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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE
卷 4, 期 2, 页码 139-146出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-9842(01)00237-9
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dilated cardiomyopathy; myocardial biopsy; adhesion molecules; heart failure
The expression of the adhesion protein osteopontin (OP) is associated with cardiac hypertrophy and is significantly increased after transition to heart failure in experimental animal models. We, therefore, hypothesized that OP could be upregulated in heart failure in humans. In the present study, we investigated the expression of OP in myocardial biopsies obtained from patients with heart failure due to dilated cardiomyopathy (mean LVEF = 30.3 +/- 4.4%, mean +/-S.D., n = 10, group A) compared to patients with a normal left-ventricular ejection fraction (mean LVEF = 61 +/- 11.2%, n = 9; group B). Myocardial immunoreactivity for OP was examined using two different antibodies against OP. The expression of cardiac myocyte OP was significantly upregulated in group A in comparison to group B (P<0.0001). Both groups also displayed OP immunoreactivity in non-myocytes, including vascular smooth muscle cells and cardiac fibroblasts (P=not significant). Statistical analysis revealed a significant correlation of increased OP immunoreactivity in cardiac myocytes of patients with impaired left ventricular function, assessed by hemodynamic data (LVEF, RVEF, LVESVI, LVEDVI and LVEDP, R=-0.828, -0.671, 0.751, 0.685 and 0.461, respectively all P<0.05). Furthermore, OP expression correlated with cardiac myocyte hypertrophy (mean diameter 21.0 +/- 1.8 mum in group A and 16.6 +/- 2.1 mum in group B; P<0.0001). In conclusion, the present study indicates, that factors and/or mechanisms involved in heart failure in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy, lead to induction of OP expression in humans. (C) 2002 European Society of Cardiology. Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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