Department of Cardiology, University Heart & Vascular Center Hamburg, 20249 Hamburg, Germany.
German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, 22041 Hamburg, Germany.
Rev Cardiovasc Med. 2022 Feb 14;23(2):63. doi: 10.31083/j.rcm2302063.
Neuregulin-1 (NRG-1) is a stress-mediated transmembrane growth factor. Reduced myocardial damage and higher NRG-1 levels upon treatment with remote ischemic conditioning (RIC) has been described in rats. However, the role of NRG-1 in patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) is unknown. Thus, we conducted a post hoc analysis of a randomized controlled trial that tested RIC in patients with MI scheduled for primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
Blood was drawn from 30 patients before RIC/PCI, within 1 hour, 4 days and 1 month later. Median left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) in the overall study population following MI was 48.5%.
NRG-1 plasma levels decreased significantly following PCI/RIC and remained decreased up to 1 month following MI ( < 0.0001). We observed no association of NRG-1 with other variables, including total ischemic time, LVEF or RIC.
Thus, we identified NRG-1 may be independently affected by MI. However, further large clinical trials are warranted to clarify this hypothesis.
神经调节蛋白 1(NRG-1)是一种应激介导的跨膜生长因子。在大鼠中,已经描述了远程缺血预处理(RIC)治疗可减少心肌损伤和提高 NRG-1 水平。然而,NRG-1 在急性心肌梗死(MI)患者中的作用尚不清楚。因此,我们对一项随机对照试验进行了事后分析,该试验测试了 MI 患者接受经皮冠状动脉介入治疗(PCI)前的 RIC。
在 RIC/PCI 前、1 小时内、4 天和 1 个月后从 30 例患者中抽取血液。MI 后整个研究人群的中位左心室射血分数(LVEF)为 48.5%。
NRG-1 血浆水平在 PCI/RIC 后显著下降,并在 MI 后 1 个月内持续下降(<0.0001)。我们没有观察到 NRG-1 与其他变量(包括总缺血时间、LVEF 或 RIC)之间存在关联。
因此,我们确定 NRG-1 可能独立于 MI 而受到影响。然而,需要进一步的大型临床试验来阐明这一假设。