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Smart CD, Madhur MS. The immunology of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Clin Sci (Lond) 2023; 137:1225-1247. [PMID: 37606086 PMCID: PMC10959189 DOI: 10.1042/cs20230226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2023] [Revised: 07/23/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 08/23/2023]
Abstract
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) now accounts for the majority of new heart failure diagnoses and continues to increase in prevalence in the United States. Importantly, HFpEF is a highly morbid, heterogeneous syndrome lacking effective therapies. Inflammation has emerged as a potential contributor to the pathogenesis of HFpEF. Many of the risk factors for HFpEF are also associated with chronic inflammation, such as obesity, hypertension, aging, and renal dysfunction. A large amount of preclinical evidence suggests that immune cells and their associated cytokines play important roles in mediating fibrosis, oxidative stress, metabolic derangements, and endothelial dysfunction, all potentially important processes in HFpEF. How inflammation contributes to HFpEF pathogenesis, however, remains poorly understood. Recently, a variety of preclinical models have emerged which may yield much needed insights into the causal relationships between risk factors and the development of HFpEF, including the role of specific immune cell subsets or inflammatory pathways. Here, we review evidence in animal models and humans implicating inflammation as a mediator of HFpEF and identify gaps in knowledge requiring further study. As the understanding between inflammation and HFpEF evolves, it is hoped that a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying immune cell activation in HFpEF can open up new therapeutic avenues.
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- Charles Duncan Smart
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics,
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, U.S.A
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics,
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, U.S.A
- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular
Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, U.S.A
- Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology,
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, U.S.A
- Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology, and
Inflammation, Nashville, TN, U.S.A
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Xing Q, Wu M, Xue Z, Nan N, Yan Z, Li S, Yun Y, Qin G, Sang N. Biochemical evidence of PM 2.5 critical components for inducing myocardial fibrosis in vivo and in vitro. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 857:159258. [PMID: 36216045 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2022] [Revised: 09/29/2022] [Accepted: 10/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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PM2.5 constituents are tightly linked to the initiation of many cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Little is known, however, about the events which critical components of PM2.5 can induce the initiating events in CVDs. C57BL/6 female mice were exposed to PM2.5 (3 mg/kg b.w.) from four different cities (Taiyuan, Beijing, Hangzhou, and Guangzhou) by oropharyngeal aspiration every other day. PM2.5 from Taiyuan increased the diastolic function of the hearts and induced myocardial fibrosis with increased areas of interstitial fibrosis through the NOX4/TGF-β1/Smad 3/Col1a1 pathways. Pb, Cr, Mn, Zn, and most of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were positively associated with the related indicators of cardiac diastolic function and myocardial fibrosis by using Pearson correlation (R2 = 0.9085-0.9897). To determine the critical components in PM2.5 that can induce the occurrence of myocardial fibrosis, BEAS-2b cells were treated with one or more of five candidate components with/without Guangzhou PM2.5, and then the conditioned medium of BEAS-2b was used to culture AC16 cells. The results showed that Zn + Pb + Mn + BaP with PM2.5 from Guangzhou exposure significantly increased reactive oxygen species production of BEAS-2b cells and induced a dramatic increase of myocardial fiber-related gene expression (Col1a1 and TGF-β) in AC16 cells. It indicated that the different mass concentrations of Zn, Pb, Mn, and ΣPAHs in PM2.5 might be the critical factors that modulated myocardial fibrosis induction by targeted. Our study provided a novel avenue for further elucidation of molecular mechanisms of PM2.5 components-induced myocardial fibrosis.
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- Qisong Xing
- College of Environment and Resource, Research Center of Environment and Health, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, PR China
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- College of Environment and Resource, Research Center of Environment and Health, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, PR China; School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi 030001, PR China
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- College of Environment and Resource, Research Center of Environment and Health, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, PR China
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- College of Environment and Resource, Research Center of Environment and Health, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, PR China
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- College of Environment and Resource, Research Center of Environment and Health, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, PR China
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- College of Environment and Resource, Research Center of Environment and Health, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, PR China
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- College of Environment and Resource, Research Center of Environment and Health, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, PR China.
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- College of Environment and Resource, Research Center of Environment and Health, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, PR China.
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- College of Environment and Resource, Research Center of Environment and Health, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, PR China
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Yu HX, Feng Z, Lin W, Yang K, Liu RQ, Li JQ, Liu XY, Pei M, Yang HT. Ongoing Clinical Trials in Aging-Related Tissue Fibrosis and New Findings Related to AhR Pathways. Aging Dis 2022; 13:732-752. [PMID: 35656117 PMCID: PMC9116921 DOI: 10.14336/ad.2021.1105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2021] [Accepted: 11/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Fibrosis is a pathological manifestation of wound healing that replaces dead/damaged tissue with collagen-rich scar tissue to maintain homeostasis, and complications from fibrosis contribute to nearly half of all deaths in the industrialized world. Ageing is closely associated with a progressive decline in organ function, and the prevalence of tissue fibrosis dramatically increases with age. Despite the heavy clinical and economic burden of organ fibrosis as the population ages, to date, there is a paucity of therapeutic strategies that are specifically designed to slow fibrosis. Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) is an environment-sensing transcription factor that exacerbates aging phenotypes in different tissues that has been brought back into the spotlight again with economic development since AhR could interact with persistent organic pollutants derived from incomplete waste combustion. In addition, gut microbiota dysbiosis plays a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of numerous diseases, and microbiota-associated tryptophan metabolites are dedicated contributors to fibrogenesis by acting as AhR ligands. Therefore, a better understanding of the effects of tryptophan metabolites on fibrosis modulation through AhR may facilitate the exploitation of new therapeutic avenues for patients with organ fibrosis. In this review, we primarily focus on how tryptophan-derived metabolites are involved in renal fibrosis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, hepatic fibrosis and cardiac fibrosis. Moreover, a series of ongoing clinical trials are highlighted.
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- Hang-Xing Yu
- 1Department of Nephrology, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.,2National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin, China
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- 3Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang, Shaanxi, China
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- 1Department of Nephrology, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.,2National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin, China
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- 4Kidney Disease Treatment Center, The first affiliated hospital of Henan university of CM, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- 1Department of Nephrology, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.,2National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin, China
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- 1Department of Nephrology, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.,2National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin, China
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- 1Department of Nephrology, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.,2National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin, China
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- 1Department of Nephrology, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.,2National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin, China
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- 1Department of Nephrology, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.,2National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin, China
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Al-Hasani J, Sens-Albert C, Ghosh S, Trogisch FA, Nahar T, Friede PAP, Reil JC, Hecker M. Zyxin protects from hypertension-induced cardiac dysfunction. Cell Mol Life Sci 2022; 79:93. [PMID: 35075545 PMCID: PMC8786748 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-022-04133-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2021] [Revised: 12/19/2021] [Accepted: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Arterial hypertension causes left ventricular hypertrophy leading to dilated cardiomyopathy. Following compensatory cardiomyocyte hypertrophy, cardiac dysfunction develops due to loss of cardiomyocytes preceded or paralleled by cardiac fibrosis. Zyxin acts as a mechanotransducer in vascular cells that may promote cardiomyocyte survival. Here, we analyzed cardiac function during experimental hypertension in zyxin knockout (KO) mice. In zyxin KO mice, made hypertensive by way of deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt treatment telemetry recording showed an attenuated rise in systolic blood pressure. Echocardiography indicated a systolic dysfunction, and isolated working heart measurements showed a decrease in systolic elastance. Hearts from hypertensive zyxin KO mice revealed increased apoptosis, fibrosis and an upregulation of active focal adhesion kinase as well as of integrins α5 and β1. Both interstitial and perivascular fibrosis were even more pronounced in zyxin KO mice exposed to angiotensin II instead of DOCA-salt. Stretched microvascular endothelial cells may release collagen 1α2 and TGF-β, which is characteristic for the transition to an intermediate mesenchymal phenotype, and thus spur the transformation of cardiac fibroblasts to myofibroblasts resulting in excessive scar tissue formation in the heart of hypertensive zyxin KO mice. While zyxin KO mice per se do not reveal a cardiac phenotype, this is unmasked upon induction of hypertension and owing to enhanced cardiomyocyte apoptosis and excessive fibrosis causes cardiac dysfunction. Zyxin may thus be important for the maintenance of cardiac function in spite of hypertension.
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- Jaafar Al-Hasani
- Department of Cardiovascular Physiology, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 326, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiovascular Physiology, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 326, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiovascular Physiology, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 326, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Cardiovascular Physiology, European Center for Angioscience, Heidelberg University, 68167, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Cardiovascular Physiology, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 326, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiovascular Physiology, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 326, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Medical Clinic II, University Heart Center Lübeck, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, 23538, Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Cardiovascular Physiology, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 326, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Wang YT, Russo DP, Liu C, Zhou Q, Zhu H, Zhang YH. Predictive Modeling of Angiotensin I-Converting Enzyme Inhibitory Peptides Using Various Machine Learning Approaches. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2020; 68:12132-12140. [PMID: 32915574 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.0c04624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Food-derived angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory peptides could potentially be used as safe supportive therapeutic products for high blood pressure. Theoretical approaches are promising methods with the advantage through exploring the relationships between peptide structures and their bioactivities. In this study, peptides with ACE inhibitory activity were collected and curated. Quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) models were developed by using the combination of various machine learning approaches and chemical descriptors. The resultant models have revealed several structure features accounting for the ACE inhibitions. 14 new dipeptides predicted to lower blood pressure by inhibiting ACE were selected. Molecular docking indicated that these dipeptides formed hydrogen bonds with ACE. Five of these dipeptides were synthesized for experimental testing. The QSAR models developed were proofed to design and propose novel ACE inhibitory peptides. Machine learning algorithms and properly selected chemical descriptors can be promising modeling approaches for rational design of natural functional food components.
