Senescent heart compared with pressure overload-induced hypertrophy
Senescent heart compared with pressure overload-induced hypertrophy
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DOI:
10.1161/01.hyp.29.1.15
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发表时间:
1997-01-01
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影响因子:
8.3
通讯作者:
Besse, S
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作者:
Assayag, P;Charlemagne, D;Besse, S
Although systolic left ventricular (LV) function is normal in the elderly, aging is associated in rat papillary muscle with mechanical and sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase alterations similar to those observed in the hypertrophied heart. However, alterations in the other calcium-regulating proteins implicated in contraction and relaxation are still unknown. To investigate alterations in LV function and calcium-regulating proteins, we measured hemodynamics and Na+-Ca2+ exchanger (NCx), ryanodine receptor (RyR2), and sarcoplasmic reticular Ca2+ ATPase (SERCA2) mRNA levels (expressed in densitometric scores normalized to that of poly(A(+)) mRNA) in left ventricle from 4-month-old (adult, n=13) and 24-month-old (senescent, n=15) rats. For ex vivo contractile function, active tension was measured during isolated heart perfusion in adult (n=11) and senescent (n=11) rats. For comparison of age-dependent effects of moderate hypertension on both hemodynamics and calcium proteins, renovascular hypertension was induced or a sham operation performed at 2 (n=11 and n=6) and 22 (n=26 and n=5) months of age. In senescent rats, LV systolic pressure and maximal rates of pressure development were unaltered, although active tension was depressed (4.7+/-0.4 versus 8.3+/-0.7 g/g heart weight in adults, P