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Ai L, Perez E, Asimes A, Kampaengsri T, Heroux M, Zlobin A, Hiske MA, Chung CS, Pak TR, Kirk JA. Binge Alcohol Exposure in Adolescence Impairs Normal Heart Growth. J Am Heart Assoc 2020; 9:e015611. [PMID: 32319345 PMCID: PMC7428579 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.119.015611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Background Approximately 1 in 6 adolescents report regular binge alcohol consumption, and we hypothesize it affects heart growth during this period. Methods and Results Adolescent, genetically diverse, male Wistar rats were gavaged with water or ethanol once per day for 6 days. In vivo structure and function were assessed before and after exposure. Binge alcohol exposure in adolescence significantly impaired normal cardiac growth but did not affect whole‐body growth during adolescence, therefore this pathology was specific to the heart. Binge rats also exhibited signs of accelerated pathological growth (concentric cellular hypertrophy and thickening of the myocardial wall), suggesting a global reorientation from physiologic to pathologic growth. Binge rats compensated for their smaller filling volumes by increasing systolic function and sympathetic stimulation. Consequently, binge alcohol exposure increased PKA (protein kinase A) phosphorylation of troponin I, inducing myofilament calcium desensitization. Binge alcohol also impaired in vivo relaxation and increased titin‐based cellular stiffness due to titin phosphorylation by PKCα (protein kinase C α). Mechanistically, alcohol inhibited extracellular signal‐related kinase activity, a nodal signaling kinase activating physiology hypertrophy. Thus, binge alcohol exposure depressed genes involved in growth. These cardiac structural alterations from binge alcohol exposure persisted through adolescence even after cessation of ethanol exposure. Conclusions Alcohol negatively impacts function in the adult heart, but the adolescent heart is substantially more sensitive to its effects. This difference is likely because adolescent binge alcohol impedes the normal rapid physiological growth and reorients it towards pathological hypertrophy. Many adolescents regularly binge alcohol, and here we report a novel pathological consequence as well as mechanisms involved.
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- Lizhuo Ai
- Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine Maywood IL
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine Maywood IL
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine Maywood IL
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine Maywood IL
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine Maywood IL
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine Maywood IL
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- Department of Physiology Wayne State University Detroit MI
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine Maywood IL
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine Maywood IL
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Xiong J, Cao X, Qiao S, Yu S, Li L, Yu Y, Fu C, Jiang F, Dong B, Su Q. (Pro)renin Receptor is Involved in Myocardial Damage in Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2019; 43:2344-2353. [PMID: 31498445 DOI: 10.1111/acer.14188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2019] [Accepted: 08/26/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND (Pro)renin receptor (PRR), a novel member of the renin-angiotensin system, participates in various cardiovascular diseases. However, the role of PRR in alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACM), which is caused by alcohol intake and manifests as myocardial damage and cardiac dysfunction, remains unclear. METHODS PRR gene silencing was achieved by transfecting recombinant adenovirus expressing anti-PRR short hairpin RNA (PRR-shRNA). In vitro, primary rat cardiac fibroblasts (CFs) were cultured with the stimulation of alcohol (200 mM), with or without PRR-shRNA and PD98059. Immunofluorescence, RT-PCR, and Western blot were used to measure the protein and messenger (mRNA) expression of PRR, fibrotic factors, and members of related signaling pathways. In vivo, Wistar rats were fed a diet containing 9% (v/v) alcohol or a normal diet for 3 months, with or without PRR-shRNA. Sirius Red staining, immunohistochemical staining, and toluidine blue staining were used to evaluate myocardial fibrosis, oxidative stress, and inflammation response. RESULTS Alcohol markedly increased PRR mRNA and protein expression in a time- and concentration-dependent manner in CFs. The increased expression of fibrotic factors induced by alcohol was prevented by PRR-shRNA and PD98059. Moreover, PRR-shRNA decreased the phosphorylation of extracellular regulated protein kinases (ERK) 1/2 in CFs. Furthermore, PRR-shRNA decreased cardiac fibrosis, reduced oxidative stress, and alleviated inflammation response in the myocardial tissue. CONCLUSIONS Our results show that PRR-ERK1/2 signaling was involved in the development of ACM and that PRR could be a new target for the treatment of ACM.
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- Jie Xiong
- From the, Department of Cardiology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China.,The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education, Chinese National Health Commission and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, The State and Shandong Province Joint Key Laboratory of Translational Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- From the, Department of Cardiology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China.,The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education, Chinese National Health Commission and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, The State and Shandong Province Joint Key Laboratory of Translational Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- From the, Department of Cardiology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China.,The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education, Chinese National Health Commission and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, The State and Shandong Province Joint Key Laboratory of Translational Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- From the, Department of Cardiology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China.,The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education, Chinese National Health Commission and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, The State and Shandong Province Joint Key Laboratory of Translational Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- From the, Department of Cardiology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China.,The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education, Chinese National Health Commission and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, The State and Shandong Province Joint Key Laboratory of Translational Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- From the, Department of Cardiology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China.,The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education, Chinese National Health Commission and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, The State and Shandong Province Joint Key Laboratory of Translational Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- From the, Department of Cardiology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China.,The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education, Chinese National Health Commission and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, The State and Shandong Province Joint Key Laboratory of Translational Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- School of Basic Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- From the, Department of Cardiology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China.,The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education, Chinese National Health Commission and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, The State and Shandong Province Joint Key Laboratory of Translational Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- From the, Department of Cardiology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China.,Department of Endocrinology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Effects of the (Pro)renin Receptor on Cardiac Remodeling and Function in a Rat Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy Model via the PRR-ERK1/2-NOX4 Pathway. OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY 2019; 2019:4546975. [PMID: 31049135 PMCID: PMC6462324 DOI: 10.1155/2019/4546975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2018] [Revised: 01/09/2019] [Accepted: 01/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACM) caused by alcohol consumption manifests mainly as by maladaptive myocardial function, which eventually leads to heart failure and causes serious public health problems. The (pro)renin receptor (PRR) is an important member of the local tissue renin-angiotensin system and plays a vital role in many cardiovascular diseases. However, the mechanism responsible for the effects of PRR on ACM remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to determine the role of PRR in myocardial fibrosis and the deterioration of cardiac function in alcoholic cardiomyopathy. Wistar rats were fed a liquid diet containing 9% v/v alcohol to establish an alcoholic cardiomyopathy model. Eight weeks later, rats were injected with 1 × 109v.g./100 μl of recombinant adenovirus containing EGFP (scramble-shRNA), PRR, and PRR-shRNA via the tail vein. Cardiac function was assessed by echocardiography. Cardiac histopathology was measured by Masson's trichrome staining, immunohistochemical staining, and dihydroethidium staining. In addition, cardiac fibroblasts (CFs) were cultured to evaluate the effects of alcohol stimulation on the production of the extracellular matrix and their underlying mechanisms. Our results indicated that overexpression of PRR in rats with alcoholic cardiomyopathy exacerbates myocardial oxidative stress and myocardial fibrosis. Silencing of PRR expression with short hairpin RNA (shRNA) technology reversed the myocardial damage mediated by PRR. Additionally, PRR activated phosphorylation of ERK1/2 and increased NOX4-derived reactive oxygen species and collagen expression in CFs with alcohol stimulation. Administration of the ERK kinase inhibitor (PD98059) significantly reduced NOX4 protein expression and collagen production, which indicated that PRR increases collagen production primarily through the PRR-ERK1/2-NOX4 pathway in CFs. In conclusion, our study demonstrated that PRR induces myocardial fibrosis and deteriorates cardiac function through ROS from the PRR-ERK1/2-NOX4 pathway during ACM development.