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- Yu-Tang Wang
- Key Laboratory of Dairy Science, Ministry of Education, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, PR China
- Department of Food Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, PR China
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- The Rutgers Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Camden, New Jersey 08102, United States
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- Department of Food Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, PR China
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- Department of Food Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, PR China
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- The Rutgers Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Camden, New Jersey 08102, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey 08102, United States
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- Key Laboratory of Dairy Science, Ministry of Education, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, PR China
- Department of Food Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, PR China
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Aguiar Rosa S, Rocha Lopes L, Fiarresga A, Ferreira RC, Mota Carmo M. Coronary microvascular dysfunction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Pathophysiology, assessment, and clinical impact. Microcirculation 2020; 28:e12656. [PMID: 32896949 DOI: 10.1111/micc.12656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2020] [Revised: 06/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Myocardial ischemia constitutes one of the most important pathophysiological features in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Chronic and recurrent myocardial ischemia leads to fibrosis, which may culminate in myocardial dysfunction. Since the direct visualization of coronary microcirculation in vivo is not possible, its function must be studied indirectly. Invasive and noninvasive techniques allow microcirculatory dysfunction to be evaluated, including echocardiography, magnetic resonance, positron emission tomography, and cardiac catheterization. Blunted myocardial blood flow and coronary flow reserve have been suggested to associate with unfavorable prognosis. Microcirculatory dysfunction may be one additional important parameter to take into account for risk stratification beyond the conventional risk factors.
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- Sílvia Aguiar Rosa
- Department of Cardiology, Santa Marta Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal.,Nova Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Inherited Cardiac Disease Unit, Bart's Heart Centre, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK.,Centre for Heart Muscle Disease, Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, UK.,Centro Cardiovascular, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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Xin JJ, Dai QF, Lu FY, Zhao YX, Liu Q, Cui JJ, Xu DS, Bai WZ, Jing XH, Gao JH, Yu XC. Antihypertensive and Antifibrosis Effects of Acupuncture at PC6 Acupoints in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats and the Underlying Mechanisms. Front Physiol 2020; 11:734. [PMID: 32982761 PMCID: PMC7480262 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.00734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2019] [Accepted: 06/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Long-term hypertension can lead to both structural and functional impairments of the myocardium. Reversing left ventricular (LV) myocardial fibrosis has been considered as a key goal for curing chronic hypertension and has been a hot field of research in recent years. The aim of the present work is to investigate the effect of electroacupuncture (EA) at PC6 on hypertension-induced myocardial fibrosis in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs). Thirty SHRs were randomized into model, SHR + EA, and SHR + Sham EA groups with WKY rats as a normal control. EA was applied once a day for 8 consecutive weeks. The cardiac fibrosis as well as the underlying mechanisms were investigated. After 8 weeks of EA treatment at PC6, the enhanced myocardial fibrosis in SHRs was characterized by an increased ratio of left ventricular mass index (LVMI), collagen volume fraction (CVF), and elevated content of hydroxyproline (Hyp) as well as the upregulated expression of collagen I and collagen III in myocardium tissue of SHRs. All these abnormal alterations in the SHR + EA group were significantly lower compared to the model group. In addition, EA at PC6 significantly improved the pathological changes of myocardial morphology. Meanwhile, the increased levels of angiotensin II (Ang II) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNFα) and expression of transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1), connective tissue growth factor (CTGF), matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2, and MMP-9 in the serum or heart tissue of SHRs were also markedly diminished by EA. These results suggest that EA at bilateral PC6 could ameliorate cardiac fibrosis in SHRs, which might be mediated by the regulation of the Ang II – TGF-β1 pathway.
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- Juan-Juan Xin
- Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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Roy SJ, Tanaka H. Whole Milk and Full-Fat Dairy Products and Hypertensive Risks. Curr Hypertens Rev 2020; 17:181-195. [PMID: 32753019 DOI: 10.2174/1573402116666200804152649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2020] [Revised: 06/24/2020] [Accepted: 06/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Lifestyle modifications in the form of diet and exercise are generally a first-line approach to reduce hypertensive risk and overall cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Accumulating research evidence has revealed that consumption of non- and low-fat dairy products incorporated into the routine diet is an effective means to reduce elevated blood pressure and improve vascular functions. However, the idea of incorporating whole-fat or full-fat dairy products in the normal routine diet as a strategy to reduce CVD risk has been met with controversy. The aim of this review is to review both sides of the argument surrounding saturated fat intake and CVD risk from the standpoint of dairy intake. Throughout the review, we examined observational studies on relationships between CVD risk and dairy consumption, dietary intervention studies using non-fat and whole-fat dairy, and mechanistic studies investigating physiological mechanisms of saturated fat intake that may help to explain increases in cardiovascular disease risk. Currently available data have demonstrated that whole-fat dairy is unlikely to augment hypertensive risk when added to the normal routine diet but may negatively impact CVD risk. In conclusion, whole-fat dairy may not be a recommended alternative to non- or low-fat dairy products as a means to reduce hypertensive or overall CVD risk.
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- Stephen J Roy
- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, Cardiovascular Aging Research Laboratory, The University of Texas at Austin, TX 78712. United States
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, Cardiovascular Aging Research Laboratory, The University of Texas at Austin, TX 78712. United States
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Feng J, Armillei MK, Yu AS, Liang BT, Runnels LW, Yue L. Ca 2+ Signaling in Cardiac Fibroblasts and Fibrosis-Associated Heart Diseases. J Cardiovasc Dev Dis 2019; 6:E34. [PMID: 31547577 PMCID: PMC6956282 DOI: 10.3390/jcdd6040034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2019] [Revised: 09/16/2019] [Accepted: 09/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Cardiac fibrosis is the excessive deposition of extracellular matrix proteins by cardiac fibroblasts and myofibroblasts, and is a hallmark feature of most heart diseases, including arrhythmia, hypertrophy, and heart failure. This maladaptive process occurs in response to a variety of stimuli, including myocardial injury, inflammation, and mechanical overload. There are multiple signaling pathways and various cell types that influence the fibrogenesis cascade. Fibroblasts and myofibroblasts are central effectors. Although it is clear that Ca2+ signaling plays a vital role in this pathological process, what contributes to Ca2+ signaling in fibroblasts and myofibroblasts is still not wholly understood, chiefly because of the large and diverse number of receptors, transporters, and ion channels that influence intracellular Ca2+ signaling. Intracellular Ca2+ signals are generated by Ca2+ release from intracellular Ca2+ stores and by Ca2+ entry through a multitude of Ca2+-permeable ion channels in the plasma membrane. Over the past decade, the transient receptor potential (TRP) channels have emerged as one of the most important families of ion channels mediating Ca2+ signaling in cardiac fibroblasts. TRP channels are a superfamily of non-voltage-gated, Ca2+-permeable non-selective cation channels. Their ability to respond to various stimulating cues makes TRP channels effective sensors of the many different pathophysiological events that stimulate cardiac fibrogenesis. This review focuses on the mechanisms of Ca2+ signaling in fibroblast differentiation and fibrosis-associated heart diseases and will highlight recent advances in the understanding of the roles that TRP and other Ca2+-permeable channels play in cardiac fibrosis.
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- Jianlin Feng
- Calhoun Cardiology Center, Department of Cell Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA.
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- Calhoun Cardiology Center, Department of Cell Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA.
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- Calhoun Cardiology Center, Department of Cell Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA.
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- Calhoun Cardiology Center, Department of Cell Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
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- Calhoun Cardiology Center, Department of Cell Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA.
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Cardiac fibrosis: potential therapeutic targets. Transl Res 2019; 209:121-137. [PMID: 30930180 PMCID: PMC6545256 DOI: 10.1016/j.trsl.2019.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2019] [Revised: 03/01/2019] [Accepted: 03/05/2019] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
Abstract
Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of mortality in the world and is exacerbated by the presence of cardiac fibrosis, defined by the accumulation of noncontractile extracellular matrix proteins. Cardiac fibrosis is directly linked to cardiac dysfunction and increased risk of arrhythmia. Despite its prevalence, there is a lack of efficacious therapies for inhibiting or reversing cardiac fibrosis, largely due to the complexity of the cell types and signaling pathways involved. Ongoing research has aimed to understand the mechanisms of cardiac fibrosis and develop new therapies for treating scar formation. Major approaches include preventing the formation of scar tissue and replacing fibrous tissue with functional cardiomyocytes. While targeting the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system is currently used as the standard line of therapy for heart failure, there has been increased interest in inhibiting the transforming growth factor-β signaling pathway due its established role in cardiac fibrosis. Significant advances in cell transplantation therapy and biomaterials engineering have also demonstrated potential in regenerating the myocardium. Novel techniques, such as cellular direct reprogramming, and molecular targets, such as noncoding RNAs and epigenetic modifiers, are uncovering novel therapeutic options targeting fibrosis. This review provides an overview of current approaches and discuss future directions for treating cardiac fibrosis.
