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Left Cardiac Remodelling Assessed by Echocardiography Is Associated with Rho-Kinase Activation in Long-Distance Runners. J Cardiovasc Dev Dis 2021; 8:jcdd8100118. [PMID: 34677187 PMCID: PMC8541355 DOI: 10.3390/jcdd8100118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2021] [Revised: 09/14/2021] [Accepted: 09/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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This single-blind and cross-sectional study evaluated the role of Rho-kinase (ROCK) as a biomarker of the cardiovascular remodelling process assessed by echocardiography in competitive long-distance runners (LDRs) during the training period before a marathon race. Thirty-six healthy male LDRs (37.0 ± 5.3 years; 174.0 ± 7.0 height; BMI: 23.8 ± 2.8; V˙ O2-peak: 56.5 ± 7.3 mL·kg-1·min-1) were separated into two groups according to previous training level: high-training (HT, n = 16) ≥ 100 km·week-1 and low-training (LT, n = 20) ≥ 70 and < 100 km·week-1. Also, twenty-one healthy nonactive subjects were included as a control group (CTR). A transthoracic echocardiography was performed and ROCK activity levels in circulating leukocytes were measured at rest (48 h without exercising) the week before the race. The HT group showed a higher left ventricular mass index (LVMi) and left atrial volume index (LAVi) than other groups (p < 0.05, for both); also, higher levels of ROCK activity were found in LDRs (HT = 6.17 ± 1.41 vs. CTR = 1.64 ± 0.66 (p < 0.01); vs. LT = 2.74 ± 0.84; (p < 0.05)). In LDRs a direct correlation between ROCK activity levels and LVMi (r = 0.83; p < 0.001), and LAVi (r = 0.70; p < 0.001) were found. In conclusion, in male competitive long-distance runners, the load of exercise implicated in marathon training is associated with ROCK activity levels and the left cardiac remodelling process assessed by echocardiography.
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Kany S, Reissmann B, Metzner A, Kirchhof P, Darbar D, Schnabel RB. Genetics of atrial fibrillation-practical applications for clinical management: if not now, when and how? Cardiovasc Res 2021; 117:1718-1731. [PMID: 33982075 PMCID: PMC8208749 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvab153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The prevalence and economic burden of atrial fibrillation (AF) are predicted to more than double over the next few decades. In addition to anticoagulation and treatment of concomitant cardiovascular conditions, early and standardized rhythm control therapy reduces cardiovascular outcomes as compared with a rate control approach, favouring the restoration, and maintenance of sinus rhythm safely. Current therapies for rhythm control of AF include antiarrhythmic drugs (AADs) and catheter ablation (CA). However, response in an individual patient is highly variable with some remaining free of AF for long periods on antiarrhythmic therapy, while others require repeat AF ablation within weeks. The limited success of rhythm control therapy for AF is in part related to incomplete understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms and our inability to predict responses in individual patients. Thus, a major knowledge gap is predicting which patients with AF are likely to respond to rhythm control approach. Over the last decade, tremendous progress has been made in defining the genetic architecture of AF with the identification of rare mutations in cardiac ion channels, signalling molecules, and myocardial structural proteins associated with familial (early-onset) AF. Conversely, genome-wide association studies have identified common variants at over 100 genetic loci and the development of polygenic risk scores has identified high-risk individuals. Although retrospective studies suggest that response to AADs and CA is modulated in part by common genetic variation, the development of a comprehensive clinical and genetic risk score may enable the translation of genetic data to the bedside care of AF patients. Given the economic impact of the AF epidemic, even small changes in therapeutic efficacy may lead to substantial improvements for patients and health care systems.
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- Shinwan Kany
- Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20251 Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.,German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Martinistraße 52, 20251 Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20251 Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20251 Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20251 Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.,German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Martinistraße 52, 20251 Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.,The Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- Division of Cardiology, Departments of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago and Jesse Brown Veterans Administration, 840 South Wood Street, Suite 928 M/C 715, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20251 Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.,German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Martinistraße 52, 20251 Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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Larouche‐Lebel É, Loughran KA, Oyama MA, Solter PF, Laughlin DS, Sánchez MD, Assenmacher C, Fox PR, Fries RC. Plasma and tissue angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 activity and plasma equilibrium concentrations of angiotensin peptides in dogs with heart disease. J Vet Intern Med 2019; 33:1571-1584. [PMID: 31254308 PMCID: PMC6639469 DOI: 10.1111/jvim.15548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2018] [Accepted: 06/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is a homologue of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) and produces angiotensin peptides (APs), such as angiotensin 1-9 and 1-7 that are vasodilatory and natriuretic, and act to counterbalance angiotensin II. HYPOTHESIS Evidence of ACE2 can be found in tissues and plasma of dogs. Equilibrium concentrations of renin angiotensin aldosterone system (RAAS) APs differ in dogs with heart disease compared to healthy dogs and recombinant human ACE2 (rhACE2) alters relative concentrations of APs. ANIMALS Forty-nine dogs with and 34 dogs without heart disease. METHODS Immunohistochemistry and assays for tissue and plasma ACE2 activity and equilibrium concentrations of plasma RAAS APs were performed. RESULTS Immunolabeling for ACE2 was present in kidney and myocardial tissue. Median plasma ACE2 activity was significantly increased in dogs with congestive heart failure (CHF; 6.9 mU/mg; interquartile range [IQR], 5.1-12.1) as compared to control (2.2 mU/mg; IQR, 1.8-3.0; P = .0003). Plasma equilibrium analysis of RAAS APs identified significant increases in the median concentrations of beneficial APs, such as angiotensin 1-7, in dogs with CHF (486.7 pg/mL; IQR, 214.2-1168) as compared to those with preclinical disease (41.0 pg/mL; IQR, 27.4-45.1; P < .0001) or control (11.4 pg/mL; IQR, 7.1-25.3; P = .01). Incubation of plasma samples from dogs with CHF with rhACE2 increased beneficial APs, such as angiotensin 1-9 (preincubation, 10.3 pg/mL; IQR, 4.4-37.2; postincubation, 2431 pg/mL; IQR, 1355-3037; P = .02), while simultaneously decreasing maladaptive APs, such as angiotensin II (preincubation, 53.4 pg/mL; IQR, 28.6-226.4; postincubation, 2.4 pg/mL; IQR, 0.50-5.8; P = .02). CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE Recognition of the ACE2 system expands the conventional view of the RAAS in the dog and represents an important potential therapeutic target.
