Daniella Corporan1, Daisuke Onohara1, Alan Amedi1, Maher Saadeh1, Robert A Guyton2, Sandeep Kumar3, Muralidhar Padala4. 1. Structural Heart Research and Innovation Laboratory, Carlyle Fraser Heart Center at Emory University Hospital Midtown, Atlanta, Ga. 2. Structural Heart Research and Innovation Laboratory, Carlyle Fraser Heart Center at Emory University Hospital Midtown, Atlanta, Ga; Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga. 3. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga. 4. Structural Heart Research and Innovation Laboratory, Carlyle Fraser Heart Center at Emory University Hospital Midtown, Atlanta, Ga; Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga. Electronic address: spadala@emory.edu.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Primary mitral regurgitation is a valvular lesion in which the left ventricular ejection fraction remains preserved for long periods, delaying a clinical trigger for mitral valve intervention. In this study, we sought to investigate whether adverse left ventricular remodeling occurs before a significant fall in ejection fraction and characterize these changes. METHODS: Sixty-five rats were induced with severe mitral regurgitation by puncturing the mitral valve leaflet with a 23-G needle using ultrasound guidance. Rats underwent longitudinal cardiac echocardiography at biweekly intervals and hearts explanted at 2 weeks (n = 15), 10 weeks (n = 15), 20 weeks (n = 15), and 40 weeks (n = 15). Sixty age- and weight-matched healthy rats were used as controls. Unbiased RNA-sequencing was performed at each terminal point. RESULTS: Regurgitant fraction was 40.99 ± 9.40%, with pulmonary flow reversal in the experimental group, and none in the control group. Significant fall in ejection fraction occurred at 14 weeks after mitral regurgitation induction. However, before 14 weeks, end-diastolic volume increased by 93.69 ± 52.38% (P < .0001 compared with baseline), end-systolic volume increased by 118.33 ± 47.54% (P < .0001 compared with baseline), and several load-independent pump function indices were reduced. Transcriptomic data at 2 and 10 weeks before fall in ejection fraction indicated up-regulation of myocyte remodeling and oxidative stress pathways, whereas those at 20 and 40 weeks indicated extracellular matrix remodeling. CONCLUSIONS: In this rodent model of mitral regurgitation, left ventricular ejection fraction was preserved for a long duration, yet rapid and severe left ventricular dilatation, and biological remodeling occurred before a clinically significant fall in ejection fraction.
OBJECTIVE: Primary mitral regurgitation is a valvular lesion in which the left ventricular ejection fraction remains preserved for long periods, delaying a clinical trigger for mitral valve intervention. In this study, we sought to investigate whether adverse left ventricular remodeling occurs before a significant fall in ejection fraction and characterize these changes. METHODS: Sixty-five rats were induced with severe mitral regurgitation by puncturing the mitral valve leaflet with a 23-G needle using ultrasound guidance. Rats underwent longitudinal cardiac echocardiography at biweekly intervals and hearts explanted at 2 weeks (n = 15), 10 weeks (n = 15), 20 weeks (n = 15), and 40 weeks (n = 15). Sixty age- and weight-matched healthy rats were used as controls. Unbiased RNA-sequencing was performed at each terminal point. RESULTS: Regurgitant fraction was 40.99 ± 9.40%, with pulmonary flow reversal in the experimental group, and none in the control group. Significant fall in ejection fraction occurred at 14 weeks after mitral regurgitation induction. However, before 14 weeks, end-diastolic volume increased by 93.69 ± 52.38% (P < .0001 compared with baseline), end-systolic volume increased by 118.33 ± 47.54% (P < .0001 compared with baseline), and several load-independent pump function indices were reduced. Transcriptomic data at 2 and 10 weeks before fall in ejection fraction indicated up-regulation of myocyte remodeling and oxidative stress pathways, whereas those at 20 and 40 weeks indicated extracellular matrix remodeling. CONCLUSIONS: In this rodent model of mitral regurgitation, left ventricular ejection fraction was preserved for a long duration, yet rapid and severe left ventricular dilatation, and biological remodeling occurred before a clinically significant fall in ejection fraction.
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