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Jayalath RW, Mangan SH, Golledge J. Aortic calcification. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2005; 30:476-88. [PMID: 15963738 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2005.04.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2005] [Accepted: 04/05/2005] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Vascular calcification is a complicating factor observed in advanced atherosclerosis. This review summarises the present knowledge regarding abdominal aortic calcification. DESIGN Literature review. METHODS A literature review was carried using MEDLINE and PUBMED with the search terms 'abdominal', 'aortic' and 'calcification'. Articles were assessed for data regarding mechanisms, measurement, risk factors and outcomes of aortic calcification. RESULTS Thirty relevant studies were identified. These demonstrated a positive correlation between abdominal aortic calcification and the following factors: older age, hypertension, and smoking. Further studies are required to critically assess other risk factors such as gender, diabetes mellitus and renal failure. Calcification of the abdominal aorta is associated with an increased risk of mortality, coronary heart disease and stroke. CONCLUSION Aortic calcification predicts an increased incidence of cardiovascular events, however, the reasons for this association requires further investigation. Accurate measurement of aortic calcification is likely to be increasingly used to determine the risk of cardiovascular events.
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- R W Jayalath
- Vascular Biology Unit, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia
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Bobryshev YV. Calcification of elastic fibers in human atherosclerotic plaque. Atherosclerosis 2005; 180:293-303. [PMID: 15910855 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2005.01.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2004] [Accepted: 12/08/2004] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The present study was undertaken to systematically investigate whether calcification of elastic fibers occurs in human atherosclerotic plaques. Fourteen carotid artery segments obtained by endarterectomy were examined by a combination of electron microscopy and cytochemistry. The analysis demonstrated that calcification of elastic fibers occurred in all 14 specimens. Two distinct types of calcification of elastic fibers were identified. In type I calcification, elastin itself was observed to undergo calcification and no visible structural alterations preceded the calcification. In type II of calcification, structural alteration of elastin preceded calcification of elastic fibers and included vacuolization of elastin accompanied by the accumulation of neutral lipids and unesterified cholesterol within altered elastic fibers. In type II calcification, calcified deposits were found to form in an association with unesterified cholesterol. Type II calcification was widespread throughout the plaque matrix while type I calcification occurred only in the deep portions of plaques.
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- Yuri V Bobryshev
- Surgical Professorial Unit, Level 5, DeLacy Building, St. Vincent's Hospital Sydney, University of New South Wales, Darlinghurst NSW 2010, Australia.
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Bobryshev YV. Transdifferentiation of smooth muscle cells into chondrocytes in atherosclerotic arteries in situ: implications for diffuse intimal calcification. J Pathol 2005; 205:641-50. [PMID: 15776485 DOI: 10.1002/path.1743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Several hypotheses have been offered to explain the occurrence of arteriosclerotic calcification but the mechanisms involved are still not well understood. Using a combination of electron microscopy and immunohistochemistry, atherosclerotic plaques from human arteries as well as atherosclerotic-like lesions from aortas of apo-E-deficient mice were examined to identify cell type(s) associated with calcification. Electron microscopic analysis showed that, in human atherosclerotic plaques, chondrocyte-like cells were present in areas surrounding the necrotic cores. In these areas, some smooth muscle cells displayed features of their transdifferentiation into chondrocyte-like cells. Immunohistochemical analysis confirmed that smooth muscle cells with a reduced content of alpha-smooth muscle actin expressed Sox-9. Destruction of chondrocytes resulted in the accumulation of numerous membrane-bound vesicles in the extracellular space. Membrane-bound vesicles originating from chondrocytes were found to undergo calcification. Similar processes were found to occur in atherosclerotic-like lesions in apo-E-deficient mice. These observations suggest that transdifferentiation of smooth muscle cells into chondrocytes contributes to atherosclerotic calcification.
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- Yuri V Bobryshev
- Surgical Professorial Unit, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney, University of New South Wales, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia.
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Towler DA. Vascular calcification in ESRD: Another cloud appears in the perfect storm--but highlights a silver lining? Kidney Int 2005; 66:2467-8. [PMID: 15569340 DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.66095.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Rattazzi M, Bennett BJ, Bea F, Kirk EA, Ricks JL, Speer M, Schwartz SM, Giachelli CM, Rosenfeld ME. Calcification of advanced atherosclerotic lesions in the innominate arteries of ApoE-deficient mice: potential role of chondrocyte-like cells. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2005; 25:1420-5. [PMID: 15845913 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.0000166600.58468.1b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Advanced atherosclerotic lesions in the innominate arteries of chow-fed apolipoprotein E-deficient mice become highly calcified with 100% frequency by 75 weeks of age. The time course, cell types, and mechanism(s) associated with calcification were investigated. METHODS AND RESULTS The deposition of hydroxyapatite is preceded by the formation of fibro-fatty nodules that are populated by cells that morphologically resemble chondrocytes. These cells are spatially associated with small deposits of hydroxyapatite in animals between 45 and 60 weeks of age. Immunocytochemical analyses with antibodies recognizing known chondrocyte proteins show that these cells express the same proteins as chondrocytes within developing bone. Histological and electron microscopic analyses of lesions from animals between 45 and 60 weeks of age show that the chondrocyte-like cells are surrounded by dense connective tissue that stains positive for type II collagen. Nanocrystals of hydroxyapatite can be seen within matrix vesicles derived from the chondrocyte-like cells. In mice between 75 and 104 weeks of age, the lesions have significantly reduced cellularity and contain large calcium deposits. The few remaining chondrocyte-like cells are located adjacent to or within the large areas of calcification. CONCLUSIONS Calcification of advanced lesions in chow-fed apolipoprotein E-deficient mice occurs reproducibly in mice between 45 and 75 weeks of age. The deposition of hydroxyapatite is mediated by chondrocytes, which suggests that the mechanism of calcification may in part recapitulate the process of endochondral bone formation.
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- Marcello Rattazzi
- Department of Pathobiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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Shao JS, Cheng SL, Pingsterhaus JM, Charlton-Kachigian N, Loewy AP, Towler DA. Msx2 promotes cardiovascular calcification by activating paracrine Wnt signals. J Clin Invest 2005; 115:1210-20. [PMID: 15841209 PMCID: PMC1077175 DOI: 10.1172/jci24140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 328] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2004] [Accepted: 02/22/2005] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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In diabetic LDLR-/- mice, an ectopic BMP2-Msx2 gene regulatory program is upregulated in association with vascular calcification. We verified the procalcific actions of aortic Msx2 expression in vivo. CMV-Msx2 transgenic (CMV-Msx2Tg(+)) mice expressed 3-fold higher levels of aortic Msx2 than nontransgenic littermates. On high-fat diets, CMV-Msx2Tg(+) mice exhibited marked cardiovascular calcification involving aortic and coronary tunica media. This corresponded to regions of Msx2 immunoreactivity in adjacent adventitial myofibroblasts, suggesting a potential paracrine osteogenic signal. To better understand Msx2-regulated calcification, we studied actions in 10T1/2 cells. We found that conditioned media from Msx2-transduced 10T1/2 cells (Msx2-CM) is both pro-osteogenic and adipostatic; these features are characteristic of Wnt signaling. Msx2-CM stimulated Wnt-dependent TCF/LEF transcription, and Msx2-transduced cells exhibited increased nuclear beta-catenin localization with concomitant alkaline phosphatase induction. Msx2 upregulated Wnt3a and Wnt7a but downregulated expression of the canonical inhibitor Dkk1. Dkk1 treatment reversed osteogenic and adipostatic actions of Msx2. Teriparatide, a PTH1R agonist that inhibits murine vascular calcification, suppressed vascular BMP2-Msx2-Wnt signaling. Analyses of CMV-Msx2Tg(+) mice confirmed that Msx2 suppresses aortic Dkk1 and upregulates vascular Wnts; moreover, TOPGAL(+) (Wnt reporter); CMV-Msx2Tg(+) mice exhibited augmented aortic LacZ expression. Thus, Msx2-expressing cells elaborated an osteogenic milieu that promotes vascular calcification in part via paracrine Wnt signals.