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Guo F, Zheng K, Benedé-Ubieto R, Cubero FJ, Nevzorova YA. The Lieber-DeCarli Diet-A Flagship Model for Experimental Alcoholic Liver Disease. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2018; 42:1828-1840. [DOI: 10.1111/acer.13840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2018] [Accepted: 07/09/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Feifei Guo
- Department of Genetics, Physiology and Microbiology; Faculty of Biology; Complutense University of Madrid; Madrid Spain
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- Department of Immunology, Ophthalmology & ORL; School of Medicine; Complutense University of Madrid; Madrid Spain
- 12 de Octubre Health Research Institute (imas12); Madrid Spain
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- Department of Genetics, Physiology and Microbiology; Faculty of Biology; Complutense University of Madrid; Madrid Spain
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- Department of Immunology, Ophthalmology & ORL; School of Medicine; Complutense University of Madrid; Madrid Spain
- 12 de Octubre Health Research Institute (imas12); Madrid Spain
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- Department of Genetics, Physiology and Microbiology; Faculty of Biology; Complutense University of Madrid; Madrid Spain
- Department of Internal Medicine III; University Hospital RWTH Aachen; Aachen Germany
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Schumacher AM, Zbilut JP, Webber CL, Schwertz DW, Piano MR. Detection of Cardiac Variability in the Isolated Rat Heart. Biol Res Nurs 2016; 8:55-66. [PMID: 16766629 DOI: 10.1177/1099800406289775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Cardiac variability can be assessed from two perspectives: beat-to-beat performance and continuous performance during the cardiac cycle. Linear analysis techniques assess cardiac variability by measuring the physical attributes of a signal, whereas nonlinear techniques evaluate signal dynamics. This study sought to determine if recurrence quantification analysis (RQA), a nonlinear technique, could detect pharmacologically induced autonomic changes in the continuous left ventricular pressure (LVP) and electrographic (EC) signals from an isolated rat heart—a model that theoretically contains no inherent variability. LVP and EC signal data were acquired simultaneously during Langendorff perfusion of isolated rat hearts before and after the addition of acetylcholine (n = 11), norepinephrine (n = 12), or no drug (n = 12). Two-minute segments of the continuous LVP and EC signal data were analyzed by RQA. Findings showed that%recurrence,%determinism, entropy, maxline, and trend from the continuous LVP signal significantly increased in the presence of both acetylcholine and norepinephrine, although systolic LVP significantly increased only with norepinephrine. In the continuous EC signal, the RQA trend variable significantly increased in the presence of norepinephrine. These results suggest that when either the sympathetic or parasympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system overwhelms the other, the dynamics underlying cardiac variability become stationary. This study also shows that information concerning inherent variability in the isolated rat heart can be gained via RQA of the continuous cardiac signal. Although speculative, RQA may be a tool for detecting alterations in cardiac variability and evaluating signal dynamics as a nonlinear indicator of cardiac pathology.
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- Autumn M Schumacher
- Department of Physiological and Technological Nursing, School of Nursing at the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, 30912, USA.
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Matyas C, Varga ZV, Mukhopadhyay P, Paloczi J, Lajtos T, Erdelyi K, Nemeth BT, Nan M, Hasko G, Gao B, Pacher P. Chronic plus binge ethanol feeding induces myocardial oxidative stress, mitochondrial and cardiovascular dysfunction, and steatosis. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2016; 310:H1658-70. [PMID: 27106042 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00214.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2016] [Accepted: 04/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Alcoholic cardiomyopathy in humans develops in response to chronic excessive alcohol consumption; however, good models of alcohol-induced cardiomyopathy in mice are lacking. Herein we describe mouse models of alcoholic cardiomyopathies induced by chronic and binge ethanol (EtOH) feeding and characterize detailed hemodynamic alterations, mitochondrial function, and redox signaling in these models. Mice were fed a liquid diet containing 5% EtOH for 10, 20, and 40 days (d) combined with single or multiple EtOH binges (5 g/kg body wt). Isocalorically pair-fed mice served as controls. Left ventricular (LV) function and morphology were assessed by invasive pressure-volume conductance approach and by echocardiography. Mitochondrial complex (I, II, IV) activities, 3-nitrotyrosine (3-NT) levels, gene expression of markers of oxidative stress (gp91phox, p47phox), mitochondrial biogenesis (PGC1α, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α), and fibrosis were examined. Cardiac steatosis and fibrosis were investigated by histological/immunohistochemical methods. Chronic and binge EtOH feeding (already in 10 days EtOH plus single binge group) was characterized by contractile dysfunction (decreased slope of end-systolic pressure-volume relationship and preload recruitable stroke work), impaired relaxation (decreased time constant of LV pressure decay and maximal slope of systolic pressure decrement), and vascular dysfunction (impaired arterial elastance and lower total peripheral resistance). This was accompanied by enhanced myocardial oxidative/nitrative stress (3-NT; gp91phox; p47phox; angiotensin II receptor, type 1a) and deterioration of mitochondrial complex I, II, IV activities and mitochondrial biogenesis, excessive cardiac steatosis, and higher mortality. Collectively, chronic plus binge EtOH feeding in mice leads to alcohol-induced cardiomyopathies (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism models) characterized by increased myocardial oxidative/nitrative stress, impaired mitochondrial function and biogenesis, and enhanced cardiac steatosis.
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- Csaba Matyas
- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Physiology and Tissue Injury, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Physiology and Tissue Injury, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Physiology and Tissue Injury, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Physiology and Tissue Injury, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Physiology and Tissue Injury, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Physiology and Tissue Injury, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Physiology and Tissue Injury, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Physiology and Tissue Injury, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Department of Surgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, University Heights, Newark, New Jersey; and
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- Laboratory of Liver Diseases, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Physiology and Tissue Injury, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland;
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Raymond AR, Becker J, Woodiwiss AJ, Booysen HL, Norton GR, Brooksbank RL. Ethanol-Associated Cardiomyocyte Apoptosis and Left Ventricular Dilation Are Unrelated to Changes in Myocardial Telomere Length in Rats. J Card Fail 2016; 22:294-302. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2015.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2015] [Revised: 04/07/2015] [Accepted: 06/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The heart and vascular system are susceptible to the harmful effects of alcohol. Alcohol is an active toxin that undergoes widespread diffusion throughout the body, causing multiple synchronous and synergistic effects. Alcohol consumption decreases myocardial contractility and induces arrhythmias and dilated cardiomyopathy, resulting in progressive cardiovascular dysfunction and structural damage. Alcohol, whether at binge doses or a high cumulative lifetime consumption-both of which should be discouraged-is clearly deleterious for the cardiovascular system, increasing the incidence of total and cardiovascular mortality, coronary and peripheral artery disease, heart failure, stroke, hypertension, dyslipidaemia, and diabetes mellitus. However, epidemiological, case-control studies and meta-analyses have shown a U-type bimodal relationship so that low-to-moderate alcohol consumption (particularly of wine or beer) is associated with a decrease in cardiovascular events and mortality, compared with abstention. Potential confounding influences-alcohol-dose quantification, tobacco use, diet, exercise, lifestyle, cancer risk, accidents, and dependence-can affect the results of studies of both low-dose and high-dose alcohol consumption. Mendelian methodological approaches have led to doubts regarding the beneficial cardiovascular effects of alcohol, and the overall balance of beneficial and detrimental effects should be considered when making individual and population-wide recommendations, as reductions in alcohol consumption should provide overall health benefits.
