Evidence map›Paper›PMID 23912225›Full record

ArticleBasic research in cardiology2013

Fibronectin contributes to pathological cardiac hypertrophy but not physiological growth.

Mathias H Konstandin, Mirko Völkers, Brett Collins, Pearl Quijada, Mercedes Quintana, Andrea De La Torre, Lucy Ormachea, Shabana Din, Natalie Gude, Haruhiro Toko and 1 more

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Article in Basic research in cardiology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Exercise-induced cardiac hypertrophy: cellular and molecular mechanisms of cardiac adaptation following physical activity.Postepy w kardiologii interwencyjnej = Advances in interventional cardiology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mathias H KonstandinHeart Institute, and Biology Department, SDSU Integrated Regenerative Research Institute, Life Sciences North, Room 426, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182, USA.
Mirko Völkers
Brett Collins
Pearl Quijada
Mercedes Quintana
Andrea De La Torre
Lucy Ormachea
Shabana Din
Natalie Gude
Haruhiro Toko
Mark A Sussman
San Diego State University · US

Funding

Surgery, Physiology and ImmunohistopathologyP01HL085577 · NHLBI · SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI GLEMBOTSKI, CHRIS · 2006 to 2017
$18.4M
Promoting wellness and resiliencyT34GM008303 · NIGMS · SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI ATKINS, CATHERINE J · 1989 to 2022
$6.4M
Regulation of Signal Transduction to Treat Heart FailureR01HL067245 · NHLBI · SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI SUSSMAN, MARK ALAN · 2001 to 2021
$6.0M
Stem Cell Signaling in the Pathologically Challenged MyocardiumR37HL091102 · NHLBI · SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI SUSSMAN, MARK ALAN · 2008 to 2017
$3.8M
Beta-adrenergic signaling: double edged sword of myocardial repairR01HL117163 · NHLBI · SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI SUSSMAN, MARK ALAN · 2013 to 2017
$1.9M
Antagonism of myocardial aging and senescence with Pim-1 kinaseR01HL105759 · NHLBI · SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI SUSSMAN, MARK ALAN · 2011 to 2015
$1.8M
Cardioprotection by optimizing mTOR activityR01HL113647 · NHLBI · SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI SUSSMAN, MARK ALAN · 2013 to 2016
$1.5M
Engineering Cardiac Progenitor Cells to Enhance Myrocardial RegengerationRC1HL100891 · NHLBI · SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI SUSSMAN, MARK ALAN, WU, JOSEPH C. · 2009 to 2010
$1.0M
Molecular Engineering of Damaged Myocardium To Enhance Regeneration And RepairR01HL113656 · NHLBI · SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI SUSSMAN, MARK ALAN · 2012 to 2013
$667k
Control of Cardiac Growth by Ca2+Dependent Phosphorylation of HistonesR21HL102613 · NHLBI · SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI SUSSMAN, MARK ALAN · 2010 to 2011
$411k
Nucleolar disruption in response to cardiomyopathic stress and injuryR21HL102714 · NHLBI · SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI SUSSMAN, MARK ALAN · 2010 to 2011
$411k
Inducible Notch improves progenitor cell repair of damaged heartR21HL104544 · NHLBI · SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI SUSSMAN, MARK ALAN · 2010 to 2011
$411k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ability of the heart to undergo pathological or physiological hypertrophy upon increased wall stress is critical for long-term compensatory function in response to increased workload demand. While substantial information has been published on the nature of the fundamental molecular signaling involved in hypertrophy, the role of extracellular matrix protein Fibronectin (Fn) in hypertrophic signaling is unclear. The objective of the study was to delineate the role of Fn during pressure overload-induced pathological cardiac hypertrophy and physiological growth prompted by exercise. Genetic conditional ablation of Fn in adulthood blunts cardiomyocyte hypertrophy upon pressure overload via attenuated activation of nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT). Loss of Fn delays development of heart failure and improves survival. In contrast, genetic deletion of Fn has no impact on physiological cardiac growth induced by voluntary wheel running. Down-regulation of the transcription factor c/EBPβ (Ccaat-enhanced binding protein β), which is essential for induction of the physiological growth program, is unaffected by Fn deletion. Nuclear NFAT translocation is triggered by Fn in conjunction with up-regulation of the fetal gene program and hypertrophy of cardiomyocytes in vitro. Furthermore, activation of the physiological gene program induced by insulin stimulation in vitro is attenuated by Fn, whereas insulin had no impact on Fn-induced pathological growth program. Fn contributes to pathological cardiomyocyte hypertrophy in vitro and in vivo via NFAT activation. Fn is dispensable for physiological growth in vivo, and Fn attenuates the activation of the physiological growth program in vitro.

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AnimalsCardiomegalyCardiomegaly, Exercise-InducedFibronectinsGene Knockdown TechniquesImmunohistochemistryMaleMiceMyocytes, CardiacPolymerase Chain ReactionFibronectins

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PMID23912225
PMCPMC3813434
OpenAlexW2026196459

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