Changes in Contractile Protein Expression Are Linked to Ventricular Stiffness in Infants with Pulmonary Hypertension Or Right Ve
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Open Access Basic and translational research Open Heart: first published as 10.1136/openhrt-2017-000716 on 3 January 2018. Downloaded from Changes in contractile protein expression are linked to ventricular stiffness in infants with pulmonary hypertension or right ventricular hypertrophy due to congenital heart disease Andrew R Bond,1 Dominga Iacobazzi,1 Safa Abdul-Ghani,1 Mohammed Ghorbel,1 Kate Heesom,2 Mariangela Wilson,2 Christopher Gillett,3 Sarah J George,1 Massimo Caputo,1,3 Saadeh Suleiman,1 Robert M R Tulloh1,3 ► Additional material is ABSTRACT Key questions published online only. To view Background The right ventricle (RV) is not designed please visit the journal online to sustain high pressure leading to failure. There are (http:// dx. doi. org/ 10. 1136/ What is already known about this subject? no current medications to help RV contraction, so openhrt- 2017- 000716). ► Proteomic changes in myocardium have been further information is required on adaption of the RV studied in adult patients with or without ischaemic To cite: Bond AR, Iacobazzi D, to such hypertension. arrest, and our laboratory has identified genetic Abdul-Ghani S, et al. Changes in Methods The Right Ventricle in Children (RVENCH) changes in the myocardium of children undergoing contractile protein expression study assessed infants with congenital heart disease cardiac surgery. are linked to ventricular stiffness undergoing cardiac surgery with hypertensive RV. in infants with pulmonary Clinical and echocardiographic data were recorded, What does this study add? hypertension or right ventricular and samples of RV were taken from matched infants, ► To date, this is a unique study that identifies hypertrophy due to congenital the proteomic differences in right ventricular heart disease. Open Heart analysed for proteomics and compared between http://openheart.bmj.com/ 2018;5:e000716. doi:10.1136/ pathologies and with clinical and echocardiographic myocardium from infants undergoing cardiac openhrt-2017-000716 outcome data. surgery for cyanotic and acyanotic heart diseases Results Those with tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) with a hypertensive right ventricle. were significantly more cyanosed than those with How might this impact on clinical practice? Received 3 September 2017 ventricular septal defect (median oxygen saturation It is of clinical concern how to manage such Revised 15 November 2017 83% vs 98%, P=0.0038), had significantly stiffer ► Accepted 18 November 2017 children, as to the timing of surgery, the type of RV (tricuspid E wave/A wave ratio 1.95 vs 0.84, inotrope that might benefit the child with each P=0.009) and had most had restrictive physiology. cardiac condition and individual mechanisms Gene ontology in TOF, with enrichment analysis, that might be accessed in precision medicine to on September 26, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. demonstrated significant increase in proteins of determine the best therapy for each child. This contractile mechanisms and those of calmodulin, study is the first step in that process to identify the actin binding and others associated with contractility mechanisms involved and the best treatment for than inventricular septal defect. Structural proteins the individual child. were also found to be higher in association with sarcomeric function: Z-disc, M-Band and thin-filament proteins. Remaining proteins associated with actin BACKGROUND binding, calcium signalling and myocyte cytoskeletal It is estimated that about 1% of all live-born development. Phosphopeptide enrichment led to 1Clinical Sciences, Bristol Heart babies are affected by cardiac congenital higher levels of calcium signalling proteins in TOF. Institute, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Conclusion This is the first demonstration that malformations. Intracardiac surgical repair in Bristol, UK these patients is associated with a low mortality 2Proteomics Facility, University those with an RV, which is stiff and hypertensive of Bristol, Bristol, UK in TOF, have a range of altered proteins, often in in infants and children (<5%). More impor- 3Department of Congenital Heart calcium signalling pathways. Information about these tantly, a growing number of patients survive Disease, King David Building, alterations might guide treatment options both in into adulthood with hypertensive right ventri- Bristol, UK terms of individualised therapy or inotropic support cles (RV). Heart failure due to RV dysfunction is a major cause of morbidity in this popula- Correspondence to for the Right ventricle when hypertensive due to Professor Robert M R Tulloh; pulmoanry hypertension or congenital heart disease. tion, and a significant proportion of them will Robert. Tulloh@ bristol. ac. uk die as a result. There is recent evidence that the Bond AR, et al. Open Heart 2018;5:e000716. doi:10.1136/openhrt-2017-000716 1 Open Heart Open Heart: first published as 10.1136/openhrt-2017-000716 on 3 January 2018. Downloaded from mortality is increasing in the teenage population who are The purpose of this study is to investigate the cellular dying of the complications of cardiac surgery performed signalling changes associated with RV hypertension in the over a decade ago, and it is our responsibility to improve setting of congenital heart disease. This would lead to a this for the next generation.1 The gravity of the problem better understanding of the determinants of RV function in is well explained by the 2009 WHO annual report that patients with hypertrophy associated with different congen- puts the disability-adjusted life-year for congenital heart ital cardiac malformations. It was proposed that: disease higher than diseases such as diabetes or hyperten- 1. Changes in key myocardial cellular signalling pathways sion.2 At present, pharmacotherapy of heart failure may triggered by hypertension-induced RV dysfunction in improve clinical symptoms, but there is no targeted phar- congenital cardiac disorders depend on the type of macotherapy to improve RV systolic and diastolic function malformation and systemic oxygen saturation. or to prevent or even reverse the remodelling of the RV. 2. The pathology-induced cellular and molecular chang- Significant morbidity secondary to RV dysfunction leads to es will result in differences in postoperative stay within greater length of time on the paediatric intensive care unit the hospital. (PICU) postoperatively and more expensive repeat inter- 3. Identifying differences in the cellular signalling ventions and reoperations. Since each day on the PICU pathways between those with large septal defects and can cost up to £2000, and each reoperation costs £25000, those with TOF might enable us to tailor therapies for it will be beneficial to the healthcare economy to improve each pathology to improve outcome. the quality of individualised care we deliver to these chil- The clinical outcome in our patients often depends on dren. the ability of the RV to cope with the anatomical substrate One drawback in this area is the fact that patients with RV and the effect of cardiopulmonary bypass. We hoped to dysfunction are grouped together despite the fact that there be able to understand better the effect of these and hence are different congenital cardiac disorders that will trigger to modify our treatment accordingly. This might lead to different functional, molecular and cellular remodelling in better and perhaps individualised care for our patients the RV. It is therefore vital to dissect potential differences undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass for congenital heart in cell signalling and remodelling in patients with different diseases. causes of RV dysfunction. Consequently, a greater under- standing of the underlying mechanisms of RV function in Patients and methods different congenital cardiac disorder groups will help to Inclusion criteria formulate strategies targeting individual cardiac disorders. We compared patients with RV hypertension who under- The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (Bethesda, went cardiopulmonary bypass and consented for inclu- Maryland, USA) has been awarded top priority to research sion between 1 July 2015 and 31 March 2017. We report on pathophysiology of the RV. RV dysfunction is caused on two groups of children with right ventricular pressures http://openheart.bmj.com/ by changes in the cell fate and tissue composition. These at systemic level: group 1: pulmonary hypertension due to changes occur due to cell signalling that may be initiated by large septal defects, such as ventricular septal defect (VSD) various factors including oxidative stress and lead to alter- and group 2: obstructed RV (as in TOF). In group 1, left ations in cell survival, structural (cytoskeletal) and extra- to right shunt was the cause of RV hypertension. In group cellular proteins, protease activity and calcium handling 2, the children were cyanosed, and the RV was functioning properties.3 From our recent studies, we have shown that under a significant obstructive afterload. chronic hypoxaemia in cyanotic children with tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) induced the expression of genes associated Exclusion criteria with apoptosis and reduced the expression of genes associ- Children with additional syndromes were excluded (apart on September 26, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. ated with normal myocyte contractility and function.3 from Trisomy 21) due to the unknown effect on ventricular It is well established that convergence of the signalling function and protein analysis. Parents who were not able pathways activated by tumour growth factor-β,