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Molina PE, Gardner JD, Souza-Smith FM, Whitaker AM. Alcohol abuse: critical pathophysiological processes and contribution to disease burden. Physiology (Bethesda) 2015; 29:203-15. [PMID: 24789985 DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00055.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Alcohol abuse; the most common and costly form of drug abuse, is a major contributing factor to many disease categories. The alcohol-attributable disease burden is closely related to the average volume of alcohol consumption, with dose-dependent relationships between amount and duration of alcohol consumption and the incidence of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, stroke, and pneumonia. The frequent occurrence of alcohol use disorders in the adult population and the significant and widespread detrimental organ system effects highlight the importance of recognizing and further investigating the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying alcohol-induced tissue and organ injury.
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- Patricia E Molina
- Department of Physiology and Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
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Silva SM, Silva S, Meireles M, Leal S. nNOS is involved in cardiac remodeling induced by chronic ethanol consumption. Toxicology 2015; 329:98-105. [PMID: 25598224 DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2015.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2014] [Revised: 01/12/2015] [Accepted: 01/13/2015] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Chronic ethanol consumption has deleterious effects on the cardiovascular system by directly damaging the myocardial structure and/or by neurohormonal activation. Moreover, nitric oxide (NO) derived from neuronal NO synthase (nNOS) seems to be important to balance the harmful effects of ethanol consumption, because it influences several aspects of cardiac physiology and attenuates pathological cardiac remodeling. However, the impact of chronic ethanol consumption on nNOS expression is unknown. We address this subject in the present study by evaluating whether chronic ethanol consumption induces cardiac remodeling and hypertension, and if these changes are associated with alterations in the expression of nNOS. Male Wistar rats were examined after ingesting a 20% alcohol solution for 6 months. Blood alcohol concentration and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels were measured. The cardiac remodeling was assessed by histomorphometric analysis and the nNOS expression was evaluated by immunofluorescence and western blot analysis. Our results show that chronic ethanol consumption induces cardiac remodeling, namely thinning of left ventricular wall, cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and increased fibrosis, and elevations of arterial blood pressure. They also show that in rats fed with ethanol for 6 months, the circulating BNP levels had decreased as well as the expression of nNOS in left ventricle cardiomyocytes. These findings suggest that the effects of chronic ethanol consumption on BNP levels and/or on nNOS expression in cardiomyocytes may contribute to aggravate the cardiac remodeling and leads to progression of cardiomyopathy.
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- Susana M Silva
- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Alameda Professor Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal; Center of Experimental Morphology (CME), Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Alameda Professor Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal; Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), Rua Dr Plácido da Costa, s/n, 4200-450 Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Alameda Professor Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal; Center of Experimental Morphology (CME), Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Alameda Professor Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal; Department of Internal Medicine, Centro Hospitalar de S. João (CHSJ), Alameda Professor Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal
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- Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), Rua Dr Plácido da Costa, s/n, 4200-450 Porto, Portugal; Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Alameda Professor Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Alameda Professor Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal; Center of Experimental Morphology (CME), Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Alameda Professor Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal; CESPU, IINFACTS, Departamento de Ciências do ISCS-N, Rua Central de Gandra, 1317, 4585-116 Gandra PRD, Portugal.
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Guzzo-Merello G, Cobo-Marcos M, Gallego-Delgado M, Garcia-Pavia P. Alcoholic cardiomyopathy. World J Cardiol 2014; 6:771-781. [PMID: 25228956 PMCID: PMC4163706 DOI: 10.4330/wjc.v6.i8.771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2013] [Revised: 05/15/2014] [Accepted: 05/29/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Alcohol is the most frequently consumed toxic substance in the world. Low to moderate daily intake of alcohol has been shown to have beneficial effects on the cardiovascular system. In contrast, exposure to high levels of alcohol for a long period could lead to progressive cardiac dysfunction and heart failure. Cardiac dysfunction associated with chronic and excessive alcohol intake is a specific cardiac disease known as alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACM). In spite of its clinical importance, data on ACM and how alcohol damages the heart are limited. In this review, we evaluate available evidence linking excessive alcohol consumption with heart failure and dilated cardiomyopathy. Additionally, we discuss the clinical presentation, prognosis and treatment of ACM.
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Laurent D, Mathew JE, Mitry M, Taft M, Force A, Edwards JG. Chronic ethanol consumption increases myocardial mitochondrial DNA mutations: a potential contribution by mitochondrial topoisomerases. Alcohol Alcohol 2014; 49:381-9. [PMID: 24852753 PMCID: PMC4060737 DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agu029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2014] [Revised: 03/26/2014] [Accepted: 03/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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AIMS Alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACM) presents as decreased myocardial contractility, arrhythmias and secondary non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy leading to heart failure. Mitochondrial dysfunction is known to have a significant role in the development and complications of ACM. This study investigated if chronic ethanol feeding promoted myocardial mitochondrial topoisomerase dysfunction as one underlying cause of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) damage and mitochondrial dysfunction in ACM. METHODS The impact of chronic ethanol exposure on the myocardial mitochondria was examined in both neonatal cardiomyocytes using 50 mM ethanol for 6 days and in rats assigned to control or ethanol feeding groups for 4 months. RESULTS Chronic ethanol feeding led to significant (P < 0.05) decreases in M-mode Fractional Shortening, ejection fraction, and the cardiac output index as well as increases in Tau. Ethanol feeding promoted mitochondrial dysfunction as evidenced by significantly decreased left ventricle cytochrome oxidase activity and decreases in mitochondrial protein content. Both in rats and in cultured cardiomyocytes, chronic ethanol presentation significantly increased mtDNA damage. Using isolated myocardial mitochondria, both mitochondrial topoisomerase-dependent DNA cleavage and DNA relaxation were significantly altered by ethanol feeding. CONCLUSION Chronic ethanol feeding compromised cardiovascular and mitochondrial function as a result of a decline in mtDNA integrity that was in part the consequence of mitochondrial topoisomerase dysfunction. Understanding the regulation of the mitochondrial topoisomerases is critical for protection of mtDNA, not only for the management of alcoholic cardiomyopathy, but also for the many other clinical treatments that targets the topoisomerases in the alcoholic patient.
