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CIRCULATION
卷 129, 期 19, 页码 1924-1936出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.005610
关键词
connectin; diastole; myocardial contraction; myocytes; cardiac; physiology
资金
- American Heart Association predoctoral fellowship
- NIH [HL062881, HL115988]
- [T32HL 07249]
Background Experimentally upregulating compliant titins has been suggested as a therapeutic for lowering pathological diastolic stiffness levels. However, how increasing titin compliance impacts global cardiac function requires in-depth study. We investigate the effect of upregulating compliant titins in a novel mouse model with a genetically altered titin splicing factor; integrative approaches were used from intact cardiomyocyte mechanics to pressure-volume analysis and Doppler echocardiography. Methods and Results Compliant titins were upregulated through deletion of the RNA Recognition Motif of the splicing factor RBM20 (Rbm20(RRM)mice). A genome-wide exon expression analysis and a candidate approach revealed that the phenotype is likely to be dominated by greatly increased lengths of titin's spring elements. At both cardiomyocyte and left ventricular chamber levels, diastolic stiffness was reduced in heterozygous (+/-) Rbm20(RRM)mice with a further reduction in homozygous (-/-) mice at only the intact myocyte level. Fibrosis was present in only -/- Rbm20(RRM) hearts. The Frank-Starling Mechanism was reduced in a graded fashion in Rbm20(RRM) mice, at both the cardiomyocyte and left ventricular chamber levels. Exercise tests revealed an increase in exercise capacity in +/- mice. Conclusions Titin is not only important in diastolic but also in systolic cardiac function. Upregulating compliant titins reduces diastolic chamber stiffness owing to the increased compliance of myocytes, but it depresses end-systolic elastance; under conditions of exercise, the beneficial effects on diastolic function dominate. Therapeutic manipulation of the RBM20-based splicing system might be able to minimize effects on fibrosis and systolic function while improving the diastolic function in patients with heart failure.
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