猫肥厚型心肌病中心肌重塑相关介质的探索
Exploration of Mediators Associated with Myocardial Remodelling in Feline Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
作者信息
Cheng Wan-Ching, Lawson Charlotte, Liu Hui-Hsuan, Wilkie Lois, Dobromylskyj Melanie, Luis Fuentes Virginia, Dudhia Jayesh, Connolly David J
机构信息
Department of Clinical Science and Services, Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield AL9 7TA, UK.
Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, London NW1 0TU, UK.
出版信息
Animals (Basel). 2023 Jun 26;13(13):2112. doi: 10.3390/ani13132112.
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) affects both humans and cats and exhibits considerable interspecies similarities that are exemplified by underlying pathological processes and clinical presentation to the extent that developments in the human field may have direct relevance to the feline disease. Characteristic changes on histological examination include cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and interstitial and replacement fibrosis. Clinically, HCM is characterised by significant diastolic dysfunction due to a reduction in ventricular compliance and relaxation associated with extracellular matrix (ECM) remodelling and the development of ventricular hypertrophy. Studies in rodent models and human HCM patients have identified key protein mediators implicated in these pathological changes, including lumican, lysyl oxidase and TGF-β isoforms. We therefore sought to quantify and describe the cellular location of these mediators in the left ventricular myocardium of cats with HCM and investigate their relationship with the quantity and structural composition of the ECM. We identified increased myocardial content of lumican, LOX and TGF-β2 mainly attributed to their increased expression within cardiomyocytes in HCM cats compared to control cats. Furthermore, we found strong correlations between the expressions of these mediators that is compatible with their role as important components of cellular pathways promoting remodelling of the left ventricular myocardium. Fibrosis and hypertrophy are important pathological changes in feline HCM, and a greater understanding of the mechanisms driving this pathology may facilitate the identification of potential therapies.
肥厚型心肌病(HCM)在人类和猫中均有发生,并且呈现出相当多的种间相似性,这体现在潜在的病理过程和临床表现中,以至于人类领域的研究进展可能与猫科动物疾病直接相关。组织学检查的特征性变化包括心肌细胞肥大以及间质纤维化和替代性纤维化。临床上,HCM的特征是由于心室顺应性降低和舒张功能障碍,这与细胞外基质(ECM)重塑和心室肥大的发展有关。对啮齿动物模型和人类HCM患者的研究已经确定了与这些病理变化相关的关键蛋白介质,包括核纤蛋白、赖氨酰氧化酶和转化生长因子-β亚型。因此,我们试图量化并描述这些介质在HCM猫左心室心肌中的细胞定位,并研究它们与ECM的数量和结构组成之间的关系。我们发现,与对照猫相比,HCM猫心肌中核纤蛋白、赖氨酰氧化酶和转化生长因子-β2的含量增加,这主要归因于它们在心肌细胞中表达的增加。此外,我们发现这些介质的表达之间存在很强的相关性,这与其作为促进左心室心肌重塑的细胞途径的重要组成部分的作用相一致。纤维化和肥大是猫HCM的重要病理变化,对驱动这种病理变化的机制有更深入的了解可能有助于识别潜在的治疗方法。