calcineurin-dependent transcriptional pathway for cardiac hypertrophy. Cell 1998; 93:215-28. [PMID: 9568714 PMCID: PMC4459646 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)81573-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1982] [Impact Index Per Article: 76.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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In response to numerous pathologic stimuli, the myocardium undergoes a hypertrophic response characterized by increased myocardial cell size and activation of fetal cardiac genes. We show that cardiac hypertrophy is induced by the calcium-dependent phosphatase calcineurin, which dephosphorylates the transcription factor NF-AT3, enabling it to translocate to the nucleus. NF-AT3 interacts with the cardiac zinc finger transcription factor GATA4, resulting in synergistic activation of cardiac transcription. Transgenic mice that express activated forms of calcineurin or NF-AT3 in the heart develop cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure that mimic human heart disease. Pharmacologic inhibition of calcineurin activity blocks hypertrophy in vivo and in vitro. These results define a novel hypertrophic signaling pathway and suggest pharmacologic approaches to prevent cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure.
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- J D Molkentin
- Department of Molecular Biology and Oncology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 75225-9148, USA
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