The Role of Tenascin C in Cardiac Reverse Remodeling Following Banding-Debanding of the Ascending Aorta

Mireia Perera-Gonzalez, Attila Kiss, Philipp Kaiser, Michael Holzweber, Felix Nagel, Simon Watzinger, Eylem Acar, Petra Lujza Szabo, Inês Fonseca Gonçalves, Lukas Weber, Patrick Michael Pilz, Lubos Budinsky, Thomas Helbich, Bruno Karl Podesser

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Tenascin-C (TN-C) plays a maladaptive role in left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy following pressure overload. However, the role of TN-C in LV regression following mechanical unloading is unknown.

METHODS: LV hypertrophy was induced by transverse aortic constriction for 10 weeks followed by debanding for 2 weeks in wild type (Wt) and TN-C knockout (TN-C KO) mice. Cardiac function was assessed by serial magnetic resonance imaging. The expression of fibrotic markers and drivers (angiotensin-converting enzyme-1, ACE-1) was determined in LV tissue as well as human cardiac fibroblasts (HCFs) after TN-C treatment.

RESULTS: Chronic pressure overload resulted in a significant decline in cardiac function associated with LV dilation as well as upregulation of TN-C, collagen 1 (Col 1), and ACE-1 in Wt as compared to TN-C KO mice. Reverse remodeling in Wt mice partially improved cardiac function and fibrotic marker expression; however, TN-C protein expression remained unchanged. In HCF, TN-C strongly induced the upregulation of ACE 1 and Col 1.

CONCLUSIONS: Pressure overload, when lasting long enough to induce HF, has less potential for reverse remodeling in mice. This may be due to significant upregulation of TN-C expression, which stimulates ACE 1, Col 1, and alpha-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) upregulation in fibroblasts. Consequently, addressing TN-C in LV hypertrophy might open a new window for future therapeutics.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2023
Pages (from-to)1-14
Number of pages14
JournalInternational Journal of Molecular Sciences
Volume22
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 02 Feb 2021

Keywords

  • Animals
  • Aorta/physiology
  • Atrial Natriuretic Factor/genetics
  • Collagen Type I/genetics
  • Constriction, Pathologic
  • Fibroblasts/metabolism
  • Heart Ventricles/metabolism
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A/metabolism
  • RNA, Messenger/genetics
  • Stroke Volume
  • Tenascin/metabolism
  • Ventricular Function
  • Ventricular Remodeling

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