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Neumann J, Dhein S, Kirchhefer U, Hofmann B, Gergs U. Effects of congeners of amphetamine on the human heart. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 2024:10.1007/s00210-024-02983-2. [PMID: 38340182 DOI: 10.1007/s00210-024-02983-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2023] [Accepted: 01/28/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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Central stimulatory and hallucinogenic drugs of abuse like amphetamine and most congeners of amphetamine can have cardiac harmful effects. These cardiac side effects can lead to morbidities and death. In this paper, we review current knowledge on the direct and indirect effects of these amphetamine congeners on the mammalian heart-more specifically, the isolated human heart muscle preparation. In detail, we address the question of whether and how these drugs affect cardiac contractility and their mechanisms of action. Based on this information, further research areas are defined, and further research efforts are proposed.
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- Joachim Neumann
- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Magdeburger Str. 4, 06112, D-06097, Halle, Germany.
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- Rudolf-Boehm Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Universität Leipzig, Härtelstraße 16-18, D-04107, Leipzig, Germany
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- Cardiac Surgery, Medizinische Fakultät, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, D-06097, Halle, Germany
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- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Magdeburger Str. 4, 06112, D-06097, Halle, Germany
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Rojas-Granados A, Pérez-Campos E, Sanchez-Sanchez M, Chávez MAM, Pérez-Campos-Mayoral L, Ángeles-Castellanos M. Prevalence of myocardial bridges in the Mexican population: A morphometric and histological analysis. Morphologie 2023; 108:100760. [PMID: 38157748 DOI: 10.1016/j.morpho.2023.100760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2023] [Revised: 12/15/2023] [Accepted: 12/16/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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BACKGROUND Myocardial bridge (MB) is described as an abnormal band of myocardium covering a variable portion of any coronary artery. METHODS The current study explores the presence of MB throughout the coronary arterial system and provides a morphometric description through instrumented dissection of a sample of 100 human hearts. The study shows a higher prevalence of MB in the Mexican population than in previous reports. RESULTS In the total sample (n=100), MB was identified in 96% of it. A total of 421 MBs were observed, with a mean of 4.38mm (±0.28) per dissected heart. The most frequently affected vessel is the anterior interventricular artery where a total of 52 MBs were found, of the total sample studied. DISCUSSION The high prevalence of MB among Mexican patients could be the result of a genetic association for this population or the neoformation of MB after birth due to lifestyle-associated factors. Further studies are required to better understand the high prevalence of MB among Mexican subjects.
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- A Rojas-Granados
- Departamento de Anatomia, Facultad de Medicina. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, Mexico
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- Tecnológico Nacional de México/IT, Oaxaca, Oaxaca City, Mexico
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- Posgrado Facultad de Odontologia, Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
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- Facultad de Medicina y Cirugia, Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
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- Facultad de Medicina y Cirugia, Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
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- Departamento de Anatomia, Facultad de Medicina. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, Mexico; Departamento de Innovacion en Material Biologico Humano, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, México, Mexico.
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Aranda-Domene R, Orenes-Piñero E, Arribas-Leal JM, Canovas-Lopez S, Hernández-Cascales J. Evidence for a lack of inotropic and chronotropic effects of glucagon and glucagon receptors in the human heart. Cardiovasc Diabetol 2023; 22:128. [PMID: 37254135 DOI: 10.1186/s12933-023-01859-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Glucagon is thought to increase heart rate and contractility by stimulating glucagon receptors and increasing 3',5'-cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) production in the myocardium. This has been confirmed in animal studies but not in the human heart. The cardiostimulatory effects of glucagon have been correlated with the degree of cardiac dysfunction, as well as with the enzymatic activity of phosphodiesterase (PDE), which hydrolyses cAMP. In this study, the presence of glucagon receptors in the human heart and the inotropic and chronotropic effects of glucagon in samples of failing and nonfailing (NF) human hearts were investigated. METHODS Concentration‒response curves for glucagon in the absence and presence of the PDE inhibitor IBMX were performed on samples obtained from the right (RA) and left atria (LA), the right (RV) and left ventricles (LV), and the sinoatrial nodes (SNs) of failing and NF human hearts. The expression of glucagon receptors was also investigated. Furthermore, the inotropic and chronotropic effects of glucagon were examined in rat hearts. RESULTS In tissues obtained from failing and NF human hearts, glucagon did not exert inotropic or chronotropic effects in the absence or presence of IBMX. IBMX (30 µM) induced a marked increase in contractility in NF hearts (RA: 83 ± 28% (n = 5), LA: 80 ± 20% (n = 5), RV: 75 ± 12% (n = 5), and LV: 40 ± 8% (n = 5), weaker inotropic responses in the ventricular myocardium of failing hearts (RV: 25 ± 10% (n = 5) and LV: 10 ± 5% (n = 5) and no inotropic responses in the atrial myocardium of failing hearts. IBMX (30 µM) increased the SN rate in failing and NF human hearts (27.4 ± 3.0 beats min-1, n = 10). In rat hearts, glucagon induced contractile and chronotropic responses, but only contractility was enhanced by 30 µM IBMX (maximal inotropic effect of glucagon 40 ± 8% vs. 75 ± 10%, in the absence or presence of IBMX, n = 5, P < 0.05; maximal chronotropic response 77.7 ± 6.4 beats min-1 vs. 73 ± 11 beats min-1, in the absence or presence of IBMX, n = 5, P > 0.05). Glucagon receptors were not detected in the human heart samples. CONCLUSIONS Our results conflict with the view that glucagon induces inotropic and chronotropic effects and that glucagon receptors are expressed in the human heart.
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- Ramón Aranda-Domene
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital CSV Arrixaca, El Palmar, 30120, Murcia, Spain
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- Proteomic Unit, Laboratorio Investigación Biosanitaria, Av.Buenavista, 32, El Palmar, 30120, Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital CSV Arrixaca, El Palmar, 30120, Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital CSV Arrixaca, El Palmar, 30120, Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty Medicine, Edificio LAIB, University of Murcia., 6ª Planta. Av. Buenavista, 32, El Palmar, 30120, Murcia, Spain.
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Liu Y, Choy MK, Abraham S, Tenin G, Black GC, Keavney BD. Data on cardiac lncRNA STX18-AS1 expression in developing human hearts and function during in vitro hESC-cardiomyocyte differentiation. Data Brief 2022; 45:108770. [PMID: 36533287 PMCID: PMC9747642 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2022.108770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2022] [Revised: 11/11/2022] [Accepted: 11/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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This article presents data concerning STX18-AS1, a long noncoding RNA gene identified from a Genome-wide association study of Atrial Septal Defect (ASD). The data describes its expression patterns in human tissues and functions in regulating cardiomyocyte differentiation in vitro. STX18-AS1 is a lncRNA with a higher abundance in developing tissues, including hearts. Its transcription distribution within the embryonic hearts during key heart septation stages supports STX18-AS1's association with risk SNPs for ASD. The CRISPR stem cell pool in which STX18-AS1 was knocked down, showed reduced CM differentiation efficiency and lower expression of key cardiac transcriptional factors. This indicated its regulative role in supporting the lineage specification from cardiac mesoderm into cardiac progenitors and cardiomyocytes. These data can benefit the understanding of human embryonic heart developmental biology, and the time-course changes of cardiac transcriptional factors during in vitro cardiomyocyte differentiation from human embryonic stem cells.