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Schelbert EB, Fridman Y, Wong TC, Abu Daya H, Piehler KM, Kadakkal A, Miller CA, Ugander M, Maanja M, Kellman P, Shah DJ, Abebe KZ, Simon MA, Quarta G, Senni M, Butler J, Diez J, Redfield MM, Gheorghiade M. Temporal Relation Between Myocardial Fibrosis and Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Association With Baseline Disease Severity and Subsequent Outcome. JAMA Cardiol 2019; 2:995-1006. [PMID: 28768311 DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2017.2511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Importance Among myriad changes occurring during the evolution of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), cardiomyocyte-extracellular matrix interactions from excess collagen may affect microvascular, mechanical, and electrical function. Objective To investigate whether myocardial fibrosis (MF) is similarly prevalent both in those with HFpEF and those at risk for HFpEF, similarly associating with disease severity and outcomes. Design, Setting, and Participants Observational cohort study from June 1, 2010, to September 17, 2015, with follow-up until December 14, 2015, at a cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) center serving an integrated health system. Consecutive patients with preserved systolic function referred for CMR were eligible. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance was used to exclude patients with cardiac amyloidosis (n = 19). Exposures Myocardial fibrosis quantified by extracellular volume (ECV) CMR measures. Main Outcome and Measures Baseline BNP; subsequent hospitalization for heart failure or death. Results Of 1174 patients identified (537 [46%] female; median [interquartile range {IQR}] age, 56 [44-66] years), 250 were "at risk" for HFpEF given elevated brain-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) level; 160 had HFpEF by documented clinical diagnosis, and 745 did not have HFpEF. Patients either at risk for HFpEF or with HFpEF demonstrated similarly higher prevalence/extent of MF and worse prognosis compared with patients with no HFpEF. Among those at risk for HFpEF or with HFpEF, the actual diagnosis of HFpEF was not associated with significant differences in MF (median ECV, 28.2%; IQR, 26.2%-30.7% vs 28.3%; IQR, 25.5%-31.4%; P = .60) or prognosis (log-rank 0.8; P = .38). Over a median of 1.9 years, 61 patients at risk for HFpEF or with HFpEF experienced adverse events (19 hospitalization for heart failure, 48 deaths, 6 with both). In those with HFpEF, ECV was associated with baseline log BNP (disease severity surrogate) in multivariable linear regression models, and was associated with outcomes in multivariable Cox regression models (eg, hazard ratio 1.75 per 5% increase in ECV, 95% CI, 1.25-2.45; P = .001 in stepwise model) whether grouped with patients at risk for HFpEF or not. Conclusions and Relevance Among myriad changes occurring during the apparent evolution of HFpEF where elevated BNP is prevalent, MF was similarly prevalent in those with or at risk for HFpEF. Conceivably, MF might precede clinical HFpEF diagnosis. Regardless, MF was associated with disease severity (ie, BNP) and outcomes. Whether cells and secretomes mediating MF represent therapeutic targets in HFpEF warrants further evaluation.
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- Erik B Schelbert
- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.,UPMC Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Center, Heart and Vascular Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.,Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.,UPMC Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Center, Heart and Vascular Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.,UPMC Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Center, Heart and Vascular Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.,Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.,UPMC Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Center, Heart and Vascular Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.,UPMC Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Center, Heart and Vascular Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.,Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.,UPMC Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Center, Heart and Vascular Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Centre for Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Imaging Institute, University of Manchester, Manchester, England
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- Department of Clinical Physiology, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Physiology, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston, Texas
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- Center for Clinical Trials and Data Coordination, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.,Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Cardiology, Azienda Ospedaliera Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Azienda Ospedaliera Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
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- Cardiology Division, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York
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- Program of Cardiovascular Diseases, Center for Applied Medical Research, Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, University Clinic, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.,CIBERCV, Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain
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- Center for Cardiovascular Innovation, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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Liu X, Shan X, Chen H, Li Z, Zhao P, Zhang C, Guo W, Xu M, Lu R. Stachydrine Ameliorates Cardiac Fibrosis Through Inhibition of Angiotensin II/Transformation Growth Factor β1 Fibrogenic Axis. Front Pharmacol 2019; 10:538. [PMID: 31178725 PMCID: PMC6538804 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2019.00538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2018] [Accepted: 04/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Cardiovascular diseases, the leading cause of death worldwide, are tightly associated with the pathological myocardial fibrosis. Stachydrine (Sta), a major active compound in Chinese motherwort Leonurus heterophyllus, was reported to effectively attenuate cardiac fibrosis, but the cellular and molecular mechanism remains unclear. In this study, the anti-fibrotic effect of Sta and mechanism underlying were explored in a mouse model of pressure overload and AngII stimulated cardiac fibroblasts (CFs). Mice were randomly divided into sham, transverse aorta constriction with saline (TAC+Sal), TAC with telmisartan (TAC+Tel), and TAC with Sta (TAC+Sta) groups. Cardiac morphological and functional changes were evaluated by echocardiography and histological methods, and the molecular alterations were detected by western blotting. Primary cultured neonatal mouse CFs were treated with or without angiotensin II (AngII, 10−7 M), transformation growth factor β1 (TGFβ1, 10 ng/mL), and different dosage of Sta (10−6–10−4 M) for up to 96 h, and cell proliferation, cytotoxicity, morphology and related signals were also detected. The in vivo results revealed that TAC prominently induced cardiac dysfunction, left ventricular dilation, myocardial hypertrophy, and elevated myocardial collagen deposition, accompanied with increased fibrotic markers including α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) and periostin. However, Sta treatment partially reversed cardiac morphological and functional deteriorations, and significantly blunted cardiac fibrosis as well as Tel. Increments of myocardial angiotensinogen (AGT), angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE), AngII type 1 receptor (AT1R), and TGFβ1 transcripts, together with increased protein levels of ACE and AngII, after TAC were dramatically down-regulated by Sta treatment. Coincidently, in vitro experiments demonstrated that AngII stimulation in CFs led to up-regulation of AT1R and TGFβ1, and therefore promoted CFs trans-differentiating into hyper-activated myocardial fibroblasts (MFs) as evidenced by increased cell proliferation, collagen and fibrotic makers. On the contrary, Sta potently down-regulated but not directly inhibited AT1R, suppressed TGFβ1 production, and the pro-fibrotic effect of AngII in CFs. Moreover, activation of TGFβ1/Smads signal in the fibrotic process were observed both TAC model and in AngII stimulated CFs, which were also notably blunted by Sta. However, Sta failed to abolish the activation of CFs triggered by TGFβ1. Taken together, it was demonstrated in this study that Sta suppressed ACE/AngII/AT1R-TGFβ1 profibrotic axis, especially on the de novo production of AngII via down-regulating AGT/ACE and AT1R, and therefore inactivated CFs and blunted MFs transition, which ultimately prevented cardiac fibrosis.
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- Xiao Liu
- Department of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Experimental Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Experimental Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Weber KT, Sun Y, Gerling IC, Guntaka RV. Regression of Established Cardiac Fibrosis in Hypertensive Heart Disease. Am J Hypertens 2017; 30:1049-1052. [PMID: 28379281 DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpx054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2017] [Accepted: 03/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Established cardiac fibrosis (ECF) with symptomatic heart failure preserved ejection fraction represents an ever-increasing segment of the hypertensive population. The regression of ECF with attendant improvement in myocardial stiffness and symptomatic failure represents an unmet health care need. Is the regression of ECF in hypertensive heart disease feasible and will stiffness and symptomatic failure be improved? What is the cellular/molecular signaling involved in its regression? What incremental knowledge is needed to proceed effectively? These issues are addressed in this Review.
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- Karl T Weber
- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Biochemistry, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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Schelbert EB, Sabbah HN, Butler J, Gheorghiade M. Employing Extracellular Volume Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Measures of Myocardial Fibrosis to Foster Novel Therapeutics. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 2017; 10:CIRCIMAGING.116.005619. [PMID: 28512159 DOI: 10.1161/circimaging.116.005619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Quantifying myocardial fibrosis (MF) with myocardial extracellular volume measures acquired during cardiovascular magnetic resonance promises to transform clinical care by advancing pathophysiologic understanding and fostering novel therapeutics. Extracellular volume quantifies MF by measuring the extracellular compartment depicted by the myocardial uptake of contrast relative to plasma. MF is a key domain of dysfunctional but viable myocardium among others (eg, microvascular dysfunction and cardiomyocyte/mitochondrial dysfunction). Although anatomically distinct, these domains may functionally interact. MF represents pathological remodeling in the heart associated with cardiac dysfunction and adverse outcomes likely mediated by interactions with the microvasculature and the cardiomyocyte. Reversal of MF improves key measures of cardiac dysfunction, so reversal of MF represents a likely mechanism for improved outcomes. Instead of characterizing the myocardium as homogenous tissue and using important yet still generic descriptors, such as thickness (hypertrophy) and function (diastolic or systolic), which lack mechanistic specificity, paradigms of cardiac disease have evolved to conceptualize myocardial disease and patient vulnerability based on the extent of disease involving its various compartments. Specifying myocardial compartmental involvement may then implicate cellular/molecular disease pathways for treatment and targeted pharmaceutical development and above all highlight the role of the cardiac-specific pathology in heart failure among myriad other changes in the heart and beyond. The cardiology community now requires phase 2 and 3 clinical trials to examine strategies for the regression/prevention of MF and eventually biomarkers to identify MF without reliance on cardiovascular magnetic resonance. It seems likely that efficacious antifibrotic therapy will improve outcomes, but definitive data are needed.
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- Erik B Schelbert
- From the Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA (E.B.S.); UPMC Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Center, Heart and Vascular Institute, Pittsburgh, PA (E.B.S.); Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Pittsburgh, PA (E.B.S.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI (H.N.S.); Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University, NY (J.B.); and Center for Cardiovascular Innovation, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL (M.G.).
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- From the Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA (E.B.S.); UPMC Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Center, Heart and Vascular Institute, Pittsburgh, PA (E.B.S.); Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Pittsburgh, PA (E.B.S.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI (H.N.S.); Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University, NY (J.B.); and Center for Cardiovascular Innovation, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL (M.G.)
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- From the Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA (E.B.S.); UPMC Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Center, Heart and Vascular Institute, Pittsburgh, PA (E.B.S.); Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Pittsburgh, PA (E.B.S.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI (H.N.S.); Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University, NY (J.B.); and Center for Cardiovascular Innovation, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL (M.G.)
