title: Gene expression of adrenomedullin in failing myocardium: comparison to atrial natriuretic peptide.
abstract: The expression of adrenomedullin (AM) and atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) were investigated in the myocardium of a rat model of chronic ischemic heart failure (CHF) compared with sham-operated controls. In addition, human myocardium of patients with end-stage heart failure due to idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy compared with myocardium of normal subjects (NF) was studied. In CHF, similar AM levels but increased ANF expression were observed in left ventricular myocardium, as assessed by semiquantitative PCR. Functional experiments with freshly excised papillary muscles showed no influence of AM on myocardial contractility. In NF human myocardium, the expression of AM mRNA was threefold higher in atrial compared with ventricular tissue. In analogy, ANF mRNA was increased by approximately 15-fold in atrial tissue. In dilated cardiomyopathy, the expression of AM was significantly increased in right and left ventricles compared with NF. In parallel, ventricular ANF expression was enhanced.
authors.affiliation: Klinik III für Innere Medizin, Universität zu Köln, 50924 Köln, Germany. Anselm.Bauer@medizin.uni-koelh.de
authors.forename: Anselm T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Bäumer
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schumann
authors.forename: Bodo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cremers
authors.forename: Gabi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Itter
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Linz
authors.forename: Friedrich
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jockenhövel
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Böhm
mesh_terms: D053607:Adrenomedullin; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000235:genetics*; D015870:Gene Expression; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D010455:Peptides / Q000235:genetics*; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides; D053607:Adrenomedullin; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor