کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
5981899 1577000 2016 13 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Matricellular Protein CCN5 Reverses Established Cardiac Fibrosis
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی کاردیولوژی و پزشکی قلب و عروق
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Matricellular Protein CCN5 Reverses Established Cardiac Fibrosis
چکیده انگلیسی

BackgroundCardiac fibrosis (CF) is associated with increased ventricular stiffness and diastolic dysfunction and is an independent predictor of long-term clinical outcomes of patients with heart failure (HF). We previously showed that the matricellular CCN5 protein is cardioprotective via its ability to inhibit CF and preserve cardiac contractility.ObjectivesThis study examined the role of CCN5 in human heart failure and tested whether CCN5 can reverse established CF in an experimental model of HF induced by pressure overload.MethodsHuman hearts were obtained from patients with end-stage heart failure. Extensive CF was induced by applying transverse aortic constriction for 8 weeks, which was followed by adeno-associated virus-mediated transfer of CCN5 to the heart. Eight weeks following gene transfer, cellular and molecular effects were examined.ResultsExpression of CCN5 was significantly decreased in failing hearts from patients with end-stage heart failure compared to nonfailing hearts. Trichrome staining and myofibroblast content measurements revealed that the established CF had been reversed by CCN5 gene transfer. Anti-CF effects of CCN5 were associated with inhibition of the transforming growth factor beta signaling pathway. CCN5 significantly inhibited endothelial-mesenchymal transition and fibroblast-to-myofibroblast transdifferentiation, which are 2 critical processes for CF progression, both in vivo and in vitro. In addition, CCN5 induced apoptosis in myofibroblasts, but not in cardiomyocytes or fibroblasts, both in vivo and in vitro. CCN5 provoked the intrinsic apoptotic pathway specifically in myofibroblasts, which may have been due the ability of CCN5 to inhibit the activity of NFκB, an antiapoptotic molecule.ConclusionsCCN5 can reverse established CF by inhibiting the generation of and enhancing apoptosis of myofibroblasts in the myocardium. CCN5 may provide a novel platform for the development of targeted anti-CF therapies.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of the American College of Cardiology - Volume 67, Issue 13, 5 April 2016, Pages 1556-1568
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