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- Jian-Su Shao
- Department of Medicine, Division of Bone and Mineral Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Zieman SJ, Melenovsky V, Kass DA. Mechanisms, pathophysiology, and therapy of arterial stiffness. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2005; 25:932-43. [PMID: 15731494 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.0000160548.78317.29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1204] [Impact Index Per Article: 63.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Arterial stiffness is a growing epidemic associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events, dementia, and death. Decreased compliance of the central vasculature alters arterial pressure and flow dynamics and impacts cardiac performance and coronary perfusion. This article reviews the structural, cellular, and genetic contributors to arterial stiffness, including the roles of the scaffolding proteins, extracellular matrix, inflammatory molecules, endothelial cell function, and reactive oxidant species. Additional influences of atherosclerosis, glucose regulation, chronic renal disease, salt, and changes in neurohormonal regulation are discussed. A review of the hemodynamic impact of arterial stiffness follows. A number of lifestyle changes and therapies that reduce arterial stiffness are presented, including weight loss, exercise, salt reduction, alcohol consumption, and neuroendocrine-directed therapies, such as those targeting the renin-angiotensin aldosterone system, natriuretic peptides, insulin modulators, as well as novel therapies that target advanced glycation end products.
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- Susan J Zieman
- Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division, National Institute on Aging, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Md, USA.
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Norman PE, Powell JT. Vitamin D, Shedding Light on the Development of Disease in Peripheral Arteries. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2005; 25:39-46. [PMID: 15499037 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.0000148450.56697.4a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Vitamin D is generally associated with calcium metabolism, especially in the context of uptake in the intestine and the formation and maintenance of bone. However, vitamin D influences a wide range of metabolic systems through both genomic and nongenomic pathways that have an impact on the properties of peripheral arteries. The genomic effects have wide importance for angiogenesis, elastogenesis, and immunomodulation; the nongenomic effects have mainly been observed in the presence of hypertension. Although some vitamin D is essential for cardiovascular health, excess may have detrimental effects, particularly on elastogenesis and inflammation of the arterial wall. Vitamin D is likely to have a role in the paradoxical association between arterial calcification and osteoporosis. This review explores the relationship between vitamin D and a range of physiological and pathological processes relevant to peripheral arteries.
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- P E Norman
- School of Surgery and Pathology, The University of Western Australia, Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle, Western Australia
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Fukushima S, Araki T, Tohno Y. Optical Measurement of Age-Related Calcification in Human Blood Vessels. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 24:493-6. [PMID: 16079605 DOI: 10.2114/jpa.24.493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Vascular calcification is commonly associated with aging. Quantification of calcium accumulation in vessel walls is important in understanding the mechanisms of vascular calcification. To elucidate age-related change of calcification, site dependence of calcification, and the effect of hemodynamic stress on calcification, we measured calcium contents in various blood vessels with atomic emission spectrometry and simulated blood flow in the vessels by computational fluid dynamics. The content of calcium in the arteries increased progressively with aging while there is no change in the veins. The higher accumulation of calcium occurred in the arteries of the lower limb in comparison to the arteries of the upper limb. In the arterial bifurcation, there was the correlation at hemodynamic stress distribution and calcium content. The results of this study quantitatively support clinical findings of nonuniform calcification, and suggest that hemodynamic stress affects vascular calcification.
