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To evaluate the effects of chronic pressure overload on different parts of the left ventricle (LV), we examined a myosin isoform shift from V1 to V3 as a biochemical marker of LV hypertrophy in Dahl salt-sensitive (DS) rats. Six-week-old DS rats were fed an 8% (high salt, HS; n = 24) or a 0.3% (low salt, LS; n = 12) NaCl diet. After 2 or 4 weeks, the hearts were dissected and the LVs were separated into four parts (the base and mid-portion of the interventricular septum (IVS), and the base and mid-portion of the LV free wall) for isomyosin analysis. The myosin isoform shift was analyzed by pyrophosphate gel electrophoresis. Both blood pressure and LV/body weight ratio were clearly increased in the HS group. The myosin isoform shift from V1 to V3, which was measured as a decrease in the percentage of V1 isomyosin, was demonstrated only in the base of LV, with significant predominance in the IVS at 2 weeks and in all four parts at 4 weeks in the HS group. In the LS group, a myosin isoform shift was demonstrated only in the basal portion of the LV at 4 weeks. We concluded that, in rats with salt-induced hypertension, the myosin isoform shift from V1 to V3 starts at the base of the LV, and particularly at the base of the IVS, and then spreads across the entire LV. These results suggest that pressure overload from hypertension may be strongest at the base of the IVS, and that LV hypertrophy may originate at the IVS base.

Left Ventricular Regional Variations in Myosin Isoform Shift in Dahl Salt-Sensitive Hypertensive Rats.