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- Éva Larouche‐Lebel
- Department of Clinical Sciences and Advanced Medicine, School of Veterinary MedicineUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvania
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- Department of Clinical Sciences and Advanced Medicine, School of Veterinary MedicineUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvania
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- Department of Clinical Sciences and Advanced Medicine, School of Veterinary MedicineUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvania
- Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, Perelman School of MedicineUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvania
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- Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary MedicineUniversity of Illinois at Urbana‐ChampaignUrbanaIllinois
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- Department of Clinical Sciences and Advanced Medicine, School of Veterinary MedicineUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvania
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- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary MedicineUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvania
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, College of Veterinary MedicineUniversity of Illinois at Urbana‐ChampaignIllinois
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Mendoza-Torres E, Riquelme JA, Vielma A, Sagredo AR, Gabrielli L, Bravo-Sagua R, Jalil JE, Rothermel BA, Sanchez G, Ocaranza MP, Lavandero S. Protection of the myocardium against ischemia/reperfusion injury by angiotensin-(1–9) through an AT2R and Akt-dependent mechanism. Pharmacol Res 2018; 135:112-121. [DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2018.07.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2018] [Revised: 06/29/2018] [Accepted: 07/22/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Rho kinase activation in circulating leukocytes is related to hypertensive myocardial remodeling. Clin Sci (Lond) 2018; 132:1837-1853. [PMID: 30065083 DOI: 10.1042/cs20180312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2018] [Revised: 07/19/2018] [Accepted: 07/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Rho-kinase has relevant functions in blood pressure modulation and cardiovascular remodeling. Rho-kinase activity is determined in circulating leukocytes measuring phosphorylation of its target myosin phosphatase target subunit 1 (MYPT1), but its relationship with Rho-kinase activity in the myocardium and in vasculature in hypertension has not been evaluated.The aim was to determine the degree of association between Rho-kinase cascade activation in circulating leukocytes with cardiac and aortic Rho-kinase pathway activation in a model of hypertension and to analyze it with a cause-effect perspective.Hypertensive deoxycorticosterone (DOCA)-salt rats received the Rho-kinase antagonist fasudil (DOCA-Fas, 100 mg/kg/day, 3 weeks). Results were compared with an untreated DOCA-salt and a sham group.Rho-kinase inhibition reduced significantly blood pressure, cardiac hypertrophy, myocardial collagen and macrophage infiltration, but not aortic wall hypertrophy. Fasudil decreased significantly Rho-kinase activity in peripheral blood mononucleated cells (PBMC), myocardium and aortic wall to similar levels as in the sham group. A significant correlation was found between PBMC Rho-kinase activity and cardiac remodeling, specifically with hypertrophy (r = 0.51, P≤0.01), myocardial collagen (r = 0.40, P≤0.05) and ED1 immunostaining (r = 0.48, P≤0.01). In the untreated hypertensive group, increased levels (P<0.05) of the proinflammatory molecules p65 NF-κB, vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 and interleukin-6 antibody in the myocardium, aortic wall and PBMC were observed and were reduced with fasudil (P<0.05).In conclusion, in this hypertension model, Rho-kinase and its pathway activation determined in circulating leukocytes reflect the activation of this pathway in the myocardium and in the aortic wall and are significantly related to myocardial remodeling (hypertrophy, fibrosis and inflammation).
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Mata-Greenwood E, Blood AB, Sands LD, Bragg SL, Xiao D, Zhang L. A novel rodent model of pregnancy complications associated with genetically determined angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) activity. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2018; 315:E52-E62. [PMID: 29360395 PMCID: PMC6087725 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00289.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Brown Norway (BN) and Lewis (LW) inbred rat strains harbor different angiotensin-converting enzyme ( Ace) polymorphisms that result in higher ACE activity in BN than LW rats. Thus we hypothesized that pregnant BN rats would show pregnancy complications linked to angiotensin II (AII) activity. We performed longitudinal and cross-sectional studies in pregnant LW and BN rats. We found that BN rats have significantly higher ACE activity and AII levels at prepregnancy and throughout pregnancy compared with LW rats, except at midgestation. BN placentas and maternal kidneys had significantly higher expression of AII receptor 1 (AGTR1) and lower expression of AGTR2 than the respective LW placentas and maternal kidneys. Renin-angiotensin system activation in BN rats correlated with hypertension and proteinuria at gestational days 17-21, which were resolved after delivery. In addition, BN rat pregnancies were characterized by significant fetal loss, restricted growth in surviving fetuses, decreased uteroplacental blood flows, and decreased trophoblast remodeling of uterine arteries compared with LW pregnancies. Short-term losartan treatment significantly increased uteroplacental blood flow and fetal weight and decreased maternal blood pressure (BP) and proteinuria in BN pregnancies. In contrast, losartan treatment significantly decreased uteroplacental blood flow and fetal weight but had no significant effect on maternal BP in LW pregnancies. We conclude that Ace polymorphisms play an important role in the reproductive phenotype of BN and LW rats and that BN rats are a novel model of pregnancy complications in association with genetically controlled, increased ACE activity.
