title: Reduced concentration of myocardial Na+,K(+)-ATPase in human aortic valve disease as well as of Na+,K(+)- and Ca(2+)-ATPase in rodents with hypertrophy.
abstract: Myocardial Na+,K(+)-ATPase was studied in patients with aortic valve disease, and myocardial Na+,K(+)- and Ca(2+)-ATPase were assessed in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and hereditary cardiomyopathic hamsters using methods ensuring high enzyme recovery. Na+,K(+)-ATPase was quantified by [3H]ouabain binding to intact myocardial biopsies from patients with aortic valve disease. Aortic stenosis, regurgitation and a combination hereof were compared with normal human heart and were associated with reductions of left ventricular [3H]ouabain binding site concentration (pmol/g wet weight) of 56, 46 and 60%, respectively (p < 0.01). Na+,K(+)- and Ca(2+)-ATPases were quantified by K(+)- and Ca(2+)-dependent p-nitrophenyl phosphatase (pNPPase) activity determinations in crude myocardial homogenates from SHR and hereditary cardiomyopathic hamsters. When SHR were compared to age-matched Wistar Kyoto (WKY) rats an increase in heart-body weight ratio of 75% (p < 0.001) was associated with reductions of K(+)- and Ca(2+)-dependent pNPPase activities (mumol/min/g wet weight) of 42 (p < 0.01) and 27% (p < 0.05), respectively. When hereditary cardiomyopathic hamsters were compared to age-matched Syrian hamsters an increase in heart-body weight ratio of 69% (p < 0.001) was found to be associated with reductions in K(+)- and Ca(2+)-dependent pNPPase activities of 50 (p < 0.001) and 26% (p = 0.05), respectively. The reductions in Na+,K(+)- and Ca(2+)-ATPases were selective in relation to overall protein content and were not merely the outcome of increased myocardial mass relative to Na+,K(+)- and Ca(2+)-pumps. In conclusion, myocardial hypertrophy is in patients associated with reduced Na+,K(+)-ATPase concentration and in rodents with reduced Na+,K(+)- and Ca(2+)-ATPase concentrations. This may be of importance for development of heart failure and arrhythmia in hypertrophic heart disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine B, Heart Centre, Rigshospitalet, National University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Larsen
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bundgaard
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kjeldsen
mesh_terms: D009597:4-Nitrophenylphosphatase / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000201:enzymology*; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000378:metabolism*; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000201:enzymology*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000201:enzymology; D006224:Cricetinae; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000201:enzymology; D006801:Humans; D008647:Mesocricetus; D009206:Myocardium / Q000201:enzymology*; D010042:Ouabain / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010042:Ouabain; D009597:4-Nitrophenylphosphatase; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase