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ArticleInternational journal of experimental pathology2009

Apoptosis and fibrosis are early features of heart failure in an animal model of metabolic cardiomyopathy.

Barbara Gürtl, Dagmar Kratky, Christian Guelly, Lefeng Zhang, Gregor Gorkiewicz, Suman Kumar Das, Kuppusamy Palaniappan Tamilarasan, Gerald Hoefler

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Article in International journal of experimental pathology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Apoptosis and angiogenesis: an evolving mechanism for fibrosis.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2013
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Barbara GürtlDepartment of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
Dagmar Kratky
Christian Guelly
Lefeng Zhang
Gregor Gorkiewicz
Suman Kumar Das
Kuppusamy Palaniappan Tamilarasan
Gerald Hoefler
Medical University of Graz · AT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In previous experiments, we observed signs of cardiac failure in mice overexpressing lipoprotein lipase (LPL) under the control of a muscle specific promotor and in peroxisome proliferators activated receptor alpha (PPARalpha) knockout mice overexpressing LPL under the control of the same promotor. In our current investigations, we focussed on morphological consequences and changes in mRNA and protein expression in hearts from these animals. mRNA expression was analysed by differential display analysis and Northern blot as well as by cDNA microarray analysis followed by pathway analysis. Protein expression was examined using immunoblot and immunohistochemistry. Fibrosis was determined by chromotrope aniline blue staining for collagen. A distinct increase in the expression of alpha-tubulin mRNA was noted in hearts of all mutant mouse strains compared with the control. This result was paralleled by increased alpha-tubulin protein expression. Using cDNA microarray analysis, we detected an activation of apoptosis, in particular an increase of caspase-3 expression in hearts of mice overexpressing LPL but not in PPARalpha knockout mice overexpressing LPL. This finding was confirmed immunohistochemically. In addition, we identified a distinct interstitial increase in collagen and an increase around blood vessels. In our mouse model, we detect mRNA and protein changes typical for cardiomyopathy even before overt clinical signs of heart failure. In addition, a small but distinct increase in the rate of apoptosis of cardiomyocytes and fibrotic changes contributes to cardiac failure in mice overexpressing LPL, whereas additional deficiency in PPARalpha seems to protect hearts from these effects.

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ApoptosisAnimalsBlotting, NorthernCardiomyopathiesDisease Models, AnimalFibrosisGene ExpressionHeart FailureLipoprotein LipaseMaleMiceMice, KnockoutMice, TransgenicMyocardiumOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisPPAR alphaLipoprotein LipasePPAR alphaRNA, MessengerTubulin

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PMID19563616
PMCPMC2697556
OpenAlexW1709297306

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