21 research outputs found
Relationship between cardiac allograft vasculopathy and left ventricular diastolic dysfunction assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in heart transplant recipients
POSTER PRESENTATION12th Annual SCMR Scientific Sessions – 2009 / Orlando, FL, USA / 29 January–1 February 200
Usefulness of left ventricular peak filling rate measurement by cardiac MR imaging in heart transplant recipients with cardiac allograft vasculopathy
Oral presentation13th Annual SCMR Scientific Sessions / Phoenix, AZ, USA. / 21-24 January 201
Usefulness of left ventricular peak filling rate measurement by cardiac MR imaging in heart transplant recipients with cardiac allograft vasculopathy
Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy ― Heart Transplantation Provides Insights Into Pathogenesis and Treatment of Arteriosclerosis ―
Evaluation of Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy by Multidetector Computed Tomography and Whole-Heart Magnetic Resonance Coronary Angiography
The Successful Management of Respiratory Complications With Long-Term, Low-Dose Macrolide Administration in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients
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A novel β-myosin heavy chain gene mutation, p.Met531Arg, identified in isolated left ventricular non-compaction in humans, results in left ventricular hypertrophy that progresses to dilation in a mouse model A B S T R A C T Mutations in the βMHC (β-myosin heavy chain), a sarcomeric protein are responsible for hypertrophic and dilated cardiomyopathy. However, the mechanisms whereby distinct mutations in the βMHC gene cause two kinds of cardiomyopathy are still unclear. In the present study we report a novel βMHC mutation found in a patient with isolated LVNC [LV (left ventricular) non-compaction] and the phenotype of a mouse mutant model carrying the same mutation. To find the mutation responsible, we searched for genomic mutations in 99 unrelated probands with dilated cardiomyopathy and five probands with isolated LVNC, and identified a p.Met531Arg mutation in βMHC in a 13-year-old girl with isolated LVNC. Next, we generated six lines of transgenic mice carrying a p.Met532Arg mutant αMHC gene, which was identical with the p.Met531Arg mutation in the human βMHC. Among these, two lines with strong expression of the mutant αMHC gene were chosen for further studies. Although they did not exhibit the features characteristic of LVNC, approx. 50 % and 70 % of transgenic mice in each line displayed LVH (LV hypertrophy) by 2-3 months of age. Furthermore, LVD (LV dilation) developed in approx. 25 % of transgenic mice by 18 months of age, demonstrating biphasic changes in LV wall thickness. The present study supports the idea that common mechanisms may be involved in LVH and LVD. The novel mouse model generated can provide important information for the understanding of the pathological processes and aetiology of cardiac dilation in humans