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- D Laurent
- Department of Physiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA
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- Department of Physiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA
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- Department of Physiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA
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- Department of Physiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA
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- Department of Physiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA
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- Department of Physiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA
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Marangoni MN, Brady ST, Chowdhury SA, Piano MR. The co-occurrence of myocardial dysfunction and peripheral insensate neuropathy in a streptozotocin-induced rat model of diabetes. Cardiovasc Diabetol 2014; 13:11. [PMID: 24410801 PMCID: PMC3893387 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2840-13-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2013] [Accepted: 12/30/2013] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Cardiomyopathy and distal symmetrical polyneuropathy (DSPN), including sensory and autonomic dysfunction, often co-occur in diabetic mellitus (DM) patients. However, the temporal relationship and progression between these two complications has not been investigated. Using a streptozotocin DM animal model that develops insensate neuropathy, our aim was to examine in parallel the development of DSPN and DM-associated changes in cardiac structure and function as well as potential mechanisms, such as autonomic dysfunction, evaluated by changes in urinary and myocardial norepinephrine content and myocardial neuronal markers. METHODS Sensory neuropathy was measured by behavioral tests using Von Frey filaments and Hargreaves methods. Echocardiography was used to evaluate myocardial structure and function. Autonomic function was evaluated by measuring urinary and myocardial norepinephrine (NE) levels by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and high-performance liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry. Quantitative immunohistochemistry was used to measure the myocardial neuronal markers, calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and general neuronal protein gene product 9.5 (PGP 9.5). RESULTS The DM group developed tactile and thermal insensate neuropathy 4-5 weeks after DM onset. Cardiovascular changes were found between 4 and 12 weeks after DM onset and included bradycardia, diastolic and systolic dysfunction and cardiac dilation. There was a 2.5-fold reduction in myocardial NE levels and a 5-fold increase in urinary NE levels in the DM group. Finally, there was a 2.3-fold increase in myocardial CGRP levels in the DM group and no change in PGP9.5 levels. CONCLUSIONS Cardiovascular structural and functional changes developed early in the course of DM and in combination with insensate neuropathy. In parallel, signs of cardiac autonomic dysfunction were also found and included decreased myocardial NE levels and altered CGRP levels. These results may indicate the need for early cardiovascular evaluation in DM patients with insensate neuropathy.
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- Department of Biobehavioral Health Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 South Damen Avenue, Room 706 (M/C 802), Chicago, IL 60612-7350, USA.
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Lang CH, Korzick DH. Chronic alcohol consumption disrupts myocardial protein balance and function in aged, but not adult, female F344 rats. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2013; 306:R23-33. [PMID: 24226028 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00414.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to assess whether the deleterious effect of chronic alcohol consumption differs in adult and aged female rats. To address this aim, adult (4 mo) and aged (18 mo) F344 rats were fed a nutritionally complete liquid diet containing alcohol (36% total calories) or an isocaloric isonitrogenous control diet for 20 wk. Cardiac structure and function, assessed by echocardiography, as well as myocardial protein synthesis and proteolysis did not differ in either alcohol- versus control-fed adult rats or in adult versus aged control-fed rats. In contrast, cardiac function was impaired in alcohol-fed aged rats compared with age-matched control rats. Additionally, alcohol feeding decreased cardiac protein synthesis that was associated with decreased phosphorylation of 4E-BP1 and S6K1. This reduction in mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) kinase activity was associated with reduced eIF3f and binding of both Raptor and eIF4G to eIF3. Proteasome activity was increased in alcohol-fed aged rats with a coordinate elevation in the E3 ligases atrogin-1 and muscle RING-finger protein-1 (MuRF1). These changes were associated with increased regulated in development and DNA damage response 1 (REDD1) and phosphorylation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) but no increase in AKT or forkhead transcription factor (FOXO)3 phosphorylation. Finally, markers of autophagy (e.g., LC3B, Atg7, Atg12) and TNF-α were increased to a greater extent in alcohol-fed aged rats. These data demonstrate that aged female rats exhibit an enhanced sensitivity to alcohol compared with adult animals. Our data are consistent with a model whereby alcohol increases proteolysis via FOXO-independent increase in atrogin-1, which degrades eIF3f and therefore impairs formation of a functional preinitiation complex and protein synthesis.
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Hu C, Ge F, Hyodo E, Arai K, Iwata S, Lobdell H, Walewski JL, Zhou S, Clugston RD, Jiang H, Zizola CP, Bharadwaj KG, Blaner WS, Homma S, Schulze PC, Goldberg IJ, Berk PD. Chronic ethanol consumption increases cardiomyocyte fatty acid uptake and decreases ventricular contractile function in C57BL/6J mice. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2013; 59:30-40. [PMID: 23422163 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2013.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2012] [Revised: 02/01/2013] [Accepted: 02/02/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Alcohol, a major cause of human cardiomyopathy, decreases cardiac contractility in both animals and man. However, key features of alcohol-related human heart disease are not consistently reproduced in animal models. Accordingly, we studied cardiac histology, contractile function, cardiomyocyte long chain fatty acid (LCFA) uptake, and gene expression in male C57BL/6J mice consuming 0, 10, 14, or 18% ethanol in drinking water for 3months. At sacrifice, all EtOH groups had mildly decreased body and increased heart weights, dose-dependent increases in cardiac triglycerides and a marked increase in cardiac fatty acid ethyl esters. [(3)H]-oleic acid uptake kinetics demonstrated increased facilitated cardiomyocyte LCFA uptake, associated with increased expression of genes encoding the LCFA transporters CD36 and Slc27a1 (FATP1) in EtOH-fed animals. Although SCD-1 expression was increased, lipidomic analysis did not indicate significantly increased de novo LCFA synthesis. By echocardiography, ejection fraction (EF) and the related fractional shortening (FS) of left ventricular diameter during systole were reduced and negatively correlated with cardiac triglycerides. Expression of myocardial PGC-1α and multiple downstream target genes in the oxidative phosphorylation pathway, including several in the electron transport and ATP synthase complexes of the inner mitochondrial membrane, were down-regulated. Cardiac ATP was correspondingly reduced. The data suggest that decreased expression of PGC-1α and its target genes result in decreased cardiac ATP levels, which may explain the decrease in myocardial contractile function caused by chronic EtOH intake. This model recapitulates important features of human alcoholic cardiomyopathy and illustrates a potentially important pathophysiologic link between cardiac lipid metabolism and function.
