GENE-EXPRESSION OF THE CARDIAC NA+-CA2+ EXCHANGER IN END-STAGE HUMAN HEART-FAILURE
GENE-EXPRESSION OF THE CARDIAC NA+-CA2+ EXCHANGER IN END-STAGE HUMAN HEART-FAILURE
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DOI:
10.1161/01.res.75.3.443
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发表时间:
1994-09-01
影响因子:
20.1
通讯作者:
DREXLER, H
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作者:
STUDER, R;REINECKE, H;DREXLER, H
The regulation of cytosolic Ca2+ concentration during excitation-contraction coupling is altered in the failing human heart. Previous studies have focused on disturbances in Cazt release and reuptake from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR), whereas functional studies of the cardiac Na+-Ca2+ exchanger, another important determinant of myocyte homeostasis, are lacking for the failing human heart. Using a cardiac Na+-Ca2+ exchanger cDNA recently cloned from a guinea pig cDNA library, we investigated the gene expression of the cardiac Na+-Ca2+ exchanger in relation to the SR Ca2+ ATPase. Expression of both genes was quantified in left ventricular myocardium from 24 failing human cardiac explants and 7 control heart samples in relation to beta-myosin heavy chain mRNA by slot blot analysis. Compared with patients with nonfailing hearts, patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM, n=13) showed a 55% increase in Na+-Ca2+ exchanger mRNA levels (P