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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-4-18
pubmed:abstractText
Adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette (ABC) transporters are involved in energy-dependent transport of substrates across biological membranes. We hypothesized that their expression is altered during human heart failure, suggesting a pathophysiologic basis. Messenger ribonucleic acid quantification of all known ABC transporters revealed multiple alterations in ABC transporter expression in failing human hearts (New York Heart Association classification III-IV) compared to nonfailing controls. These include a loss of ABCC7 chloride channels and an increased expression of the K(ATP) channel regulatory subunits ABCC8. Moreover, ABCG2, an efflux pump for xenobiotics/drugs, was expressed at much higher levels in failing hearts compared to nonfailing control hearts. ABCG2 was found in cardiac capillary endothelial cells and cardiomyocytes. Experiments in cells stably transfected with human ABCG2 revealed that the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma agonist rosiglitazone was transported by ABCG2 but also inhibited the export of the prototypical ABCG2 substrate pheophorbide A (IC(50) 25 microM). These results suggest that altered ABC transporter expression in failing hearts might contribute to impaired channel conductance or might affect the cardiac disposition of drugs.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0028-1298
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
377
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
231-43
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18392808-ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters, pubmed-meshheading:18392808-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:18392808-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:18392808-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:18392808-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18392808-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:18392808-Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator, pubmed-meshheading:18392808-Dogs, pubmed-meshheading:18392808-Endothelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:18392808-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18392808-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:18392808-Heart Failure, pubmed-meshheading:18392808-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18392808-Male, pubmed-meshheading:18392808-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:18392808-Myocytes, Cardiac, pubmed-meshheading:18392808-Neoplasm Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18392808-Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying, pubmed-meshheading:18392808-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:18392808-Receptors, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:18392808-Transfection
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
ATP-binding cassette transporters in human heart failure.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Fahrstr. 17, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't