左心室補助装置による慢性的な解荷は,収縮機能不全を逆転させ,末期心不全における遺伝子発現を変化させます
P M Heerdt1, J W Holmes, B Cai
1Departments of Medicine, Surgery, and Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. pmheerd@mail.med.cornell.edu
Circulation
|November 30, 2000
まとめ
左心室補助器 (LVAD) サポートは,心筋の強さを向上させ,心不全における異常な収縮パターンを逆転させます. この改造は,カルシウム処理タンパク質の遺伝子発現が増加し,SERCA2aタンパク質の有意な増加を伴う.
科学分野:
- 心血管生理学 心血管の生理学
- 分子心臓病学 分子心臓病学
- バイオメディカルエンジニアリング
背景:
- 心不全は,心筋の収縮能力の低下とカルシウム処理の変化によって特徴付けられます.
- 左心室補助器 (LVAD) は,衰弱した心臓を支えるために使用されます.
研究 の 目的:
- 完ぺきなヒト心筋の力-周波数関係 (FFR) に対するLVADサポートの影響を調査する.
- LVADの埋め込みが,心臓のカルシウム (Ca2+) 処理に関与する遺伝子の発現を変化させるかどうかを判断する.
主な方法:
- イソメトリックの力-周波数関係 (FFRs) は,LVADサポート前のおよび後の心不全患者の左心室 (LV) トラベキュラで測定されました.
- SERCA2a,ライオノジン受容体,およびNa+-Ca2+交換体の遺伝子発現 (mRNA) は,Northern blotを用いて分析された.
- タンパク質濃度とサルコプラズマの網膜Ca2+吸収は,ウエスタン・ブロットと機能分析を用いて評価されました.
主要な成果:
- LVADサポートは,1Hzの刺激で収縮力を改善し,末期の心不全で観察された負のFFRを逆転させました.
- SERCA2a,ライオノジン受容体,およびNa+-Ca2+交換器のmRNAレベルは,LVADの移植後に上昇調節された.
- 有意に増加したのは,SERCA2aタンパク質の濃度のみで,これはサルコプラズマの網膜のCa2+吸収の増加と相関していた.
結論:
- LVADサポートは,心筋収縮力を高め,末期心不全患者のFFRを正常化します.
- LVADは反逆分子再構成を誘導し,カルシウム処理の重要な遺伝子を上調する.
- 増加したSERCA2aタンパク質含有量は,LVAD後の心臓収縮性の改善に貢献する重要な機能的適応です.
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