The ATP-binding cassette transporter ABCG2 (BCRP), a marker for side population stem cells, is expressed in human heart

Konrad Meissner, Björn Heydrich, Gabriele Jedlitschky, Henriette Meyer Zu Schwabedissen, Igor Mosyagin, Peter Dazert, Lothar Eckel, Silke Vogelgesang, Rolf W. Warzok, Michael Böhm, Christian Lehmann, Michael Wendt, Ingolf Cascorbi, Heyo K. Kroemer

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Résumé

Efforts to improve severely impaired myocardial function include transplantation of autologous hematopoietic side population (SP) stem cells. The transmembrane ABC-type (ATP binding cassette) half-transporter ABCG2 (BCRP) serves as a marker protein for SP cell selection. We have recently shown that other ABC transport proteins such as ABCB1 and ABCC5 are differentially expressed in normal and diseased human heart. Here we investigated localization and individual ABCG2 expression in 15 ventricular (including 10 cardiomyopathic) and 51 auricular heart tissue samples using immunohistochemistry, confocal laser scanning fluorescence microscopy, and real-time RT-PCR. Individual genotypes were assigned using PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis and subsequently correlated to ABCG2 mRNA levels. ABCG2 was localized in endothelial cells of capillaries and arterioles of all samples. Ventricular samples from cardiomyopathic hearts exhibited significantly increased levels of ABCG2 mRNA (ABCG2/18S rRNA: 1.08 ± 0.30 × 10-7; p=0.028 (dilative cardiomyopathy) and 1.16 ± 0.46 × 10-7; p=0.009 (ischemic cardiomyopathy) compared with 0.44 ± 0.26 × 10-7 in nonfailing hearts). The individual haplotypes were not associated with altered mRNA expression. ABCG2 is variably expressed in endothelial cells of human heart, where it may function as a protective barrier against cardiotoxic drugs such as anthracydines or mitoxantrone. ABCG2 expression is induced in dilative and ischemic cardiomyopathies.

Langue d'origineEnglish
Pages (de-à)215-221
Nombre de pages7
JournalJournal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry
Volume54
Numéro de publication2
DOI
Statut de publicationPublished - févr. 2006
Publié à l'externeOui

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Anatomy
  • Histology

PubMed: MeSH publication types

  • Journal Article
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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