cardiovascular system
• following ligation of the left femoral artery, male heterozygotes show a significant reduction in the ratio of left-to-right leg blood-flow recovery and markedly reduced capillary density (neovascularization) in ischemic hindlimb tissue relative to wild-type controls
• notably, injection of adenoviral CREG1 into the gastrocnemius muscle partially increases neovascularization and tissue perfusion in the ischemic hindlimb
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• 28 days after myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (MI/R) injury, male heterozygotes exhibit significantly lower left ventricular (LV) fractional shortening and ejection fraction relative to wild-type controls
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• 28 days after MI/R injury, male heterozygotes exhibit significantly lower LV fractional shortening and ejection fraction and increased LV volume in diastole (LVVD), indicating decreased cardiac function relative to wild-type controls
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• following MI/R injury, male heterozygotes exhibit a larger infarction size and area at risk at 2 hrs after reperfusion relative to wild-type controls
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homeostasis/metabolism
• 28 days after MI/R injury, male heterozygotes exhibit significantly lower LV fractional shortening and ejection fraction and increased LV volume in diastole (LVVD), indicating decreased cardiac function relative to wild-type controls
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• following MI/R injury, male heterozygotes exhibit a larger infarction size and area at risk at 2 hrs after reperfusion relative to wild-type controls
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• following MI/R injury, male heterozygotes show accumulation of LC3A and p62 in the ischemic border of the myocardium, indicating impaired myocardial autophagy
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muscle
• 28 days after myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (MI/R) injury, male heterozygotes exhibit significantly lower left ventricular (LV) fractional shortening and ejection fraction relative to wild-type controls
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• following MI/R injury, male heterozygotes show a significantly greater number of TUNEL+ cells in the ischemic border of the myocardium at 2 hrs after reperfusion relative to wild-type controls; expression of cleaved caspase-3 protein is enhanced at 15 min, 30 min and 2 hrs after reperfusion
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cellular
• following MI/R injury, male heterozygotes show accumulation of LC3A and p62 in the ischemic border of the myocardium, indicating impaired myocardial autophagy
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• following MI/R injury, male heterozygotes show a significantly greater number of TUNEL+ cells in the ischemic border of the myocardium at 2 hrs after reperfusion relative to wild-type controls; expression of cleaved caspase-3 protein is enhanced at 15 min, 30 min and 2 hrs after reperfusion
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