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- From the Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA (E.B.S.); UPMC Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Center, Heart and Vascular Institute, Pittsburgh, PA (E.B.S.); Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Pittsburgh, PA (E.B.S.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI (H.N.S.); Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University, NY (J.B.); and Center for Cardiovascular Innovation, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL (M.G.)
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Broyd CJ, Davies JE, Escaned JE, Hughes A, Parker K. Wave intensity analysis and its application to the coronary circulation. Glob Cardiol Sci Pract 2017; 2017:e201705. [PMID: 28971104 PMCID: PMC5621714 DOI: 10.21542/gcsp.2017.5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Wave intensity analysis (WIA) is a technique developed from the field of gas dynamics that is now being applied to assess cardiovascular physiology. It allows quantification of the forces acting to alter flow and pressure within a fluid system, and as such it is highly insightful in ascribing cause to dynamic blood pressure or velocity changes. When co-incident waves arrive at the same spatial location they exert either counteracting or summative effects on flow and pressure. WIA however allows waves of different origins to be measured uninfluenced by other simultaneously arriving waves. It therefore has found particular applicability within the coronary circulation where both proximal (aortic) and distal (myocardial) ends of the coronary artery can markedly influence blood flow. Using these concepts, a repeating pattern of 6 waves has been consistently identified within the coronary arteries, 3 originating proximally and 3 distally. Each has been associated with a particular part of the cardiac cycle. The most clinically relevant wave to date is the backward decompression wave, which causes the marked increase in coronary flow velocity observed at the start of the diastole. It has been proposed that this wave is generated by the elastic re-expansion of the intra-myocardial blood vessels that are compressed during systolic contraction. Particularly by quantifying this wave, WIA has been used to provide mechanistic and prognostic insight into a number of conditions including aortic stenosis, left ventricular hypertrophy, coronary artery disease and heart failure. It has proven itself to be highly sensitive and as such a number of novel research directions are encouraged where further insights would be beneficial.
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- C J Broyd
- Imperial College London, London, UK.,Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
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- University College London, London, UK
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- Imperial College London, London, UK
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Mancini M, Scavone A, Sartorio CL, Baccaro R, Kleinert C, Pernazza A, Buia V, Leopizzi M, d'Amati G, Camici PG. Effect of different drug classes on reverse remodeling of intramural coronary arterioles in the spontaneously hypertensive rat. Microcirculation 2017; 24. [DOI: 10.1111/micc.12298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2016] [Accepted: 07/19/2016] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- Vita Salute University and Scientific Institute San Raffaele; Milan Italy
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- Vita Salute University and Scientific Institute San Raffaele; Milan Italy
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- Vita Salute University and Scientific Institute San Raffaele; Milan Italy
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- Department of Radiology; Oncology and Pathology; “Sapienza” University; Rome Italy
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- Vita Salute University and Scientific Institute San Raffaele; Milan Italy
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- Department of Radiology; Oncology and Pathology; “Sapienza” University; Rome Italy
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- Department of Radiology; Oncology and Pathology; “Sapienza” University; Rome Italy
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- Vita Salute University and Scientific Institute San Raffaele; Milan Italy
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Maanja M, Wieslander B, Schlegel TT, Bacharova L, Abu Daya H, Fridman Y, Wong TC, Schelbert EB, Ugander M. Diffuse Myocardial Fibrosis Reduces Electrocardiographic Voltage Measures of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Independent of Left Ventricular Mass. J Am Heart Assoc 2017; 6:JAHA.116.003795. [PMID: 28111363 PMCID: PMC5523623 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.116.003795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Background Myocardial fibrosis quantified by myocardial extracellular volume fraction (ECV) and left ventricular mass (LVM) index (LVMI) measured by cardiovascular magnetic resonance might represent independent and opposing contributors to ECG voltage measures of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). Diffuse myocardial fibrosis can occur in LVH and interfere with ECG voltage measures. This phenomenon could explain the decreased sensitivity of LVH detectable by ECG, a fundamental diagnostic tool in cardiology. Methods and Results We identified 77 patients (median age, 53 [interquartile range, 26–60] years; 49% female) referred for contrast‐enhanced cardiovascular magnetic resonance with ECV measures and 12‐lead ECG. Exclusion criteria included clinical confounders that might influence ECG measures of LVH. We evaluated ECG voltage‐based LVH measures, including Sokolow‐Lyon index, Cornell voltage, 12‐lead voltage, and the vectorcardiogram spatial QRS voltage, with respect to LVMI and ECV. ECV and LVMI were not correlated (R2=0.02; P=0.25). For all voltage‐related parameters, higher LVMI resulted in greater voltage (r=0.33–0.49; P<0.05 for all), whereas increased ECV resulted in lower voltage (r=−0.32 to −0.57; P<0.05 for all). When accounting for body fat, LV end‐diastolic volume, and mass‐to‐volume ratio, both LVMI (β=0.58, P=0.03) and ECV (β=−0.46, P<0.001) were independent predictors of QRS voltage (multivariate adjusted R2=0.39; P<0.001). Conclusions Myocardial mass and diffuse myocardial fibrosis have independent and opposing effects upon ECG voltage measures of LVH. Diffuse myocardial fibrosis quantified by ECV can obscure the ECG manifestations of increased LVM. This provides mechanistic insight, which can explain the limited sensitivity of the ECG for detecting increased LVM.
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- Maren Maanja
- Department of Clinical Physiology, Karolinska Institutet, and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Clinical Physiology, Karolinska Institutet, and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Physiology, Karolinska Institutet, and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.,Nicollier-Schlegel SARL, Trélex, Switzerland
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- International Laser Center, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.,Institute of Pathophysiology, Medical School, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Clinical Physiology, Karolinska Institutet, and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Stephenson MK, Lenihan S, Covarrubias R, Huttinger RM, Gumina RJ, Sawyer DB, Galindo CL. Scanning Electron Microscopy of Macerated Tissue to Visualize the Extracellular Matrix. J Vis Exp 2016. [PMID: 27340841 DOI: 10.3791/54005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Fibrosis is a component of all forms of heart disease regardless of etiology, and while much progress has been made in the field of cardiac matrix biology, there are still major gaps related to how the matrix is formed, how physiological and pathological remodeling differ, and most importantly how matrix dynamics might be manipulated to promote healing and inhibit fibrosis. There is currently no treatment option for controlling, preventing, or reversing cardiac fibrosis. Part of the reason is likely the sheer complexity of cardiac scar formation, such as occurs after myocardial infarction to immediately replace dead or dying cardiomyocytes. The extracellular matrix itself participates in remodeling by activating resident cells and also by helping to guide infiltrating cells to the defunct lesion. The matrix is also a storage locker of sorts for matricellular proteins that are crucial to normal matrix turnover, as well as fibrotic signaling. The matrix has additionally been demonstrated to play an electromechanical role in cardiac tissue. Most techniques for assessing fibrosis are not qualitative in nature, but rather provide quantitative results that are useful for comparing two groups but that do not provide information related to the underlying matrix structure. Highlighted here is a technique for visualizing cardiac matrix ultrastructure. Scanning electron microscopy of decellularized heart tissue reveals striking differences in structure that might otherwise be missed using traditional quantitative research methods.
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- Matthew K Stephenson
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center;
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Early regression of coronary artery remodeling with esmolol and DDAH/ADMA pathway in hypertensive rats. Hypertens Res 2016; 39:692-700. [PMID: 27250567 DOI: 10.1038/hr.2016.57] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2015] [Revised: 02/18/2016] [Accepted: 03/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Our preclinical study demonstrated that esmolol produces early regression of left ventricular hypertrophy in arterial hypertension. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of short-term esmolol therapy on the regression of left anterior descending artery remodeling in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs), and to determine whether the asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA)/dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase (DDAH) pathway, a regulator of nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability, accounted for this regression. Fourteen-month-old male SHRs were treated intravenously with vehicle (SHR, n=15) or esmolol (SHR-E, n=20) (300 μg kg-1 min-1). Age-matched, vehicle-treated male Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY, n=15) served as controls. SHRs were also treated with nitroglycerin (SHR-N, n=5). After 48 h, the left anterior descending artery structure and morphology were assessed, and dose-response curves for 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT, 10-9-3 × 10-5 mol l-1) were constructed. ADMA concentrations in plasma and left ventricle and DDAH activity in tissue were analyzed. Wall thickness and cross-sectional area were significantly lower after treatment with esmolol in SHR-E than in SHR. Media thickness and smooth muscle cell count were lower in SHR-E than in SHR. Esmolol induced a significant reduction in adventitial cell count in SHR-E. The area under the concentration-response curves was significantly higher in SHR than in SHR-E, as were the esmolol normalized coronary artery contracting responses to 5-HT. We found significantly lower ADMA levels and significantly higher DDAH activity in the ventricle in SHR-E than in SHR. The protective effect of esmolol on the regression of left anterior descending artery remodeling may be related to the reduction in ADMA levels.
