Loss of the melanocortin-4 receptor in mice causes dilated cardiomyopathy
| Title: | Loss of the melanocortin-4 receptor in mice causes dilated cardiomyopathy |
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| Authors: | Michael J Litt, G Donald Okoye, Daniel Lark, Isin Cakir, Christy Moore, Mary C Barber, James Atkinson, Josh Fessel, Javid Moslehi, Roger D Cone |
| Source: | eLife, Vol 6 (2017) |
| Publisher Information: | eLife Sciences Publications Ltd, 2017. |
| Publication Year: | 2017 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medicine LCC:Science LCC:Biology (General) |
| Subject Terms: | heart, cardiovascular, cardiomyopathy, MC4R, melanocortin-4 receptor, obesity, Medicine, Science, Biology (General), QH301-705.5 |
| More Details: | Haploinsufficiency of the melanocortin-4 receptor, the most common monogenetic obesity syndrome in humans, is associated with a reduction in autonomic tone, bradycardia, and incidence of obesity-associated hypertension. Thus, it has been assumed that melanocortin obesity syndrome may be protective with respect to obesity-associated cardiovascular disease. We show here that absence of the melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) in mice causes dilated cardiomyopathy, characterized by reduced contractility and increased left ventricular diameter. This cardiomyopathy is independent of obesity as weight matched diet induced obese mice do not display systolic dysfunction. Mc4r cardiomyopathy is characterized by ultrastructural changes in mitochondrial morphology and cardiomyocyte disorganization. Remarkably, testing of myocardial tissue from Mc4r−/− mice exhibited increased ADP stimulated respiratory capacity. However, this increase in respiration correlates with increased reactive oxygen species production – a canonical mediator of tissue damage. Together this study identifies MC4R deletion as a novel and potentially clinically important cause of heart failure. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 2050-084X |
| Relation: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/28118; https://doaj.org/toc/2050-084X |
| DOI: | 10.7554/eLife.28118 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/be1fdf60b9af4a499d962141b59a7a77 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.be1fdf60b9af4a499d962141b59a7a77 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 2050084X |
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| DOI: | 10.7554/eLife.28118 |
| Published in: | eLife |
| Language: | English |