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- Chunguang Hu
- The Department of Medicine, Division of Digestive & Liver Disease, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Miao X, Lv H, Wang B, Chen Q, Miao L, Su G, Tan Y. Deletion of angiotensin II type 1 receptor gene attenuates chronic alcohol-induced retinal ganglion cell death with preservation of VEGF expression. Curr Eye Res 2012; 38:185-93. [PMID: 22954336 DOI: 10.3109/02713683.2012.720339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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PURPOSE To investigate how chronic alcohol consumption affects adult visual nervous system and whether renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is involved in this pathogenic process. METHODS Male transgenic mice with angiotensin II (Ang II) type 1 (AT1) receptor gene knockout (AT1-KO) and age-matched wild-type (WT) mice were pair-fed a modified Lieber-DeCarli alcohol or isocaloric maltose dextrin control liquid diet for 2 months. At the end of the study, retinas were harvested and subjected to histopathological and immunohistochemical examination. RESULTS We found that chronic alcohol consumption significantly increased retinal ganglion cell (RGC) apoptosis in the retina of WT mice, but not AT1-KO mice, detected by terminal deoxynucleotidyl-transferase-mediated dUTP-nick-end labeling staining and caspase 3 activation, along with an up-regulation of AT1 expression in RGC. At the same time, the phosphorylation of P53 in RGCs was significantly increased for both WT and AT1-KO mice exposed to alcohol, which could be significantly, although partially, prevented by AT1 gene deletion. We further examined the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and CD31, and found that alcohol treatment significantly decreased the expression of VEGF and CD31 in RGCs of WT mice, but not AT1-KO mice. CONCLUSION Taken together, our study demonstrates that the induction of RGC apoptosis by chronic alcohol exposure may be related to p53-activation and VEGF depression, all which are partially dependent of AT1 receptor activation.
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- Xiao Miao
- Department of Ophthalmology, Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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Gu L, Fink AM, Chowdhury SAK, Geenen DL, Piano MR. Cardiovascular responses and differential changes in mitogen-activated protein kinases following repeated episodes of binge drinking. Alcohol Alcohol 2012; 48:131-7. [PMID: 22878590 DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/ags090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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AIMS Excessive alcohol use in the form of binge drinking is associated with many adverse medical outcomes. Using an animal model, the primary objective of this study was to determine the effects of repeated episodes of binge drinking on myocardial structure, blood pressure (BP) and activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs). The effects of carvedilol, a beta-adrenergic blocker, were also examined in this animal model of binge drinking. METHODS Rats were randomized into three groups: control, binge and binge + carvedilol (20 mg/kg). Animals received intragastric administration of 5 g ethanol/kg in the morning × 4 days (Monday-Thursday) followed by no ethanol on Friday-Sunday. Animals were maintained on the protocol for 5 weeks. BP was measured using radiotelemetry methods. Animals underwent echocardiography at baseline, 2.5 and 5 weeks. Myocardial MAPKs were analyzed at 5 weeks using western blot techniques. RESULTS Over the course of 5 weeks, binge drinking was associated with significant transient increases in BP that were greater at 4 and 5 weeks compared with earlier time points. Carvedilol treatment significantly attenuated the binge-induced transient increases in BP at 4 and 5 weeks. No significant changes were found in echocardiographic parameters at any time period; however, binge drinking was associated with increased phosphorylation of p38 MAPK, which was blocked by carvedilol treatment. CONCLUSION Repeated episodes of binge drinking result in progressive and transient increases in BP, no change in myocardial structure and differential regulation of MAPK activation.
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- Lianzhi Gu
- Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology and Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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This article outlines the link between the renin angiotensin aldosterone system (RAAS) and various forms of cardiomyopathy, and also reviews the understanding of the effectiveness of RAAS intervention in this phase of ventricular dysfunction. The authors focus their discussion predominantly on patients who have had previous myocardial infarction or those who have left ventricular hypertrophy and also briefly discuss the role of RAAS activation and intervention in patients with alcoholic cardiomyopathy.
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- Patrick Collier
- Heart Failure Unit, St Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland
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Hofer P, Syeda B, Bergler-Klein J, Friedrich F, Lesch OM, Vyssoki B, Binder T, Walter H. Amino-Terminal Pro-B-Type Brain Natriuretic Peptide: Screening for Cardiovascular Disease in the Setting of Alcoholism. Alcohol Alcohol 2011; 46:247-52. [DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agr027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The myocardial depressant effects of excessive ethanol consumption have long been known. Excessive alcohol intake is reported in a wide range (3-40%) of patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy; furthermore, chronic excessive alcohol consumption may lead to progressive and chronic cardiac dysfunction and can be a possible cause of dilated cardiomyopathy, referred to as alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACM). The pathophysiological mechanisms underlying ACM are poorly understood. Excessive alcohol consumption has been associated with left-ventricular myocyte loss in some animal models but not in all studies. In addition, heavy drinking may cause myocyte dysfunction, due to abnormalities in calcium homeostasis, and cause elevated levels of norepinephrine. Increasing doses of ethanol have been associated with a negative inotropic effect on myocytes in animal experiments. In this review, we evaluate the epidemiology, current pathophysiological mechanisms and possible role of factors that influence ACM and discuss its clinical presentation, prognosis and treatment.
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Fogle RL, Hollenbeak CS, Stanley BA, Vary TC, Kimball SR, Lynch CJ. Functional proteomic analysis reveals sex-dependent differences in structural and energy-producing myocardial proteins in rat model of alcoholic cardiomyopathy. Physiol Genomics 2011; 43:346-56. [PMID: 21245415 DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00203.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Long-term ethanol exposure leads to a sexually dimorphic response in both the susceptibility to cardiac pathology (protective effect of the female heart) and the expression of selected myocardial proteins. The purpose of the present study was to use proteomics to examine the effect of chronic alcohol consumption on a broader array of cardiac proteins and how these were affected between the sexes. Male and female rats were maintained for 18 wk on a 40% ethanol-containing diet in which alcohol was provided in drinking water and agar blocks. Differences in the content of specific cardiac proteins in isopycnic centrifugal fractions were determined using mass spectrometry on iTRAQ-labeled tryptic fragments. A random effects model of meta-analysis was developed to combine the results from multiple iTRAQ experiments. Analysis of a network of proteins involved in cardiovascular system development and function showed that troponins were oppositely regulated by alcohol exposure in females (upregulated) vs. males (downregulated), and this effect was validated by Western blot analysis. Pathway analysis also revealed that alcohol-consuming males showed increased expression of proteins involved in various steps of oxidative phosphorylation including complexes I, III, IV, and V, whereas females showed no change or decreased content. One implication from these findings is that females may be protected from the toxic effects of alcohol due to their ability to maintain contractile function, maintain efficiency of force generation, and minimize oxidative stress. However, the alcohol-induced insult may lead to increased production of reactive oxygen species and structural abnormalities in male myocardium.
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- Rachel L Fogle
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, USA
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D'Souza El-Guindy NB, Kovacs EJ, De Witte P, Spies C, Littleton JM, de Villiers WJS, Lott AJ, Plackett TP, Lanzke N, Meadows GG. Laboratory models available to study alcohol-induced organ damage and immune variations: choosing the appropriate model. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2010; 34:1489-511. [PMID: 20586763 PMCID: PMC2929290 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2010.01234.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The morbidity and mortality resulting from alcohol-related diseases globally impose a substantive cost to society. To minimize the financial burden on society and improve the quality of life for individuals suffering from the ill effects of alcohol abuse, substantial research in the alcohol field is focused on understanding the mechanisms by which alcohol-related diseases develop and progress. Since ethical concerns and inherent difficulties limit the amount of alcohol abuse research that can be performed in humans, most studies are performed in laboratory animals. This article summarizes the various laboratory models of alcohol abuse that are currently available and are used to study the mechanisms by which alcohol abuse induces organ damage and immune defects. The strengths and weaknesses of each of the models are discussed. Integrated into the review are the presentations that were made in the symposium "Methods of Ethanol Application in Alcohol Model-How Long is Long Enough" at the joint 2008 Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA) and International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism (ISBRA) meeting, Washington, DC, emphasizing the importance not only of selecting the most appropriate laboratory alcohol model to address the specific goals of a project but also of ensuring that the findings can be extrapolated to alcohol-induced diseases in humans.