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- Eugenia Mata-Greenwood
- Lawrence D. Longo MD Center for Perinatal Biology, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University , Loma Linda, California
- Division of Pharmacology, Department of Basic Sciences, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University , Loma Linda, California
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- Lawrence D. Longo MD Center for Perinatal Biology, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University , Loma Linda, California
- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University , Loma Linda, California
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- Lawrence D. Longo MD Center for Perinatal Biology, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University , Loma Linda, California
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University , Loma Linda, California
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- Lawrence D. Longo MD Center for Perinatal Biology, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University , Loma Linda, California
- Division of Pharmacology, Department of Basic Sciences, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University , Loma Linda, California
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- Lawrence D. Longo MD Center for Perinatal Biology, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University , Loma Linda, California
- Division of Pharmacology, Department of Basic Sciences, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University , Loma Linda, California
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Fierro C, Novoa U, González V, Ocaranza MP, Jalil JE. Simultaneous Rho kinase inhibition in circulating leukocytes and in cardiovascular tissue in rats with high angiotensin converting enzyme levels. Int J Cardiol 2016; 215:309-17. [PMID: 27128553 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2016] [Accepted: 04/02/2016] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND The small guanosine triphosphatase RhoA and its direct target Rho kinase (ROCK) play important roles in cardiovascular pathophysiology. Activated ROCK phosphorylates intracellular proteins with detrimental effects on cardiovascular remodeling. Increased ROCK activity in circulating leukocytes is observed in hypertension and in heart failure, but its relationship with ROCK activation in the myocardium and vessels is unknown. We hypothesized that ROCK activation and phosphorylation/activation of some of its key downstream molecules in the heart and arterial wall are reflected in circulating leukocytes. METHODS Phosphorylation of MYPT1, ERM and p38-MAPK and levels of p65-NF-κB were determined in the left ventricle (LV), aortic wall and circulating leukocytes in rats with high (Brown Norway, BN) and low (Lewis) angiotensin converting enzyme. A group of BN rats received the ROCK inhibitor fasudil (7days). RESULTS Compared to Lewis rats, in the BN group phosphorylated levels of MYPT1, ERM and p38-MAPK and levels of p65-NF-κB were increased (P<0.05) in the LV (67%, 92%, 52% and 98%, respectively); in the aortic wall (57%, 51%, 68% and 66%, respectively) and in circulating leukocytes (61%, 72%, 49% and 105%, respectively). Fasudil reduced all these levels to those observed in Lewis rats. Phosphorylated MYPT1, ERM, and p38-MAPK and levels of p65-NF-κB in circulating leukocytes were significantly correlated with their respective LV and aortic wall levels (excepting p65-NF-κB in aorta). CONCLUSION ROCK activity in circulating leukocytes reflects activation of this signaling pathway in the myocardium and aortic wall in this model, and supports its value as a potential cardiovascular remodeling marker.
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- Camila Fierro
- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Talca, Chile
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- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
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- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile; Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases (ACCDis), Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
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- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile.
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Burchill LJ, Redington AN, Silversides CK, Ross HJ, Jimenez-Juan L, Mital S, Oechslin EN, Dragulescu A, Slorach C, Mertens L, Wald RM. Renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system genotype and serum BNP in a contemporary cohort of adults late after Fontan palliation. Int J Cardiol 2015; 197:209-15. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2015] [Revised: 06/09/2015] [Accepted: 06/12/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Díaz-Araya G, Vivar R, Humeres C, Boza P, Bolivar S, Muñoz C. Cardiac fibroblasts as sentinel cells in cardiac tissue: Receptors, signaling pathways and cellular functions. Pharmacol Res 2015; 101:30-40. [PMID: 26151416 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2015.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2015] [Revised: 06/30/2015] [Accepted: 07/01/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Cardiac fibroblasts (CF) not only modulate extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins homeostasis, but also respond to chemical and mechanical signals. CF express a variety of receptors through which they modulate the proliferation/cell death, autophagy, adhesion, migration, turnover of ECM, expression of cytokines, chemokines, growth factors and differentiation into cardiac myofibroblasts (CMF). Differentiation of CF to CMF involves changes in the expression levels of various receptors, as well as, changes in cell phenotype and their associated functions. CF and CMF express the β2-adrenergic receptor, and its stimulation activates PKA and EPAC proteins, which differentially modulate the CF and CMF functions mentioned above. CF and CMF also express different levels of Angiotensin II receptors, in particular, AT1R activation increases collagen synthesis and cell proliferation, but its overexpression activates apoptosis. CF and CMF express different levels of B1 and B2 kinin receptors, whose stimulation by their respective agonists activates common signaling transduction pathways that decrease the synthesis and secretion of collagen through nitric oxide and prostacyclin I2 secretion. Besides these classical functions, CF can also participate in the inflammatory response of cardiac repair, through the expression of receptors commonly associated to immune cells such as Toll like receptor 4, NLRP3 and interferon receptor. The activation by their respective agonists modulates the cellular functions already described and the release of cytokines and chemokines. Thus, CF and CMF act as sentinel cells responding to a plethora of stimulus, modifying their own behavior, and that of neighboring cells.
