BETA-1-ADRENERGIC-RECEPTOR AND BETA-2-ADRENERGIC-RECEPTOR SUBPOPULATIONS IN NONFAILING AND FAILING HUMAN VENTRICULAR MYOCARDIUM - COUPLING OF BOTH RECEPTOR SUBTYPES TO MUSCLE-CONTRACTION AND SELECTIVE BETA-1-RECEPTOR DOWN-REGULATION IN HEART-FAILURE-
BETA-1-ADRENERGIC-RECEPTOR AND BETA-2-ADRENERGIC-RECEPTOR SUBPOPULATIONS IN NONFAILING AND FAILING HUMAN VENTRICULAR MYOCARDIUM - COUPLING OF BOTH RECEPTOR SUBTYPES TO MUSCLE-CONTRACTION AND SELECTIVE BETA-1-RECEPTOR DOWN-REGULATION IN HEART-FAILURE-
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DOI:
10.1161/01.res.59.3.297
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发表时间:
1986-09-01
影响因子:
20.1
通讯作者:
STINSON, EB
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作者:
BRISTOW, MR;GINSBURG, R;STINSON, EB
We used radioligand binding techniques and measurement of .beta.-agonist-mediated positive inotropic responses in isolated cardiac issue to examine .beta.-adrenergic-receptor subpopulations in nonfailing and failing human left and right ventricular myocardium. In tissue derived from 48 human hearts the receptor subtypes identified in nonfailing ventricle by radioligand binding were .beta.1 (77%) and .beta.2 (23%), with no evidence of an "atypical" .beta.-adrenergic receptor. In failing left ventricle the .beta.1:.beta.2 ratio was markedly different, i.e., 60:38. This decrease in the .beta.1 proportion and increase in the .beta.2 proportion in the failing ventricles were due to a 62%, "selective" down-regulation of the .beta.1 subpopulation, with little or no change in .beta.2 receptors. In muscle bath experiments in isolated trabeculae derived from nonfailing and failing right ventricles, both .beta.1- and .beta.2-adrenergic receptors were coupled to a positive inotropic response. In nonfailing myocardium, .beta.1 responses predominated, as the selective .beta.1 agonist denopamine produced a response that was 66% of the total contractile response of isoproterenol. In heart failure the .beta.1 component was markedly decreased, while the .beta.2 component was not significantly diminished. Moreover, in heart failure the .beta.2 component increased in prominence, as the contractile response to the selective .beta.2 agonist zinterol increased from a minority (39%) to a majority (60%) of the total response generated by isoproterenol. We conclude that failing human ventricular myocardium contains a relatively high proportion of .beta.2 receptors, due to selective down-regulation of .beta.1 receptors. As a result, in the failing human heart the .beta.2-receptor subpopulation is a relatively important mediator of inotropic support in response to nonselective .beta.-agonist stimulation and is available for inotropic stimulation by selective .beta.2 agonists.