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ArticleScientific reports2017

Female rats with severe left ventricle volume overload exhibit more cardiac hypertrophy but fewer myocardial transcriptional changes than males.

Catherine Beaumont, Élisabeth Walsh-Wilkinson, Marie-Claude Drolet, Élise Roussel, Marie Arsenault, Jacques Couet

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Catherine BeaumontGroupe de recherche sur les valvulopathies, Centre de Recherche, Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada.
Élisabeth Walsh-WilkinsonGroupe de recherche sur les valvulopathies, Centre de Recherche, Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada.
Marie-Claude DroletGroupe de recherche sur les valvulopathies, Centre de Recherche, Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada.
Élise RousselGroupe de recherche sur les valvulopathies, Centre de Recherche, Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada.
Marie ArsenaultGroupe de recherche sur les valvulopathies, Centre de Recherche, Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada. marie.arsenault@criucpq.ulaval.ca.
Jacques CouetGroupe de recherche sur les valvulopathies, Centre de Recherche, Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada. jacques.couet@med.ulaval.ca.
Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec · CAUniversité Laval · CA

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CIHR
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aortic valve regurgitation (AR) imposes a volume overload (VO) to the left ventricle (LV). Male rats with a pathological heart overload usually progress more quickly towards heart failure than females. We examined whether a sexual dimorphism exists in the myocardial transcriptional adaptations to AR. Adult Wistar male and female rats either underwent a sham operation or were induced with AR and then followed for 26 weeks. Female AR rats gained relatively more LV mass than males (75 vs. 42%). They had a similar increase in LV chamber dimensions compared to males but more wall thickening. On the other hand, fatty acid oxidation (FAO)-related LV enzyme activity was only decreased in AR males. The expression of genes encoding FAO-related enzymes was only reduced in AR males and not in females. A similar situation was observed for the expression of genes involved in mitochondrial biogenesis or function as well as for genes encoding for transcription factors implicated in the control of bioenergetics and mitochondrial function (Errα, Errγ or Pgc1α). Although females develop more LV hypertrophy from severe VO, their myocardial gene expression remains closer to normal. This could provide survival benefits for females with severe VO.

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Transcription, GeneticAnimalsBiomarkersBiopsyCardiomegalyDisease Models, AnimalEchocardiographyEnergy MetabolismFemaleHeart Function TestsHemodynamicsHypertrophy, Left VentricularMaleMitochondria, HeartRatsSex FactorsBiomarkers

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PMID28389667
PMCPMC5429715
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