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- G Díaz-Araya
- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Chemical Pharmacological and Toxicological Department, Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, FONDAP Advanced Center for Chronic diseases ACCDiS, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Chemical Pharmacological and Toxicological Department, Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, FONDAP Advanced Center for Chronic diseases ACCDiS, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Chemical Pharmacological and Toxicological Department, Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, FONDAP Advanced Center for Chronic diseases ACCDiS, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Chemical Pharmacological and Toxicological Department, Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, FONDAP Advanced Center for Chronic diseases ACCDiS, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Chemical Pharmacological and Toxicological Department, Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, FONDAP Advanced Center for Chronic diseases ACCDiS, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Chemical Pharmacological and Toxicological Department, Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, FONDAP Advanced Center for Chronic diseases ACCDiS, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Ocaranza MP, Moya J, Barrientos V, Alzamora R, Hevia D, Morales C, Pinto M, Escudero N, García L, Novoa U, Ayala P, Díaz-Araya G, Godoy I, Chiong M, Lavandero S, Jalil JE, Michea L. Angiotensin-(1-9) reverses experimental hypertension and cardiovascular damage by inhibition of the angiotensin converting enzyme/Ang II axis. J Hypertens 2014; 32:771-83. [PMID: 24463937 DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0000000000000094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Little is known about the biological effects of angiotensin-(1-9), but available evidence shows that angiotensin-(1-9) has beneficial effects in preventing/ameliorating cardiovascular remodeling. OBJECTIVE In this study, we evaluated whether angiotensin-(1-9) decreases hypertension and reverses experimental cardiovascular damage in the rat. METHODS AND RESULTS Angiotensin-(1-9) (600 ng/kg per min for 2 weeks) reduced already-established hypertension in rats with early high blood pressure induced by angiotensin II infusion or renal artery clipping. Angiotensin-(1-9) also improved cardiac (assessed by echocardiography) and endothelial function in small-diameter mesenteric arteries, cardiac and aortic wall hypertrophy, fibrosis, oxidative stress, collagen and transforming growth factor type β - 1 protein expression (assessed by western blot). The beneficial effect of angiotensin-(1-9) was blunted by coadministration of the angiotensin type 2(AT2) receptor blocker PD123319 (36 ng/kg per min) but not by coadministration of the Mas receptor blocker A779 (100 ng/kg per min). Angiotensin-(1-9) treatment also decreased circulating levels of Ang II, angiotensin-converting enzyme activity and oxidative stress in aorta and left ventricle. Whereas, Ang-(1-9) increased endothelial nitric oxide synthase mRNA levels in aorta as well as plasma nitrate levels. CONCLUSION Angiotensin-(1-9) reduces hypertension, ameliorates structural alterations (hypertrophy and fibrosis), oxidative stress in the heart and aorta and improves cardiac and endothelial function in hypertensive rats. These effects were mediated by the AT2 receptor but not by the angiotensin-(1-7)/Mas receptor axis.
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- Maria Paz Ocaranza
- aDivision de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago bMillennium Institute on Immunology and Immunotherapy cInstituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Facultad de Medicina, Santiago dAdvanced Center for Chronic Diseases & Centro Estudios Moleculares de la Celula, Facultad Ciencias Quimicas y Farmaceuticas & Facultad Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile eDepartment of Internal Medicine (Cardiology Division), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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Xie J, Zhang Q, Zhu T, Zhang Y, Liu B, Xu J, Zhao H. Substrate stiffness-regulated matrix metalloproteinase output in myocardial cells and cardiac fibroblasts: implications for myocardial fibrosis. Acta Biomater 2014; 10:2463-72. [PMID: 24508540 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2014.01.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2013] [Revised: 12/08/2013] [Accepted: 01/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Cardiac fibrosis, an important pathological feature of structural remodeling, contributes to ventricular stiffness, diastolic dysfunction, arrhythmia and may even lead to sudden death. Matrix stiffness, one of the many mechanical factors acting on cells, is increasingly appreciated as an important mediator of myocardial cell behavior. Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) substrates were fabricated with different stiffnesses to mimic physiological and pathological heart tissues, and the way in which the elastic modulus of the substrate regulated matrix-degrading gelatinases in myocardial cells and cardiac fibroblasts was explored. Initially, an increase in cell spreading area was observed, concomitant with the increase in PDMS stiffness in both cells. Later, it was demonstrated that the MMP-2 gene expression and protein activity in myocardial cells and cardiac fibroblasts can be enhanced with an increase in PDMS substrate stiffness and, moreover, such gene- and protein-related increases had a significant linear correlation with the elastic modulus. In comparison, the MMP-9 gene and protein expressions were up-regulated in cardiac fibroblasts only, not in myocardial cells. These results implied that myocardial cells and cardiac fibroblasts in the myocardium could sense the stiffness in pathological fibrosis and showed a differential but positive response in the expression of matrix-degrading gelatinases when exposed to an increased stiffening of the matrix in the microenvironment. The phenomenon of cells sensing pathological matrix stiffness can help to increase understanding of the mechanism underlying myocardial fibrosis and may ultimately lead to planning cure strategies.
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- Jing Xie
- Institute of Biomechanics and Medical Engineering, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Biomechanics and Medical Engineering, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China; Department of Engineering Mechanics, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Biomechanics and Medical Engineering, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Biomechanics and Medical Engineering, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning 530023, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Biomechanics and Medical Engineering, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China.
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Ueberham L, Bollmann A, Shoemaker MB, Arya A, Adams V, Hindricks G, Husser D. Genetic ACE I/D polymorphism and recurrence of atrial fibrillation after catheter ablation. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2013; 6:732-7. [PMID: 23876437 DOI: 10.1161/circep.113.000253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND The angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) deletion allele, ACE D, is associated with increased cardiac ACE activity, cardiac fibrosis, and adverse outcomes in cardiovascular disease and has been linked with failure of antiatrial fibrillation (anti-AF) drug treatment. This study tested the hypothesis that the ACE gene insertion/deletion polymorphism associates with AF recurrence after catheter ablation. METHODS AND RESULTS In 238 consecutive patients (69% male; mean age, 58±11 years) undergoing catheter ablation of paroxysmal (59%) or persistent (41%) AF, the ACE insertion/deletion polymorphism was genotyped using polymerase chain reaction. After a blanking period of 3 months, AF recurrence (defined as any atrial arrhythmia lasting ≥30 s) was detected using serial 7-day Holter ECG recordings after 3, 6, and 12 months. AF recurrence was observed in 39% and was associated with persistent AF, longer history of AF, previous antiarrhythmic drug use, previous use of diuretics, increased left atrial diameter, increased left ventricular end-diastolic diameter, additional linear ablation lesions, and ACE DD polymorphism. In multivariable analysis, left atrial diameter (odds ratio, 1.111; 95% confidence interval, 1.040-1.187; P=0.002) and ACE DD genotype (odds ratio, 2.251; 95% confidence interval, 1.056-4.798; P=0.036) remained predictors for AF recurrence. CONCLUSIONS Left atrial enlargement and the ACE DD polymorphism are predictors for AF recurrence after catheter ablation. The association between the ACE DD polymorphism and AF recidivism supports the use of genetic data for predicting response to AF therapies and highlights the role of fibrosis in AF development.
