Circulation Journal
Online ISSN : 1347-4820
Print ISSN : 1346-9843
ISSN-L : 1346-9843
Myocardial Disease
Spontaneous Development of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Diastolic Dysfunction in Mice Lacking All Nitric Oxide Synthases
Kiyoko ShibataYasuko YateraYumi FurunoKen SabanaiNaoya MorisadaSei NakataTsuyoshi MorishitaFumio YamazakiAkihide TanimotoYasuyuki SasaguriHiromi TasakiYasuhide NakashimaHiroaki ShimokawaNobuyuki YanagiharaYutaka OtsujiMasato Tsutsui
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2010 Volume 74 Issue 12 Pages 2681-2692

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Background: The role of the nitric oxide synthase (NOS) system in cardiac architecture and function remains unknown. This point was addressed in mice that lack all 3 NOS genes. Methods and Results: Morphological, echocardiographic, and hemodynamic analyses were performed in wild-type (WT), singly nNOS-/-, iNOS-/-, eNOS-/-, and triply n/i/eNOS-/- mice. At 5 months of age, but not at 2 months of age, significant left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy was noted in n/i/eNOS-/- mice and to a lesser extent in eNOS-/- mice, but not in nNOS-/- or iNOS-/- mice, compared with WT mice. Importantly, significant LV diastolic dysfunction (as evaluated by echocardiographic E/A wave ratio and hemodynamic -dP/dt and Tau), with preserved LV systolic function (as assessed by echocardiographic fractional shortening and hemodynamic +dP/dt), was noted only in n/i/eNOS-/- mice, and this was associated with enhanced LV end-diastolic pressure and increased lung wet weight, all of which are characteristics consistent with diastolic heart failure in humans. Finally, long-term oral treatment with an angiotensin II type 1 (AT1) receptor blocker, olmesartan, significantly prevented all these abnormalities of n/i/eNOS-/- mice. Conclusions: These results provide the first direct evidence that the complete disruption of all NOSs results in LV hypertrophy and diastolic dysfunction in mice in vivo through the AT1 receptor pathway, demonstrating a pivotal role of the endogenous NOS system in maintaining cardiac homeostasis. (Circ J 2010; 74: 2681-2692)

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