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Endothelial Cysteinyl Leukotriene 2 Receptor Expression Mediates Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
- Source :
- The American Journal of Pathology. 172:592-602
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2008.
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Abstract
- Cysteinyl leukotrienes (CysLTs) have been implicated as inflammatory mediators of cardiovascular disease. Three distinct CysLT receptor subtypes transduce the actions of CysLTs but the role of the endothelial CysLT2 receptor (CysLT2R) in cardiac function is unknown. Here, we investigated the role of CysLT2R in myocardial ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury using transgenic (tg) mice overexpressing human CysLT2R in vascular endothelium and nontransgenic (ntg) littermates. Infarction size in tg mice increased 114% compared with ntg mice 48 hours after I/R; this increase was blocked by the CysLT receptor antagonist BAY-u9773. Injection of 125 I-albumin into the systemic circulation revealed significantly enhanced extravasation of the label in tg mice, indicating increased leakage of the coronary endothelium, combined with increased incidence of hemorrhage and cardiomyocyte apoptosis. Expression of proinflammatory genes such as Egr-1, VCAM-1, and ICAM was significantly increased in tg mice relative to ntg controls. Echocardiographic assessment 2 weeks after I/R revealed decreased anterior wall thickness in tg mice. Furthermore, the postreperfusion time constant tau of isovolumic relaxation was significantly increased in tg animals, indicating diastolic dysfunction. These results reveal that endothelium-targeted overexpression of CysLT2R aggravates myocardial I/R injury by increasing endothelial permeability and exacerbating inflammatory gene expression, leading to accelerated left ventricular remodeling, induction of peri-infarct zone cellular apoptosis, and impaired cardiac performance.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Cell Membrane Permeability
Receptor expression
Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1
Apoptosis
Mice, Transgenic
Myocardial Reperfusion Injury
Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Proinflammatory cytokine
Mice
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left
Internal medicine
medicine
Animals
Myocytes, Cardiac
Ventricular remodeling
Receptor
Early Growth Response Protein 1
Receptors, Leukotriene
Ventricular Remodeling
business.industry
Leukotriene receptor
Myocardium
Membrane Proteins
Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1
medicine.disease
Extravasation
Up-Regulation
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Endothelial stem cell
Endocrinology
Neutrophil Infiltration
Immunology
Leukocyte Common Antigens
Endothelium, Vascular
business
Reperfusion injury
Regular Articles
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00029440
- Volume :
- 172
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The American Journal of Pathology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....03a5edc34a1d0435a59d5e8f88efc873