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- Yingjuan Liu
- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
- Division of Evolution & Genomic Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
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Uzelac I, Iravanian S, Bhatia NK, Fenton FH. Spiral wave breakup: Optical mapping in an explanted human heart shows the transition from ventricular tachycardia to ventricular fibrillation and self-termination. Heart Rhythm 2022; 19:1914-1915. [PMID: 35850399 DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2022.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2022] [Revised: 06/29/2022] [Accepted: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Ilija Uzelac
- School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia.
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- Division of Cardiology, Section of Electrophysiology, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Division of Cardiology, Section of Electrophysiology, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia
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- School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
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Jacobs T, Abdinghoff J, Tschernig T. Protein detection and localization of the non-selective cation channel TRPC6 in the human heart. Eur J Pharmacol 2022; 924:174972. [PMID: 35483666 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2022.174972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2022] [Revised: 03/28/2022] [Accepted: 04/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Due to longer lifespans in societies in industrialized countries, cardiovascular diseases are becoming increasingly important for medical research. It has already been shown that the cell membrane-bound, non-selective TRPC6 ion channel is important in the pathogenesis of heart diseases. Among other things, it is permeable to calcium ion, which plays a critical role in cardiac contraction and relaxation. The TRPC6 ion channel is a promising therapeutic target in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. A deeper understanding of the physiological and pathophysiological role as well as the localization of TRPC6 in human cardiac tissue is the basis for new drug development. Although the TRPC6 channel has been detected in animal studies, at the mRNA level in humans, and sparse TRPC6 protein has been detected in humans, there are no systematic studies of TRPC6 protein detection in the human heart. For the first time, TRPC6 ion channel protein was detected histologically in human heart tissue from body donors in different structures, localizations, and histological layers - particularly in cardiomyocytes and intramuscular arterioles - by immunohistochemistry, just as TRPC6 expression has already been shown in animal models of the heart by other research groups. In the sense of the translational concept, this indicates a possible transferability of research results from animal models to humans.
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- Tobias Jacobs
- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Saarland University, Medical Campus, Homburg, Saar, Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Saarland University, Medical Campus, Homburg, Saar, Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Saarland University, Medical Campus, Homburg, Saar, Germany.
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Pandey R, Kumar M, Srivastav VK. Numerical computation of blood hemodynamic through constricted human left coronary artery: Pulsatile simulations. Comput Methods Programs Biomed 2020; 197:105661. [PMID: 32738679 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2020.105661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2020] [Accepted: 07/10/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The accumulation of plaque in the coronary artery of the human heart restricts the path of blood flow in that region and leads to Coronary Artery Disease. This study's goal is to present the pulsatile blood flow conduct through four different levels of constrictions, i.e., healthy, 25%, 50%, and 75% in human left coronary arteries. METHODS Using CT scan data of a healthy person, the two-dimensional coronary model is constructed. A non-Newtonian Carreau model is used to study the maximum flow velocity, streamline effect, and maximum Wall Shear Stress at the respective constricted areas over the entire cardiac cycle. Finite Volume Method is executed for solving the governing equations. The fluctuating Wall Shear Stress (WSS) at different levels was assessed using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). RESULTS The comparative study of the diseased arteries showcases that at the systolic phase, the 75% blocked artery attains the maximum velocity of 0.14 m/s and 0.53 m/s at t=0.005 s and t=0.115 s, respectively. While the maximum velocity takes a significant drop at t=0.23 s and t=0.345 s, this marks the diastolic phase. The streamline contour showcased the blood flow conduct at different phases of the cardiac cycle. At the peak systolic phase, a dense flow separation was observed near the blocked regions. It highlights the disturbed flow in that particular region. The most severely diseased artery acquires the maximum WSS of 18.81 Pa at the peak systolic phase, i.e., at t=0.115 s. CONCLUSIONS The computational study of the hemodynamic parameters can aid in the early anticipation of the degree of the severity of the diseased arteries. This study, in a way, could benefit doctors/surgeons to plan an early treatment/surgery on the grounds of the severity of the disease. Thus, a before time prognosis could restrain the number of deaths caused due to Coronary Artery Disease.
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- Rupali Pandey
- Department of Mathematics, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, U.P. 211004, India
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- Department of Mathematics, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, U.P. 211004, India
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- Department of Mathematics and Computing, Motihari College of Engineering Motihari, Bihar, India.
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El-Helw M, Chelvarajan L, Abo-Aly M, Soliman M, Milburn G, Conger AL, Campbell K, Ratajczak MZ, Abdel-Latif A. Identification of Human Very Small Embryonic like Stem Cells (VSELS) in Human Heart Tissue Among Young and Old Individuals. Stem Cell Rev Rep 2020; 16:181-185. [PMID: 31758373 DOI: 10.1007/s12015-019-09923-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Very Small Embryonic-Like (VSEL) stem cells are a proposed pluripotent population, residing in adult tissues. VSELs have been described in multiple tissues including bone marrow, cord blood, and gonads. They exhibit multiple characteristics of embryonic stem cells including the ability to differentiate into cellular lineages of all three germ layers, including cardiomyocytes and vascular endothelial cells. However, their presence in adult solid organs such as heart in humans has not been established. VSELs are valuable source of stem cells for tissue regeneration and replacement of cells for turnover and usual wear-and-tear. The purpose of our study was to explore the existence of human VSELs (huVSELs) in human heart tissue and examine the changes in their prevalence with aging and cardiac disease. Human heart tissue, collected from healthy and ischemic heart disease subjects was examined for the prevalence of VSELS, defined as CD45-/CD133+/SSEA4+. Both epicardial and endocardial tissues were examined comparing VSEL numbers across different age groups. Our data confirm the existence of huVSELs in adult hearts with decreasing prevalence during aging. This is the first evidence of huVSELs in adult cardiac tissue. Cardiac huVSELs could be further explored in future studies to characterize their primitive potential and therapeutic potential in regenerative studies.
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- Mohamed El-Helw
- Saha Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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- Saha Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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- Saha Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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- Saha Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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- Saha Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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- Saha Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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- Saha Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA. .,Lexington VA Medical Center and Saha Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Kentucky, 741 South Limestone, BBSRB B349, Lexington, KY, 40536-0509, USA.
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Pandey R, Kumar M, Majdoubi J, Rahimi-Gorji M, Srivastav VK. A review study on blood in human coronary artery: Numerical approach. Comput Methods Programs Biomed 2020; 187:105243. [PMID: 31805457 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2019.105243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Revised: 11/23/2019] [Accepted: 11/26/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) study of blood flow in human coronary artery is one of the emerging fields of Biomed- ical engineering. In present review paper, Finite Volume Method with governing equations and boundary conditions are briefly discussed for different coronary models. Many researchers have come up with astonishing results related to the various factors (blood viscosity, rate of blood flow, shear stress on the arterial wall, Reynolds number, etc.) affecting the hemodynamic of blood in the right/left coronary artery. The aim of this paper is to present an overview of all those work done by the researchers to justify their work related to factors which hampers proper functioning of heart and lead to Coronary Artery Disease (CAD). Governing equations like Navier-stokes equations, continuity equations etc. are widely used and are solved using CFD solver to get a clearer view of coronary artery blockage. Different boundary conditions and blood properties published in the last ten years are summarized in the tabulated form. This table will help new researchers to work on this area.
