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Value of serum tenascin-C in patients with acute myocardial infarction
Abstract
Background: Myocardial infarction (MI) is defined as myocardial cell necrosis due to significant and sustained ischemia. TN-C is an extracellular matrix glycoprotein that is expressed in several important steps during the very early stage of cardiogenesis. TN-C is not normally expressed in the adult heart, but transiently appears during pathological conditions and plays important roles in tissue remodeling.
Aim: To study the role of TN-C in myocardial infarction patients and to evaluate its role as a predictor of HF in these patients.
Methods: This study was conducted on 45 cases uniformly divided into 3 closely matched (in age and sex) groups as follows: Group (I) includes 15 patients who were suffering from AMI; Group (II) includes 15 patients who were suffering from HF on top of MI; and Group (III) includes 15 healthy volunteers coming for regular annual checkup. 3–6 ml venous blood was collected on the day of admission under complete aseptic conditions and stored at 70 C until assayed by ELISA.
Results: TN-C levels in the sera of patients with AMI Group (I) were significantly higher than those of healthy volunteers. Moreover, in Group I ofAMI, a positive correlation between TN-C level on one side and CK, CK-MB and troponin T level on the other side was found. TN-C levels in the sera of patients with congestive heart failure on top of acute MI Group (II) were significantly higher than those of healthy volunteers. Pro-BNP levels in patients with heart failure Group (II) were significantly
higher than those with AMI not complicated with heart failure Group (I). Levels of pro-BNP were also positively correlated with those of TN-C in patients with heart failure on top of AMI Group (II).
Conclusions: Serum TN-C might be a novel marker reflecting active structural remodeling in the myocardium following infarction, with high TN-C levels at acute stages possibly predicting progression of LV remodeling. Also, the incorporation of a combination of serum TN-C and plasma BNP levels may improve risk stratification for congestive heart failure after AMI. Further studies on large scale are needed for more evaluation of TN-C role in HF.
Aim: To study the role of TN-C in myocardial infarction patients and to evaluate its role as a predictor of HF in these patients.
Methods: This study was conducted on 45 cases uniformly divided into 3 closely matched (in age and sex) groups as follows: Group (I) includes 15 patients who were suffering from AMI; Group (II) includes 15 patients who were suffering from HF on top of MI; and Group (III) includes 15 healthy volunteers coming for regular annual checkup. 3–6 ml venous blood was collected on the day of admission under complete aseptic conditions and stored at 70 C until assayed by ELISA.
Results: TN-C levels in the sera of patients with AMI Group (I) were significantly higher than those of healthy volunteers. Moreover, in Group I ofAMI, a positive correlation between TN-C level on one side and CK, CK-MB and troponin T level on the other side was found. TN-C levels in the sera of patients with congestive heart failure on top of acute MI Group (II) were significantly higher than those of healthy volunteers. Pro-BNP levels in patients with heart failure Group (II) were significantly
higher than those with AMI not complicated with heart failure Group (I). Levels of pro-BNP were also positively correlated with those of TN-C in patients with heart failure on top of AMI Group (II).
Conclusions: Serum TN-C might be a novel marker reflecting active structural remodeling in the myocardium following infarction, with high TN-C levels at acute stages possibly predicting progression of LV remodeling. Also, the incorporation of a combination of serum TN-C and plasma BNP levels may improve risk stratification for congestive heart failure after AMI. Further studies on large scale are needed for more evaluation of TN-C role in HF.
