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JOURNAL ARTICLE
RESEARCH SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T
Sarcomeric genes involved in reverse remodeling of the heart during left ventricular assist device support.
Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2005 January
BACKGROUND: Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) implanted in patients with severe congestive heart failure (CHF) as a bridge to transplantation have been shown to reverse chamber enlargement, regress cellular hypertrophy, and increase contractility. The purpose of this study was to gain a better understanding of the molecular changes associated with increased contractility after LVAD support.
METHODS: We took tissue sections from the left ventricular apex of 12 patients with CHF who were undergoing LVAD insertion (pre-LVAD) and from the LV free wall of those same patients before transplantation (post-LVAD). To control for sample-site differences, we obtained samples from the same regions in 7 patients with CHF who were undergoing transplantation without LVAD support and in 4 non- failing donor hearts. Gene expression was then probed on a custom DNA array containing 2,700 cardiac-enriched cDNA clones.
RESULTS: Calcium-handling genes were up-regulated by LVAD support, as previously reported. Sarcomeric genes were the other principle class of genes up-regulated by LVAD support, consistent with a possible restoration of sarcomere structure in reverse ventricular remodeling. However, a decrease in the fibrous component of the myocardium, also potentially involved in reverse remodeling, was not evident at the level of gene transcription because fibroblast markers were either unchanged or up-regulated. The remaining regulated genes did not fall into any defined functional class.
CONCLUSIONS: Changes in the regulation of sarcomeric, calcium-handling, and fibroblast genes during LVAD support indicate a cardiac molecular adaptation to mechanical unloading. These molecular changes may play a role in the observed increase in contractile function during reverse remodeling.
METHODS: We took tissue sections from the left ventricular apex of 12 patients with CHF who were undergoing LVAD insertion (pre-LVAD) and from the LV free wall of those same patients before transplantation (post-LVAD). To control for sample-site differences, we obtained samples from the same regions in 7 patients with CHF who were undergoing transplantation without LVAD support and in 4 non- failing donor hearts. Gene expression was then probed on a custom DNA array containing 2,700 cardiac-enriched cDNA clones.
RESULTS: Calcium-handling genes were up-regulated by LVAD support, as previously reported. Sarcomeric genes were the other principle class of genes up-regulated by LVAD support, consistent with a possible restoration of sarcomere structure in reverse ventricular remodeling. However, a decrease in the fibrous component of the myocardium, also potentially involved in reverse remodeling, was not evident at the level of gene transcription because fibroblast markers were either unchanged or up-regulated. The remaining regulated genes did not fall into any defined functional class.
CONCLUSIONS: Changes in the regulation of sarcomeric, calcium-handling, and fibroblast genes during LVAD support indicate a cardiac molecular adaptation to mechanical unloading. These molecular changes may play a role in the observed increase in contractile function during reverse remodeling.
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