Abstract:
:Implantation of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) as bridge to transplant in end-stage heart failure allows for analyzing reverse remodeling processes of the supported heart. Whether this therapy influences the cGMP-PKG signaling pathway, which is currently under thorough investigation for developing new heart failure therapeutics, is unknown. In fourteen end-stage heart failure patients (8 with dilated cardiomyopathy, DCM; 6 with ischemic cardiomyopathy, ICM) tissue specimens of left ventricles were collected at LVAD implantation and afterwards at receiver heart explantation, respectively. Then the expressions of key components of the cGMP-PKG signaling pathway were determined by polymerase chain reaction (ANP; BNP; natriuretic peptide receptor A, NPR-A; natriuretic peptide receptor C, NPR-C; neprilysin; NOS3; soluble guanylyl cyclase, sGC; PDE5; cGMP-dependent protein kinase G, PKG) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (cGMP), respectively. Patients were predominantly male, 52 ± 10 years old, were receiving recommended heart failure therapy, and had their donor organ implanted after 351 ± 317 days of LVAD support. Except for more DCM patients with ICD therapy, no significant differences were detected between ICM and DCM, which also applies to the expression of cGMP-PKG pathway components at baseline. After LVAD support, ANP, NPR-C, and cGMP were significantly down-regulated and neprilysin, PDE5, and PKG I expressions were reduced with borderline significance in DCM, but not in ICM patients. Multiple significant correlations were found for expression differences (i.e., expression at LVAD implantation minus expression at heart transplantation) both in DCM and ICM, even though there was a closer connection between the NO and NP side of the cGMP-PKG pathway in DCM patients. Furthermore, duration of LVAD support negatively correlated with expression differences of PKG I, PDE5, and sGC in ICM, but not in DCM. Originating from the same activation level at LVAD implantation, cardiac unloading significantly alters key components of the cGMP-PKG pathway in DCM, but not in ICM patients. This etiology-specific regulation should be considered when analyzing therapeutic interventions with effects on this signaling pathway.
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Heart Vesselsjournal_title
Heart and vesselsauthors
Persoon S,Paulus M,Hirt S,Jungbauer C,Dietl A,Luchner A,Schmid C,Maier LS,Birner Cdoi
10.1007/s00380-018-1149-xsubject
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2018-08-01 00:00:00pages
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10.1007/s00380-018-1149-xjournal_volume
33pub_type
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