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Beveridge LA, Witham MD. Vitamin D and the cardiovascular system. Osteoporos Int 2013; 24:2167-80. [PMID: 23468072 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-013-2281-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2012] [Accepted: 01/21/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Vitamin D, a secosteroid hormone, affects multiple biological pathways via both genomic and nongenomic signalling. Several pathways have potential benefit to cardiovascular health, including effects on parathyroid hormone, the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, vascular endothelial growth factor and cytokine production, as well as direct effects on endothelial cell function and myocyte calcium influx. Observational data supports a link between low vitamin D metabolite levels and cardiovascular health. Cross-sectional data shows associations between low 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and stroke, myocardial infarction, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and heart failure. Longitudinal data also suggests a relationship with incident hypertension and new cardiovascular events. However, these associations are potentially confounded by reverse causality and by the effects that other cardiovascular risk factors have on vitamin D metabolite levels. Intervention studies to date suggest a modest antihypertensive effect of vitamin D, no effect on serum lipids, a small positive effect on insulin resistance and fasting glucose, and equivocal actions on arterial stiffness and endothelial function. Analysis of cardiovascular event data collected from osteoporosis trials does not currently show a clear signal for reduced cardiovascular events with vitamin D supplementation, but results may be confounded by the coadministration of calcium, and by the secondary nature of the analyses. Despite mechanistic and observational data that suggest a protective role for vitamin D in cardiovascular disease, intervention studies to date are less promising. Large trials using cardiovascular events as a primary outcome are needed before vitamin D can be recommended as a therapy for cardiovascular disease.
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- L A Beveridge
- Ageing and Health, Medical Research Institute, Ninewells Hospital, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 9SY, UK
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Janssen T, Bannas P, Herrmann J, Veldhoen S, Busch JD, Treszl A, Münster S, Mester J, Derlin T. Association of linear ¹⁸F-sodium fluoride accumulation in femoral arteries as a measure of diffuse calcification with cardiovascular risk factors: a PET/CT study. J Nucl Cardiol 2013; 20:569-77. [PMID: 23588862 DOI: 10.1007/s12350-013-9680-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2012] [Accepted: 01/21/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to correlate linear (18)F-sodium fluoride accumulation in the femoral arteries as a measure of diffuse mineral deposition in medial elastocalcinosis with cardiovascular risk factors (RFs) and calcified plaque burden (CPB). METHODS AND RESULTS In this study, 409 patients were examined by (18)F-sodium fluoride positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT). Tracer accumulation was analyzed both qualitatively and semiquantitatively by measuring the target-to-background ratio, and compared with cardiovascular RFs and CPB. Linear (18)F-sodium fluoride accumulation was observed in 159 (38.9%) patients and correlated significantly with age (P < .0001), hypertension (P < .0001), hypercholesterolemia (P = .0003), diabetes (P = .0003), history of smoking (P = .0007), prior cardiovascular events (P = .03), and CPB (P < .0001). The prevalence of linear tracer uptake increased as the number of cardiovascular RFs increased (P < .0001). CONCLUSIONS Linear (18)F-sodium fluoride uptake in the femoral arteries (1) provides a measure of diffuse mineral deposition, (2) demonstrates a highly significant correlation with cardiovascular RFs and CPB, and (3) is found to accumulate more frequently in patients with a high-risk profile for cardiovascular events. (18)F-sodium fluoride PET/CT may become a unique tool for in vivo visualization and quantification of ongoing calcification in large arteries.
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- Tido Janssen
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Kim WS, Lee DH, Youn HJ. Calcium-phosphorus product concentration is a risk factor of coronary artery disease in metabolic syndrome. Atherosclerosis 2013; 229:253-7. [PMID: 23706945 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2013.04.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2012] [Revised: 03/27/2013] [Accepted: 04/18/2013] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND High serum phosphorus and the calcium-phosphorus product concentration has been associated with increased mortality and cardiovascular events in patients with chronic kidney disease. OBJECTIVE This study was designed to determine the relationship between calcium-phosphorus product concentration and the presence of coronary artery calcification in subjects with metabolic syndrome (MetS). METHODS We reviewed the medical records of 2056 general subjects with a mean age of 55.1 ± 9.9 years and a glomerular filtration rate of 88.9 ± 16.2 mL/min/1.73 m(2). The enrolled subjects consisted of 384 (18.7%) subjects with MetS and 1672 (81.3%) subjects without MetS. The severity of coronary artery calcification was assessed by the coronary artery calcification score (CACS) using multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT). RESULTS The CACS correlated with calcium-phosphorus product concentration in subjects with MetS (r = 0.184, P < 0.01). The odds ratio of calcium-phosphorus product concentration having CACS >50 was 1.053 in subjects with MetS (P < 0.05). After adjustment for age, sex, diabetes, and dyslipidemia, calcium-phosphorus product concentrations had a positive correlation with CACS in subjects with MetS. In single regression analysis, calcium-phosphorus product concentration as independent variable was the significant predictor of CACS in subjects with MetS. Using a multivariate analysis, calcium-phosphorus product concentration remained a significant factor associated with CACS in subjects with MetS. CONCLUSIONS Calcium-phosphorus product concentration was weakly associated with CACS and an independent factor predicting for CACS by MDCT in subjects with MetS. These results suggest that calcium-phosphorus product concentration might be considered as a risk factor of coronary artery disease in subjects with MetS.
