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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY
卷 158, 期 3, 页码 1079-1090出版社
AMER SOC INVESTIGATIVE PATHOLOGY, INC
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)64055-2
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL 10261-01S, R37 HL022231, R01 HL057872, R01 HL022231, F32 HL010262, HL57872, HL42977, HL 22231-22] Funding Source: Medline
The molecular mechanisms that regulate the cardiac hypertrophic response and the progression from compensated hypertrophy to decompensated heart failure have not been thoroughly defined. Alteration in cardiac extracellular matrix is a distinguishing characteristic of these pathological processes. Integrins, cell surface receptors that mediate cellular adhesion to the extracellular matrix, are signaling molecules that possess mechanotransduction properties. Therefore, we hypothesized that integrins are likely candidates to play an important role in cardiac function. To test this hypothesis, transgenic mice were constructed in which normal integrin function was disrupted by expression of a chimeric molecule encoding the transmembrane and extracellular domains of the Tac subunit of the IL-2 receptor, fused to the cytoplasmic domain of beta (1A) integrin (Tac beta (1A)). Using the cu myosin heavy chain promoter to target expression of this chimera to the cardiac myocyte, transgenic mice were generated that had varied levels of transgene expression. Multiple transgenic founders that expressed the transgene at high levels, died perinatally and exhibited replacement fibrosis, Lines that survived showed 1) hypertrophic changes concordant with reduction in endogenous beta (1) integrin levels, or 2) reduced basal contractility and relaxation as well as alterations in components of integrin signaling pathways. These data support an important role for beta (1) integrin in normal cardiac function.
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