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Bomb R, Heckle MR, Sun Y, Mancarella S, Guntaka RV, Gerling IC, Weber KT. Myofibroblast secretome and its auto-/paracrine signaling. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 2016; 14:591-8. [PMID: 26818589 DOI: 10.1586/14779072.2016.1147348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Myofibroblasts (myoFb) are phenotypically transformed, contractile fibroblast-like cells expressing α-smooth muscle actin microfilaments. They are integral to collagen fibrillogenesis with scar tissue formation at sites of repair irrespective of the etiologic origins of injury or tissue involved. MyoFb can persist long after healing is complete, where their ongoing turnover of collagen accounts for a progressive structural remodeling of an organ (a.k.a. fibrosis, sclerosis or cirrhosis). Such persistent metabolic activity is derived from a secretome consisting of requisite components in the de novo generation of angiotensin (Ang) II. Autocrine and paracrine signaling induced by tissue AngII is expressed via AT1 receptor ligand binding to respectively promote: i) regulation of myoFb collagen synthesis via the fibrogenic cytokine TGF-β1-Smad pathway; and ii) dedifferentiation and protein degradation of atrophic myocytes immobilized and ensnared by fibrillar collagen at sites of scarring. Several cardioprotective strategies in the prevention of fibrosis and involving myofibroblasts are considered. They include: inducing myoFb apoptosis through inactivation of antiapoptotic proteins; AT1 receptor antagonist to interfere with auto-/paracrine myoFb signaling or to induce counterregulatory expression of ACE2; and attacking the AngII-AT1R-TGF-β1-Smad pathway by antibody or the use of triplex-forming oligonucleotides.
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- Ritin Bomb
- a Division of Cardiovascular Diseases , University of Tennessee Health Science Center , Memphis , TN , USA
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- b Department of Medicine , University of Tennessee Health Science Center , Memphis , TN , USA
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- a Division of Cardiovascular Diseases , University of Tennessee Health Science Center , Memphis , TN , USA
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- c Department of Physiology , University of Tennessee Health Science Center , Memphis , TN , USA
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- d Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry , University of Tennessee Health Science Center , Memphis , TN , USA
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- e Division of Endocrinology , University of Tennessee Health Science Center , Memphis , TN , USA
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- a Division of Cardiovascular Diseases , University of Tennessee Health Science Center , Memphis , TN , USA
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Broyd C, Davies J, Escaned J, Hughes A, Parker K. Wave intensity analysis and its application to the coronary circulation. Glob Cardiol Sci Pract 2015. [DOI: 10.5339/gcsp.2015.64] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Shen FF, Jiang TH, Jiang JQ, Lou Y, Hou XM. Traditional chinese medicine tongxinluo improves cardiac function of rats with dilated cardiomyopathy. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE : ECAM 2014; 2014:323870. [PMID: 25614749 PMCID: PMC4295346 DOI: 10.1155/2014/323870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2014] [Accepted: 12/01/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The study aimed at testing the hypothesis that tongxinluo capsule might exert its cardioprotective effect by preventing ventricular remodeling and improving coronary microvascular function in a rat model of doxorubicin-induced dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Rats that survived DCM induction were randomly divided into three groups to be given 1.5 g·kg(-1)·day(-1) (TXL-H, n = 9) or 0.15 g·kg(-1)·day(-1) (TXL-L, n = 10) of tongxinluo, or normal saline at the same volume (DCM-C, n = 10) intragastrically. Age matched normal rats treated with normal saline were used as normal controls (NOR-C, n = 9). After four weeks of treatment, the DCM-C, TXL-H, and TXL-L groups exhibited significant cardiac dysfunction, left ventricular remodeling, and coronary microvascular dysfunction, compared with the NOR-C rats. However, myocardial functional parameters were significantly improved and microvascular density (MVD) increased in the TXL-H group compared with the DCM-C group (all P < 0.01). Left ventricular remodeling was prevented. There were close linear relationships between CVF and LVEF (r = -0.683, P < 0.05), MVD and LVEF (r = 0.895, P < 0.05), and MVD and CVF (r = -0.798, P < 0.05). It was indicated that high-dose tongxinluo effectively improved cardiac function in rat model of DCM.
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- Fang-Fang Shen
- Department of Emergency, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai Tong Ren Hospital, Shanghai 200050, China
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- Department of Emergency, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Department of Emergency, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China
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De Mello WC, Frohlich ED. Clinical perspectives and fundamental aspects of local cardiovascular and renal Renin-Angiotensin systems. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2014; 5:16. [PMID: 24600438 PMCID: PMC3928588 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2014.00016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2013] [Accepted: 02/06/2014] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Evidence for the potential role of organ specific cardiovascular renin-angiotensin systems (RAS) has been demonstrated experimentally and clinically with respect to certain cardiovascular and renal diseases. These findings have been supported by studies involving pharmacological inhibition during ischemic heart disease, myocardial infarction, cardiac failure; hypertension associated with left ventricular ischemia, myocardial fibrosis and left ventricular hypertrophy; structural and functional changes of the target organs associated with prolonged dietary salt excess; and intrarenal vascular disease associated with end-stage renal disease. Moreover, the severe structural and functional changes induced by these pathological conditions can be prevented and reversed by agents producing RAS inhibition (even when not necessarily coincident with alterations in arterial pressure). In this review, we discuss specific fundamental and clinical aspects and mechanisms related to the activation or inhibition of local RAS and their implications for cardiovascular and renal diseases. Fundamental aspects involving the role of angiotensins on cardiac and renal functions including the expression of RAS components in the heart and kidney and the controversial role of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 on angiotensin peptide metabolism in humans, were discussed.
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- Walmor C. De Mello
- School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, PR, USA
- *Correspondence: Walmor C. De Mello, School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, Suite A-322, Main Building, San Juan, PR 00936-5067, USA e-mail:
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Franchi F, Knudsen BE, Oehler E, Textor SC, Lerman LO, Grande JP, Rodriguez-Porcel M. Non-invasive assessment of cardiac function in a mouse model of renovascular hypertension. Hypertens Res 2013; 36:770-5. [PMID: 23676847 DOI: 10.1038/hr.2013.43] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2012] [Revised: 01/22/2013] [Accepted: 02/14/2013] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Hypertension continues to be a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, underscoring the need to better understand its early effects on the myocardium. The aim of this study is to determine the feasibility of in vivo longitudinal assessment of cardiac function, particularly diastolic function, in a mouse model of renovascular hypertension. Renovascular hypertension (RVH) was induced in 129S1/SvImJ male mice (n=9). To assess left ventricular (LV) systolic and diastolic function, M-mode echocardiography, pulsed-wave Doppler echocardiography and tissue Doppler imaging were performed at baseline, 2 and 4 weeks after the induction of renal artery stenosis. Myocardial tissue was collected to assess cellular morphology, fibrosis, extracellular matrix remodeling and inflammation ex vivo. RVH led to a significant increase in systolic blood pressure after 2 and 4 weeks (baseline: 99.26±1.09 mm Hg; 2 weeks: 140.90±7.64 mm Hg; 4 weeks: 147.52±5.91 mm Hg, P<0.05), resulting in a significant decrease in LV end-diastolic volume, associated with a significant elevation in ejection fraction and preserved cardiac output. Furthermore, the animals developed an abnormal diastolic function profile, with a shortening in the E velocity deceleration time as well as increases in the E/e' and the E/A ratio. The ex vivo analysis revealed a significant increase in myocyte size and deposition of extracellular matrix. Non-invasive high-resolution ultrasonography allowed assessment of the diastolic function profile in a small animal model of renovascular hypertension.
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- Federico Franchi
- Department of Internal Medicine, Divisions of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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The syncytium of cardiomyocytes in the heart is tethered within a matrix composed principally of type I fibrillar collagen. The matrix has diverse mechanical functions that ensure the optimal contractile efficiency of this muscular pump. In the diseased heart, cardiomyocytes are lost to necrotic cell death, and phenotypically transformed fibroblast-like cells-termed 'myofibroblasts'-are activated to initiate a 'reparative' fibrosis. The structural integrity of the myocardium is preserved by this scar tissue, although at the expense of its remodelled architecture, which has increased tissue stiffness and propensity to arrhythmias. A persisting population of activated myofibroblasts turns this fibrous tissue into a living 'secretome' that generates angiotensin II and its type 1 receptor, and fibrogenic growth factors (such as transforming growth factor-β), all of which collectively act as a signal-transducer-effector signalling pathway to type I collagen synthesis and, therefore, fibrosis. Persistent myofibroblasts, and the resultant fibrous tissue they produce, cause progressive adverse myocardial remodelling, a pathological hallmark of the failing heart irrespective of its etiologic origin. Herein, we review relevant cellular, subcellular, and molecular mechanisms integral to cardiac fibrosis and consequent remodelling of atria and ventricles with a heterogeneity in cardiomyocyte size. Signalling pathways that antagonize collagen fibrillogenesis provide novel strategies for cardioprotection.
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LeGrice IJ, Pope AJ, Sands GB, Whalley G, Doughty RN, Smaill BH. Progression of myocardial remodeling and mechanical dysfunction in the spontaneously hypertensive rat. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2012; 303:H1353-65. [PMID: 23001837 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00748.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The progression of hypertensive heart disease (HHD) to heart failure (HF) is associated with myocardial remodeling. Corresponding changes in three-dimensional organization of cardiac extracellular matrix have not been quantified or related fully to the development of HF. Spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs) and Wistar-Kyoto controls were studied at 3, 12, 18, and 24 mo. Hemodynamic and morphological data, brain natriuretic peptide levels, and echocardiography demonstrate four distinct disease stages: systemic hypertension, diastolic dysfunction, early systolic failure, and decompensated HF. Passive left ventricular (LV) pressure-volume relationships were determined in vitro. Transmural specimens from the anterior LV free wall were imaged using extended-volume confocal microscopy, and three-dimensional myocardial architecture was quantified. In SHRs, LV compliance was reduced at 12 mo and increased progressively thereafter. However, it was less than in controls for filling pressures <10 mmHg and not significantly different at ≥10 mmHg. Myocyte cross section was enlarged, with increased variability from 12 mo, while collagen fraction increased progressively. Perimysial collagen fraction remained unchanged with age, although endomysial collagen increased from 12 mo. Perimysial collagen between adjacent muscle layers fused at 12 mo and continued to thicken subsequently, while muscle layers became more dispersed and disordered. We conclude that LV dilatation, which accompanies decompensated HF in this model of HHD, is not due to LV "softening." While perimysial (and endomysial) collagen networks are substantially remodeled, they are not dissolved, as has been proposed. We argue that progressive disruption of the laminar organization of LV myocardium may contribute to impaired systolic function in HHD.
