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. 1989 May;83(5):1487–1493. doi: 10.1172/JCI114042

Cardiac beta myosin heavy chain diversity in normal and chronically hypertensive baboons.

R D Henkel 1, J L VandeBerg 1, R E Shade 1, J J Leger 1, R A Walsh 1
PMCID: PMC303851  PMID: 2523412

Abstract

We have identified two distinct beta-myosin heavy chains (MHCs) present in baboon myocardium by electrophoresis in gradient pore gels and by Western blots with anti-MHC MAb. The two beta-MHCs have molecular masses of 210 and 200 kD and share several antigenic determinants including an epitope recognized by a beta-MHC-specific MAb. A fivefold increase in the level of the 200-kD beta-MHC was observed in the hypertrophied left ventricles of baboons with chronic (5.3 +/- 0.7 yr) renal hypertension. A 60% increase (P less than 0.01) in BP and a 100% increase (P less than 0.001) in left ventricular mass to body weight ratio occurred in hypertensive baboons compared with normotensive animals. The Ca2+-activated myosin ATPase activity in hypertrophied left ventricles was decreased by 35% (P less than 0.05) compared with controls. Normal levels of the 200-kD MHC were detected in the right ventricles and intraventricular septa of the hypertensive animals. These data suggest that cardiac MHCs of primates may exist in alternative molecular forms that are indistinguishable by nondenaturing gel electrophoresis and that increased concentration of a second beta-MHC is associated with ventricular hypertrophy (r = 0.55). The functional significance and mechanisms that control the concentration of beta-MHC subspecies remain to be determined.

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