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- Nympha B D'Souza El-Guindy
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases, University of Kentucky and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
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- Irma Laonigro
- Department of Medical and Occupational Sciences; Institute of Internal Medicine, University of Foggia; Foggia Italy
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- Department of Cardiology; ‘Ospedali Riuniti’ OO.RR, University of Foggia; viale L Pinto, 1 71100 Foggia Italy
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- Department of Cardiology; ‘Ospedali Riuniti’ OO.RR, University of Foggia; viale L Pinto, 1 71100 Foggia Italy
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- Department of Medical and Occupational Sciences; Institute of Internal Medicine, University of Foggia; Foggia Italy
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Vary TC, Deiter G, Lantry R. Chronic alcohol feeding impairs mTOR(Ser 2448) phosphorylation in rat hearts. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2007; 32:43-51. [PMID: 18028531 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2007.00544.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Chronic alcohol administration impairs protein synthesis ultimately causing a loss of proteins in cardiac muscle. Inhibition of protein synthesis resides in the process of mRNA translation. The present set of experiments were designed to examine the potential regulatory effect of chronic alcohol consumption on mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), a serine/threonine kinase important in controlling signaling cascades in the mRNA translation initiation pathway in rat hearts. METHODS Rats were fed a diet containing ethanol for 20 to 26 weeks. Pair-fed rats served as controls. Rates of protein synthesis were measured following intravenous infusion of [(3)H]-L-phenylalanine (150 mM, 30 microCi/ml; 1 ml/100 g body weight). The phosphorylation state of mTOR, eukaryotic initiation factor 4G (eIF4G), protein kinase B (PKB) and S6K1 in heart were measured using immunoblot techniques with phospho-specific antibodies. RESULTS Protein synthesis was reduced by 35% in animals consuming a diet containing ethanol. The fall in protein synthesis was accompanied by diminished S6K1(Thr(389)) and eIF4G (Ser(1108)) phosphorylation, both downstream effectors of mTOR signaling. These changes in phosphorylation of S6K1 and eIF4G were not associated with differences in the distribution of mTOR between TORC1 and TORC2. Instead, phosphorylation of mTOR on Ser(2448) but not on Ser(2481) was significantly reduced following feeding rats an ethanol containing diet. Decreased phosphorylation of mTOR(Ser(2448)) was not associated with a corresponding lessening of tumor suppressor complex 2 phosphorylation or expression of regulated in development and DNA damage 1, both upstream regulators of mTOR. Likewise, phosphorylation of PKB on either Ser(473) or Thr(308) was unaffected by long-term alcohol consumption. CONCLUSIONS Chronic ethanol consumption does not alter the distribution of mTOR between TORC1 and TORC2, but instead diminishes mTOR phosphorylation on Ser(2448) independent of changes in tumor suppressor complex 2 and PKB phosphorylation. Furthermore, the data suggest that protein synthesis in rats fed a diet containing ethanol is limited by mTOR-dependent reduction in phosphorylation of S6K1(Thr(389)) and eIF4G(Ser(1108)) secondary to reduced phosphorylation of mTOR(Ser(2448)).
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- Thomas C Vary
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, USA.
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Piano MR, Geenen DL, Schwertz DW, Chowdhury SAK, Yuzhakova M. Long-term Effects of Alcohol Consumption in Male and Female Rats. Cardiovasc Toxicol 2007; 7:247-54. [DOI: 10.1007/s12012-007-9002-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2007] [Accepted: 04/16/2007] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Kozawa S, Yukawa N, Liu J, Shimamoto A, Kakizaki E, Fujimiya T. Effect of chronic ethanol administration on disposition of ethanol and its metabolites in rat. Alcohol 2007; 41:87-93. [PMID: 17517325 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2007.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2006] [Revised: 02/26/2007] [Accepted: 03/16/2007] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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We studied the effects of chronic alcohol intake on the disposition of alcohol and its metabolites in the rat. We used male Wistar rats for all of the experiments in this study. Using a pair-feeding process, rats were fed a liquid diet containing alcohol or without alcohol for 6 weeks. Ethanol solutions (0.5, 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0 g/kg body weight [BW]) were administered as a bolus, intravenously. We then measured blood ethanol and acetate concentrations. Simultaneous multiline fitting was performed using mean blood alcohol concentration (BAC)-time curves fitted to the one-compartment open model with parallel first-order and Michaelis-Menten elimination kinetics. At low doses (0.5, 1.0, and 1.5 g/kgBW), no differences were observed between the alcohol group and the control group with respect to ethanol elimination rate, area under the curve of ethanol (AUC(EtOH)), and mean residence time of ethanol (MRT(EtOH)). At higher doses (2.0 g/kgBW), ethanol elimination rate in the alcohol group was significantly higher than in the control group (P<.5%). These findings were also substantiated by corresponding changes in AUC(EtOH) and MRT(EtOH). At low doses, no differences were observed between the alcohol group and the control group with respect to plateau concentration of acetate (AcT) (concentration of steady state=C(ss)AcT), area under the curve of AcT (AUC(AcT)), and mean residence time of AcT (MRT(AcT)). However, at higher doses, although there were no differences in C(ss)AcT, both AUC(AcT) and MRT(AcT) were significantly lower in the alcohol group when compared to the control group (P<.5%). Chronic alcohol consumption increases ethanol oxidation and AcT metabolism in rats, as observed at high blood alcohol concentrations (BACs). These effects were observed at BACs of 3.5-4.5 mg/ml, and were not observed at lower doses. Thus, with general alcohol consumption, interindividual differences and intra-individual changes in alcohol metabolism may not take into account increased or accelerated metabolism due to alcohol tolerance.
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- Shuji Kozawa
- Division of Legal Medicine, Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake-cho, Miyazaki 889-1692, Japan.
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Schumacher A. Nonlinear organization of electrocardiogram and optical signals during ventricular fibrillation. J Electrocardiol 2006; 39:S146-50. [PMID: 16934828 DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2006.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2006] [Accepted: 05/03/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Although sympathetic activation may induce ventricular fibrillation (VF), little is known about how the autonomic nervous system influences its nonlinear organization. This study tested the hypothesis that autonomic receptor activation altered the nonlinear organization of VF. METHODS Isolated rabbit hearts underwent retrograde perfusion with acetylcholine or norepinephrine added to the perfusate. Voltage-sensitive fluorescent images of the ventricular surface were obtained during sustained VF. Concurrent electrocardiogram and optical pixel signals underwent recurrence quantification analysis, which detects and quantifies patterns of repeating data sequences. Recurrence quantification analysis variables signify different aspects of nonlinearity. RESULTS Recurrence quantification analysis results showed that the electrocardiogram and pixel signals did not exhibit the same pattern of nonlinear organization during VF. Recurrence quantification analysis values were not dramatically altered from baseline by acetylcholine and norepinephrine but instead exhibited considerable variation. CONCLUSION An alteration in autonomic milieu diminished the nonlinear organization of VF, that is, autonomic receptor activation made VF less likely to behave in a repetitive pattern over time.
