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Protective role of mast cells in homocysteine-induced cardiac remodeling

Departments of ¹Internal Medicine and ²Pathology, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; ³Loyola University School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois; and ⁴Department of Surgery, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas

Submitted 6 August 2004 ; accepted in final form 3 December 2004

Recent reports including those from our laboratories indicate that hyperhomocysteinemia (Hhe) is an independent risk factor for cardiac dysfunction and clinical heart failure. Mast cell accumulation is a prominent feature in our model of Hhe-induced cardiac dysfunction. Because mast cell-derived mediators can potentially attenuate cardiac remodeling, we investigated the possible protective role of mast cells in Hhe-induced cardiac remodeling using a mast cell-deficient rat model that in our recent report did not demonstrate any adverse cardiac function at younger age (6 mo) than mast cell-competent control animals. Mast cell-deficient (Ws/Ws) rats and mast cell-competent (+/+) littermate control animals (3 mo of age) were treated with a Hhe-inducing diet for 10 wk. Cardiac remodeling was assessed structurally utilizing histomorphometric methods and functionally using an isolated Langendorff-perfused heart preparation. The Hhe-inducing diet caused similar elevations of homocysteine levels in the two groups. Compared with Hhe +/+ rats, the Hhe Ws/Ws rats demonstrated strikingly exacerbated adverse cardiac remodeling and myocardial fibrosis. Cardiac function measurement showed worsened diastolic function in Hhe Ws/Ws rats compared with Hhe +/+ rats. The absence of mast cells strikingly exacerbates Hhe-induced adverse cardiac remodeling and diastolic dysfunction. These findings indicate a potential dual rather than sole deleterious role for mast cells in cardiac injury.

myocardial fibrosis; diastolic dysfunction; collagen

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