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- Ian J LeGrice
- Department of Physiology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Mizuno R, Fujimoto S, Saito Y, Okamoto Y. Optimal antihypertensive level for improvement of coronary microvascular dysfunction: the lower, the better? Hypertension 2012; 60:326-32. [PMID: 22753208 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.111.189209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Recently, coronary microvascular function was documented to be impaired even in patients with prehypertension. However, the impact of antihypertensive level on improvement of coronary microvascular dysfunction in hypertensive patients remains to be established. We investigated the optimal blood pressure achieved with treatment of antihypertensive agents for improvement of coronary microvascular dysfunction in hypertensive patients. We prospectively studied 108 untreated hypertensive patients. All patients were treated with antihypertensive agents for approximately 12 months. Coronary flow reserve (CFR) was measured before and after treatment. The patients were divided into hypertensive, prehypertensive, and normal groups based on their average blood pressure during the treatment period. Pretreatment CFR was similar among all groups. CFR increased significantly in the normal group during the treatment period, but decreased significantly in the prehypertensive and hypertensive groups. This decrease was significantly greater in the hypertensive group than in the prehypertensive group. Multivariate analysis showed lowering blood pressure to normal level to be an independent determinant of improvement in CFR. The normal group was divided into normal-higher and normal-lower subgroups based on their average diastolic blood pressure during the treatment period. Increase in CFR was significantly greater in the normal-higher group than in the normal-lower group. These findings indicate that lowering blood pressure to a normal level is necessary to improve coronary microvascular dysfunction in hypertensive patients. Furthermore, raising diastolic blood pressure to a higher level within normal range has the most beneficial effect. However, as this study is based on observational design, it may have several limitations.
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- Central Clinical Laboratory, Nara Medical University, 634-8522, 840 Shijo, Kashihara, Nara, Japan.
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Inuwa I, Ali BH, Al-Lawati I, Beegam S, Ziada A, Blunden G. Long-term ingestion of Hibiscus sabdariffa calyx extract enhances myocardial capillarization in the spontaneously hypertensive rat. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2012; 237:563-9. [DOI: 10.1258/ebm.2012.011357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The effects of Hibiscus sabdariffa (HS) in lowering blood pressure in human and animal hypertension have been documented. This study investigated the effect of the water extract of the dried calyx of HS and Hibiscus anthocyanins (HAs) on left ventricular myocardial capillary length and surface area in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs). Twelve-week-old male SHRs were divided into eight groups (six rats in each group). Three groups were given three doses; 10%, 15% and 20% of the water extract of HS in lieu of drinking water for 10 consecutive weeks (HS10, HS15 and HS20) with one group kept as control (C). Another three groups were given three doses of the HAs orally at doses of 50, 100 and 200 mg/kg for five consecutive days with one group kept as a control (C). Systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) blood pressures, as well as heart rate (HR), were measured weekly. After the experimental protocols, the left ventricles (LV) of all rats were obtained. Capillary surface area density and length density were determined by unbiased sterological methods on 3 μm LV tissue samples from perfusion-fixed hearts. HS ingestion significantly reduced SBP, DBP and LV mass in a dose-dependent fashion but did not affect the HR. HS significantly increased surface area and length density of myocardial capillaries by 59%, 65% and 86%, and length density by 57%, 77% and 57%, respectively. Myocyte nuclear volume was significantly decreased in HS-treated rats. There was a decrease (although insignificant) in SBP and DBP with HA ingestion compared with controls. These changes suggest that the observed beneficial effect of HS on high BP in SHRs could be mediated through a reduction in the diffusion distance between capillaries and myocytes, as well as new vessel formation. It is proposed that these effects might be beneficial in restoring myocyte normal nutritional status compromised by the hypertrophic state of hypertension.
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, PO Box 35, Al Khod, Muscat 123, Oman
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- School of Pharmacy and Biochemical Sciences, University of Portsmouth, St Michael's Building, White Swan Rd, Portsmouth PO1 2DT, UK
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Leonard BL, Smaill BH, LeGrice IJ. Structural remodeling and mechanical function in heart failure. MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY SOCIETY OF AMERICA, MICROBEAM ANALYSIS SOCIETY, MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 2012; 18:50-67. [PMID: 22258722 DOI: 10.1017/s1431927611012438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The cardiac extracellular matrix (ECM) is the three-dimensional scaffold that defines the geometry and muscular architecture of the cardiac chambers and transmits forces produced during the cardiac cycle throughout the heart wall. The cardiac ECM is an active system that responds to the stresses to which it is exposed and in the normal heart is adapted to facilitate efficient mechanical function. There are marked differences in the short- and medium-term changes in ventricular geometry and cardiac ECM that occur as a result of volume overload, hypertension, and ischemic cardiomyopathy. Despite this, there is a widespread view that a common remodeling "phenotype" governs the final progression to end-stage heart failure in different forms of heart disease. In this review article, we make the case that this interpretation is not consistent with the clinical and experimental data on the topic. We argue that there is a need for new theoretical and experimental models that will enable stresses acting on the ECM and resultant deformations to be estimated more accurately and provide better spatial resolution of local signaling mechanisms that are activated as a result. These developments are necessary to link the effects of structural remodeling with altered cardiac mechanical function.
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- Bridget Louise Leonard
- Auckland Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1023, New Zealand.
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Speeckaert MM, Speeckaert R, Van De Voorde L, Delanghe JR. Immunochemically unreactive albumin in urine: fiction or reality? Crit Rev Clin Lab Sci 2011; 48:87-96. [PMID: 21871001 DOI: 10.3109/10408363.2011.591366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Urinary albumin measurements are currently not standardized due to a lack of a reference method and reference (primary and secondary [matrix]) material. Multiple molecular forms of albumin in urine are identified. Modification of albumin by proteolysis during passage through the urinary tract and chemical modification during specimen storage leads to the formation of albumin fragments. Multiple methods have been developed to quantify albuminuria and significant different results are reported dependent on the available assay. The current point of view of the National Kidney Disease Education Program - IFCC Working Group on Standardization of Albumin considers the immunoassay with polyclonal sera as the primary method of quantifying urine albumin. This article reviews the process of albumin fragmentation and focuses on the controversial topic of immuno-unreactive, nonimmunoreactive, or immunochemically nonreactive albumin fractions and its consequences for albumin analysis. We conclude that at present there are no hard arguments for measuring immunochemically unreactive albumin in urine. Immunoassays using polyclonal antisera for the detection of urinary albumin remain the gold standard. The development of a reference measurement procedure remains one of the challenges for the future.
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- Marijn M Speeckaert
- Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Ghent, Faculty of Medicine, Belgium
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Perindopril and indapamide reverse coronary microvascular remodelling and improve flow in arterial hypertension. J Hypertens 2011; 29:364-72. [PMID: 21045728 DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0b013e328340a08e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Patients and animal models of arterial hypertension are characterized by structural and functional abnormalities of the coronary microcirculation. Using a translational approach, we ascertained whether antihypertensive treatment can reverse microvascular remodelling and improve myocardial perfusion. METHODS In 20 hypertensive patients with left ventricular hypertrophy, blood pressure, left ventricular mass index and myocardial blood flow were measured at baseline and after 6 months of treatment with perindopril + indapamide. In spontaneously hypertensive rats, blood pressure, coronary flow and histomorphometry of intramural coronary arterioles were measured after 8 weeks of treatment with placebo or perindopril + indapamide. RESULTS In patients, treatment decreased blood pressure (161 ± 10/96 ± 5 to 136 ± 12/81 ± 6 mmHg; P < 0.0001) and left ventricular mass index (93 ± 16 to 85 ± 17 g/m; P < 0.01) while increasing baseline (0.69 ± 0.13 to 0.88 ± 0.36 ml/min per g; P < 0.05) and hyperaemic myocardial blood flow (1.42 ± 0.32 to 1.94 ± 0.99 ml/min per g; P < 0.05). In rats treated with perindopril + indapamide (n = 11), blood pressure was 93 ± 18/55 ± 18 mmHg compared to 215 ± 18/161 ± 17 mmHg in placebo (n = 6; P < 0.001), baseline flow was unchanged whilst hyperaemic coronary flow was 19.89 ± 3.50 vs. 12.15 ± 0.99 ml/min per g, respectively (P < 0.01). The medial area of intramural arterioles was 1613 ± 409 with perindopril + indapamide and 8118 ± 901 μm with placebo (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION In patients with arterial hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy, perindopril + indapamide reduced blood pressure and left ventricular mass index and improved resting and hyperaemic myocardial blood flow. Data in rats provide evidence that the improvement in coronary flow observed after treatment is due to reverse remodelling of intramural coronary arterioles and improved microvascular function.