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- Autumn Schumacher
- Medical College of Georgia, School of Nursing, Augusta, GA 30912-2613, USA.
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Vary TC, Kimball SR, Sumner A. Sex-dependent differences in the regulation of myocardial protein synthesis following long-term ethanol consumption. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2006; 292:R778-87. [PMID: 16946086 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00203.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Chronic heavy alcohol consumption alters cardiac structure and function. Controversies remain as to whether hearts from females respond to the chronic ethanol intake in a manner analogous to males. In particular, sex differences in the myocardial response to chronic alcohol consumption remain unresolved at the molecular level. The purpose of the present set of experiments was to determine whether alterations in cardiac structure and protein metabolism show sexual dimorphism following chronic alcohol consumption for 26 wk. In control animals, hearts from female rats showed lowered heart weights and had thinner ventricular walls compared with males. The smaller heart size was associated with a lower protein content that occurred in part from a reduced rate of protein synthesis. Chronic alcohol consumption in males, but not in females, caused a thinning of the ventricular wall and intraventricular septum, as assessed by echocardiography, correlating with the loss of heart mass. The alterations in cardiac size occurred, in part, through a lowering of the protein content secondary to a diminished rate of protein synthesis. The decreased rate of protein synthesis appeared related to a reduced assembly of active eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF)4G.eIF4E complex secondary to both a diminished phosphorylation of eIF4G and increased formation of inactive 4Ebinding protein (4EBP1).eIF4E complex. The latter effects occurred as a result of decreased phosphorylation of 4EBP1. None of these ethanol-induced alterations in hearts from males were observed in hearts from females. These data suggest that chronic alcohol-induced impairments in myocardial protein synthesis results, in part, from marked decreases in eIF4E.eIF4G complex formation in males. The failure of female rats consuming ethanol to show structural changes appears related to the inability of ethanol to affect the regulation protein synthesis to the same extent as their male counterparts.
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- Thomas C Vary
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Penn State University College of Medicine, H166, 500 University Dr., Hershey, PA 17033, USA.
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Cheng CP, Cheng HJ, Cunningham C, Shihabi ZK, Sane DC, Wannenburg T, Little WC. Angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockade prevents alcoholic cardiomyopathy. Circulation 2006; 114:226-36. [PMID: 16831986 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.105.596494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Activation of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) may contribute to the development of alcoholic cardiomyopathy. We evaluated the effect of angiotensin II (Ang II) type 1 receptor (AT1) blockade on the development of alcoholic cardiomyopathy. METHODS AND RESULTS We serially evaluated left ventricular (LV) and cardiomyocyte function and the RAS over 6 months in 3 groups of instrumented dogs. Eight animals received alcohol (once per day orally, providing 33% of total daily caloric intake); 6 received alcohol and irbesartan (5 mg.kg(-1).d(-1) PO); and 8 were controls. Compared with controls, alcohol ingestion caused sustained RAS activation with progressive increases in plasma levels of Ang II, renin activity, LV angiotensin-converting enzyme activity, and LV myocyte Ang II AT(1) receptor expression. The RAS activation was followed by a progressive fall in LV contractility (E(ES), alcohol-fed dogs 3.9+/-0.8 versus control dogs 8.1+/-1.0 mm Hg/mL); reductions in the peak velocity of myocyte shortening (78.9+/-5.1 versus 153.9+/-6.2 microm/s) and relengthening; and decreased peak systolic Ca2+ transient ([Ca2+]iT) and L-type Ca2+ current (I(Ca,L); P<0.05). Irbesartan prevented the alcohol-induced decreases in LV and myocyte contraction, relaxation, peak [Ca2+]iT, and I(Ca,L). With alcohol plus irbesartan, plasma Ang II, cardiac angiotensin-converting enzyme activity, and AT1 remained close to control values. CONCLUSIONS Chronic alcohol consumption produces RAS activation followed by progressive cardiac dysfunction. The cardiac dysfunction is prevented by AT1 receptor blockade.
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- Che-Ping Cheng
- Cardiology Section, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1045, USA.
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Lang CH, Frost RA, Summer AD, Vary TC. Molecular mechanisms responsible for alcohol-induced myopathy in skeletal muscle and heart. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2005; 37:2180-95. [PMID: 15982919 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2005.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2005] [Revised: 04/13/2005] [Accepted: 04/27/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Chronic alcohol abuse has the potential to modulate striated muscle physiology and function. The skeletal muscle alcoholic myopathy is characterized by muscle weakness and difficulties in gait and locomotion, while chronic alcohol consumption ultimately leads to a decrease in cardiac contractility and output. In both tissues a loss of protein mass results in part from a decreased protein synthesis that initially manifests as a defect in translational efficiency. This review focuses on recent developments in understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms by which alcohol impairs mRNA translation in skeletal and cardiac muscle, including identification of the signaling pathways and biochemical sites negatively impacted. Defective signaling potentially results from resistance to the normal stimulating effects of anabolic hormones (insulin and insulin-like growth factor-I) and nutrients (leucine) as well as increased production of several negative regulators of muscle mass. Overall, the biochemical mechanisms contributing to the pathogenesis of loss of skeletal and cardiac muscle are reviewed.
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- Charles H Lang
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA.
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Wang L, Zhou Z, Saari JT, Kang YJ. Alcohol-induced myocardial fibrosis in metallothionein-null mice: prevention by zinc supplementation. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2005; 167:337-44. [PMID: 16049321 PMCID: PMC1603554 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)62979-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Alcohol-induced cardiomyopathy including fibrosis has been recognized clinically for a long time, but its pathogenesis is incompletely understood. Studies using experimental animals have not fully duplicated the pathological changes in humans, and animal models of alcoholic cardiac fibrosis are not available. In the present study, we have developed a mouse model in which cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis were produced in metallothionein-knockout (MT-KO) mice fed an alcohol-containing liquid diet for 2 months. The same alcohol feeding did not produce cardiac fibrosis in the wild-type (WT) control mice, although there was no difference in the alcohol-induced heart hypertrophy between the WT controls and the MT-KO mice. Zinc supplementation prevented cardiac fibrosis but did not affect heart hypertrophy in the alcohol-fed MT-KO mice, suggesting a specific link between zinc homeostasis and cardiac fibrosis. Serum creatine phosphokinase activity was significantly higher in the alcohol-administered MT-KO mice than in the WT mice, and zinc supplementation decreased serum creatine phosphokinase activities and eliminated the difference between the groups. Thus, disturbance in zinc homeostasis due to the lack of MT associates with alcohol-induced cardiac fibrosis and more severe cardiac injury, making the MT-KO mouse model of alcohol-induced cardiac fibrosis a useful tool to investigate specific factors involved in the alcoholic cardiomyopathy.