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- Laura Ueberham
- Department of Electrophysiology, and Department of Cardiology, Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany; and Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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Chen HN, Wang DJ, Ren MY, Wang QL, Sui SJ. TWEAK/Fn14 promotes the proliferation and collagen synthesis of rat cardiac fibroblasts via the NF-кB pathway. Mol Biol Rep 2012; 39:8231-41. [PMID: 22555979 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-012-1671-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2011] [Accepted: 04/18/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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We wished to elucidate a potential role of the tumor necrosis factor-like weak inducer of apoptosis (TWEAK)/fibroblast growth factor-inducible molecule 14 (Fn14) axis in myocardial fibrosis. Stimulation of neonatal rat cardiac fibroblasts (CFs) with TWEAK could increase CFs numbers and collagen synthesis. Conversely, when CFs were pretreated with siRNA against Fn14, induction of cell proliferation and collagen synthesis by TWEAK were inhibited. Pretreatment with TWEAK on CFs induced activation of the nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-кB) pathway and subsequently increased the production of metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9). Cell treatment with siRNA against Fn14 led to inhibition of the NF-кB pathway. Additionally, after stimulation of cell with ammonium pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate, cell proliferation and collagen synthesis induced by NF-кB and the upregulation of MMP-9 production were inhibited. The present study suggested that the TWEAK/Fn14 axis increased cell proliferation and collagen synthesis by activating the NF-кB pathway and increasing MMP-9 activity. This axis may be important for regulating myocardial fibrosis.
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- Hui-Na Chen
- Department of Cardiology, Second Hospital of Shandong University, 247 Beiyuan Street, Jinan 250033, China
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Kamilic J, Hamming I, Lely AT, Korstanje R, Schulze U, Poppinga WJ, Turner AJ, Clarke NE, van Goor H, Navis GJ. Rat Ace allele variation determines susceptibility to AngII-induced renal damage. J Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone Syst 2011; 12:420-9. [PMID: 21788250 DOI: 10.1177/1470320311415886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Ace b/l polymorphism in rats is associated with differential tissue angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) expression and activity, and susceptibility to renal damage. Same polymorphism was recently found in outbred Wistar rat strain with b allele accounting for higher renal ACE, and provided a model for studying renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) response behind the innate high or low ACE conditions. METHODS We investigated the reaction of these alleles on chronic angiotensin II (AngII) infusion. Wistar rats were selected to breed male homozygotes for the b (WU-B) or l allele (WU-L) (n = 12). For each allele, one group (n = 6) received AngII infusion via an osmotic minipump (435 ng/kg/min) for 3 weeks. The other group (n = 6) served as a control. RESULTS WU-B had higher ACE activity at baseline then WU-L. Interestingly, baseline renal ACE2 expression and activity were higher in WU-L. AngII infusion induced the same increase in blood pressure in both genotypes, no proteinuria, but caused tubulo-interstitial renal damage with increased α-SMA and monocyte/macrophage influx only in WU-B (p < 0.05). Low ACE WU-L rats did not develop renal damage. CONCLUSION AngII infusion causes proteinuria-independent renal damage only in rats with genetically predetermined high ACE while rats with low ACE seemed to be protected against the detrimental effect of AngII. Differences in renal ACE2, mirroring those in ACE, might be involved.
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- Jelena Kamilic
- Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Hamming I, Goor HV, Navis GJ. Rat Ace allele variation determines susceptibility to AngII-induced renal damage. J Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone Syst 2011; 70:1377-8; author reply 1378. [PMID: 16988743 DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5001684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Ace b/l polymorphism in rats is associated with differential tissue angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) expression and activity, and susceptibility to renal damage. Same polymorphism was recently found in outbred Wistar rat strain with b allele accounting for higher renal ACE, and provided a model for studying renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) response behind the innate high or low ACE conditions. METHODS We investigated the reaction of these alleles on chronic angiotensin II (AngII) infusion. Wistar rats were selected to breed male homozygotes for the b (WU-B) or l allele (WU-L) (n = 12). For each allele, one group (n = 6) received AngII infusion via an osmotic minipump (435 ng/kg/min) for 3 weeks. The other group (n = 6) served as a control. RESULTS WU-B had higher ACE activity at baseline then WU-L. Interestingly, baseline renal ACE2 expression and activity were higher in WU-L. AngII infusion induced the same increase in blood pressure in both genotypes, no proteinuria, but caused tubulo-interstitial renal damage with increased α-SMA and monocyte/macrophage influx only in WU-B (p < 0.05). Low ACE WU-L rats did not develop renal damage. CONCLUSION AngII infusion causes proteinuria-independent renal damage only in rats with genetically predetermined high ACE while rats with low ACE seemed to be protected against the detrimental effect of AngII. Differences in renal ACE2, mirroring those in ACE, might be involved.
