PMID- 31956150 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200219 LR - 20200219 IS - 1349-3299 (Electronic) IS - 1349-2365 (Linking) VI - 61 IP - 1 DP - 2020 Jan 31 TI - Heart is the Target Organ of Endogenous Cardiac Natriuretic Peptides. PG - 77-82 LID - 10.1536/ihj.19-379 [doi] AB - This study aimed to evaluate whether the heart is the target organ of endogenous atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) in patients with heart failure (HF) with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF).We measured the plasma levels of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP), which is a second messenger of ANP and BNP, in the aortic root (AO) and coronary sinus (CS) in 237 patients with HFrEF. Plasma levels of cGMP were significantly higher in the CS than those in the AO in 237 patients with HFrEF (10.0 +/- 4.5 versus 10.5 +/- 4.3 pmoL/mL, P < 0.0001) and were significantly higher in the CS than those in the AO (8.0 +/- 3.6 versus 8.9 +/- 3.8 pmoL/mL, P < 0.0001) in mild HF patients (New York Heart Association (NYHA) II, n = 114), but there was no difference in plasma cGMP between the AO and the CS (11.9 +/- 4.4 versus 11.9 +/- 4.3 pmoL/mL, NS) in severe HF patients (NYHA III-IV, n = 123). In mild HF patients, log (ANP + BNP) in the AO was an independent predictor of (CS-AO) cGMP among hemodynamics and nitrate therapy. There was a significant correlation between log [(CS-AO) ANP + (CS-AO) BNP] and (CS-AO) cGMP (r = 0.455, P < 0.0001) in mild HF patients.These findings indicate that cGMP is produced from the failing heart and that the heart is the target organ of endogenous ANP and BNP in patients with HFrEF. In severe HF patients, cGMP production may be attenuated because of the downregulation of biological receptors and/or increased cGMP degradation in the failing heart. FAU - Tsutamoto, Takayoshi AU - Tsutamoto T AD - Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science. FAU - Sakai, Hiroshi AU - Sakai H AD - Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science. FAU - Yamamoto, Takashi AU - Yamamoto T AD - Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science. FAU - Nakagawa, Yoshihisa AU - Nakagawa Y AD - Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200117 PL - Japan TA - Int Heart J JT - International heart journal JID - 101244240 RN - 114471-18-0 (Natriuretic Peptide, Brain) RN - 85637-73-6 (Atrial Natriuretic Factor) RN - H2D2X058MU (Cyclic GMP) SB - IM MH - Aged MH - Atrial Natriuretic Factor/*metabolism MH - Cardiac Catheterization MH - Cyclic GMP/blood MH - Female MH - Heart Failure/blood/metabolism/*physiopathology MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Natriuretic Peptide, Brain/*metabolism MH - Stroke Volume OTO - NOTNLM OT - Atrial natriuretic peptide OT - Brain natriuretic peptide OT - Cyclic guanosine monophosphate OT - Heart failure OT - Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction EDAT- 2020/01/21 06:00 MHDA- 2020/02/20 06:00 CRDT- 2020/01/21 06:00 PHST- 2020/01/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/02/20 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/01/21 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1536/ihj.19-379 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int Heart J. 2020 Jan 31;61(1):77-82. doi: 10.1536/ihj.19-379. Epub 2020 Jan 17.