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- Rupali Pandey
- Department of Mathematics, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, India.
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- Department of Mathematics, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, India.
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- Department of Computer Science, College of Science and Humanities at Alghat, Majmaah University, Al-Majmaah 11952, Saudi Arabia.
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- Experimental Surgery Lab, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Ghent University, 9000 Gent, Belgium.
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- Department of Mathematics & Computing, Motihari college of Engineering, Bihar, India.
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Nyimanu D, Kuc RE, Williams TL, Bednarek M, Ambery P, Jermutus L, Maguire JJ, Davenport AP. Apelin-36-[L28A] and Apelin-36-[L28C(30kDa-PEG)] peptides that improve diet induced obesity are G protein biased ligands at the apelin receptor. Peptides 2019; 121:170139. [PMID: 31472173 PMCID: PMC6838674 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2019.170139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2019] [Revised: 08/21/2019] [Accepted: 08/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Apelin signalling pathways have important cardiovascular and metabolic functions. Recently, apelin-36-[L28A] and apelin-36-[L28C(30kDa-PEG)], were reported to function independent of the apelin receptor in vivo to produce beneficial metabolic effects without modulating blood pressure. We aimed to show that these peptides bound to the apelin receptor and to further characterise their pharmacology in vitro at the human apelin receptor. METHODS [Pyr1]apelin-13 saturation binding experiments and competition binding experiments were performed in rat and human heart homogenates using [125I]apelin-13 (0.1 nM), and/or increasing concentrations of apelin-36, apelin-36-[L28A] and apelin-36-[L28C(30kDa-PEG)] (50pM-100μM). Apelin-36 and its analogues apelin-36-[F36A], apelin-36-[L28A], apelin-36-[L28C(30kDa-PEG)], apelin-36-[A28 A13] and [40kDa-PEG]-apelin-36 were tested in forskolin-induced cAMP inhibition and β-arrestin assays in CHO-K1 cells heterologously expressing the human apelin receptor. Bias signaling was quantified using the operational model for bias. RESULTS In both species, [Pyr1]apelin-13 had comparable subnanomolar affinity and the apelin receptor density was similar. Apelin-36, apelin-36-[L28A] and apelin-36-[L28C(30kDa-PEG)] competed for binding of [125I]apelin-13 with nanomolar affinities. Apelin-36-[L28A] and apelin-36-[L28C(30kDa-PEG)] inhibited forskolin-induced cAMP release, with nanomolar potencies but they were less potent compared to apelin-36 at recruiting β-arrestin. Bias analysis suggested that these peptides were G protein biased. Additionally, [40kDa-PEG]-apelin-36 and apelin-36-[F36A] retained nanomolar potencies in both cAMP and β-arrestin assays whilst apelin-36-[A13 A28] exhibited a similar profile to apelin-36-[L28C(30kDa-PEG)] in the β-arrestin assay but was more potent in the cAMP assay. CONCLUSIONS Apelin-36-[L28A] and apelin-36-[L28C(30kDa-PEG)] are G protein biased ligands of the apelin receptor, suggesting that the apelin receptor is an important therapeutic target in metabolic diseases.
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- Duuamene Nyimanu
- Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics, University of Cambridge, Level 6, Centre for Clinical Investigation, Box 110, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics, University of Cambridge, Level 6, Centre for Clinical Investigation, Box 110, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics, University of Cambridge, Level 6, Centre for Clinical Investigation, Box 110, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Research and Early Development, Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolism (CVRM), BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK
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- Late-stage Development, Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolism (CVRM), BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Research and Early Development, Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolism (CVRM), BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK
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- Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics, University of Cambridge, Level 6, Centre for Clinical Investigation, Box 110, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
- Corresponding authors.
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- Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics, University of Cambridge, Level 6, Centre for Clinical Investigation, Box 110, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
- Corresponding authors.
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Uridine 5'-triphosphate (UTP) exerts a positive inotropic effect (PIE) in isolated electrically driven isolated right atrial trabeculae carneae from patients undergoing heart surgery. This review discusses some aspects of the current knowledge on the putative receptor(s) involved and the potential biochemical transduction steps leading to the PIE.
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- J Neumann
- Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, Germany
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- Cardiac Surgery, Medical Faculty, Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 06097, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, Germany
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Molina CE, Jacquet E, Ponien P, Muñoz-Guijosa C, Baczkó I, Maier LS, Donzeau-Gouge P, Dobrev D, Fischmeister R, Garnier A. Identification of optimal reference genes for transcriptomic analyses in normal and diseased human heart. Cardiovasc Res 2019; 114:247-258. [PMID: 29036603 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvx182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2017] [Accepted: 09/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Aims Quantitative real-time RT-PCR (RT-qPCR) has become the method of choice for mRNA quantification, but requires an accurate normalization based on the use of reference genes showing invariant expression across various pathological conditions. Only few data exist on appropriate reference genes for the human heart. The objective of this study was to determine a set of suitable reference genes in human atrial and ventricular tissues, from right and left cavities in control and in cardiac diseases. Methods and results We assessed the expression of 16 reference genes (ACTB, B2M, GAPDH, GUSB, HMBS, HPRT1, IPO8, PGK1, POLR2A, PPIA, RPLP0, TBP, TFRC, UBC, YWHAZ, 18S) in tissues from: right and left ventricles from healthy controls and heart failure (HF) patients; right-atrial tissue from patients in sinus rhythm with (SRd) or without (SRnd) atrial dilatation, patients with paroxysmal (pAF) or chronic (cAF) atrial fibrillation or with HF; and left-atrial tissue from patients in SR or cAF. Consensual analysis (by geNorm and Normfinder algorithms, BestKeeper software tool and comparative delta-Ct method) of the variability scores obtained for each reference gene expression shows that the most stably expressed genes are: GAPDH, GUSB, IPO8, POLR2A, and YWHAZ when comparing either right and left ventricle or ventricle from healthy controls and HF patients; GAPDH, IPO8, POLR2A, PPIA, and RPLP0 when comparing either right and left atrium or right atria from all pathological groups. ACTB, TBP, TFRC, and 18S genes were identified as the least stable. Conclusions The overall most stable reference genes across different heart cavities and disease conditions were GAPDH, IPO8, POLR2A and PPIA. YWHAZ or GUSB could be added to this set for some specific experiments. This study should provide useful guidelines for reference gene selection in RT-qPCR studies in human heart.
