Deletion of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 accelerates pressure overload-induced cardiac dysfunction by increasing local angiotensin II

Hypertension
Koichi YamamotoToshio Ogihara

Abstract

Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is a carboxypeptidase that cleaves angiotensin II to angiotensin 1-7. Recently, it was reported that mice lacking ACE2 (ACE2(-/y) mice) exhibited reduced cardiac contractility. Because mechanical pressure overload activates the cardiac renin-angiotensin system, we used ACE2(-/y) mice to analyze the role of ACE2 in the response to pressure overload. Twelve-week-old ACE2(-/y) mice and wild-type (WT) mice received transverse aortic constriction (TAC) or sham operation. Sham-operated ACE2(-/y) mice exhibited normal cardiac function and had morphologically normal hearts. In response to TAC, ACE2(-/y) mice developed cardiac hypertrophy and dilatation. Furthermore, their hearts displayed decreased cardiac contractility and increased fetal cardiac gene induction, compared with WT mice. In response to chronic pressure overload, ACE2(-/y) mice developed pulmonary congestion and increased incidence of cardiac death compared with WT mice. On a biochemical level, cardiac angiotensin II concentration and activity of mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases were markedly increased in ACE2(-/y) mice in response to TAC. Administration of candesartan, an AT1 subtype angiotensin receptor blocker, attenuated t...Continue Reading

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