Titin isoform expression in aortic stenosis

Williams, Lynne, Howell, Neil, Pagano, Domenico, Andreka, Peter, Vertesaljai, Marton, Pecor, Tiffany, Frenneaux, Michael and Granzier, Henk (2009) Titin isoform expression in aortic stenosis. Clinical Science, 117 (6). pp. 237-242. ISSN 1470-8736

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Abstract

Titin is a giant sarcomeric protein that plays a major role in determining passive myocardial stiffness. The shorter N2B isoform results in a higher passive myocardial stiffness than the longer N2BA isoform. We hypothesised that the expression of the short N2B isoform would be increased in patients with aortic stenosis compared with healthy controls in response to pressure overload, in order to act as a modulator for the increased demand placed on the left ventricle during the early stages of the hypertrophic response. Myocardial biopsies were obtained from the left ventricle of 19 patients undergoing aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis who had no significant co-existing coronary artery disease. Left ventricular biopsies were also obtained from 13 donor hearts for comparison. SDS-agarose gels revealed small N2B and large N2BA cardiac titin isoforms, with a mean N2BA/N2B ratio that was significantly decreased in the 19 aortic stenotic patients compared with the 13 controls (0.66+/-0.04 in the normal donor hearts compared with 0.48+/-0.03 in patients with aortic stenosis; P=0.02). However, total titin remained unchanged (0.28+/-0.02 compared with 0.24+/-0.02 respectively; P=0.29). In conclusion, the expression of less N2BA and more N2B titin in response to pressure overload may result in the generation of higher passive tension upon stretch to a given sarcomere length and this might affect cardiac performance.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	aortic stenosis,left ventriular hypertrophy,myocardial biopsy,myocardial stiffness,sarcomere,titin expression
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Cardiovascular and Metabolic Health
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	17 Mar 2015 12:14
Last Modified:	23 Apr 2023 01:03
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/52770
DOI:	10.1042/CS20080248

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