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- Cristina E Molina
- Inserm, UMR-S 1180, University of Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Châtenay-Malabry, France.,Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Heart Research Center Göttingen, University Medical Center, Georg-August University Göttingen, Germany.,German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Göttingen, Germany
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- Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, UPR 2301, CNRS, University of Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, UPR 2301, CNRS, University of Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, University of Szeged, Hungary
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- Department Internal Medicine II, University Heart Center, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- West German Heart and Vascular Center, Institute of Pharmacology, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Inserm, UMR-S 1180, University of Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Châtenay-Malabry, France
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- Inserm, UMR-S 1180, University of Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Châtenay-Malabry, France
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Saad NS, Elnakish MT, Brundage EA, Biesiadecki BJ, Kilic A, Ahmed AAE, Mohler PJ, Janssen PML. Assessment of PKA and PKC inhibitors on force and kinetics of non-failing and failing human myocardium. Life Sci 2018; 215:119-27. [PMID: 30399377 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2018.10.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2018] [Revised: 10/22/2018] [Accepted: 10/29/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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AIMS Heart failure (HF) is a prevalent disease that is considered the foremost reason for hospitalization in the United States. Most protein kinases (PK) are activated in heart disease and their inhibition has been shown to improve cardiac function in both animal and human studies. However, little is known about the direct impact of PKA and PKC inhibitors on human cardiac contractile function. MATERIAL AND METHODS We investigated the ex vivo effect of such inhibitors on force as well as on kinetics of left ventricular (LV) trabeculae dissected from non-failing and failing human hearts. In these experiments, we applied 0.5 μM of H-89 and GF109203X, which are PKA and PKC inhibitors, respectively, in comparison to their vehicle DMSO (0.05%). KEY FINDINGS AND CONCLUSION Statistical analyses revealed no significant effect for H-89 and GF109203X on either contractile force or kinetics parameters of both non-failing and failing muscles even though they were used at a concentration higher than the reported IC50s and Kis. Therefore, several factors such as selectivity, concentration, and treatment time, which are related to these PK inhibitors according to previous studies require further exploration.
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Nelson MM, Builta ZJ, Monroe TB, Doorn JA, Anderson EJ. Biochemical characterization of the catecholaldehyde reactivity of L-carnosine and its therapeutic potential in human myocardium. Amino Acids 2019; 51:97-102. [PMID: 30191330 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-018-2647-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2018] [Accepted: 08/28/2018] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Oxidative deamination of norepinephrine (NE) and dopamine (DA) by monoamine oxidase (MAO) generates the catecholaldehydes 3,4-dihydroxyphenylglycolaldehyde (DOPEGAL) and 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetaldehyde (DOPAL), respectively, and H2O2. Catecholaldehydes are highly reactive electrophiles that have been implicated as causal factors in the etiology of neurodegenerative diseases and cardiac injury from ischemia and diabetes. The reactivity of both catechol and aldehyde groups enables the catecholaldehdyes to cross-link proteins and other biological molecules. Carnosine is a β-alanyl-histidine dipeptide found in millimolar concentrations in brain and myocardium. It is well known to detoxify aldehydes formed from oxidized lipids and sugars, yet the reactivity of carnosine with catecholaldehydes has never been reported. Here, we investigated the ability of carnosine to form conjugates with DOPAL and DOPEGAL. Both catecholaldehydes were highly reactive towards L-cysteine (L-Cys), as well as carnosine; however, glutathione (GSH) showed essentially no reactivity towards DOPAL. In contrast, GSH readily reacted with the lipid peroxidation product 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal (4HNE), while carnosine showed low reactivity to 4HNE by comparison. To determine whether carnosine mitigates catecholaldehyde toxicity, samples of atrial myocardium were collected from patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery. Using permeabilized myofibers prepared from this tissue, mitochondrial respiration analysis revealed a concentration-dependent decrease in ADP-stimulated respiration with DOPAL. Pre-incubation with carnosine, but not GSH or L-Cys, significantly reduced this effect (p < 0.05). Carnosine was also able to block formation of catecholaldehyde protein adducts in isolated human cardiac mitochondria treated with NE. These findings demonstrate the unique reactivity of carnosine towards catecholaldehydes and, therefore, suggest a novel and distinct biological role for histidine dipeptides in this detoxification reaction. The therapeutic potential of carnosine in diseases associated with catecholamine-related toxicity is worthy of further examination.
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Kanaan GN, Ichim B, Gharibeh L, Maharsy W, Patten DA, Xuan JY, Reunov A, Marshall P, Veinot J, Menzies K, Nemer M, Harper ME. Glutaredoxin-2 controls cardiac mitochondrial dynamics and energetics in mice, and protects against human cardiac pathologies. Redox Biol 2017; 14:509-521. [PMID: 29101900 PMCID: PMC5675898 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2017.10.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2017] [Accepted: 10/25/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Glutaredoxin 2 (GRX2), a mitochondrial glutathione-dependent oxidoreductase, is central to glutathione homeostasis and mitochondrial redox, which is crucial in highly metabolic tissues like the heart. Previous research showed that absence of Grx2, leads to impaired mitochondrial complex I function, hypertension and cardiac hypertrophy in mice but the impact on mitochondrial structure and function in intact cardiomyocytes and in humans has not been explored. We hypothesized that Grx2 controls cardiac mitochondrial dynamics and function in cellular and mouse models, and that low expression is associated with human cardiac dysfunction. Here we show that Grx2 absence impairs mitochondrial fusion, ultrastructure and energetics in primary cardiomyocytes and cardiac tissue. Moreover, provision of the glutathione precursor, N-acetylcysteine (NAC) to Grx2-/- mice did not restore glutathione redox or prevent impairments. Using genetic and histopathological data from the human Genotype-Tissue Expression consortium we demonstrate that low GRX2 is associated with fibrosis, hypertrophy, and infarct in the left ventricle. Altogether, GRX2 is important in the control of cardiac mitochondrial structure and function, and protects against human cardiac pathologies.
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- Georges N Kanaan
- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Faculty of Medicine, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1H 8M5
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Faculty of Medicine, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1H 8M5
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Faculty of Medicine, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1H 8M5
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Faculty of Medicine, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1H 8M5
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Faculty of Medicine, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1H 8M5
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Faculty of Medicine, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1H 8M5
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- Ottawa Heart Institute, University of Ottawa, 40 Ruskin Street, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1Y 4W7
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- Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Health Sciences, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1H 8M5
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- Ottawa Heart Institute, University of Ottawa, 40 Ruskin Street, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1Y 4W7; The Ottawa Hospital, 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1H8L6; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1H 8M5
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Faculty of Medicine, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1H 8M5; Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Health Sciences, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1H 8M5
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Faculty of Medicine, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1H 8M5
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Faculty of Medicine, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1H 8M5.
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Rodrigues ÉO, Rodrigues LO, Oliveira LSN, Conci A, Liatsis P. Automated recognition of the pericardium contour on processed CT images using genetic algorithms. Comput Biol Med 2017; 87:38-45. [PMID: 28549293 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2017.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2017] [Revised: 05/11/2017] [Accepted: 05/12/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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This work proposes the use of Genetic Algorithms (GA) in tracing and recognizing the pericardium contour of the human heart using Computed Tomography (CT) images. We assume that each slice of the pericardium can be modelled by an ellipse, the parameters of which need to be optimally determined. An optimal ellipse would be one that closely follows the pericardium contour and, consequently, separates appropriately the epicardial and mediastinal fats of the human heart. Tracing and automatically identifying the pericardium contour aids in medical diagnosis. Usually, this process is done manually or not done at all due to the effort required. Besides, detecting the pericardium may improve previously proposed automated methodologies that separate the two types of fat associated to the human heart. Quantification of these fats provides important health risk marker information, as they are associated with the development of certain cardiovascular pathologies. Finally, we conclude that GA offers satisfiable solutions in a feasible amount of processing time.