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Okada M, Kosaka N, Hoshino Y, Yamawaki H, Hara Y. Effects of Captopril and Telmisartan on Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 and -9 Expressions and Development of Left Ventricular Fibrosis Induced by Isoprenaline in Rats. Biol Pharm Bull 2010; 33:1517-21. [DOI: 10.1248/bpb.33.1517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Muneyoshi Okada
- Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmacology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmacology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmacology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmacology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmacology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University
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Huang M, Gai X, Yang X, Hou J, Lan X, Zheng W, Chen F, He J. Functional polymorphisms in ACE and CYP11B2 genes and atrial fibrillation in patients with hypertensive heart disease. Clin Chem Lab Med 2009; 47:32-7. [PMID: 19117407 DOI: 10.1515/cclm.2009.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND The activated renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system has been reported to play an important role in the pathogenesis of atrial fibrillation (AF). We hypothesized that functional genetic variations of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) and CYP11B2 genes may influence the susceptibility to AF in patients with hypertensive heart disease. METHODS The I/D polymorphism of ACE was detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and the -344C/T polymorphism of the CYP11B2 gene was detected using PCR and subsequent cleavage by HaeIII restriction endonuclease. RESULTS The overall distribution of ACE I/D genotypes in patients with and without AF was significantly different (p=0.001). The frequency of the DD genotype was significantly higher in patients with AF than in patients without AF (20.6% vs. 8.1%, OR 2.94, 95% CI 1.64-5.26, p<0.001). The frequency of the D allele was significantly higher in the AF group than in the non-AF group (p=0.001). After adjustment for age and left atrial dimension, multivariable analysis showed that the DD genotype of the ACE gene was an independent risk factor for AF in patients with hypertensive heart disease. No relationship between -344 C/T CYP11B2 polymorphism and AF was found in this cohort. CONCLUSIONS Our study suggests that ACE I/D polymorphism is associated with AF and the DD genotype may be an independent predictive factor for AF in patients with hypertensive heart disease.
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- Mingfang Huang
- Department of Cardiology, Fuzhou General Hospital, Fuzhou, People's Republic of China.
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Kamilic J, Lely AT, van Goor H, Buikema H, Tent H, Navis GJ, Korstanje R. Differential ACE expression among tissues in allele-specific Wistar rat lines. Mamm Genome 2009; 20:170-9. [PMID: 19255705 DOI: 10.1007/s00335-009-9173-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2008] [Accepted: 01/22/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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In humans, the insertion/deletion polymorphism in the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene accounts for half of the variance in plasma ACE activity. The deletion allele is associated with high plasma ACE activity, cardiovascular disease, and renal disease. In rat, a similar association is found between the B and L alleles of a microsatellite marker in the ACE gene. We identified the B/L variation in the Wistar outbred rat and bred two lines homozygous for the two alleles (WU-B and WU-L). ACE activity was measured in serum, heart, kidney, and aorta homogenates. Immunohistochemistry and ACE mRNA expression were performed in heart, kidney, and aortic tissue. Aortic rings were collected and stimulated with AngI, AngII, and AngI with Lisinopril to measure ACE functional activity by vasoconstrictor response. Serum, heart, and kidney ACE activity and kidney mRNA expression were two-fold higher in WU-B. Kidney staining showed a clear difference in tubular ACE expression, with more staining in WU-B. While in aorta ACE activity and mRNA expression was twofold higher in WU-L, functional conversion of AngI was higher in WU-B, indicating either a functional difference in AngI to AngII conversion between the two alleles due to different splicing or the presence of other factors involved in the conversion that are differentially expressed as the result of differences in the ACE alleles. The newly developed WU-B and WU-L lines show tissue-specific differences in ACE expression and activity. This provides an experimental tool to study the pathophysiologic consequences of differences in ACE alleles in renal and cardiovascular disease.
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- Jelena Kamilic
- Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Ozben B, Altun I, Sabri Hancer V, Bilge AK, Tanrikulu AM, Diz-Kucukkaya R, Fak AS, Yilmaz E, Adalet K. Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism in arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia: is DD genotype helpful in predicting syncope risk? J Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone Syst 2008; 9:215-20. [DOI: 10.1177/1470320308099126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Introduction. Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD) is a heritable disorder characterised by fibrofatty replacement of right ventricular myocytes and increased risk of ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism affects myocardialACE levels. DD genotype favours myocardial fibrosis and is associated with malignant ventricular tachycardia.The aim of this study was to explore ACE gene polymorphism inARVD patients. Methods. Twenty-nine patients with ARVD and 24 controls were included.AllARVD patients had documented sustained ventricular tachycardia. Thirteen patients had syncopal episodes. Six patients were resuscitated from sudden cardiac death.ACE gene polymorphism was identified by polymerase chain reaction technique. Results. There was no significant difference in DD genotype frequency between ARVD patients and controls (44.8% vs. 45.8%, p=0.94). However, DD genotype frequency was significantly higher in ARVD patients with syncopal episodes compared to those without syncope (69.2% vs. 25.0%, p=0.017, odds ratio:6.750,95% confidence interval: 1.318—34.565). DD genotype was detected in higher frequency also in patients with a family history of sudden cardiac death (66.7% vs. 39.1%,p=0.36). Conclusion. High prevalence of DD genotype in ARVD patients with syncope suggests that ACE I/D polymorphism might be useful in identifying high-risk patients for syncope.
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- Beste Ozben
- Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey,
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- Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Changes in the composition of cardiac tissue develop in hypertensive patients with left ventricular hypertrophy (ie, hypertensive heart disease) and lead to structural remodeling of the myocardium. One of these changes is related to the disruption of the equilibrium between the synthesis and degradation of collagen types I and III molecules, which results in an excessive accumulation of collagen types I and III fibers within the myocardium. Myocardial fibrosis is the consequence of a number of pathologic processes mediated by mechanical, neurohormonal, and cytokine routes. The clinical relevance of fibrosis is that it may contribute to heart failure and other cardiac complications in patients with hypertensive heart disease. This brief review focuses on the mechanisms of hypertensive myocardial fibrosis.
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- Javier Díez
- Centre for Applied Medical Research, Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Clinic, University of Navarra, School of Medicine, Pamplona, Spain.