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Additional salutary effects of the combination of exercise training and an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor on the left ventricular function of spontaneously hypertensive rats. J Hypertens 2009; 27:1309-16. [PMID: 19462500 DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0b013e328329fb55] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate whether the combination of exercise training with the angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor lisinopril will have an additional beneficial effect on left ventricular function in spontaneously hypertensive rats. DESIGN Twelve-week-old male rats were assigned to treadmill running (Ht-Ex; 20 m/min at 5 degrees grade, 1 h/day, 5 days/week), or lisinopril treatment (Ht-Lis; 15 mg/kg per day by gavage), or treadmill running while treated with lisinopril (Ht-ExLis), and were compared with a sedentary group (Ht-Sed). Age-matched and sex-matched Wistar-Kyoto rats were controls. METHODS After 10 weeks of experimentation, left ventricular morphology and function were assessed from M-mode echocardiograms and transmitral Doppler spectra [early (E) and atrial peak velocities (A), their ratio (E/A), and E-wave deceleration time (Edec time) and slope (Edec slope)]. RESULTS Ht-Sed exhibited prominent concentric left ventricular hypertrophy with systolic and diastolic dysfunctions evidenced by a significantly reduced fractional shortening (%FS) and 'pseudonormalization' of left ventricular filling, characterized by an apparently normal E/A ratio despite an underlying left ventricular relaxation abnormality. Exercise training did not significantly alter left ventricular morphology or function. Lisinopril alone attenuated left ventricular hypertrophy and enhanced diastolic function but had no significant effect on systolic function. Combining exercise training with lisinopril treatment increased %FS by 25%, decreased the E/A ratio and Edec slope by 35% and 37%, respectively, and increased Edec time by 82%. CONCLUSION Our results provide experimental evidence that lisinopril administration, when combined with moderate exercise training, is more promising in attenuating cardiac dysfunction than either agent alone in hypertension of a genetic origin.
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Porteri E, Rodella L, Rizzoni D, Rezzani R, Paiardi S, Sleiman I, De Ciuceis C, Boari GEM, Castellano M, Bianchi R, Agabiti-Rosei E. Effects of olmesartan and enalapril at low or high doses on cardiac, renal and vascular interstitial matrix in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Blood Press 2009; 14:184-92. [PMID: 16036499 DOI: 10.1080/08037050510034211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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We have evaluated the effects of different doses of an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, enalapril (ENA) and of an angiotensin II type 1 receptor blocker olmesartan (OLM), on extracellular matrix of the heart, kidney, aorta and mesenteric artery of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). Forty SHR and eight Wistar-Kyoto controls (WKY) were included in the study. Eight SHR were treated with high-dose OLM 15 mg/kg per day, eight with high-dose ENA 25 mg/kg per day, eight with low-dose OLM 1 mg/kg per day and eight with low-dose ENA (2 mg/kg per day). Eight SHR and eight WKY were kept untreated as controls. Treatment was from age 4 to 12 weeks. Systolic blood pressure (SBP) was measured non-invasively every week. The left ventricular weight to body weight (RLVM) was measured, and the cardiac, aortic and glomerular interstitial collagen content was evaluated using Sirius red staining and image analysis. Mesenteric small arteries were dissected and mounted on a micromyograph, and the media:lumen ratio (M/L) was calculated. Collagen subtypes were evaluated by polarized light microscopy. The SHR treated with high-dose OLM or ENA showed a normalization of SBP. The RLVM was significantly increased in untreated SHR compared with untreated WKY, whereas significantly lower values were observed in the groups of SHR treated with high-dose OLM or ENA. A significant increase in cardiac and glomerular collagen content was observed in untreated SHR. Both high- or low-dose OLM and ENA normalized collagen content in the heart and the kidney. Both high-dose OLM and high-dose ENA normalized M/L ratio; however, OLM proved to be more effective than ENA in normalizing collagen pattern. In fact, aortic collagen content was normalized by both high-dose and low-dose OLM, but only by high-dose ENA. In conclusion, both OLM and ENA were significantly and equally effective in the prevention of cardiac and renal damage in SHR, whereas OLM was more effective than ENA in terms of effects on vascular extracellular matrix.
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- Enzo Porteri
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Brescia, Italy
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Frimm C de C, de Moraes AV, Medeiros CC, Esteves Filho A, Marino JC. Normalization of left ventricular dysfunction in systemic hypertension. Clin Cardiol 2009; 23:443-8. [PMID: 10875036 PMCID: PMC6654809 DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960230614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND In hypertensive heart disease, it is uncertain whether the impairment of left ventricular (LV) systolic function might be reverted by antihypertensive treatment. HYPOTHESIS This study was undertaken to address the likelihood of recovery of LV dysfunction and to identify factors potentially related. METHODS Twenty-six patients with primary (n = 16) and renovascular (n = 10) hypertension participated in the study and were classified into Groups A (n = 12) and B (n = 14) according to normalization or persistent left ventricular dysfunction (fractional shortening < 0.30) after 36 weeks of follow-up. All patients received standard medical therapy and appropriate procedures for renovascular disease correction. Logistic regression analysis was used to identify variables associated with recovery. RESULTS Patients in Group A compared with those in Group B were younger (41 +/- 14 vs. 52 +/- 10 years; p < 0.05), had a greater frequency of renovascular hypertension (8 vs. 2; p < 0.05), showed shorter LV end-diastolic (54 +/- 5 vs. 61 +/- 8 mm; p < 0.05) and end-systolic dimensions (41 +/- 6 vs. 49 +/- 9 mm; p < 0.05), and lower mass index (215 +/- 64 vs. 261 +/- 47 g.m-2; p < 0.05) before treatment, whereas fractional shortening (0.24 +/- 0.4 vs. 0.20 +/- 0.5; p > 0.05) and diastolic blood pressure (116 +/- 12 vs. 122 +/- 19 mmHg; p > 0.05) were similar. On follow-up, Group A patients showed lower diastolic blood pressure (89 +/- 15 vs. 105 +/- 20 mmHg; p < 0.05) and mass index (142 +/- 34 vs. 222 +/- 40 g.m-2; p < 0.05). Logistic regression analysis identified systolic dimension and renovascular hypertension as factors associated with fractional shortening normalization. CONCLUSION The recovery of LV dysfunction is expected to occur most likely in patients with renovascular hypertension and the shortest systolic dimensions.
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- Heart Institute, University of São Paulo Medical School, Brazil
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Soufen H, Salemi V, Aneas I, Ramires F, Benício A, Benvenuti L, Krieger J, Mady C. Collagen content, but not the ratios of collagen type III/I mRNAs, differs among hypertensive, alcoholic, and idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Braz J Med Biol Res 2008; 41:1098-104. [DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2008001200009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2008] [Accepted: 11/25/2008] [Indexed: 03/01/2023] Open
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Ks Siegl P, Kivlighn SD, Broten TP. Cardiovascular and Renal Review: Pharmacology of Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonists: Comparison with Renin Inhibitors and Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors. Expert Opin Investig Drugs 2008. [DOI: 10.1517/13543784.3.9.925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Tschöpe C, Stoll M, Gohlke P, Unger T. Potential effects of bradykinin on myocardial capillary growth after angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition. Expert Opin Investig Drugs 2008. [DOI: 10.1517/13543784.3.5.501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Baumann M, Hermans JJR, Janssen BJA, Peutz-Kootstra C, Witzke O, Heemann U, Smits JFM, Boudier HAJS. Transient prehypertensive treatment in spontaneously hypertensive rats: a comparison of spironolactone and losartan regarding long-term blood pressure and target organ damage. J Hypertens 2008; 25:2504-11. [PMID: 17984673 DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0b013e3282ef84f8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE We previously demonstrated that when the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is transiently blocked by an angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) in young spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), this results in a prolonged blood pressure decrease and protection against target organ damage. Aldosterone is an essential hormone in the RAS, and contributes to pathologic remodeling. Thus, part of the protective effects of the ARB may be due to inhibition of aldosterone-mediated effects. To test this hypothesis, in young SHR, we compared the effectiveness of transient treatment with the mineralocorticoid receptor blocker spironolactone with those obtained by the ARB losartan. METHODS SHR were transiently (i.e. between 4-8 weeks of age) treated with spironolactone (SHR-Spiro: 1 mg/kg per day), losartan (SHR-Los: 20 mg/kg per day) or saline. Rats were followed up until week 72 of age and cardiovascular parameters were repeatedly assessed by echocardiography, radiotelemetry of blood pressure and 24-h urine collection. End-point measurements included direct left ventricular contractility and relaxation, as well as cardiac and renal histomorphology. RESULTS Transient spironolactone treatment reduced blood pressure up to 36 weeks of age and cardiac and renal collagen deposition and tubular atrophy up to 72 weeks of age compared to untreated SHR. Pulse pressure was higher in SHR-Spiro compared to SHR-Los. Cardiac hypertrophy, albuminuria and glomerulosclerosis were not attenuated in SHR-Spiro compared to untreated SHR up to 72 weeks of age, whereas the effects in SHR-Los were ameliorated. CONCLUSIONS Although transient spironolactone treatment leads to prolonged blood pressure reduction and reduced collagen deposition, long-term organ protection only partially exists. Thus, transient spironolactone treatment is less effective than transient losartan treatment.
