on February 10, 2003
Circulation. 2003
Published online before print February 10, 2003, doi: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000051865.66123.B7
Published online before print February 10, 2003, doi: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000051865.66123.B7
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Submitted on October 16, 2002
From Kerckhoff-Clinic (S.H., M.S., E.P.B., W.-P.K.) and Max-Planck-Institute (E.A., S.K., V.P., J.S.), Bad Nauheim, Germany, and the Department of Cardiology (A.E.), Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany. * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: s.hein{at}kerckhoff.mpg.de.
Background--The progression of compensated hypertrophy to heart failure (HF) is still debated. We investigated patients with isolated valvular aortic stenosis and differing degrees of left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction to test the hypothesis that structural remodeling, as well as cell death, contributes to the transition to HF. Methods and Results--Structural alterations were studied in LV myectomies from 3 groups of patients (group 1: ejection fraction [EF] >50%, n=12; group 2: EF 30% to 50%, n=12; group 3: EF <30%, n=10) undergoing aortic valve replacement. Control patients were patients with mitral valve stenosis but normal LV (n=6). Myocyte hypertrophy was accompanied by increased nuclear DNA and Sc-35 (splicing factor) content. ACE and TGF- Conclusions--These structure-function correlations confirm the hypothesis that transition to HF occurs by fibrosis and myocyte degeneration partially compensated by hypertrophy involving DNA synthesis and transcription. Cell loss, mainly by autophagy and oncosis, contributes significantly to the progression of LV systolic dysfunction.
Revised on November 14, 2002
Accepted on November 15, 2002
Progression From Compensated Hypertrophy to Failure in the Pressure-Overloaded Human Heart. Structural Deterioration and Compensatory Mechanisms
Stefan Hein MD*,
1 were upregulated correlating with fibrosis, which increased 2.3-, 2.2-, and 3.2-fold over control in the 3 groups. Myocyte degeneration increased 10, 22, and 32 times over control. A significant correlation exists between EF and myocyte degeneration or fibrosis. Ubiquitin-related autophagic cell death was 0.5
in control and group 1, 1.05 in group 2, and 6.05 in group 3. Death by oncosis was 0 in control, 3 in group 1, and increased to 5 (groups 2 and 3). Apoptosis was not detectable in control and group 3, but it was present at 0.02 in group 1 and 0.01 in group 2. Cardiomyocyte mitosis was never observed.
Key words: hypertrophy • heart failure • structure • remodeling • hemodynamics
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