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López Salazar B, Ravassa Albéniz S, Arias Guedón T, González Miqueo A, Querejeta R, Díez Martínez J. [Altered fibrillar collagen metabolism in hypertensive heart failure. Current understanding and future prospects]. Rev Esp Cardiol 2007; 59:1047-57. [PMID: 17125715 DOI: 10.1157/13093982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Arterial hypertension induces numerous alterations in the composition of cardiac tissue, which, in turn, result in structural remodeling of the myocardium. This remodeling is due to a range of pathologic mechanisms associated with mechanical, neurohormonal and cytokine processes that affect both cardiomyocyte and non-cardiomyocyte compartments of the myocardium. One of these processes involves disruption of the equilibrium between the synthesis and degradation of type-I and type-III collagen molecules. The result is excess accumulation of type-I and type-III collagen fibers in interstitial and perivascular spaces in the myocardium. The clinical significance of myocardial fibrosis lies in its contribution to the development of cardiac complications in hypertensive patients. This brief review focuses on the mechanisms of myocardial fibrosis and their clinical consequences. In addition, the techniques used for diagnosing myocardial fibrosis and the main therapeutic strategies for reducing fibrosis are also discussed.
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- Begoña López Salazar
- Area de Ciencias Cardiovasculares, Centro para la Investigación Médica Aplicada, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
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Wang P, Tang F, Li R, Zhang H, Chen S, Liu P, Huang H. Contribution of different Nox homologues to cardiac remodeling in two-kidney two-clip renovascular hypertensive rats: effect of valsartan. Pharmacol Res 2007; 55:408-17. [PMID: 17324585 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2007.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2006] [Revised: 01/23/2007] [Accepted: 01/26/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Growing evidences have shown that hypertension, cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis were associated with an overactivity of NAD(P)H oxidase. It is unknown, however, which isoform of NAD(P)H oxidase yields O(2)*(-) formation in heart and aorta in two-kidney, two-clip (2K2C) hypertensive rats in vivo and thus is responsible for the development of cardiac remodeling. We examined the pathological change of NAD(P)H oxidase homologues and tested the effect of valsartan on the cardiac remodeling in 2K2C renovascular hypertensive rats. Four weeks after male Sprague-Dawley rats accepted 2K2C or sham operation, 2K2C hypertensive (>160 mmHg) rats were divided into vehicle-treated (2K2C) and valsartan (30 mg kg(-1) per day, for 6 weeks)-treated (2K2C+Val) groups, which were compared with sham-operated controls (Sham). At week 10, 2K2C hypertensive rats showed increased serum level of angiotensin II (Ang II), MDA and blood pressure (BP), obvious cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis, increased O(2)*(-) production and NAD(P)H oxidase activity and expression in aorta and heart. The heart in 2K2C hypertensive rats preferred to use NADH as substrate while the aorta used both NADH and NADPH. Valsartan treatment decreased BP, ameliorated cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis, decreased O(2)*(-) production and NAD(P)H oxidase activity in aorta and heart. Nox2 and Nox4 protein expression increased in heart, while Nox1 and Nox4 increased in aorta in 2K2C hypertensive rats, which were all normalized after valsartan treatment. In conclusion, these data indicate that different Nox expression might account for substrate preference and the formation of O(2)*(-) by NAD(P)H oxidase resulting from elevated Ang II in the 2K2C model contributes to the development of renovascular hypertension and subsequent cardiac remodeling.
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- Ping Wang
- Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, People's Republic of China
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Fatini C, Sticchi E, Gensini F, Gori AM, Marcucci R, Lenti M, Michelucci A, Genuardi M, Abbate R, Gensini GF. Lone and secondary nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: role of a genetic susceptibility. Int J Cardiol 2006; 120:59-65. [PMID: 17113662 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.08.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2006] [Revised: 07/25/2006] [Accepted: 08/10/2006] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND An involvement of the renin angiotensin system in atrial fibrillation (AF) has been hypothesized, and ACE DD genotype has been suggested to influence the predisposition to AF. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of the ACE I/D polymorphism in relation to the different clinical forms of AF, lone and secondary nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF). METHODS 510 consecutive patients with documented NVAF (106 patients had lone, and 404 secondary NVAF), and 520 controls with a negative history of cardiovascular disease have been studied. RESULTS A significant difference in allele frequency between lone and secondary NVAF (p=0.002) has been found. The ACE D allele was associated with the predisposition to lone NVAF under a dominant, recessive and additive model, both at univariate and multivariate analysis, after adjustment for age and gender (multivariate analysis: dominant OR=2.87, p=0.02; recessive OR=2.01, p=0.003; additive OR=4.47, p<0.0001). ACE D allele was significantly associated with secondary NVAF at both univariate and multivariate analysis under a recessive and additive, but not dominant, model (multivariate analysis: recessive OR=1.89, p=0.001; additive OR=2.50, p<0.0001). CONCLUSIONS This study highlights the role of ACE gene in predisposing to both lone and secondary NVAF, further contributing to penetrate the genetic mechanisms responsible for this complex disease. The clinical relevance of our results may be related to the possible characterization of subjects predisposed to NVAF in the absence of traditional risk factors, and to the use of ACE-inhibitors therapy able to improve the arrhythmogenic substrate.
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- Cinzia Fatini
- Department of Medical and Surgical Critical Care, Thrombosis Centre, University of Florence, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Viale Morgagni 85, 50134 Florence, Italy.
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Ocaranza MP, Godoy I, Jalil JE, Varas M, Collantes P, Pinto M, Roman M, Ramirez C, Copaja M, Diaz-Araya G, Castro P, Lavandero S. Enalapril attenuates downregulation of Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 in the late phase of ventricular dysfunction in myocardial infarcted rat. Hypertension 2006; 48:572-8. [PMID: 16908757 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.0000237862.94083.45] [Citation(s) in RCA: 214] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The early and long-term effects of coronary artery ligation on the plasma and left ventricular angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE and ACE2) activities, ACE and ACE2 mRNA levels, circulating angiotensin (Ang) levels [Ang I, Ang-(1-7), Ang-(1-9), and Ang II], and cardiac function were evaluated 1 and 8 weeks after experimental myocardial infarction in adult Sprague Dawley rats. Sham-operated rats were used as controls. Coronary artery ligation caused myocardial infarction, hypertrophy, and dysfunction 8 weeks after surgery. At week 1, circulating Ang II and Ang-(1-9) levels as well as left ventricular and plasma ACE and ACE2 activities increased in myocardial-infarcted rats as compared with controls. At 8 weeks post-myocardial infarction, circulating ACE activity, ACE mRNA levels, and Ang II levels remained higher, but plasma and left ventricular ACE2 activities and mRNA levels and circulating levels of Ang-(1-9) were lower than in controls. No changes in plasma Ang-(1-7) levels were observed at any time. Enalapril prevented cardiac hypertrophy and dysfunction as well as the changes in left ventricular ACE, left ventricular and plasmatic ACE2, and circulating levels of Ang II and Ang-(1-9) after 8 weeks postinfarction. Thus, the decrease in ACE2 expression and activity and circulating Ang-(1-9) levels in late ventricular dysfunction post-myocardial infarction were prevented with enalapril. These findings suggest that in this second arm of the renin-angiotensin system, ACE2 may act through Ang-(1-9), rather than Ang-(1-7), as a counterregulator of the first arm, where ACE catalyzes the formation of Ang II.
