Pressure overload-induced alterations in fibrillar collagen content and myocardial diastolic function: role of secreted protein acidic and rich in cysteine (SPARC) in post-synthetic procollagen processing.
Pressure overload-induced alterations in fibrillar collagen content and myocardial diastolic function: role of secreted protein acidic and rich in cysteine (SPARC) in post-synthetic procollagen processing.
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DOI:
10.1161/circulationaha.108.773424
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发表时间:
2009-01-20
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37.8
通讯作者:
Zile MR
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作者:
Bradshaw AD;Baicu CF;Rentz TJ;Van Laer AO;Boggs J;Lacy JM;Zile MR
Chronic pressure-overload (PO) causes myocardial hypertrophy, increased fibrillar collagen content, and abnormal diastolic function. We hypothesized that one determinant of these PO-induced changes is the extracellular processing of newly synthesized procollagen into mature collagen fibrils. We further hypothesized that SPARC (Secreted Protein Acidic and Rich in Cysteine) plays a key role in post-synthetic procollagen processing in normal and PO myocardium. To determine whether PO-induced changes in collagen content and diastolic function are affected by the absence of SPARC, age-matched wild-type (WT) and SPARC null mice underwent either transverse aortic constriction (TAC) for 4 weeks or served as non-operated controls (Control). Left ventricular (LV) collagen content was measured histologically by collagen volume fraction (CVF), collagen composition was measured by hydroxyproline assay as soluble collagen (1M NaCl extractable) vs. insoluble collagen (mature cross-linked), and collagen morphologic structure was examined by scanning electron microscopy. SPARC expression was measured by immunoblot. LV, myocardial, and cardiomyocyte structure and function were assessed using echocardiographic, papillary muscle and isolated cardiomyocyte studies. In WT mice, TAC increased LV mass, SPARC expression, myocardial diastolic stiffness, fibrillar collagen content, soluble, and insoluble collagen. In SPARC null mice, TAC increased LV mass to an extent similar to WT mice. In addition, in SPARC Null mice TAC increased fibrillar collagen content but significantly less than that seen in WT TAC mice. Furthermore, the proportion of LV collagen which was insoluble was less in the SPARC Null TAC mice (86±2%) compared with the WT TAC mice (99±2%, p < 0.05) and the proportion of collagen which was soluble was greater in the SPARC Null TAC mice (14±2%) compared with the WT TAC mice (1±2%, p < 0.05) As a result, myocardial diastolic stiffness was lower in the SPARC Null TAC mice (0.075±0.005) then in WT TAC mice (0.045±0.005, p < 0.05). The absence of SPARC reduced PO-induced alterations in ECM fibrillar collagen and diastolic function. These data support the hypothesis that SPARC plays a key role in post-synthetic procollagen processing and the development of mature cross-linked collagen fibrils in normal and pressure-overloaded myocardium.