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(Circulation. 1998;98:100-103.)
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Induction of Cyclooxygenase-2 and Activation of Nuclear Factor-{kappa}B in Myocardium of Patients With Congestive Heart Failure

Samuel C. Y. Wong, BEng; Mitsumasa Fukuchi, MD; Peter Melnyk, BSc; Ian Rodger, PhD; ; Adel Giaid, PhD

From the Departments of Medicine and Pathology, The Montreal General Hospital and McGill University (S.C.Y.W., M.F., P.M., A.G.); GenPath Laboratories (A.G.); and Merck Frosst Laboratories (I.R.), Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Correspondence to Dr Adel Giaid, Suite L3–314, The Montreal General Hospital, 1650 Cedar Ave, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1A4. E-mail mdga{at}musica.mcgill.ca

Abstract

Background—Chronic heart failure is associated with induction of secondary inflammatory mediators, including prostanoids. The latter exert diverse functional and morphological effects on cardiac myocytes. Induction of cyclooxygenase (COX), the enzyme responsible for generating prostanoids, requires activation of nuclear factor-{kappa}B (NF-{kappa}B). The aim of the present study was to determine the expression of COX-2 and activation of NF-{kappa}B in the failing human heart.

Methods and Results—Myocardial tissue from 27 patients with end-stage heart failure (various etiologies: ischemic heart disease, n=16; idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, n=10; and valvular heart disease, n=1), 2 septic patients, and 8 normal control subjects was immunostained with antisera to COX-2 and NF-{kappa}B. Western blotting was performed and showed high anti–COX-2 antibody specificity and the presence of COX-2 protein in the sample tissues. In situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry showed little or no expression of COX-2 and NF-{kappa}B in the control hearts. In contrast, there was abundant expression of COX-2 mRNA and protein in myocytes and inflammatory cells in areas of fibrotic scar compared with regions of normal morphology in all cases of heart failure, except the cases with sepsis, which showed an abundance of COX-2 throughout the myocardium. Sites of NF-{kappa}B activation were associated with those of COX-2 expression.

Conclusions—We demonstrate induction of COX-2 and activation of NF-{kappa}B in the myocardium of failing human hearts. Induction of both molecules appears to be associated with the presence of inflammation and scar formation.


Key Words: heart failure • myocardium • infarction • cardiomyopathy




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Sp1 Increases Expression of Cyclooxygenase-2 in Hypoxic Vascular Endothelium. IMPLICATIONS FOR THE MECHANISMS OF AORTIC ANEURYSM AND HEART FAILURE
J. Biol. Chem., August 4, 2000; 275(32): 24583 - 24589.
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