Chronic oral exposure to the aldehyde pollutant acrolein induces dilated cardiomyopathy
Chronic oral exposure to the aldehyde pollutant acrolein induces dilated cardiomyopathy
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DOI:
10.1152/ajpheart.00120.2011
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发表时间:
2011-11-01
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
Prabhu, Sumanth D.
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作者:
Ismahil, Mohamed Ameen;Hamid, Tariq;Prabhu, Sumanth D.
Ismahil MA, Hamid T, Haberzettl P, Gu Y, Chandrasekar B, Srivastava S, Bhatnagar A, Prabhu SD. Chronic oral exposure to the aldehyde pollutant acrolein induces dilated cardiomyopathy. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 301: H2050-H2060, 2011. First published September 9, 2011; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00120.2011.-Environmental triggers of dilated cardiomyopathy are poorly understood. Acute exposure to acrolein, a ubiquitous aldehyde pollutant, impairs cardiac function and cardioprotective responses in mice. Here, we tested the hypothesis that chronic oral exposure to acrolein induces inflammation and cardiomyopathy. C57BL/6 mice were gavage-fed acrolein (1 mg/kg) or water (vehicle) daily for 48 days. The dose was chosen based on estimates of human daily unsaturated aldehyde consumption. Compared with vehicle-fed mice, acrolein-fed mice exhibited significant (P < 0.05) left ventricular (LV) dilatation (LV end-diastolic volume 36 +/- 8 vs. 17 +/- 5 mu l), contractile dysfunction (dP/dt(max) 4,697 +/- 1,498 vs. 7,016 +/- 1,757 mmHg/s), and impaired relaxation (tau 15.4 +/- 4.3 vs. 10.4 +/- 2.2 ms). Histological and biochemical evaluation revealed myocardial oxidative stress (membrane-localized protein-4-hydroxy-trans-2-nonenal adducts) and nitrative stress (increased protein-nitrotyrosine) and varying degrees of plasma and myocardial protein-acrolein adduct formation indicative of physical translocation of ingested acrolein to the heart. Acrolein also induced myocyte hypertrophy (similar to 2.2-fold increased myocyte area, P < 0.05), increased apoptosis (similar to 7.5-fold), and disrupted endothelial nitric oxide synthase in the heart. DNA binding studies, immunohistochemistry, and PCR revealed significant (P < 0.05) activation of nuclear factor-kappa B in acrolein-exposed hearts, along with upregulated gene expression of proinflammatory cytokines tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-1 beta. Long-term oral exposure to acrolein, at an amount within the range of human unsaturated aldehyde intake, induces a phenotype of dilated cardiomyopathy in the mouse. Human exposure to acrolein may have analogous effects and raise consideration of an environmental, aldehyde-mediated basis for heart failure.