Passive stiffness changes caused by upregulation of compliant titin isoforms in human dilated cardiomyopathy hearts

Circulation Research
Irina MakarenkoWolfgang A Linke

Abstract

In the pathogenesis of dilated cardiomyopathy, cytoskeletal proteins play an important role. In this study, we analyzed titin expression in left ventricles of 19 control human donors and 9 severely diseased (nonischemic) dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) transplant-patients, using gel-electrophoresis, immunoblotting, and quantitative RT-PCR. Both human-heart groups coexpressed smaller (approximately 3 MDa) N2B-isoform and longer (3.20 to 3.35 MDa) N2BA-isoforms, but the average N2BA:N2B-protein ratio was shifted from approximately 30:70 in controls to 42:58 in DCM hearts, due mainly to increased expression of N2BA-isoforms >3.30 MDa. Titin per unit tissue was decreased in some DCM hearts. The titin-binding protein obscurin also underwent isoform-shifting in DCM. Quantitative RT-PCR revealed a 47% reduction in total-titin mRNA levels in DCM compared with control hearts, but no differences in N2B, all-N2BA, and individual-N2BA transcripts. The reduction in total-titin transcripts followed from a decreased area occupied by myocytes and increased connective tissue in DCM hearts, as detected by histological analysis. Force measurements on isolated cardiomyofibrils showed that sarcomeric passive tension was reduced on average by 25% to 30...Continue Reading

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