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- María Paz Ocaranza
- Departamento Enfermedades Cardiovasculares, Escuela de Medicina, P. Universidad Católica de Chile.
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Díez J, González A, López B, Querejeta R. Mechanisms of disease: pathologic structural remodeling is more than adaptive hypertrophy in hypertensive heart disease. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 2:209-16. [PMID: 16265485 DOI: 10.1038/ncpcardio0158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2005] [Accepted: 03/01/2005] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Changes in the composition of cardiac tissue develop in arterial hypertension and lead to structural remodeling of the myocardium. Structural remodeling is the consequence of a number of pathologic processes, mediated by mechanical, neurohormonal and cytokine routes, occurring in the cardiomyocyte and the noncardiomyocyte compartments of the heart. One of these processes is related to the disruption of the equilibrium between the synthesis and degradation of collagen type I and III molecules, which results in an excessive accumulation of collagen type I and III fibers in the interstitium and the perivascular regions of the myocardium. The clinical relevance of ventricular fibrosis is that it might contribute to the increased cardiac risk of patients with hypertensive heart disease. This review focuses on the mechanisms of hypertensive ventricular fibrosis and its clinical consequences. In addition, we discuss the noninvasive methods for the diagnosis of cardiac fibrosis and the therapeutic strategies aimed to promote its reduction.
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- Javier Díez
- Division of Cardiovascular Pathophysiology, Center for Applied Medical Research, University of Navarra, Pamplona, and Division of Cardiology, Donostia University Hospital, San Sebastián, Spain.
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Jalil JE, Pérez A, Ocaranza MP, Bargetto J, Galaz A, Lavandero S. Increased Aortic NADPH Oxidase Activity in Rats With Genetically High Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Levels. Hypertension 2005; 46:1362-7. [PMID: 16230508 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.0000188980.57312.63] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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In humans and rats, angiotensin I–converting enzyme activity is significantly determined by a gene polymorphism. Homozygous Brown Norway rats have higher plasma angiotensin I–converting enzyme activity and circulating angiotensin II (Ang II) levels than Lewis rats. Because Ang II induces NAD(P)H oxidase activation, we hypothesized here that Brown Norway rats have higher vascular NAD(P)H oxidase activity and superoxide anion production than Lewis rats. Homozygous Brown Norway (n=15) and Lewis (n=13) male rats were used. Plasma angiotensin I–converting enzyme activity (by fluorimetry), Ang II levels (by high-performance liquid chromatography and radioimmunoassay), and aortic NAD(P)H oxidase activity, as well as superoxide anion production (by chemiluminescence with lucigenin) were measured. Plasma angiotensin I–converting enzyme activity and Ang II levels were 100% higher in Brown Norway rats than in Lewis rats (
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<0.05), which was not observed in Brown Norway rats treated with candesartan (10 mg/kg per day for 7 days). Endothelial NO synthase activity in the aorta from Brown Norway rats was significantly lower than in Lewis rats. However, inducible NO synthase activity and both endothelial NO synthase and inducible NO synthase mRNA and protein levels were similar in both genotypes. In summary, Brown Norway rats have higher vascular NAD(P)H oxidase activity and superoxide anion production than Lewis rats, suggesting the presence of a higher level of vascular oxidative stress in rats with genetically higher angiotensin I–converting enzyme levels. This effect is mediated through the angiotensin I receptor.
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- Jorge E Jalil
- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Medical School, P. Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
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González A, López B, Díez J. New directions in the assessment and treatment of hypertensive heart disease. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 2005; 14:428-34. [PMID: 16046900 DOI: 10.1097/01.mnh.0000174143.30045.bd] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
Abstract
PURPOSE OF REVIEW This article will review briefly the emerging new concepts in the diagnosis and treatment of myocardial fibrosis in patients with hypertensive heart disease. RECENT FINDINGS Although hypertensive heart disease is characterized clinically by development of left-ventricular hypertrophy in the absence of a cause other than arterial hypertension, changes in the composition of myocardial tissue also develop in arterial hypertension leading to structural remodeling of the myocardium (e.g. fibrosis). Recent available data on the determination of serum concentrations of collagen-derived serum peptides and quantitative analysis of echoreflectivity to address the presence of fibrosis in the myocardium of hypertensive patients are promising. In addition, preliminary data suggest that the goal of reducing myocardial fibrosis is achievable in patients with hypertensive heart disease using specific antihypertensive agents (e.g. those interfering with angiotensin II). SUMMARY The time has come to revisit the current management of hypertensive heart disease simply focused on detecting left-ventricular hypertrophy and controlling blood pressure to reduce left-ventricular mass. It is necessary to develop new approaches aimed at assessing and repairing alterations of myocardial structure and protect myocardial function and, in so doing, to reduce in a more-effective manner adverse risk associated with hypertensive heart disease.
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Affiliation(s)
- Arantxa González
- Division of Cardiovascular Pathophysiology, Centre for Applied Medical Research, University Clinic, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, C/Pio XII 55, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
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