Novel Göttingen Miniswine Model of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction Integrating Multiple Comorbidities

Thomas E. Sharp, Amy L. Scarborough, Zhen Li, David J. Polhemus, Hunter A. Hidalgo, Jeffery D. Schumacher, Timothy R. Matsuura, J. Stephen Jenkins, Daniel P. Kelly, Traci T. Goodchild, David J. Lefer

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Abstract

A lack of preclinical large animal models of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) that recapitulate this comorbid-laden syndrome has led to the inability to tease out mechanistic insights and to test novel therapeutic strategies. This study developed a large animal model that integrated multiple comorbid determinants of HFpEF in a miniswine breed that exhibited sensitivity to obesity, metabolic syndrome, and vascular disease with overt clinical signs of heart failure. The combination of a Western diet and 11-deoxycorticosterone acetate salt−induced hypertension in the Göttingen miniswine led to the development of a novel large animal model of HFpEF that exhibited multiorgan involvement and a full spectrum of comorbidities associated with human HFpEF.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)154-170
Number of pages17
JournalJACC: Basic to Translational Science
Volume6
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2021
Externally publishedYes

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Keywords

  • animal models of human disease
  • heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
  • hypertension
  • metabolic syndrome
  • obesity

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