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- É O Rodrigues
- Department of Computer Science, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- School of Pharmacy, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- School of Nursing, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Department of Computer Science, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Petroleum Institute, PO Box 2533, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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Geng Z, Wang J, Pan L, Li M, Zhang J, Cai X, Chu M. Microarray Analysis of Differential Gene Expression Profile Between Human Fetal and Adult Heart. Pediatr Cardiol 2017; 38:700-706. [PMID: 28331934 DOI: 10.1007/s00246-017-1569-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2016] [Accepted: 01/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Although many changes have been discovered during heart maturation, the genetic mechanisms involved in the changes between immature and mature myocardium have only been partially elucidated. Here, gene expression profile changed between the human fetal and adult heart was characterized. A human microarray was applied to define the gene expression signatures of the fetal (13-17 weeks of gestation, n = 4) and adult hearts (30-40 years old, n = 4). Gene ontology analyses, pathway analyses, gene set enrichment analyses, and signal transduction network were performed to predict the function of the differentially expressed genes. Ten mRNAs were confirmed by quantificational real-time polymerase chain reaction. 5547 mRNAs were found to be significantly differentially expressed. "Cell cycle" was the most enriched pathway in the down-regulated genes. EFGR, IGF1R, and ITGB1 play a central role in the regulation of heart development. EGFR, IGF1R, and FGFR2 were the core genes regulating cardiac cell proliferation. The quantificational real-time polymerase chain reaction results were concordant with the microarray data. Our data identified the transcriptional regulation of heart development in the second trimester and the potential regulators that play a prominent role in the regulation of heart development and cardiac cells proliferation.
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- Zhimin Geng
- Children's Heart Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital & Yuying Children's Hospital, Institute of Cardiovascular Development and Translational Medicine, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, P.R. China
- Tianjin Children Hospital, Tianjin, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China
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- Children's Heart Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital & Yuying Children's Hospital, Institute of Cardiovascular Development and Translational Medicine, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, P.R. China
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- Cardiac Regeneration Research Institute, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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- Cardiac Regeneration Research Institute, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiolgy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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- Children's Heart Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital & Yuying Children's Hospital, Institute of Cardiovascular Development and Translational Medicine, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, P.R. China.
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Elnakish MT, Canan BD, Kilic A, Mohler PJ, Janssen PM. Effects of zacopride, a moderate I K1 channel agonist, on triggered arrhythmia and contractility in human ventricular myocardium. Pharmacol Res 2017; 115:309-18. [PMID: 27914945 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2016.11.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2016] [Revised: 10/13/2016] [Accepted: 11/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Ventricular tachycardia is the leading cause of sudden arrhythmic death in the U.S. Recently, the moderate IK1 channel activator, zacopride, was shown to suppress triggered ventricular tachycardia in rats. Nonetheless, concerns were raised about the possibility of pro-arrhythmic activity after IK1 channel stimulation based on the promising anti-arrhythmic strategy of IK1 blockade in other animal models. Therefore, the goal of the current study was to investigate the ex-vivo effects of zacopride on triggered arrhythmia and contractility in ventricular human myocardium in order to validate data that was solely obtained from animal models. Application of 100nmol/L isoproterenol and 0.5mmol/L caffeine led to triggered arrhythmia in isolated cardiac muscles from non-failing and end-stage failing hearts. However, the occurrence of arrhythmia in muscles of non-failing hearts was markedly higher than those of end-stage failing hearts. Interestingly, zacopride eliminated the ex-vivo triggered arrhythmia in these muscles of non-failing and failing hearts in a concentration-dependent manner, with an effective IC50 in the range of 28-40μmol/L. Conversely, in the absence of isoproterenol/caffeine, zacopride led to a negative inotropic effect in a concentration-dependent manner. Reduced cardiac contraction was clearly observed at high zacopride concentration of 200μmol/L, along with the occurrence of contractile alternans in muscles of non-failing and failing hearts. Zacopride shows promising antiarrhythmic effects against triggered arrhythmia in human ventricular myocardium. However, in the absence of Ca2+ overload/arrhythmia, zacopride, albeit at high concentrations, decreases the force of contraction and increases the likelihood of occurrence of contractile alternans, which may predispose the heart to contractile dysfunction and/or arrhythmia. Overall, our results represent a key step in translating this drug from the benchtop to the bedside in the research area.
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Wang J, Geng Z, Weng J, Shen L, Li M, Cai X, Sun C, Chu M. Microarray analysis reveals a potential role of LncRNAs expression in cardiac cell proliferation. BMC Dev Biol 2016; 16:41. [PMID: 27863467 PMCID: PMC5116129 DOI: 10.1186/s12861-016-0139-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2016] [Accepted: 10/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Background Long non-coding RNAs (LncRNAs) have been identified to play important roles in epigenetic processes that underpin organogenesis. However, the role of LncRNAs in the regulation of transition from fetal to adult life of human heart has not been evaluated. Methods Immunofiuorescent staining was used to determine the extent of cardiac cell proliferation. Human LncRNA microarrays were applied to define gene expression signatures of the fetal (13–17 weeks of gestation, n = 4) and adult hearts (30–40 years old, n = 4). Pathway analysis was performed to predict the function of differentially expressed mRNAs (DEM). DEM related to cell proliferation were selected to construct a lncRNA-mRNA co-expression network. Eight lncRNAs were confirmed by quantificational real-time polymerase chain reaction (n = 6). Results Cardiac cell proliferation was significant in the fetal heart. Two thousand six hundred six lncRNAs and 3079 mRNAs were found to be differentially expressed. Cell cycle was the most enriched pathway in down-regulated genes in the adult heart. Eight lncRNAs (RP11-119 F7.5, AX747860, HBBP1, LINC00304, TPTE2P6, AC034193.5, XLOC_006934 and AL833346) were predicted to play a central role in cardiac cell proliferation. Conclusions We discovered a profile of lncRNAs differentially expressed between the human fetal and adult heart. Several meaningful lncRNAs involved in cardiac cell proliferation were disclosed. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12861-016-0139-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Jue Wang
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Nanbaixiang, Shangcaicun, Wenzhou, 325000, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China
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- Children's Heart Center, the Second Affiliated Hospital & Yuying Children's Hospital, Institute of Cardiovascular Development and Translational Medicine, Wenzhou Medical University, No. 109, Xueyuan Road, Wenzhou, 325000, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China.,Tianjin Childrens' Hospital, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Nanbaixiang, Shangcaicun, Wenzhou, 325000, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Transplantation, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China
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- Cardiac Regeneration Research Institute, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Nanbaixiang, Shangcaicun, Wenzhou, 325000, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China.
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- Children's Heart Center, the Second Affiliated Hospital & Yuying Children's Hospital, Institute of Cardiovascular Development and Translational Medicine, Wenzhou Medical University, No. 109, Xueyuan Road, Wenzhou, 325000, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China.