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- Lipeng Wang
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
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Jones WK. A murine model of alcoholic cardiomyopathy: a role for zinc and metallothionein in fibrosis. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2005; 167:301-4. [PMID: 16049317 PMCID: PMC1603573 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)62975-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- W Keith Jones
- Department of Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics, 231 Albert Sabin Way ML0575, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0575, USA.
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Piano MR, Carrigan TM, Schwertz DW. Sex differences in ethanol liquid diet consumption in Sprague-Dawley rats. Alcohol 2005; 35:113-8. [PMID: 15963424 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2005.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2004] [Revised: 11/22/2004] [Accepted: 03/12/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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There are reports of sex differences in ethanol intake between different strains of male and female rats; however, ethanol consumption (via an ethanol liquid diet) and blood ethanol levels (BELs) between male and female rats of the Sprague-Dawley strain have not been studied. Therefore, the aims of this study were to examine body growth, ethanol consumption (ml/day and g.kg(-1).day(-1)), and BELs in adult male and female (n=6-8 per group; sham-operated and ovariectomized) Sprague-Dawley rats consuming different concentrations (3% to 9% volume/volume) of the Lieber-DeCarli liquid ethanol diet. Throughout the study, male rats weighed significantly more than both female groups, and ovariectomized female rats weighed more than sham female rats. Ethanol diet consumption (ml/day) was significantly greater in male rats than in female rats at higher ethanol concentrations, whereas, when the diet consumption was expressed in grams of ethanol per kilogram of body weight per day, the sham female group was shown to consume significantly more ethanol than the male group. Even though there were differences in ethanol intake, BELs were similar among the groups. The data indicate that, similar to other strains, Sprague-Dawley rats also exhibit sex differences in their pattern of body growth (weight gain) and ethanol intake; however, BELs were similar among the groups.
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- Mariann R Piano
- University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Nursing, Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing (MC 802), 845 South Damen, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
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Zerwic JJ, Wilbur J, Larson J. The Center for Research on Cardiovascular and Respiratory Health: the development of a national institute of nursing research–funded center. Heart Lung 2004; 33:69-74. [PMID: 15024371 DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2003.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Kim SD, Bieniarz T, Esser KA, Piano MR. Cardiac structure and function after short-term ethanol consumption in rats. Alcohol 2003; 29:21-9. [PMID: 12657373 DOI: 10.1016/s0741-8329(02)00296-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Using an animal model of alcoholism, we investigated whether 4 months of ethanol consumption was associated with a preclinical stage of alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACM), as well as activation of the renin-angiotensin system and natriuretic peptides (NPs). In other forms of cardiovascular disease, the latter peptide systems have been used as markers of left ventricular (LV) remodeling and dysfunction. Rats were fed either a liquid ethanol or control diet, and serial blood samples were collected at baseline, as well as at 2 and 4 months, for plasma renin activity (PRA), angiotensin II (ANG II), atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels. Serial echocardiography (echo) was performed at the same time points, and isolated heart studies were performed to assess ex vivo contractility at 4 months. In both groups at 4 months, there were significant and similar increases in end-diastolic and end-systolic echo dimensions and LV mass. At 4 months, however, a significant decrease was found in the relative wall thickness in the ethanol-fed group compared with findings for the control group. In both groups at 4 months, significant and similar time-dependent decreases were shown in BNP and ANP levels compared with baseline values. No differences were found in NP gene expression or tissue levels. In both groups at 4 months, significant and similar increases were found in ANG II levels compared with baseline values. Over time, in both groups, PRA levels were unchanged. In this study, the only cardiac structural feature characteristic of a preclinical ACM was a decrease in relative wall thickness.
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- Shann D Kim
- School of Kinesiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 901 West Roosevelt Road (M/C 194), Chicago, IL 60608, USA.
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In the United States, in both sexes and all races, long-term heavy alcohol consumption (of any beverage type) is the leading cause of a nonischemic, dilated cardiomyopathy, herein referred to as alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACM). ACM is a specific heart muscle disease of a known cause that occurs in two stages: an asymptomatic stage and a symptomatic stage. In general, alcoholic patients consuming > 90 g of alcohol a day (approximately seven to eight standard drinks per day) for > 5 years are at risk for the development of asymptomatic ACM. Those who continue to drink may become symptomatic and develop signs and symptoms of heart failure. ACM is characterized by an increase in myocardial mass, dilation of the ventricles, and wall thinning. Changes in ventricular function may depend on the stage, in that asymptomatic ACM is associated with diastolic dysfunction, whereas systolic dysfunction is a common finding in symptomatic ACM patients. The pathophysiology of ACM is complex and may involve cell death (possibly due to apoptosis) and changes in many aspects of myocyte function. ACM remains an important cause of a dilated cardiomyopathy, and in latter stages can lead to heart failure. Alcohol abstinence, as well as the use of specific heart failure pharmacotherapies, is critical in improving ventricular function and outcomes in these patients.
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- Mariann R Piano
- University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
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Spies CD, Sander M, Stangl K, Fernandez-Sola J, Preedy VR, Rubin E, Andreasson S, Hanna EZ, Kox WJ. Effects of alcohol on the heart. Curr Opin Crit Care 2001; 7:337-43. [PMID: 11805530 DOI: 10.1097/00075198-200110000-00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Some evidence suggests that light to moderate alcohol consumption protects against cardiovascular diseases. However, this cardioprotective effect of alcohol consumption in adults is absent at the population level. Approximately 20 to 30% of patients admitted to a hospital are alcohol abusers. In medical practice, it is essential that patients' levels of consumption are known because of the many adverse effects that might result in the course of routine care. Ethanol damage to the heart is evident if alcohol consumption exceeds 90 to 100 g/d. Heavy ethanol consumption leads to increased risk for sudden cardiac death and cardiac arrhythmias. In patients with coronary heart disease, alcohol use was associated with increased mortality. An early response to drinking was an increased ventricular wall thickness to diameter ratio, possibly proceeding with continuous drinking to alcoholic cardiomyopathy, which had a worse outcome compared with idiopathic dilative cardiomyopathy if drinking was not stopped or at least reduced (< 60 g/d). In the ICU, patients with chronic alcoholism have more cardiac complications postoperatively. These complications probably are caused by biventricular dysfunction, particularly with the occurrence of severe infections or septic shock, events that are three to four times more frequent among chronic alcoholics than occasional drinkers or nondrinkers. To prevent further complications from drinking and for long-term management of drinking, patients with alcohol abuse and heart failure should be treated in brief intervention and follow-up programs. Prognosis is good even in patients with New York Heart Association class IV heart failure caused by cardiomyopathy if complete abstinence is accomplished. Noncompliance to smoking and alcohol restrictions, which are amenable to change, dramatically increases the risk for hospital readmissions among patients with heart failure.
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- C D Spies
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Charité, Berlin, Germany.
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