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Soluble epoxide hydrolase is a susceptibility factor for heart failure in a rat model of human disease.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18443590     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We aimed to identify genetic variants associated with heart failure by using a rat model of the human disease. We performed invasive cardiac hemodynamic measurements in F2 crosses between spontaneously hypertensive heart failure (SHHF) rats and reference strains. We combined linkage analyses with genome-wide expression profiling and identified Ephx2 as a heart failure susceptibility gene in SHHF rats. Specifically, we found that cis variation at Ephx2 segregated with heart failure and with increased transcript expression, protein expression and enzyme activity, leading to a more rapid hydrolysis of cardioprotective epoxyeicosatrienoic acids. To confirm our results, we tested the role of Ephx2 in heart failure using knockout mice. Ephx2 gene ablation protected from pressure overload-induced heart failure and cardiac arrhythmias. We further demonstrated differential regulation of EPHX2 in human heart failure, suggesting a cross-species role for Ephx2 in this complex disease.
Authors:
Jan Monti; Judith Fischer; Svetlana Paskas; Matthias Heinig; Herbert Schulz; Claudia Gösele; Arnd Heuser; Robert Fischer; Cosima Schmidt; Alexander Schirdewan; Volkmar Gross; Oliver Hummel; Henrike Maatz; Giannino Patone; Kathrin Saar; Martin Vingron; Steven M Weldon; Klaus Lindpaintner; Bruce D Hammock; Klaus Rohde; Rainer Dietz; Stuart A Cook; Wolf-Hagen Schunck; Friedrich C Luft; Norbert Hubner
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Nature genetics     Volume:  40     ISSN:  1546-1718     ISO Abbreviation:  Nat. Genet.     Publication Date:  2008 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-05-02     Completed Date:  2008-05-22     Revised Date:  2012-07-04    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9216904     Medline TA:  Nat Genet     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  529-37     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Robert-Rössle-Strasse 10, 13125 Berlin, Germany.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Chromosome Mapping
Disease Models, Animal*
Epoxide Hydrolases / analysis,  genetics*,  metabolism
Gene Expression Profiling
Genetic Linkage
Genetic Predisposition to Disease*
Heart Failure / enzymology,  genetics*,  physiopathology
Humans
Hypertension / complications,  genetics
Mice
Mice, Knockout
Myocardium / enzymology
Polymorphism, Genetic
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
Promoter Regions, Genetic
Quantitative Trait Loci
Rats / genetics*
Rats, Mutant Strains
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Sequence Deletion
Transcription Factor AP-1 / metabolism
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
R37 ES02710/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS; //British Heart Foundation; //Department of Health
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Transcription Factor AP-1; EC 3.3.2.-/Epoxide Hydrolases; EC 3.3.2.10/EPHX2 protein, human; EC 3.3.2.10/EPHX2 protein, rat

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