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Page G, Ratchada P, Miron Y, Steiner G, Ghetti A, Miller PE, Reynolds JA, Wang K, Greiter-Wilke A, Polonchuk L, Traebert M, Gintant GA, Abi-Gerges N. Human ex-vivo action potential model for pro-arrhythmia risk assessment. J Pharmacol Toxicol Methods 2016; 81:183-95. [PMID: 27235787 PMCID: PMC5042841 DOI: 10.1016/j.vascn.2016.05.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2016] [Revised: 05/03/2016] [Accepted: 05/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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While current S7B/E14 guidelines have succeeded in protecting patients from QT-prolonging drugs, the absence of a predictive paradigm identifying pro-arrhythmic risks has limited the development of valuable drug programs. We investigated if a human ex-vivo action potential (AP)-based model could provide a more predictive approach for assessing pro-arrhythmic risk in man. Human ventricular trabeculae from ethically consented organ donors were used to evaluate the effects of dofetilide, d,l-sotalol, quinidine, paracetamol and verapamil on AP duration (APD) and recognized pro-arrhythmia predictors (short-term variability of APD at 90% repolarization (STV(APD90)), triangulation (ADP90-APD30) and incidence of early afterdepolarizations at 1 and 2Hz to quantitatively identify the pro-arrhythmic risk. Each drug was blinded and tested separately with 3 concentrations in triplicate trabeculae from 5 hearts, with one vehicle time control per heart. Electrophysiological stability of the model was not affected by sequential applications of vehicle (0.1% dimethyl sulfoxide). Paracetamol and verapamil did not significantly alter anyone of the AP parameters and were classified as devoid of pro-arrhythmic risk. Dofetilide, d,l-sotalol and quinidine exhibited an increase in the manifestation of pro-arrhythmia markers. The model provided quantitative and actionable activity flags and the relatively low total variability in tissue response allowed for the identification of pro-arrhythmic signals. Power analysis indicated that a total of 6 trabeculae derived from 2 hearts are sufficient to identify drug-induced pro-arrhythmia. Thus, the human ex-vivo AP-based model provides an integrative translational assay assisting in shaping clinical development plans that could be used in conjunction with the new CiPA-proposed approach.
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- Guy Page
- AnaBios Corporation, San Diego, CA 92109, USA
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- Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Roche Innovation Center, Basel, Switzerland
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- Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Roche Innovation Center, Basel, Switzerland
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- Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Roche Innovation Center, Basel, Switzerland
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- Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Roche Innovation Center, Basel, Switzerland
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- Novartis Institutes of Biomedical Research, Safety Pharmacology, CH-4057 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Integrative Pharmacology Integrated Sciences & Technology, AbbVie, North Chicago, IL, USA
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Katunga LA, Gudimella P, Efird JT, Abernathy S, Mattox TA, Beatty C, Darden TM, Thayne KA, Alwair H, Kypson AP, Virag JA, Anderson EJ. Obesity in a model of gpx4 haploinsufficiency uncovers a causal role for lipid-derived aldehydes in human metabolic disease and cardiomyopathy. Mol Metab 2015; 4:493-506. [PMID: 26042203 PMCID: PMC4443294 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2015.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2015] [Revised: 04/08/2015] [Accepted: 04/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Lipid peroxides and their reactive aldehyde derivatives (LPPs) have been linked to obesity-related pathologies, but whether they have a causal role has remained unclear. Glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPx4) is a selenoenzyme that selectively neutralizes lipid hydroperoxides, and human gpx4 gene variants have been associated with obesity and cardiovascular disease in epidemiological studies. This study tested the hypothesis that LPPs underlie cardio-metabolic derangements in obesity using a high fat, high sucrose (HFHS) diet in gpx4 haploinsufficient mice (GPx4(+/-)) and in samples of human myocardium. METHODS Wild-type (WT) and GPx4(+/-) mice were fed either a standard chow (CNTL) or HFHS diet for 24 weeks, with metabolic and cardiovascular parameters measured throughout. Biochemical and immuno-histological analysis was performed in heart and liver at termination of study, and mitochondrial function was analyzed in heart. Biochemical analysis was also performed on samples of human atrial myocardium from a cohort of 103 patients undergoing elective heart surgery. RESULTS Following HFHS diet, WT mice displayed moderate increases in 4-hydroxynonenal (HNE)-adducts and carbonyl stress, and a 1.5-fold increase in GPx4 enzyme in both liver and heart, while gpx4 haploinsufficient (GPx4(+/-)) mice had marked carbonyl stress in these organs accompanied by exacerbated glucose intolerance, dyslipidemia, and liver steatosis. Although normotensive, cardiac hypertrophy was evident with obesity, and cardiac fibrosis more pronounced in obese GPx4(+/-) mice. Mitochondrial dysfunction manifesting as decreased fat oxidation capacity and increased reactive oxygen species was also present in obese GPx4(+/-) but not WT hearts, along with up-regulation of pro-inflammatory and pro-fibrotic genes. Patients with diabetes and hyperglycemia exhibited significantly less GPx4 enzyme and greater HNE-adducts in their hearts, compared with age-matched non-diabetic patients. CONCLUSION These findings suggest LPPs are key factors underlying cardio-metabolic derangements that occur with obesity and that GPx4 serves a critical role as an adaptive countermeasure.
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Key Words
- 4-HNE, 4-hydroxynonenal
- BMI, body mass index
- CNTL, control
- Coll1a1, collagen, type I, alpha
- Coll4a1, collagen, type IV, alpha 1
- EF, ejection fraction
- FS, fractional shortening
- GPx4, glutathione peroxidase 4
- Glutathione peroxidase 4
- HDL, high-density lipoprotein
- HFHS, high fat, high sucrose
- Human heart
- IL-1β, interleukin-1 beta
- IL-6, interleukin-6
- Inflammation
- LPPs, lipid peroxidation end products
- Lipid peroxidation
- Mitochondria
- Nrf2, nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2
- Obesity
- PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acids
- RAGE, receptor for advanced glycation end products
- RNS, reactive nitrogen species
- ROS, reactive oxygen species
- TG, triglycerides
- TGF-β1, transforming growth factor beta 1
- TGF-β2, transforming growth factor beta 2
- TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-α
- WT, wild type
- iNOS, inducible nitric oxide synthase
- β-MHC, β myosin heavy chain
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- Lalage A. Katunga
- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, United States
- Department of Public Health, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, United States
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- Department of Public Health, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, United States
- East Carolina Heart Institute, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, United States
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- East Carolina Heart Institute, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, United States
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- East Carolina Heart Institute, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, United States
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- Department of Physiology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, United States
- East Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Institute, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, United States
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Piccini I, Rao J, Seebohm G, Greber B. Human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes: Genome-wide expression profiling of long-term in vitro maturation in comparison to human heart tissue. Genom Data 2015; 4:69-72. [PMID: 26484180 PMCID: PMC4535944 DOI: 10.1016/j.gdata.2015.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2015] [Accepted: 03/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Cardiomyocyte-like cells (CMs) derived from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) present a valuable model for human disease modeling, studying early human development and, potentially, developing cell therapeutic approaches. However, the specification of early hPSC-derived CMs into defined cardiac subtypes such as atrial and ventricular cells is not well understood and, thus, poorly controlled. Moreover, the maturation status of hPSC-CMs is not well defined, yet it is known that these cells undergo at least some degree of maturation upon longer term in vitro culture. To gain insight into this process, and to assess their developmental status, we have recently generated a data set of hPSC-CMs monitoring global changes in gene expression upon long term maintenance in vitro, in comparison to human atrial and ventricular heart samples (GEO accession number GEO: GSE64189). These data present a rich resource for evaluating the maturation status of hPSC-CMs, for identifying suitable markers for subtype-specific gene expression, as well as for the generation of functional hypotheses. Here, we provide additional details and quality checks of this data set, and exemplify how it can be used to identify maturation-associated as well as cardiac subtype-specific markers.
