Osteoglycin Prevents Cardiac Dilatation and Dysfunction After Myocardial Infarction Through Infarct Collagen Strengthening
2015
Rationale:To maintain cardiac mechanical and structural integrity after an ischemic insult, profound alterations occur within the extracellular matrix. Osteoglycin is a small leucine-rich proteoglycan previously described as a marker of cardiac hypertrophy. Objective:To establish whether osteoglycin may play a role in cardiac integrity and function after myocardial infarction (MI). Methods and Results:Osteoglycin expression is associated with collagen deposition and scar formation in mouse and human MI. Absence of osteoglycin in mice resulted in significantly increased rupture-related mortality with tissue disruption, intramyocardial bleeding, and increased cardiac dysfunction, despite equal infarct sizes. Surviving osteoglycin null mice had greater infarct expansion in comparison with wild-type mice because of impaired collagen fibrillogenesis and maturation in the infarcts as revealed by electron microscopy and collagen polarization. Absence of osteoglycin did not affect cardiomyocyte hypertrophy in the...
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