Increased cardiomyocyte apoptosis during the transition to heart failure in the spontaneously hypertensive rat

The American Journal of Physiology
Z LiE G Lakatta

Abstract

The transition from compensated hypertrophy to failure in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) of advanced age is associated with a marked increase in collagen, a reduction in myocyte mass, and a reduction in maximum Ca(2+)-activated myofibrillar force. We hypothesized that the reduction in myocyte mass and associated functional loss may be due to increased cell death by apoptosis. To test this hypothesis, we studied hearts from failing (SHR-F) and nonfailing SHR (SHR-NF) and age-matched Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY). In addition, hearts from SHR-F that had been treated with an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (captopril) for an average of 27 days were also studied. Apoptotic cells were quantified in cross sections of myocardium by the terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase- mediated 2'-deoxyuridine 5'-triphosphate nick end labeling technique. To identify the type of the cells undergoing apoptosis, sections were also stained for alpha-sarcomeric actin. Apoptotic cells were significantly increased in the SHR-F (38.92 +/- 12.79 vs. 8.05 +/- 3.98 cells/100,000 nuclei in SHR-NF; P < 0.05 and vs. 2.21 +/- 1.4 cells/100,000 nuclei in WKY; P < 0.01). Captopril treatment of SHR-F reduced the number of apoptotic cells to the level in SH...Continue Reading

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