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- Ilaria Piccini
- Institute of Genetics of Heart Diseases (IfGH), Deptartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Human Stem Cell Pluripotency Laboratory, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Münster, Germany
- Chemical Genomics Centre of the Max Planck Society, Dortmund, Germany
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- Institute of Genetics of Heart Diseases (IfGH), Deptartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Human Stem Cell Pluripotency Laboratory, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Münster, Germany
- Chemical Genomics Centre of the Max Planck Society, Dortmund, Germany
- Corresponding author at: Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Von-Esmarch-Straße 54, D-48149 Münster, Germany. Tel.: + 49 251 83 46906.
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Lama P, Tamang BK, Kulkarni J. Morphometry and aberrant morphology of the adult human tricuspid valve leaflets. Anat Sci Int 2015; 91:143-50. [PMID: 25677415 DOI: 10.1007/s12565-015-0275-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2014] [Accepted: 02/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The tricuspid valve complex has been studied since the beginning of the twentieth century, and variations in the structural orientation of the tricuspid leaflets has been reported before, as the occurrence of accessory leaflets poses a major problem during surgeries related to the tricuspid valve. In this study, 36 adult formalin-fixed human hearts were analyzed to compare the number, form and size of the tricuspid leaflets. The result shows that in right ventricles, the number of leaflets can vary from the routine three to as many as seven, and the localization of such accessory leaflets of the tricuspid valve differs between specimens. Five leaflet forms were the most common, and the 'typical' form of tricuspid valves with no accessory leaflets was only present in a small percentage of the cases studied. Measurements of the main and accessory leaflets showed that the anterior leaflets were the largest, followed by the inferior leaflets, while the septal and the accessory leaflets were the smallest in size. On the basis of these results, it is suggested that three leaflets of the tricuspid valve are relatively uncommon, with frequent occurrences of accessory leaflets. The multicuspidal form of the tricuspid valve therefore raises concern about understanding the functional and physiological significance of the accessory leaflets.
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- Polly Lama
- Department of Anatomy, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences, Sikkim Manipal University, 5th Mile Tadong, Gangtok, Sikkim, 737102, India.
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- Department of Anatomy, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences, Sikkim Manipal University, 5th Mile Tadong, Gangtok, Sikkim, 737102, India
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- Department of Anatomy, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences, Sikkim Manipal University, 5th Mile Tadong, Gangtok, Sikkim, 737102, India
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Skibsbye L, Poulet C, Diness JG, Bentzen BH, Yuan L, Kappert U, Matschke K, Wettwer E, Ravens U, Grunnet M, Christ T, Jespersen T. Small-conductance calcium-activated potassium (SK) channels contribute to action potential repolarization in human atria. Cardiovasc Res 2014; 103:156-67. [PMID: 24817686 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvu121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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AIMS Small-conductance calcium-activated potassium (SK) channels are expressed in the heart of various species, including humans. The aim of the present study was to address whether SK channels play a functional role in human atria. METHODS AND RESULTS Quantitative real-time PCR analyses showed higher transcript levels of SK2 and SK3 than that of the SK1 subtype in human atrial tissue. SK2 and SK3 were reduced in chronic atrial fibrillation (AF) compared with sinus rhythm (SR) patients. Immunohistochemistry using confocal microscopy revealed widespread expression of SK2 in atrial myocytes. Two SK channel inhibitors (NS8593 and ICAGEN) were tested in heterologous expression systems revealing ICAGEN as being highly selective for SK channels, while NS8593 showed less selectivity for these channels. In isolated atrial myocytes from SR patients, both inhibitors decreased inwardly rectifying K(+) currents by ∼15% and prolonged action potential duration (APD), but no effect was observed in myocytes from AF patients. In trabeculae muscle strips from right atrial appendages of SR patients, both compounds increased APD and effective refractory period, and depolarized the resting membrane potential, while only NS8593 induced these effects in tissue from AF patients. SK channel inhibition did not alter any electrophysiological parameter in human interventricular septum tissue. CONCLUSIONS SK channels are present in human atria where they participate in repolarization. SK2 and SK3 were down-regulated and had reduced functional importance in chronic AF. As SK current was not found to contribute substantially to the ventricular AP, pharmacological inhibition of SK channels may be a putative atrial-selective target for future antiarrhythmic drug therapy.
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- Lasse Skibsbye
- Danish National Research Foundation Centre for Cardiac Arrhythmia, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Danish National Research Foundation Centre for Cardiac Arrhythmia, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark Acesion Pharma ApS, Ole Maaløes Vej 3, Copenhagen DK-2200, Denmark
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- Danish National Research Foundation Centre for Cardiac Arrhythmia, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark Acesion Pharma ApS, Ole Maaløes Vej 3, Copenhagen DK-2200, Denmark
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- Danish National Research Foundation Centre for Cardiac Arrhythmia, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Clinic for Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center Dresden, Medical Faculty, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany
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- Clinic for Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center Dresden, Medical Faculty, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Acesion Pharma ApS, Ole Maaløes Vej 3, Copenhagen DK-2200, Denmark
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany Department of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Danish National Research Foundation Centre for Cardiac Arrhythmia, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Gergs U, Simm A, Bushnaq H, Silber RE, Neumann J. A positive inotropic effect of UTP in the human cardiac atrium. Eur J Pharmacol 2014; 724:24-30. [PMID: 24370494 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2013.12.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2013] [Revised: 12/11/2013] [Accepted: 12/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In the cardio-vascular system extracellular UTP can induce receptor-mediated vasoconstriction via smooth muscle cells and vasodilatation via endothelial cells. We evaluated inotropic effects of UTP in preparations from human heart. Contractile effects were studied in atrial preparations from patients undergoing cardiac bypass surgery. For comparison, contractility in isolated spontaneously beating right atrial and paced left atrial preparations from mice was investigated. UTP and UTPγS concentration-dependently exerted a positive inotropic effect with a maximum at 100 µM UTP that amounted to 156% of pre-drug value (n=13) without changing time parameters of contraction. UTP was able to partially attenuate the positive inotropic effect of β-adrenoceptor stimulation. UTP did not change the beating rate in right atrial mouse preparations. The positive inotropic effect of UTP could not be blocked by the P2 purinoceptor antagonists suramin (100 µM and 500 µM), PPADS (50 µM) and reactive blue (100 µM). Likewise inhibitors of PLC activity (U73122) and of adenylyl cyclase activity (SQ22563; 10 µM each) failed to affect the effects of UTP. In summary, we describe a novel positive inotropic effect of UTP on force contraction in the isolated human atrium. We tentatively suggest that UTP might act via P2Y2- or P2Y4-like receptors.