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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ZHAO X, ZHANG LK, ZHANG CY, ZENG XJ, YAN H, JIN HF, TANG CS, DU JB. Regulatory Effect of Hydrogen Sulfide on Vascular Collagen Content in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats. Hypertens Res 2008; 31:1619-30. [DOI: 10.1291/hypres.31.1619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Guido MC, de Carvalho Frimm C, Koike MK, Cordeiro FF, Moretti AI, Godoy LC. Low coronary driving pressure is associated with subendocardial remodelling and left ventricular dysfunction in aortocaval fistula. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2007; 34:1165-72. [PMID: 17880372 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2007.04689.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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1. The role of haemodynamic changes in left ventricular remodelling has been poorly investigated, especially in the context of volume overload cardiac hypertrophy. Low diastolic blood pressure and high left ventricular filling pressure are expected to affect coronary driving pressure negatively and thereby put in jeopardy subendocardial perfusion in particular. The consequences to global left ventricular remodelling remain undetermined. The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of coronary driving pressure in the development of subendocardial remodelling and the conceivable effects on cardiac function, using a rat model of aortocaval fistula. 2. Wistar rats, weighing 330-350 g, were submitted to aortocaval fistula (ACF group) or sham (control group) operations. Two haemodynamic measurements were determined following surgery, the initial measurement at week 1 and the final measurement at week 8. Cytokine expression, myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity, metalloproteinase expression and activity and fibrosis were assessed in two distinct left ventricular myocardial layers: the subendocardium (SE) and the non-subendocardium (non-SE). 3. The ACF group showed lower initial and final coronary driving pressure and lower final +dP/dt and -dP/dt compared with the control group. Multivariate analyses disclosed initial coronary driving pressure as the only haemodynamic parameter independently associated with SE fibrosis (R(2) = 0.76; P < 0.0001) and with +dP/dt (R(2) = 0.55; P = 0.0004) and -dP/dt (R(2) = 0.91; P < 0.0001). Matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 expression and activity predominated in the SE of ACF animals, particularly in those with low coronary driving pressure. Increased levels of interleukin (IL)-6 and IL-1beta also predominated in the SE of the ACF group. Otherwise, MPO activity and levels of tumour necrosis factor-alpha and IL-10 were similar in both groups. Final coronary driving pressure correlated with both the expression and activity of MMP-2. 4. Low coronary driving pressure early in the course of ACF determines SE damage and, by this mechanism, interferes negatively in left ventricular function.
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- Maria C Guido
- Laboratory of Medical Investigation, LIM-51, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
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Keeley FW, Bartoszewicz LA. Elastin in systemic and pulmonary hypertension. CIBA FOUNDATION SYMPOSIUM 2007; 192:259-73; discussion 273-8. [PMID: 8575261 DOI: 10.1002/9780470514771.ch14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Increased elastin production and accumulation is a rapid and sensitive response to elevated vascular wall stress in both systemic and pulmonary hypertension. While initially protecting the vessel wall, these structural changes may in the longer term result in reinforcement of the hypertensive state and contribute to the persistence of the pathology of hypertension. Rapid responses apparently uncorrelated with increased elastin mRNA, at least in the case of systemic vessels, suggest novel mechanisms perhaps including increased efficiency of message translation or matrix accumulation of the protein. Investigations using in vitro organ and cell culture models have indicated a role for phospholipases and protein kinases, including protein kinase C, in stretch-induced elastin synthesis. In addition, tyrosine phosphorylation of membrane/sub-membrane/cytoskeletal sensors, including focal adhesion kinase and members of the lipocortin family, have been shown to be important in this transduction mechanism. Because its turnover is normally very slow, additional vascular elastin accumulated during hypertensive episodes, together with its consequences for the physical properties of the vessel wall, may persist long after blood pressure is restored to normal levels. Thus, recent interest has been drawn to the possibility of achieving regression of accumulated matrix elastin by promoting turnover of this protein through activation of endogenous vascular elastase and collagenase activities.
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- F W Keeley
- Division of Cardiovascular Research, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Cavallari LH, Momary KM, Groo VL, Viana MAG, Camp JR, Stamos TD. Association of β-Blocker Dose with Serum Procollagen Concentrations and Cardiac Response to Spironolactone in Patients with Heart Failure. Pharmacotherapy 2007; 27:801-12. [PMID: 17542763 DOI: 10.1592/phco.27.6.801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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STUDY OBJECTIVE To determine whether beta-blocker dose influences cardiac collagen turnover and the effects of spironolactone on cardiac collagen turnover in patients with heart failure. DESIGN Prospective clinical study. SETTING Two heart failure centers. PATIENTS Eighty-eight spironolactone-naïve patients with heart failure who were taking beta-blockers. INTERVENTION In a subset of 29 patients, spironolactone was started at 12.5 mg/day, with the dosage titrated to 25 mg/day if tolerated. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Venous blood samples were collected from each patient. Serum procollagen type I and type III aminoterminal peptides (PINP and PIIINP) were determined by radioimmunoassay and compared between the 25 patients receiving low doses (< 50% of recommended target dose) and the 63 patients receiving high doses (> or = 50% of recommended target dose) of beta-blockers. Patients receiving low-dose beta-blockers had higher mean +/- SD PIIINP concentrations (6.6 +/- 3.5 vs 4.9 +/- 2.6 microg/L, p=0.03) and tended to have higher PINP concentrations (74.0 +/- 44.1 vs 57.1 +/- 28.6 microg/L, p=0.10) compared with those receiving high doses. A repeat blood sample was collected from the 29 patients who received spironolactone after 6 months of therapy. Changes in procollagen peptides also were compared in this subset between low-dose (9 patients) and high-dose (20 patients) beta-blocker groups. Low beta-blocker doses were associated with greater reductions in concentrations of PINP (median [intraquartile range] -14.3 microg/L [-9.8 to -19.3 microg/L] vs -2.5 microg/L [5.9 to -9.8 microg/L], p=0.02) and PIIINP (-1.4 microg/L [-0.9 to -2.4 microg/L] vs 0.1 microg/L [0.9 to -1.3 microg/L], p=0.045) with spironolactone therapy than high beta-blocker doses. In addition, 100% of the patients in this subset taking low-dose beta-blockers versus only 35% taking higher doses had reductions in both markers of cardiac fibrosis. CONCLUSION Spironolactone may benefit patients with heart failure who cannot tolerate upward titration of beta-blocker dosages, at least in terms of its effects on cardiac remodeling.
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- Larisa H Cavallari
- Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois 60612-7230, USA.
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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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McGrath JC. Simply removing pressure doesn't work, but youthful drug-taking prevents hereditary mid-life failure. J Hypertens 2007; 25:55-6. [PMID: 17143173 DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0b013e3280127606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BAUMANN M, MEGENS R, BARTHOLOME R, DOLFF S, van ZANDVOORT MA, SMITS JF, STRUIJKER-BOUDIER HA, De MEY JG. Prehypertensive Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Blockade in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats Ameliorates the Loss of Long-Term Vascular Function. Hypertens Res 2007; 30:853-61. [DOI: 10.1291/hypres.30.853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Muddu AK, Guha IN, Elsharkawy AM, Mann DA. Resolving fibrosis in the diseased liver: translating the scientific promise to the clinic. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2006; 39:695-714. [PMID: 17110155 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2006.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2006] [Revised: 10/03/2006] [Accepted: 10/04/2006] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Liver fibrosis and its end-stage disease cirrhosis are a major cause of mortality and morbidity throughout the world. Fibrosis is a response to chronic liver injury or infection that if unabated leads to the replacement of normal functional liver tissue with scar tissue. Basic research over the past decade has generated a vastly improved knowledge of the cell and molecular biology of liver fibrosis that provides a framework on which to design and develop therapeutics. The field has also witnessed a genuine paradigm shift from the original dogma that liver fibrosis is only ever a progressive process, to the new understanding that liver fibrosis even in an advanced stage can be reversible. There is therefore renewed optimism that liver fibrosis may be cured providing that we develop therapies that halt the fibrogenic process and encourage the natural regenerative properties of the liver. The key to the design of effective therapeutics will be to exploit the ongoing discoveries pertaining to the biology and function of fibrogenic hepatic myofibroblasts and their interplay with other liver cells and with the hepatic extracellular matrix. This review provides a critique of those discoveries in basic research that provide the most promise for translation to the clinic. In addition, we review the latest developments in the search for minimal invasive diagnostic tests for fibrosis that will be essential for determining the efficacy of anti-fibrotic drugs.
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- Ajay K Muddu
- Liver Group, Division of Infection, Inflammation & Repair, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, United Kingdom
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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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López Salazar B, González Miqueo A, Loperena López Í, Querejeta Iraola R, Díez Martínez J. Consecuencias clínicas de la fibrosis miocárdica en la cardiopatía hipertensiva. HIPERTENSION Y RIESGO VASCULAR 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/s1889-1837(06)71599-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Dubey K, Balani DK, Tripathi CB, Singh R, Bajaj R, Pillai KK. Adverse interactions of rofecoxib with lisinopril in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Clin Toxicol (Phila) 2005; 43:361-73. [PMID: 16235511 DOI: 10.1081/clt-200066053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hypertension and arthritis are frequent comorbidities. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are well known to produce hypertension or attenuate the effects of antihypertensive agents in a few patients. The influence of selective NSAIDs on blood pressure and the cardiovascular and renal effects of coxibs have still to be investigated. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that rofecoxib interferes with antihypertensive activity and cardiorenal protective effects of lisinopril in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs). METHODS Twenty-one unanaesthetised, male spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs), 16 weeks old, were randomized to receive lisinopril (LS) 15 mg/kg/d or rofecoxib (RF) 20 mg/kg/d or combination of lisinopril (LS) and rofecoxib (RF) for 2 weeks. The arterial blood pressure changes were recorded each week. The Sodium Hydrogen Exchange (NHE) activity of erythrocytes was determined 2 weeks after the study. The surviving animals were sacrificed 24 h after the last dose, and the sections of their hearts and kidneys were assessed histologically for injury by a pathologist masked to the treatment. RESULTS RF completely prevented the hypotensive effects of LS during the first week of treatment but the antihypertensive efficacy of LS was restored during the second week of treatment. The NHE in erythrocytes of 18-week-old SHRs was found to be significantly lower than the age-matched Wistar rats (P < 0.05), and LS treatment reversed these values to Wistar control in SHRs. RF was devoid of any effect on NHE of erythrocytes. The histological examination revealed that the myocardial and renal protection induced by LS was attenuated by concomitant RF therapy. CONCLUSIONS These results indicate that COX-2 inhibitors should be used judiciously in patients with history of hypertension, ischemic heart disease, or chronic renal failure.
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- Kiran Dubey
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jamia Hamdard, Hamdard University, New Delhi, India.
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