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Plasticity of the pathologic heart.

P Anversa1

  • 1Department of Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla 10595, USA. piero_anversa@nymc.edu

Italian Heart Journal : Official Journal of the Italian Federation of Cardiology
|March 24, 2000
PubMed
Summary

The failing heart adapts through myocyte growth and death. Adult heart muscle cells (myocytes) can divide and grow, challenging old beliefs about heart repair and plasticity.

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Area of Science:

  • Cardiovascular Biology
  • Cellular Cardiology
  • Heart Failure Pathophysiology

Background:

  • The adult heart was long considered terminally differentiated.
  • Understanding myocyte adaptation is crucial for treating heart failure.
  • Existing paradigms on myocyte death and proliferation require re-evaluation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review current knowledge on myocyte growth and death in cardiac adaptation.
  • To challenge established dogmas regarding myocyte plasticity.
  • To discuss the implications of myocyte proliferation and apoptosis in heart failure.

Main Methods:

  • Review and synthesis of existing scientific literature.
  • Analysis of studies on myocyte replication and cell death mechanisms.
  • Discussion of evidence from animal models and human studies.

Main Results:

  • Adult ventricular myocytes are capable of replication and hypertrophy.
  • Myocyte proliferation and hypertrophy contribute to cardiac remodeling in heart failure.
  • Apoptosis (programmed cell death) and necrosis occur in the stressed myocardium.
  • Electron microscopy is unsuitable for quantifying myocyte apoptosis.

Conclusions:

  • The dogma that myocytes cannot divide is obsolete.
  • Myocyte death occurs via both apoptosis and necrosis in heart failure.
  • Myocyte hypertrophy, proliferation, apoptosis, and necrosis are key elements of cardiac plasticity.

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