PMID- 9351439 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19971202 LR - 20190706 IS - 0009-7330 (Print) IS - 0009-7330 (Linking) VI - 81 IP - 5 DP - 1997 Nov TI - Increased expression of interleukin-1 beta and monocyte chemotactic and activating factor/monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in the hypertrophied and failing heart with pressure overload. PG - 664-71 AB - Studies on the effects of proinflammatory cytokines on the heart suggest that they play some roles in the pathogenesis of congestive heart failure (CHF). To determine the involvement of proinflammatory cytokine in cardiac hypertrophy and CHF induced by mechanical overload, we investigated the expression of interleukin (IL)-1 beta and monocyte chemotactic and activating factor (MCAF)/monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) in the left ventricle (LV) of Dahl salt-sensitive (DS) rats that showed hypertrophy of the LV induced by hypertension and subsequently developed CHF. The IL-1 beta mRNA content in the LV of DS rats increased 3.9-fold when LV hypertrophy developed, and the increase reached 6.2-fold at the CHF stage compared with that of age-matched Dahl salt-resistant (DR) rats. The amount of IL-1 beta in the LV was positively correlated with the LV weight/body weight ratio. Most of the IL-1 beta immunoreactivity was localized in the endothelial cells and interstitial macrophages. The mRNA levels of MCAF in the LV increased 3.6-fold at 11 weeks and reached 4.8-fold at the CHF stage relative to the age-matched DR rats. MCAF protein was localized to the endothelial cells and interstitial macrophages. In DS rats, the number of interstitial macrophages increased diffusely throughout the LV. We suggest that increased chemokine expression, macrophage infiltration, and proinflammatory cytokine expression play some role in the pathogenesis of cardiac hypertrophy and failure induced by chronic mechanical overload. FAU - Shioi, T AU - Shioi T AD - Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan. FAU - Matsumori, A AU - Matsumori A FAU - Kihara, Y AU - Kihara Y FAU - Inoko, M AU - Inoko M FAU - Ono, K AU - Ono K FAU - Iwanaga, Y AU - Iwanaga Y FAU - Yamada, T AU - Yamada T FAU - Iwasaki, A AU - Iwasaki A FAU - Matsushima, K AU - Matsushima K FAU - Sasayama, S AU - Sasayama S LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Circ Res JT - Circulation research JID - 0047103 RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) RN - 0 (Interleukin-1) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - *Blood Pressure MH - Cardiomegaly/*metabolism/physiopathology MH - Chemokine CCL2/*biosynthesis MH - Heart Failure/*metabolism/physiopathology MH - Immunohistochemistry MH - Interleukin-1/*biosynthesis MH - Male MH - Organ Size MH - Rats EDAT- 1997/11/14 00:00 MHDA- 1997/11/14 00:01 CRDT- 1997/11/14 00:00 PHST- 1997/11/14 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1997/11/14 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1997/11/14 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1161/01.res.81.5.664 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Circ Res. 1997 Nov;81(5):664-71. doi: 10.1161/01.res.81.5.664.