Upregulation of Myocardial Estrogen Receptors in Human Aortic Stenosis
- 16 November 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Circulation
- Vol. 110 (20), 3270-3275
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.0000147610.41984.e8
Abstract
Background— Estrogen receptor (ER)–mediated effects have been associated with the modulation of myocardial hypertrophy in animal models and in humans, but ER expression in the human heart and its relation to hypertrophy-mediated gene expression have not yet been analyzed. We therefore investigated sex- and disease-dependent alterations of myocardial ER expression in human aortic stenosis together with the expression of hypertrophy-related genes. Methods and Results— ER-α and -β, calcineurin A-β, and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) mRNA were quantified by real-time polymerase chain reaction in left ventricular biopsies from patients with aortic valve stenosis (n=14) and control hearts with normal systolic function (n=17). ER protein was quantified by immunoblotting and visualized by immunofluorescence confocal microscopy. ER-α mRNA and protein were increased 2.6-fold ( P =0.003) and 1.7-fold ( P =0.026), respectively, in patients with aortic valve stenosis. Left ventricular ER-β mRNA was increased 2.6-fold in patients with aortic valve stenosis ( P r =−0.83, P =0.002) but not between ER-α or -β and BNP mRNA. Conclusions— ER-α and -β in the human heart are upregulated by myocardial pressure load.Keywords
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