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ArticleJournal of the American Heart Association2019

Multi-Site Coronary Vein Sampling Study on Cardiac Troponin T Degradation in Non-ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Toward a More Specific Cardiac Troponin T Assay.

Sander A J Damen, Wim H M Vroemen, Marc A Brouwer, Stephanie T P Mezger, Harry Suryapranata, Niels van Royen, Otto Bekers, Steven J R Meex, Will K W H Wodzig, Freek W A Verheugt and 3 more

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Article in Journal of the American Heart Association, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sander A J Damen1 Department of Cardiology Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen The Netherlands.
Wim H M Vroemen2 Central Diagnostic Laboratory Maastricht University Medical Center Maastricht The Netherlands.
Marc A Brouwer1 Department of Cardiology Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen The Netherlands.
Stephanie T P Mezger2 Central Diagnostic Laboratory Maastricht University Medical Center Maastricht The Netherlands.
Harry Suryapranata1 Department of Cardiology Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen The Netherlands.
Niels van Royen1 Department of Cardiology Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen The Netherlands.
Otto Bekers2 Central Diagnostic Laboratory Maastricht University Medical Center Maastricht The Netherlands.
Steven J R Meex2 Central Diagnostic Laboratory Maastricht University Medical Center Maastricht The Netherlands.
Will K W H Wodzig2 Central Diagnostic Laboratory Maastricht University Medical Center Maastricht The Netherlands.
Freek W A Verheugt1 Department of Cardiology Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen The Netherlands.
Douwe de Boer2 Central Diagnostic Laboratory Maastricht University Medical Center Maastricht The Netherlands.
G Etienne Cramer1 Department of Cardiology Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen The Netherlands.
Alma M A Mingels2 Central Diagnostic Laboratory Maastricht University Medical Center Maastricht The Netherlands.
Maastricht University · NLRadboud University Medical Center · NLRadboud University Nijmegen · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background Cardiac troponin T ( cTnT ) is seen in many other conditions besides myocardial infarction, and recent studies demonstrated distinct forms of cTnT . At present, the in vivo formation of these different cTnT forms is incompletely understood. We therefore performed a study on the composition of cTnT during the course of myocardial infarction, including coronary venous system sampling, close to its site of release. Methods and Results Baseline samples were obtained from multiple coronary venous system locations, and a peripheral artery and vein in 71 non- ST -segment-elevation myocardial infarction patients. Additionally, peripheral blood was drawn at 6- and 12-hours postcatheterization. cTnT concentrations were measured using the high-sensitivity- cTnT immunoassay. The cTnT composition was determined via gel filtration chromatography and Western blotting in an early and late presenting patient. High-sensitivity - cTnT concentrations were 28% higher in the coronary venous system than peripherally (n=71, P<0.001). Coronary venous system samples demonstrated cT n T-I-C complex, free intact cTnT , and 29 kD a and 15 to 18 kD a cTnT fragments, all in higher concentrations than in simultaneously obtained peripheral samples. While cT n T-I-C complex proportionally decreased, and disappeared over time, 15 to 18 kD a cTnT fragments increased. Moreover, cT n T-I-C complex was more prominent in the early than in the late presenting patient. Conclusions This explorative study in non- ST -segment-elevation myocardial infarction shows that cTnT is released from cardiomyocytes as a combination of cT n T-I-C complex, free intact cTnT , and multiple cTnT fragments indicating intracellular cTnT degradation. Over time, the cT n T-I-C complex disappeared because of in vivo degradation. These insights might serve as a stepping stone toward a high-sensitivity- cTnT immunoassay more specific for myocardial infarction.

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Coronary VesselsAgedBlood Specimen CollectionBlotting, WesternChromatography, GelCoronary SinusFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNon-ST Elevated Myocardial InfarctionPeptide FragmentsProtein IsoformsTroponin CTroponin ITroponin TPeptide FragmentsProtein IsoformsTNNT2 protein, humanTroponin CTroponin ITroponin Tcardiac biomarkerscardiac troponin T degradationnon ST‐segment elevation acute coronary syndrome

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PMID31269858
PMCPMC6662151
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