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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-11-19
pubmed:abstractText
A pressure-overload model in the rat by banding the pulmonary trunk (PT) was developed to investigate alterations in gene expression in left- and right-ventricular compartments during the transition from compensated right-ventricular (RV) hypertrophy to right heart failure. Right heart failure in rat is characterized by liver cirrhosis, hydrothorax and ascites. The diameter of constriction was found to determine the time course of heart failure development. Only the RV free wall and the right atrium increased in weight, without a difference between compensated and failing RV. An increase in circulating ANP revealed a hypertrophic response of the myocardium, while increased circulating ammonia levels discriminated between compensated hypertrophy and failure. As parameters for stress, fibrosis and Ca2+-handling, changes in the pattern and level of the mRNAs encoding atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), collagenIIIalpha1, and sarcoplasmic endoplasmic reticular calcium ATPase 2 (SERCA2), phospholamban (PLB) and calsequestrin (CSQ) were studied by Northern blot and in situ hybridization analyses. Pulmonary trunk banding resulted in an induction of ANP mRNA, a moderate increase in collagenIII alpha1 mRNA and a decrease in SERCA2 and PLB mRNA levels in both the left and right ventricles, but changes were most pronounced in the myocardium surrounding the RV cavity. Increased ammonia blood levels are a promising prognostic marker to detect the development of right heart failure.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0022-2828
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 1998 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1877-88
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9769242-Ammonia, pubmed-meshheading:9769242-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9769242-Atrial Natriuretic Factor, pubmed-meshheading:9769242-Biological Markers, pubmed-meshheading:9769242-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:9769242-Calcium-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9769242-Calcium-Transporting ATPases, pubmed-meshheading:9769242-Collagen, pubmed-meshheading:9769242-Coronary Circulation, pubmed-meshheading:9769242-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:9769242-Heart Failure, pubmed-meshheading:9769242-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:9769242-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9769242-Myocardium, pubmed-meshheading:9769242-Pulmonary Artery, pubmed-meshheading:9769242-Pulmonary Circulation, pubmed-meshheading:9769242-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:9769242-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:9769242-Rats, Wistar
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Changing patterns of gene expression in the pulmonary trunk-banded rat heart.
pubmed:affiliation
Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 15, Amsterdam, 1105 AZ, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't