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Whitfield JF. Osteogenic PTHs and vascular ossification—Is there a danger for osteoporotics? J Cell Biochem 2005; 95:437-44. [PMID: 15786490 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.20424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Inflammation in vascular (mostly arterial) walls and heart valves triggered by the trans-endothelial influx of LDL particles and the action of subsequently modified (e.g., by oxidation) LDL particles can trigger true bone formation by valvar fibroblasts, by a subpopulation of re-differentiation-competent VSMCs (vascular smooth muscle cells) or by vascular pericytes. Vascular ossification can lead to heart failure and death. Elderly osteoporotic women who need osteogenic drugs to restore their lost skeletal bone are paradoxically prone to vascular ossification-the "calcification paradox." The recent introduction into the clinic of a potently osteogenic parathyroid hormone peptide, Lilly's rhPTH-(1-34)OH (Forteotrade mark), to reverse skeletal bone loss raises the question of whether this and other potently osteogenic PTHs still in clinical trial might also stimulate vascular ossification in such osteoporotic women. Indeed the VSMCs in human and rat atherosclerotic lesions hyperexpress PTHrP and the PTHR1 (or PTH1R) receptor as do maturing osteoblasts. And the evidence indicates that endogenous PTHrP with its NLS (nuclear/nucleolar localization sequence) does stimulate VSMC proliferation (a prime prerequisite for atheroma formation and ossification) via intranuclear targets that inactivate pRb, the inhibitory G1/S checkpoint regulator, by stimulating its hyperphosphorylation. But neither externally added full-length PTHrP nor the NLS-lacking PTHrP-(1-34)OH gets into the VSMC nucleus and instead they inhibit proliferation and calcification by only activating the cell's PTHR1 receptors. No PTH has an NLS and, as expected from the observations on the externally added PTHrPs, hPTH-(1-34)OH inhibits calcification by VSMCs and cannot stimulate vascular ossification in a diabetic mouse model. Encouraging though this may be for osteoporotics with their "calcification paradox," more work is needed to be sure that the skeletally osteogenic PTHs do not promote vascular ossification with its cardiovascular consequences.
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- James F Whitfield
- Institute for Biological Sciences, Montreal Road Campus, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0R6 Canada.
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Johnson K, Polewski M, van Etten D, Terkeltaub R. Chondrogenesis mediated by PPi depletion promotes spontaneous aortic calcification in NPP1-/- mice. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2004; 25:686-91. [PMID: 15625282 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.0000154774.71187.f0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We recently linked human arterial media calcification of infancy to heritable PC-1/nucleotide pyrophosphatase phosphodiesterase 1 (NPP1) deficiency. NPP1 hydrolyzes ATP to generate PP(i), a physicochemical inhibitor of hydroxyapatite crystal growth. But pathologic calcification in NPP1 deficiency states is tissue-restricted and in perispinal ligaments is endochondral differentiation-mediated rather than simply a dystrophic process. Because ectopic chondro-osseous differentiation promotes artery calcification in atherosclerosis and other disorders, we tested the hypothesis that NPP1 and PP(i) deficiencies regulate cell phenotype plasticity to promote artery calcification. METHODS AND RESULTS Using cultured multipotential NPP1-/- mouse bone marrow stromal cells, we demonstrated spontaneous chondrogenesis inhibitable by treatment with exogenous PP(i). We also demonstrated cartilage-specific gene expression, upregulated alkaline phosphatase, decreased expression of the physiological calcification inhibitor osteopontin, and increased calcification in NPP1-/- aortic smooth muscle cells (SMCs). Similar changes were demonstrated in aortic SMCs from ank/ank mice, which are extracellular PP(i)-depleted because of defective ANK transmembrane PP(i) transport activity. Moreover, NPP1-/- and ank/ank mice demonstrated aortic media calcification by von Kossa staining, and intra-aortic cartilage-specific collagen gene expression was demonstrated in situ in NPP1-/- mice. CONCLUSIONS NPP1 and PP(i) deficiencies modulate phenotype plasticity in artery SMCs and chondrogenesis in mesenchymal precursors, thereby stimulating artery calcification by modulating cell differentiation.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Aorta/enzymology
- Aorta/pathology
- Aorta/physiopathology
- Bone Marrow Cells/cytology
- Bone Marrow Cells/physiology
- Calcinosis/metabolism
- Calcinosis/pathology
- Calcinosis/physiopathology
- Cell Differentiation/physiology
- Cells, Cultured
- Chondrogenesis/physiology
- Diphosphates/metabolism
- Female
- Male
- Membrane Proteins/genetics
- Membrane Proteins/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/enzymology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/pathology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/physiopathology
- Phenotype
- Phosphate Transport Proteins
- Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases/genetics
- Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases/metabolism
- Pyrophosphatases/genetics
- Pyrophosphatases/metabolism
- Stromal Cells/cytology
- Stromal Cells/physiology
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- Kristen Johnson
- Rheumatology/Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center/University of California at San Diego, School of Medicine, CA 92161, USA
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Erbel R, Schmermund A. Clinical Significance of Coronary Calcification. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2004; 24:e172; author reply e172. [PMID: 15472132 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.0000142384.70383.ea] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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