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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021

Myocardial Aldosterone Receptor and Aquaporin 1 Up-Regulation Is Associated with Cardiomyocyte Remodeling in Human Heart Failure.

Andrea Frustaci, Claudio Letizia, Cristina Chimenti, Romina Verardo, Maria Alfarano, Rossella Scialla, Giulia Bagnato, Fabio Miraldi, Luigi Sansone, Matteo Antonio Russo

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Andrea FrustaciDepartment of Clinical, Internal, Anesthesiologist and Cardiovascular Sciences, Sapienza University, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Claudio LetiziaDepartment of Translation Medicine and Precision, Sapienza University, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4397-0624
Cristina ChimentiDepartment of Clinical, Internal, Anesthesiologist and Cardiovascular Sciences, Sapienza University, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Romina VerardoCellular and Molecular Cardiology Lab, IRCCS L. Spallanzani, 00149 Rome, Italy.
Maria AlfaranoDepartment of Clinical, Internal, Anesthesiologist and Cardiovascular Sciences, Sapienza University, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0390-4262
Rossella SciallaCellular and Molecular Cardiology Lab, IRCCS L. Spallanzani, 00149 Rome, Italy.
Giulia BagnatoCellular and Molecular Cardiology Lab, IRCCS L. Spallanzani, 00149 Rome, Italy.
Fabio MiraldiDepartment of Clinical, Internal, Anesthesiologist and Cardiovascular Sciences, Sapienza University, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Luigi SansoneLaboratory of Molecular and Cellular Pathology, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, 00163 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3150-6461
Matteo Antonio RussoMEBIC Consortium, San Raffaele Open University, 00163 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5847-6015
Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani · ITSapienza University of Rome · ITIRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele · IT

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Abstract

backgroundAbnormal aldosterone signaling is a recognized source of cardiovascular damage. Its influence on cardiomyocyte structure, function, and hormonal receptors when associated with heart failure is still unreported.

methodsTwenty-six consecutive patients with heart failure (LVEF < 40%) and normal coronaries and valves underwent left ventricular endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) for evaluation of myocardial substrate. Biopsy samples were processed for histology, electron microscopy, immunohistochemistry, and Western blot analysis of myocardial aldosterone receptor and aquaporin-1 correlated with plasma aldosterone (AD) and renin activity (PRA). Eight patients with virus-negative inflammatory cardiomyopathy (ICM) had a control EMB after 6 months of immunosuppressive therapy and recovery of cardiac function with re-evaluation of cardiomyocyte structure and receptor expression.

resultsEMB in addition to the diagnosis of myocarditis (15 cases), dilated cardiomyopathy CM (6), alcohol CM (2), and diabetic CM (3) showed vacuolar degeneration and cloudy swelling of cardiomyocytes corresponding at electron microscopy to ions and water accumulation into cytosol, membrane-bound vesicles, nucleus, and other organelles, and was associated with an increased AD, PRA, and myocardial expression of aldosterone receptor (2.6 fold) and aquaporin 1 (2.7 fold). In the 8 patients recovered from ICM, cardiomyocyte diameter reduced with disappearance of intracellular vacuoles and normalization of cytosol, nucleus, and cell organelles' electron-density, along with down-regulation of aldosterone receptor and aquaporin-1.

conclusionHuman heart failure is associated with overexpression of myocardial aldosterone receptor and aquaporin-1. These molecular changes are paralleled by intracellular water overloading and cardiomyocyte swelling and dysfunction. Cardiac recovery is accompanied by down-regulation of hormonal receptors and normalization of cell structure and composition.

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aldosterone receptorcellular and molecular rehabilitationhyperaldosteronismmyocardial damagevacuolar degeneration

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