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Heavy long-term ethanol consumption induces an alpha- to beta-myosin heavy chain isoform transition in rat.

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:Alcoholic heart muscle disease is characterized by structural changes which include chamber dilation, ventricular hypertrophy, and myocyte damage. These effects often lead to contractile dysfunction and ultimately to heart failure if alcohol consumption is not terminated. In rat models for heart failure in which heart failure is induced by pressure or volume overload, there is a shift in the myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoforms, from alpha to beta. As a result of this MHC transition, there is typically a decrease in myosin ATPase activity. We utilized a rat model of chronic alcohol consumption in order to determine if alcohol causes a similar shift in MHC isoforms and changes in myosin ATPase activity. A liquid diet containing 9% ethanol (46% of daily calories; 11.8 g/kg/day) was administered to adult rats for a period of 60 or 90 days. This heavy consumption of ethanol resulted in an average blood ethanol content of 150 mg %. The relative abundance of beta-MHC isoform protein increased from a control level of 9.7% to 35.1% in hearts of ethanol-fed rats, following 90 days of ethanol consumption. In a separate set of experiments, the levels of alpha-MHC and beta-MHC mRNA were demonstrated to increase by 150% and 230%, respectively. Following a 60 day treatment, there was a significant reduction in the actomyosin Mg2+ -ATPase activity in the myofibrillar preparations from hearts of ethanol-fed rats compared to hearts from control-fed rats. In addition, the myosin Ca2+ -ATPase activity was decreased 17% and 30% after 60 and 90 days of ethanol consumption, respectively. The present study demonstrates that chronic ethanol consumption induces an increase in the proportion of the total MHC content composed of the beta-isoform. This isoform transition is accompanied by an accumulation of beta-MHC mRNA, suggesting that the switch is organized pretranslationally. A functional consequence of this transition in MHC phenotype is demonstrated by significant decreases in the myofibrillar and myosin ATPase activities.

journal_name

Basic Res Cardiol

journal_title

Basic research in cardiology

authors

Meehan J,Piano MR,Solaro RJ,Kennedy JM

doi

10.1007/s003950050164

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pub_date

1999-12-01 00:00:00

pages

481-8

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eissn

0300-8428

issn

1435-1803

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Heavy long-term ethanol consumption induces an alpha- to beta-myosin heavy chain isoform transition in rat.