Cardiac gene expression profile in rats with terminal heart failure and cachexia

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Title:	Cardiac gene expression profile in rats with terminal heart failure and cachexia
Creators Name:	Wellner, M., Dechend, R., Park, J.K., Shagdasuren, E., Al-Saadi, N., Kirsch, T., Gratze, P., Schneider, W., Meiners, S., Fiebeler, A., Haller, H., Luft, F.C. and Mueller, D.N.
Abstract:	About one-half of double transgenic rats (dTGR) overexpressing the human renin and angiotensinogen genes die by age 7 wk of terminal heart failure (THF); the other (preterminal) one-half develop cardiac damage but survive. Our study's aim was to elucidate cardiac gene expression differences in dTGR-THF compared with dTGR showing compensated cardiac hypertrophy but not yet THF. dTGR treated with losartan (LOS) and nontransgenic rats (SD) served as controls. THF-dTGR body weight was significantly lower than for all other groups. At death, THF-dTGR had blood pressures of 228 ± 7 mmHg (cardiac hypertrophy index 6.2 ± 0.1 mg/g). Tissue Doppler showed reduced peak early (Ea) to late (Aa) diastolic expansion in THF-dTGR, indicating diastolic function. Preterminal dTGR had blood pressures of 197 ± 5 mmHg (cardiac hypertrophy index 5.1 ± 0.1 mg/g); Ea < Aa compared with LOS-dTGR (141 ± 6 mmHg; 3.7±0.1 mg/g; Ea > Aa) and SD (112 ± 4 mmHg; 3.6 ± 0.1 mg/g; Ea > Aa). Left ventricular RNA was isolated for the Affymetrix system and TaqMan RT-PCR. THF-dTGR and dTGR showed upregulation of hypertrophy markers and α/β-myosin heavy chain switch to the fetal isoform. THF-dTGR (vs. dTGR) showed upregulation of 239 and downregulation of 150 genes. Various genes of mitochodrial respiratory chain and lipid catabolism were reduced. In addition, genes encoding transcription factors (CEBP-β, c-fos, Fra-1), coagulation, remodeling/ repair components (HSP70, HSP27, heme oxygenase), immune system (complement components, IL-6), and metabolic pathway were differentially expressed. In contrast, LOS-dTGR and SD had similar expression profiles. These data demonstrate that THF-dTGR show an altered expression profile compared with preterminal dTGR.
Keywords:	Affymetrix Gene Array, Angiotensin II, Cardiac Damage, Double Transgenic Rats, Hypertrophy, Animals, Rats
Source:	Physiological Genomics
ISSN:	1094-8341
Publisher:	American Physiological Society
Volume:	20
Page Range:	256-267
Date:	1 January 2005
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.1152/physiolgenomics.00165.2004
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