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Corticotropin releasing hormone receptor 2 exacerbates chronic cardiac dysfunction

Heart failure occurs when the heart is unable to effectively pump blood and maintain tissue perfusion. Despite numerous therapeutic advancements over previous decades, the prognosis of patients with chronic heart failure remains poor, emphasizing the need to identify additional pathophysiological fa...

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Autores principales: Tsuda, Takuma, Takefuji, Mikito, Wettschureck, Nina, Kotani, Kazuhiko, Morimoto, Ryota, Okumura, Takahiro, Kaur, Harmandeep, Eguchi, Shunsuke, Sakaguchi, Teruhiro, Ishihama, Sohta, Kikuchi, Ryosuke, Unno, Kazumasa, Matsushita, Kunihiro, Ishikawa, Shizukiyo, Offermanns, Stefan, Murohara, Toyoaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5502432/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28550160
http://dx.doi.org/10.1084/jem.20161924
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Sumario:Heart failure occurs when the heart is unable to effectively pump blood and maintain tissue perfusion. Despite numerous therapeutic advancements over previous decades, the prognosis of patients with chronic heart failure remains poor, emphasizing the need to identify additional pathophysiological factors. Here, we show that corticotropin releasing hormone receptor 2 (Crhr2) is a G protein–coupled receptor highly expressed in cardiomyocytes and continuous infusion of the Crhr2 agonist, urocortin 2 (Ucn2), reduced left ventricular ejection fraction in mice. Moreover, plasma Ucn2 levels were 7.5-fold higher in patients with heart failure compared to those in healthy controls. Additionally, cardiomyocyte-specific deletion of Crhr2 protected mice from pressure overload-induced cardiac dysfunction. Mice treated with a Crhr2 antagonist lost maladaptive 3′-5′-cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP)–dependent signaling and did not develop heart failure in response to overload. Collectively, our results indicate that constitutive Crhr2 activation causes cardiac dysfunction and suggests that Crhr2 blockade is a promising therapeutic strategy for patients with chronic heart failure.