Key result
Autopsied individuals with hypertensive heart disease had higher left ventricular collagen fibers and mast cell density compared to those without heart disease.
Why the study?
The study was conducted to analyze the percentage of collagen fibers and mast cell density in the left ventricular myocardium of autopsied patients with and without hypertensive heart disease.
Observational (n=30)
No
Mast cell density is significantly increased in hypertensive heart disease and correlates with myocardial fibrosis, suggesting their involvement in collagen remodeling.
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Hypothesis-generating for mast cell-targeted therapy in hypertensive heart disease; prospective studies required before clinical consideration.
To analyze the percentage of collagen fibers and mast cell density in the left ventricular myocardium of autopsied patients with and without hypertensive heart disease. Thirty fragments of left ventricular myocardium were obtained from individuals autopsied at the Clinical Hospital of the Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM) in the period from 1987 to 2017. Individuals were divided into two groups: those with hypertensive heart disease (HD) and those with no heart disease (ND). Subjects were also assessed according to age, gender and race (white and non-white). Collagen fibers were quantified by computed morphometry and mast cell density was assessed by immunohistochemical methods. There were significantly more collagen fibers in the left ventricle in the HD group than in the ND group (p< 0.001). Mast cell density was significantly higher in the left ventricle of individuals with HD immunolabeled with anti-chymase and anti-tryptase antibodies (p = 0.02) and also of those immunolabeled only with anti-tryptase antibodies (p = 0.03). Analyzing the HD group, there was a significant positive correlation between the percentage of collagen fibers in the left ventricle and mast cell density immunolabeled by anti-chymase and anti-tryptase antibodies (p = 0.04) and also mast cell density immunolabeled only with anti-tryptase antibodies (p = 0.02). Mast cells are involved in the development of hypertensive heart disease, contributing to the remodeling of collagen fibers in this disease. Analisar a porcentagem de fibras colágenas e a densidade mastocitária no miocárdio ventricular esquerdo de pacientes autopsiados com e sem cardiopatia hipertensiva. Foram obtidos 30 fragmentos do miocárdio ventricular esquerdo de indivíduos autopsiados no Hospital Clínico da Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM) em 1987-2017, agrupados em indivíduos com cardiopatia hipertensiva (HD) e sem cardiopatia (ND) e avaliados de acordo com fatores como idade, sexo (masculino e feminino) e cor (branco e não branco). A quantificação das fibras colágenas foi feita por morfometria computadorizada e a densidade mastocitária foi avaliada por métodos imuno-histoquímicos. Houve aumento significativo das fibras colágenas no ventrículo esquerdo no grupo HD em comparação com o grupo ND (p < 0,001). Quanto à densidade mastocitária, houve aumento significativo no ventrículo esquerdo de indivíduos com HD imunomarcados por antiquimase/antitriptase (p = 0,02) e também na densidade mastocitária no ventrículo esquerdo de indivíduos imunomarcados por antitriptase (p = 0,03). Analisando o grupo de HD, houve uma correlação positiva e significativa entre a porcentagem de fibras colágenas no ventrículo esquerdo e a densidade mastocitária no ventrículo esquerdo imunomarcados por antiquimase/antitriptase (p = 0,04) e também na densidade mastocitária no ventrículo esquerdo de indivíduos imunomarcados por antitriptase (p = 0,02). Os mastócitos estão envolvidos no desenvolvimento da cardiopatia hipertensiva, contribuem para a remodelação das fibras colágenas nessa doença.
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Juliano et al. (2020) conducted an observational in Hypertensive heart disease (n=30). Hypertensive heart disease vs. No heart disease was evaluated on Percentage of collagen fibers and mast cell density in the left ventricular myocardium (p=<0.001). Autopsied individuals with hypertensive heart disease had higher left ventricular collagen fibers and mast cell density compared to those without heart disease.
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