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- Title
Structural, Pro-Inflammatory and Calcium Handling Remodeling Underlies Spontaneous Onset of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation in JDP2-Overexpressing Mice.
- Authors
Parahuleva, Mariana S.; Kockskämper, Jens; Heger, Jacqueline; Grimm, Wolfram; Scherer, Anna; Bühler, Sarah; Kreutz, Julian; Schulz, Rainer; Euler, Gerhild
- Abstract
Background: Cardiac-specific JDP2 overexpression provokes ventricular dysfunction and atrial dilatation in mice. We performed in vivo studies on JDP2-overexpressing mice to investigate the impact of JDP2 on the predisposition to spontaneous atrial fibrillation (AF). Methods: JDP2-overexpression was started by withdrawal of a doxycycline diet in 4-week-old mice. The spontaneous onset of AF was documented by ECG within 4 to 5 weeks of JDP2 overexpression. Gene expression was analyzed by real-time RT-PCR and Western blots. Results: In atrial tissue of JDP2 mice, besides the 3.6-fold increase of JDP2 mRNA, no changes could be detected within one week of JDP2 overexpression. Atrial dilatation and hypertrophy, combined with elongated cardiomyocytes and fibrosis, became evident after 5 weeks of JDP2 overexpression. Electrocardiogram (ECG) recordings revealed prolonged PQ-intervals and broadened P-waves and QRS-complexes, as well as AV-blocks and paroxysmal AF. Furthermore, reductions were found in the atrial mRNA and protein level of the calcium-handling proteins NCX, Cav1.2 and RyR2, as well as of connexin40 mRNA. mRNA of the hypertrophic marker gene ANP, pro-inflammatory MCP1, as well as markers of immune cell infiltration (CD68, CD20) were increased in JDP2 mice. Conclusion: JDP2 is an important regulator of atrial calcium and immune homeostasis and is involved in the development of atrial conduction defects and arrhythmogenic substrates preceding paroxysmal AF.
- Subjects
ATRIAL fibrillation; MESSENGER RNA; MICE; BIOMARKERS; CALCIUM; DOXYCYCLINE; GENE expression
- Publication
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020, Vol 21, Issue 23, p9095
- ISSN
1661-6596
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ijms21239095