This is a revised renewal request for year 16-20 of a Program Project Grant (PPG) designed to administratively combine a group of related studies on maternal and fetal cardiovascular signaling at OHSU. This application is submitted in year 15 of ongoing studies. The proposed projects are directed by experienced senior scientists who actively work together. This application is designed to discover underlying mechanisms that regulate the growth and maturation of the cardiomyocyte and its association with the vascular bed of the coronary tree. Our epidemiology work has shown that all of the three main causes of cardiovascular death, which kill more people than any other disease, have their roots in the intrauterine environment. A key feature of the intrauterine environment is its role in determining the number of cardiomyocytes that endure beyond birth and their relationship with vascular elements. Three models of clinically applicable fetal stress will be studied in sheep: fetal anemia, fetal systolic load, placental insufficiency. A low myocyte number is associated with high risk for extensive ischemia reperfusion injury and subsequent heart failure as is excess capillarity. This Program Project includes 3 projects related to cardiomyocyte growth and coronary function and 4 supporting cores. Project I will test the hypothesis that fetal anemic stress leads to pathological changes in the myocardium. Project II tests the hypothesis that systolic load on the fetal myocardium generates an inadequate coronary tree because of limitations of its growth imposed by a reduced cardiomyocyte endowment. Project III tests the hypothesis that growth factors (IGF-1, tri-iodo-L-thyronine and Cortisol) have interacting signaling pathways that mutually operate through the extracellular regulated kinase (ERK) and phosphoinositol-3 kinase pathways and that these pathways can be manipulated to augment the fetal cardiomyocyte endowment. The advantage of the PPG mechanism is the cores that support the projects. Each of the 3 projects will use all cores. Core A is the Administrative Core, Core B is an Animal Core, Core C is the tissue Histopathology Core and Core D in the Ultrasound Imaging Core.

Public Health Relevance

This Program Project Grant is designed to discover 1) the role of fetal low red blood cell count to cause abnormal coronary capillary development, 2) the role of blood pressure load on the developmental function of the fetal coronary tree, 3) the feasibility of using growth factors to augment cell numbers in under grown fetal hearts. These discoveries will make it possible to develop therapies for babies born under conditions described above.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
Type
Research Program Projects (P01)
Project #
2P01HD034430-16A1
Application #
8475989
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZHD1-DSR-Z (41))
Program Officer
Ilekis, John V
Project Start
1998-06-01
Project End
2018-03-31
Budget Start
2013-06-07
Budget End
2014-03-31
Support Year
16
Fiscal Year
2013
Total Cost
$1,233,733
Indirect Cost
$432,608
Name
Oregon Health and Science University
Department
Internal Medicine/Medicine
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
096997515
City
Portland
State
OR
Country
United States
Zip Code
97239
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