Restoration of contractile function in isolated cardiomyocytes from failing human hearts by gene transfer of SERCA2a |
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Authors: | del MonteF Harding S E Schmidt U Matsui T Kang Z B Dec G W Gwathmey J K Rosenzweig A Hajjar R J |
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Affiliation: | Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02129, USA. |
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Abstract: | BACKGROUND: Failing human myocardium is characterized by abnormal relaxation, a deficient sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca(2+) uptake, and a negative frequency response, which have all been related to a deficiency in the SR Ca(2+) ATPase (SERCA2a) pump. METHODS AND RESULTS: To test the hypothesis that an increase in SERCA2a could improve contractile function in cardiomyocytes, we overexpressed SERCA2a in human ventricular myocytes from 10 patients with end-stage heart failure and examined intracellular Ca(2+) handling and contractile function. Overexpression of SERCA2a resulted in an increase in both protein expression and pump activity and induced a faster contraction velocity (26.7+/-6.7% versus 16.6+/-2.7% shortening per second, P<0.005) and enhanced relaxation velocity (32. 0+/-10.1% versus 15.1+/-2.4%, P<0.005). Diastolic Ca(2+) was decreased in failing cardiomyocytes overexpressing SERCA2a (270+/-26 versus 347+/-30 nmol/L, P<0.005), whereas systolic Ca(2+) was increased (601+/-38 versus 508+/-25 nmol/L, P<0.05). In addition, the frequency response was normalized in cardiomyocytes overexpressing SERCA2a. CONCLUSIONS: These results support the premise that gene-based therapies and targeting of specific pathways in human heart failure may offer a new modality for the treatment of this disease. |
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