Key result
Cardiac pressure overload reduces atrial ETV1 expression, driving electrical and structural remodeling.
Why the study?
Elevated intracardiac pressure from heart failure induces left atrial remodeling, but the underlying molecular pathways driving this remodeling during cardiac pressure overload remain poorly defined.
ETV1 downregulation during cardiac pressure overload contributes to left atrial electrical and structural remodeling, highlighting a potential molecular pathway for atrial myopathy and arrhythmias in heart failure.
Identifies ETV1 as potential mediator of atrial myopathy; hypothesis-generating for arrhythmia prevention strategies in HF.
Background: Elevated intracardiac pressure attributable to heart failure induces electrical and structural remodeling in the left atrium (LA) that begets atrial myopathy and arrhythmias. The underlying molecular pathways that drive atrial remodeling during cardiac pressure overload are poorly defined. The purpose of this study is to characterize the response of the ETV1 (ETS translocation variant 1) signaling axis in the LA during cardiac pressure overload in humans and mouse models and explore the role of ETV1 in atrial electrical and structural remodeling. Methods: We performed gene expression profiling in 265 left atrial samples from patients who underwent cardiac surgery. Comparative gene expression profiling was performed between 2 murine models of cardiac pressure overload, transverse aortic constriction banding and angiotensin II infusion, and a genetic model of Etv1 cardiomyocyte-selective knockout ( Etv1 f/f Mlc2a Cre /+ ). Results: Using the Cleveland Clinic biobank of human LA specimens, we found that ETV1 expression is decreased in patients with reduced ejection fraction. Consistent with its role as an important mediator of the NRG1 (Neuregulin 1) signaling pathway and activator of rapid conduction gene programming, we identified a direct correlation between ETV1 expression level and NRG1 , ERBB4 , SCN5A , and GJA5 levels in human LA samples. In a similar fashion to patients with heart failure, we showed that left atrial ETV1 expression is downregulated at the RNA and protein levels in murine pressure overload models. Comparative analysis of LA RNA sequencing datasets from transverse aortic constriction and angiotensin II–treated mice showed a high Pearson correlation, reflecting a highly ordered process by which the LA undergoes electrical and structural remodeling. Cardiac pressure overload produced a consistent downregulation of ErbB4 , Etv1 , Scn5a , and Gja5 and upregulation of profibrotic gene programming, which includes Tgfbr1/2, Igf1 , and numerous collagen genes. Etv1 f/f Mlc2a Cre /+ mice displayed atrial conduction disease and arrhythmias. Correspondingly, the LA from Etv1 f/f Mlc2a Cre /+ mice showed downregulation of rapid conduction genes and upregulation of profibrotic gene programming, whereas analysis of a gain-of-function ETV1 RNA sequencing dataset from neonatal rat ventricular myocytes transduced with Etv1 showed reciprocal changes. Conclusions: ETV1 is downregulated in the LA during cardiac pressure overload, contributing to both electrical and structural remodeling.
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Yamaguchi et al. (2020) studied Cardiac pressure overload and heart failure (n=265). Cardiac pressure overload and Etv1 knockout vs. Normal ejection fraction / control mice was evaluated on Gene expression profiling of ETV1 and related signaling pathways. In 265 human left atrial samples and murine models, cardiac pressure overload decreased ETV1 expression, contributing to electrical and structural remodeling via altered conduction and fibrotic genes.
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