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ArticleBioMed research international2016

A New Transgenic Mouse Model of Heart Failure and Cardiac Cachexia Raised by Sustained Activation of Met Tyrosine Kinase in the Heart.

Valentina Sala, Stefano Gatti, Simona Gallo, Enzo Medico, Daniela Cantarella, James Cimino, Antonio Ponzetto, Tiziana Crepaldi

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Article in BioMed research international, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Valentina SalaDepartment of Oncology, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy; Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy.
Stefano GattiDepartment of Oncology, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy.
Simona GalloDepartment of Oncology, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy.
Enzo MedicoDepartment of Oncology, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy; FPO-IRCCS, 10060 Candiolo, Italy.
Daniela CantarellaFPO-IRCCS, 10060 Candiolo, Italy.
James CiminoDepartment of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy.
Antonio PonzettoDepartment of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy.
Tiziana CrepaldiDepartment of Oncology, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy.
University of Turin · ITCandiolo Cancer Institute · ITIstituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Among other diseases characterized by the onset of cachexia, congestive heart failure takes a place of relevance, considering the high prevalence of this pathology in most European countries and in the United States, and is undergoing a rapid increase in developing countries. Actually, only few models of cardiac cachexia exist. Difficulties in the recruitment and follow-up of clinical trials implicate that new reproducible and well-characterized animal models are pivotal in developing therapeutic strategies for cachexia. We generated a new model of cardiac cachexia: a transgenic mouse expressing Tpr-Met receptor, the activated form of c-Met receptor of hepatocyte growth factor, specifically in the heart. We showed that the cardiac-specific induction of Tpr-Met raises a cardiac hypertrophic remodelling, which progresses into concentric hypertrophy with concomitant increase in Gdf15 mRNA levels. Hypertrophy progresses to congestive heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, characterized by reduced body weight gain and food intake and skeletal muscle wasting. Prevention trial by suppressing Tpr-Met showed that loss of body weight could be prevented. Skeletal muscle wasting was also associated with altered gene expression profiling. We propose transgenic Tpr-Met mice as a new model of cardiac cachexia, which will constitute a powerful tool to understand such complex pathology and test new drugs/approaches at the preclinical level.

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Disease Models, AnimalAnimalsCachexiaEnzyme ActivationHeart FailureHumansMiceMice, TransgenicOncogene Protein tpr-metOncogene Protein tpr-met

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PMID27298830
PMCPMC4889800
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