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Choi SH, Lee BH, Kim HJ, Jung SW, Hwang SH, Nah SY. Differential effects of ginsenoside metabolites on slowly activating delayed rectifier K(+) and KCNQ1 K(+) channel currents. J Ginseng Res 2013; 37:324-31. [PMID: 24198658 PMCID: PMC3818959 DOI: 10.5142/jgr.2013.37.324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2013] [Revised: 05/27/2013] [Accepted: 05/27/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Channels formed by the co-assembly of the KCNQ1 subunit and the mink (KCNE1) subunit underline the slowly activating delayed rectifier K+ channels (IKs) in the heart. This K+ channel is one of the main pharmacological targets for the development of drugs against cardiovascular disease. Panax ginseng has been shown to exhibit beneficial cardiovascular effects. In a previous study, we showed that ginsenoside Rg3 activates human KCNQ1 K+ channel currents through interactions with the K318 and V319 residues. However, little is known about the effects of ginsenoside metabolites on KCNQ1 K+ alone or the KCNQ1 + KCNE1 K+ (IKs) channels. In the present study, we examined the effect of protopanaxatriol (PPT) and compound K (CK) on KCNQ1 K+ and IKs channel activity expressed in Xenopus oocytes. PPT more strongly inhibited the IKs channel currents than the currents of KCNQ1 K+ alone in concentration- and voltage-dependent manners. The IC50 values on IKs and KCNQ1 alone currents for PPT were 5.18±0.13 and 10.04±0.17 μM, respectively. PPT caused a leftward shift in the activation curve of IKs channel activity, but minimally affected KCNQ1 alone. CK exhibited slight inhibition on IKs and KCNQ1 alone K+ channel currents. These results indicate that ginsenoside metabolites show limited effects on IKs channel activity, depending on the structure of the ginsenoside metabolites.
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- Sun-Hye Choi
- Ginsentology Research Laboratory and Department of Physiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Bio/Molecular Informatics Center, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, Korea
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Choi SH, Shin TJ, Hwang SH, Lee BH, Kang J, Kim HJ, Oh JW, Bae CS, Lee SH, Nah SY. Differential effects of ginsenoside metabolites on HERG k channel currents. J Ginseng Res 2013; 35:191-9. [PMID: 23717061 PMCID: PMC3659528 DOI: 10.5142/jgr.2011.35.2.191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2010] [Revised: 02/09/2011] [Accepted: 02/09/2011] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The human ether-a-go-go-related gene (HERG) cardiac K+ channels are one of the representative pharmacological targets for development of drugs against cardiovascular diseases such as arrhythmia. Panax ginseng has been known to exhibit cardioprotective effects. In a previous report we demonstrated that ginsenoside Rg3 regulates HERG K+ channels by decelerating deactivation. However, little is known about how ginsenoside metabolites regulate HERG K+ channel activity. In the present study, we examined the effects of ginsenoside metabolites such as compound K (CK), protopanaxadiol (PPD), and protopanaxatriol (PPT) on HERG K+ channel activity by expressing human α subunits in Xenopus oocytes. CK induced a large persistent deactivating-tail current (Ideactivating-tail) and significantly decelerated deactivating current decay in a concentration-dependent manner. The EC50 for persistent Ideactivating-tail was 16.6±1.3 μM. In contrast to CK, PPT accelerated deactivating-tail current deactivation. PPD itself had no effects on deactivating-tail currents, whereas PPD inhibited ginsenoside Rg3-induced persistent Ideactivating-tail and accelerated HERG K+ channel deactivation in a concentration-dependent manner. These results indicate that ginsenoside metabolites exhibit differential regulation on Ideactivating-tail of HERG K+ channel.
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- Sun-Hye Choi
- Ginsentology Research Laboratory and Department of Physiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Bio/Molecular Informatics Center, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, Korea
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Estigoy CB, Pontén F, Odeberg J, Herbert B, Guilhaus M, Charleston M, Ho JWK, Cameron D, Dos Remedios CG. Intercalated discs: multiple proteins perform multiple functions in non-failing and failing human hearts. Biophys Rev 2009; 1:43. [PMID: 28510153 DOI: 10.1007/s12551-008-0007-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2008] [Accepted: 12/23/2008] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The intercalated disc (ICD) occupies a central position in the transmission of force, electrical continuity and chemical communication between cardiomyocytes. Changes in its structure and composition are strongly implicated in heart failure. ICD functions include: maintenance of electrical continuity across the ICD; physical links between membranes and the cytoskeleton; intercellular adhesion; maintenance of ICD structure and function; and growth. About 200 known proteins are associated with ICDs, 40% of which change in disease. We systemically reviewed cardiac immunohistochemical data on the Human Protein Atlas (HPA) web site, ExPASy protein binding data and published papers on ICDs. We identified 43 proteins not previously reported, and confirmed 37 proteins that have previously been described. In addition, 102 proteins not present on the HPA web site but were described in ICDs in the literature. We group these into clusters that demonstrate functionally interactive groups of proteins demonstrating that ICDs play a key role in cardiomyocyte function.
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- Colleen B Estigoy
- Bosch Institute, Department of Anatomy (F13), The University of Sydney, Sydney, 2006, Australia
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- Human Proteome Research Group, Uppsala University, Dag Hammaskjold 20, 751-85, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Biotechnology, Royal Institute of Technology, KTH AlbNov University Center, SE-10691, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Proteomics Technology Centre of Expertise, University of Technology, Broadway, 2006, Australia
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- Biomedical Mass Spectrometry Facility, University of New South Wales, Kensington, 2052, Australia
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- School of Information Technology, The University of Sydney, Sydney, 2006, Australia
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- Bosch Institute, Department of Anatomy (F13), The University of Sydney, Sydney, 2006, Australia
- School of Information Technology, The University of Sydney, Sydney, 2006, Australia
- NICTA, Australian Technology Park, Eveleigh, NSW, 2015, Australia
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- Bosch Institute, Department of Anatomy (F13), The University of Sydney, Sydney, 2006, Australia
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- Bosch Institute, Department of Anatomy (F13), The University of Sydney, Sydney, 2006, Australia.
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Mitochondrial diseases are a heterogeneous group of disorders in which a primary mitochondrial dysfunction is proven by morphological, biochemical, and genetic examinations. The mitral valve has important function in the regulation of blood flow from one chamber to another. Often, the mitral valve becomes abnormal with age, in Rheumatic fever or it is abnormal from birth (Congenital) or it can be destroyed by infection i.e. bacterial endocarditis and needs replacement. Myocardial function depends on energy produced by mitochondria and in any of these disease conditions, mitochondrial functions and enzyme activities may be impaired. With this in view, we analyzed the relationship between preoperative clinical conditions (as per New York heart Association) and extent of mitochondrial enzyme activities in damaged Human mitral valve in two types of heart disease such as Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) and Bacterial Endocarditis (BE). Thirty nine Patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) for routine valvular heart surgery were included in the study. Controls included 11 normal porcine mitral valve samples without any evidence of heart disease. Mitochondrial enzymes like cytochrome oxidase (COX), succinate dehydrogenase (SDH), malate dehydrogenase (MDH), citrate synthase (CS) and ATPase were determined. Mitochondrial COX, SDH, CS and Total ATPase activities were significantly decreased in disease condition like BE and RHD when compared with control (P<0.001). On the other hand as per New York Heart Association (NYHA) preoperative clinical classification, all the mitochondrial enzymes were significantly (p<0.05) impaired in class IV as compared with NYHA class I, II and III. Present study shows that impairment in the mitochondrial enzymes activities are more pronounced in bacterial endocarditis (BE). It also indicates that damage to mitochondrial enzymes are most pronounced in NYHA class IV.
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- Santosh Shinde
- Department of Biochemistry, L.T.M.M.C and L.T.M.G.H., 400025 Mumbai, India
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