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Transgenic overexpression of platelet-derived growth factor-C in the mouse heart induces cardiac fibrosis, hypertrophy, and dilated cardiomyopathy

In English

Författare

  • Annica Pontén
  • Xuri Li
  • Peter Thoren
  • Karin Aase
  • Tobias Sjöblom
  • Arne Östman
  • Ulf Eriksson

Summary, in English

The platelet-derived growth factors are implicated in development of fibrotic reactions and disease in several organs. We have overexpressed platelet-derived growth factor-C in the heart using the alpha-myosin heavy chain promoter and created a transgenic mouse that exhibits cardiac fibrosis followed by hypertrophy with sex-dependent phenotypes. The transgenic mice developed several pathological changes including cardiac fibroblast proliferation and deposition of collagen, hypertrophy, vascular defects, and the presence of Anitschkow cells in the adult myocardium. Male mice developed a hypertrophic phenotype, whereas female mice were more severely affected and developed dilated cardiomyopathy, leading to heart failure and sudden death. The vascular defects initially included dilation of microvessels and vascular leakage. Subsequently, a marked loss of microvessels, formation of large vascular sac-like structures, and an increased density of smooth muscle-coated vessels were observed in the myocardium. In part, the observed vascular changes may be because of an up-regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor in cardiac fibroblasts of the transgenic hearts. This unique animal model reveals that a potent mitogen for cardiac fibroblasts result in an expansion of the interstitium that induce a secondary sex-dependent hypertrophic response in the cardiomyocytes.

Publiceringsår

2003

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

673-682

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

American Journal of Pathology

Volym

163

Issue

2

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

American Society for Investigative Pathology

Ämne

  • Cell and Molecular Biology

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1525-2191