Chronic perinatal hypoxia delays cardiac maturation in a mouse model for cyanotic congenital heart disease.
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
Spring 5-1-2021
Journal
American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology
Volume
320
Issue
5
DOI
10.1152/ajpheart.00870.2020
Keywords
Age Factors; Animals; Animals, Newborn; Chronic Disease; Cyanosis; Disease Models, Animal; Female; Fetal Heart; Fetal Hypoxia; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; Gestational Age; Heart Defects, Congenital; Heart Rate; Hypoxia; Mice; Myocardial Contraction; Myocytes, Cardiac; Organogenesis; Pregnancy; Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects
Abstract
Compared with acyanotic congenital heart disease (CHD), cyanotic CHD has an increased risk of lifelong mortality and morbidity. These adverse outcomes may be attributed to delayed cardiomyocyte maturation, since the transition from a hypoxic fetal milieu to oxygen-rich postnatal environment is disrupted. We established a rodent model to replicate hypoxic myocardial conditions spanning perinatal development, and tested the hypothesis that chronic hypoxia impairs cardiac development. Pregnant mice were housed in hypoxia beginning at
APA Citation
Romanowicz, J., Guerrelli, D., Dhari, Z., Mulvany, C., Reilly, M., Swift, L., Vasandani, N., Ramadan, M., Leatherbury, L., Ishibashi, N., & Posnack, N. (2021). Chronic perinatal hypoxia delays cardiac maturation in a mouse model for cyanotic congenital heart disease.. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 320 (5). http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00870.2020
Peer Reviewed
1
