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Pulmonary beta adrenoceptor density in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy and idiopathic tachycardia. 2001

M A Schäfers, and T Wichter, and K P Schäfers, and S Rahman, and C G Rhodes, and A A Lammertsma, and H Lerch, and M Knickmeier, and F Hermansen, and O Schober, and P G Camici, and G Breithardt
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Münster University, Germany. schafmi@uni-muenster.de

OBJECTIVE In recent in vivo studies using positron emission tomography (PET) our group demonstrated that the myocardial beta adrenoceptor (betaAR) density is reduced in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) and idiopathic right ventricular outflow tract tachycardia (RVO-VT) associated with an increased presynaptic catecholamine washout. It was hypothesised that the reduction of myocardial betaAR density is secondary to an increase of local catecholamines in the myocardium resulting from the presynaptic dysfunction since circulating plasma catecholamines were demonstrated to be unchanged in these conditions. To further prove this hypothesis of an organ-limited adrenergic nervous dysfunction of the heart, this study aimed to investigate betaAR density in another thoracic organ, the lung. METHODS Pulmonary and myocardial betaAR density was measured in 7 ARVC patients, 8 RVO-VT patients and in a group of healthy controls (n = 13) using the non-selective beta-blocker [11C]-CGP 12177 and PET. RESULTS Pulmonary betaAR density was similar in controls (12.4 +/- 1.7 pmol/g tissue), ARVC (11.6 +/- 1.7 pmol/g tissue, p = ns) and RVO-VT (12.8 +/- 2.0 pmol/g tissue, p = ns), whereas myocardial betaAR density was significantly reduced in ARVC (6.3 +/- 1.1 pmol/g tissue, p = 0.006) and RVO-VT (6.8 +/- 1.2 pmol/g tissue, p=0.02) as compared to controls (8.8+/-1.5 pmol/g tissue). CONCLUSIONS The unchanged pulmonary betaAR density in the presence of a previously described significant reduction in myocardial betaAR density in the same patient principally supports our pathophysiological hypothesis that the myocardial betaAR density may be reduced in ARVC and RVO-VT because of an increase in local synaptic catecholamine levels due to an organ-limited presynaptic adrenergic dysfunction of the heart. Since in the present study only pulmonary betaAR density was measured, future functional studies excluding pulmonary betaAR desensitisation are required to finally prove the unchanged pulmonary sympathetic innervation in ARVC and RVO-VT.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008168 Lung Either of the pair of organs occupying the cavity of the thorax that effect the aeration of the blood. Lungs
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009202 Cardiomyopathies A group of diseases in which the dominant feature is the involvement of the CARDIAC MUSCLE itself. Cardiomyopathies are classified according to their predominant pathophysiological features (DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY) or their etiological/pathological factors (CARDIOMYOPATHY, ALCOHOLIC; ENDOCARDIAL FIBROELASTOSIS). Myocardial Disease,Myocardial Diseases,Myocardial Diseases, Primary,Myocardial Diseases, Secondary,Myocardiopathies,Primary Myocardial Disease,Cardiomyopathies, Primary,Cardiomyopathies, Secondary,Primary Myocardial Diseases,Secondary Myocardial Diseases,Cardiomyopathy,Cardiomyopathy, Primary,Cardiomyopathy, Secondary,Disease, Myocardial,Disease, Primary Myocardial,Disease, Secondary Myocardial,Diseases, Myocardial,Diseases, Primary Myocardial,Diseases, Secondary Myocardial,Myocardial Disease, Primary,Myocardial Disease, Secondary,Myocardiopathy,Primary Cardiomyopathies,Primary Cardiomyopathy,Secondary Cardiomyopathies,Secondary Cardiomyopathy,Secondary Myocardial Disease
D003326 Coronary Circulation The circulation of blood through the CORONARY VESSELS of the HEART. Circulation, Coronary
D005260 Female Females
D006352 Heart Ventricles The lower right and left chambers of the heart. The right ventricle pumps venous BLOOD into the LUNGS and the left ventricle pumps oxygenated blood into the systemic arterial circulation. Cardiac Ventricle,Cardiac Ventricles,Heart Ventricle,Left Ventricle,Right Ventricle,Left Ventricles,Right Ventricles,Ventricle, Cardiac,Ventricle, Heart,Ventricle, Left,Ventricle, Right,Ventricles, Cardiac,Ventricles, Heart,Ventricles, Left,Ventricles, Right
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D001145 Arrhythmias, Cardiac Any disturbances of the normal rhythmic beating of the heart or MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION. Cardiac arrhythmias can be classified by the abnormalities in HEART RATE, disorders of electrical impulse generation, or impulse conduction. Arrhythmia,Arrythmia,Cardiac Arrhythmia,Cardiac Arrhythmias,Cardiac Dysrhythmia,Arrhythmia, Cardiac,Dysrhythmia, Cardiac

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