Structural and functional cardiac profile after prolonged duration of mechanical unloading: potential implications for myocardial recovery

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Authors

  • Estibaliz Castillero
  • Ziad A. Ali
  • Hirokazu Akashi
  • Nicholas Giangreco
  • Catherine Wang
  • Eric J. Stöhr
  • Ruping Ji
  • Xiaokan Zhang
  • Nathaniel Kheysin
  • Joo Eun S. Park
  • Sheetal Hegde
  • Sanatkumar Patel
  • Samantha Stein
  • Carlos Cuenca
  • Diana Leung
  • Shunichi Homma
  • Nicholas P. Tatonetti
  • Veli K. Topkara
  • Koji Takeda
  • Paolo C. Colombo
  • Yoshifumi Naka
  • H. Lee Sweeney
  • P. Christian Schulze
  • Isaac George

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  • Columbia University
  • Cardiff Metropolitan University
  • University of Florida
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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)H1463-H1476
JournalAmerican Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology
Volume315
Issue number5
Early online date9 Nov 2018
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2018
Externally publishedYes

Abstract

Clinical and experimental studies have suggested that the duration of left ventricular assist device (LVAD) support may affect remodeling of the failing heart. We aimed to 1) characterize the changes in Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type-IIδ (CaMKIIδ), growth signaling, structural proteins, fibrosis, apoptosis, and gene expression before and after LVAD support and 2) assess whether the duration of support correlated with improvement or worsening of reverse remodeling. Left ventricular apex tissue and serum pairs were collected in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (n = 25, 23 men and 2 women) at LVAD implantation and after LVAD support at cardiac transplantation/LVAD explantation. Normal cardiac tissue was obtained from healthy hearts (n = 4) and normal serum from age-matched control hearts (n = 4). The duration of LVAD support ranged from 48 to 1,170 days (median duration: 270 days). LVAD support was associated with CaMKIIδ activation, increased nuclear myocyte enhancer factor 2, sustained histone deacetylase- 4 phosphorylation, increased circulating and cardiac myostatin (MSTN) and MSTN signaling mediated by SMAD2, ongoing structural protein dysregulation and sustained fibrosis and apoptosis (all P < 0.05). Increased CaMKIIδ phosphorylation, nuclear myocyte enhancer factor 2, and cardiac MSTN significantly correlated with the duration of support. Phosphorylation of SMAD2 and apoptosis decreased with a shorter duration of LVAD support but increased with a longer duration of LVAD support. Further study is needed to define the optimal duration of LVAD support in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy. NEW & NOTEWORTHY A long duration of left ventricular assist device support may be detrimental for myocardial recovery, based on myocardial tissue experiments in patients with prolonged support showing significantly worsened activation of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase-IIδ, increased nuclear myocyte enhancer factor 2, increased myostatin and its signaling by SMAD2, and apoptosis as well as sustained histone deacetylase-4 phosphorylation, structural protein dysregulation, and fibrosis.

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    Heart failure, Left ventricular assist device, Mechanical support, Reverse remodeling

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Structural and functional cardiac profile after prolonged duration of mechanical unloading: potential implications for myocardial recovery. / Castillero, Estibaliz; Ali, Ziad A.; Akashi, Hirokazu et al.
In: American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, Vol. 315, No. 5, 11.2018, p. H1463-H1476.

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Castillero, E, Ali, ZA, Akashi, H, Giangreco, N, Wang, C, Stöhr, EJ, Ji, R, Zhang, X, Kheysin, N, Park, JES, Hegde, S, Patel, S, Stein, S, Cuenca, C, Leung, D, Homma, S, Tatonetti, NP, Topkara, VK, Takeda, K, Colombo, PC, Naka, Y, Sweeney, HL, Schulze, PC & George, I 2018, 'Structural and functional cardiac profile after prolonged duration of mechanical unloading: potential implications for myocardial recovery', American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, vol. 315, no. 5, pp. H1463-H1476. https://doi.org/10.1152/AJPHEART.00187.2018
Castillero, E., Ali, Z. A., Akashi, H., Giangreco, N., Wang, C., Stöhr, E. J., Ji, R., Zhang, X., Kheysin, N., Park, J. E. S., Hegde, S., Patel, S., Stein, S., Cuenca, C., Leung, D., Homma, S., Tatonetti, N. P., Topkara, V. K., Takeda, K., ... George, I. (2018). Structural and functional cardiac profile after prolonged duration of mechanical unloading: potential implications for myocardial recovery. American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 315(5), H1463-H1476. https://doi.org/10.1152/AJPHEART.00187.2018
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