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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1576-H1581, 2003. First published June 5, 2003; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00217.2003
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Elevated plasma levels of human urotensin-II immunoreactivity in congestive heart failure

Fraser D. Russell,1 Deborah Meyers,2 Andrew J. Galbraith,2 Nick Bett,2 Istvan Toth,3 Philip Kearns,3 and Peter Molenaar1

Departments of 1Medicine and 2Cardiology, Prince Charles Hospital, Chermside, Queensland 4032; and 3School of Pharmacy, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland 4067, Australia

Submitted 10 March 2003 ; accepted in final form 3 June 2003

Human urotensin-II (hU-II) is the most potent endogenous cardiostimulant identified to date. We therefore determined whether hU-II has a possible pathological role by investigating its levels in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). Blood samples were obtained from the aortic root, femoral artery, femoral vein, and pulmonary artery from CHF patients undergoing cardiac catheterization and the aortic root from patients undergoing investigative angiography for chest pain who were not in heart failure. Immunoreactive hU-II (hU-II-ir) levels were determined with radioimmunoassay. hU-II-ir was elevated in the aortic root of CHF patients (230.9 ± 68.7 pg/ml, n = 21; P < 0.001) vs. patients with nonfailing hearts (22.7 ± 6.1 pg/ml, n = 18). This increase was attributed to cardiopulmonary production of hU-II-ir because levels were lower in the pulmonary artery (38.2 ± 6.1 pg/ml, n = 21; P < 0.001) than in the aortic root. hU-II-ir was elevated in the aortic root of CHF patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy (142.1 ± 51.5 pg/ml, n = 10; P < 0.05) vs. patients with nonfailing hearts without coronary artery disease (27.3 ± 12.4 pg/ml, n = 7) and CHF patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy (311.6 ± 120.4 pg/ml, n = 11; P < 0.001) vs. patients with nonfailing hearts and coronary artery disease (19.8 ± 6.6 pg/ml, n = 11). hU-II-ir was significantly higher in the aortic root than in the pulmonary artery and femoral vein, with a nonsignificant trend for higher levels in the aortic root than in the femoral artery. The findings indicated that hU-II-ir is elevated in the aortic root of CHF patients and that hU-II-ir is cleared at least in part from the microcirculation.

ischemic heart disease; dilated cardiomyopathy; circulating vasoactive agent


Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: F. D. Russell, Dept. of Medicine, Univ. of Queensland, Prince Charles Hospital, Rode Road, Chermside, Queensland 4032, Australia (E-mail: russell{at}medicine.uq.edu.au).




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