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- Woo Shin Kim
- Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Monckeberg's Arteriosclerosis in Uterine Vessels: An Unusual Presentation. J Obstet Gynaecol India 2013; 64:436-7. [PMID: 25489150 DOI: 10.1007/s13224-012-0306-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2012] [Accepted: 09/23/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Iribarren C, Molloi S. Breast Arterial Calcification: a New Marker of Cardiovascular Risk? CURRENT CARDIOVASCULAR RISK REPORTS 2013; 7:126-135. [PMID: 23538556 PMCID: PMC3605493 DOI: 10.1007/s12170-013-0290-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Mammographically-detected breast arterial calcifications (BAC) are considered to be an incidental finding without clinical importance since they are not associated with increased risk of breast cancer. The goal of this article is to review existing evidence that the presence of BAC on mammography correlates with several (but not all) traditional cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and with prevalent and incident CVD. Thus, BAC detected during routine mammography is a noteworthy finding that could be valuable in identifying asymptomatic women at increased future CVD risk that may be candidates for more aggressive management. In addition, there are notable differences in measures of subclinical atherosclerosis burden in women (ie, coronary artery calcification) by race/ethnic background, and the same appears to be true for BAC, although data are very limited. Another noteworthy limitation of prior research on BAC is the reliance on absence vs presence of BAC; no study to date has determined gradation of BAC. Further research is thus required to elucidate the role of BAC gradation in the prediction of CVD outcomes and to determine whether adding BAC gradation to prediction models based on traditional risk factors improves classification of CVD risk.
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- Carlos Iribarren
- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, 2000 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612 USA
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Medical Sciences I, B-140, Irvine, CA USA
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Wei Q, Ren X, Jiang Y, Jin H, Liu N, Li J. Advanced glycation end products accelerate rat vascular calcification through RAGE/oxidative stress. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2013; 13:13. [PMID: 23497312 PMCID: PMC3626911 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-13-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2012] [Accepted: 02/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Arterial media calcification (AMC) is highly prevalent and is a major cause of morbidity, mortality, stroke and amputation in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). Previous research suggests that advanced glycation end products (AGEs) are responsible for vascular calcification in diabetic patients. The potential link between oxidative stress and AGEs-induced vascular calcification, however, has not been examined. Methods Male Wistar rats received a high fat diet for 8 weeks followed by a single dose of streptozotocin to induce DM (DM). Calcification was induced with Vitamin D3 and nicotine (VDN). We started VDN treatment at 1 week after the initial streptozotocin injection (DM+VDN). Age-matched rats were used as controls (CON). Metabolic parameters, aortic calcium content, alkaline phosphatase (ALP) protein, malondialdehyde (MDA) content, Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity, aorta receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) and aorta AGEs levels were measured. In vitro, vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) were cultured with AGEs in DMEM containing 10 mmol·L-1 ß -glycerophosphate (ß-GP). Calcium content and ALP activity were used to identify osteoblastic differentiation and mineralization. Western blots were used to examine protein expression of Cu/Zn SOD, NADPH oxidase Nox1 and RAGE. In addition, the intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation was evaluated using fluorescent techniques with dihydroethidine (DHE) method. Results The DM+VDN group showed a significant increase in aortic calcium content, levels of aorta AGEs, MDA content, ALP protein levels and RAGE expression, although Cu/Zn SOD activity decreased significantly. In vitro, enhanced Nox1, RAGE expression as well as the production of intracellular superoxide anions, and reduced expression of Cu/Zn SOD induced by AGEs were attenuated by the anti-RAGE antibody or a ROS inhibitor. Furthermore, the AGEs-stimulated ROS increase was also significantly inhibited by a SOD mimetic. Increased ALP activity and calcium deposition were also inhibited markedly by the ROS inhibitor and the anti-RAGE antibody. Conclusions These results suggest that AGEs enhance vascular calcification partly through a RAGE/oxidative stress pathway.
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- Qin Wei
- Department & Institute of Cardiology, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, PR China
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Confavreux CB, Szulc P, Casey R, Boutroy S, Varennes A, Vilayphiou N, Goudable J, Chapurlat RD. Higher serum osteocalcin is associated with lower abdominal aortic calcification progression and longer 10-year survival in elderly men of the MINOS cohort. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2013; 98:1084-92. [PMID: 23386651 DOI: 10.1210/jc.2012-3426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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CONTEXT Abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) is an indicator of cardiovascular risk, especially in the diseases characterized by insulin resistance such as type 2 diabetes. Osteocalcin is a bone-secreted hormone that favors insulin sensitivity and insulin secretion. OBJECTIVES We investigated whether total serum osteocalcin level at baseline is associated with AAC progression and 10-year all-cause mortality in elderly men. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS We assessed 774 men aged 51-85 years from the MINOS cohort who had osteocalcin measurement and lumbar spine radiographs at baseline. They were followed-up prospectively for 10 years. Among them, 615 patients had a follow-up radiograph at 3.5 or 7 years. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Serum total osteocalcin was measured with an immunoradiometric assay on morning fasting serum collected at baseline. Kauppila's AAC score was assessed from lumbar spine radiographs. AAC progression rate was calculated as the difference between AAC on the last available radiograph and AAC at baseline divided by the follow-up time. Death status was collected over 10 years. RESULTS In multivariate analysis, higher baseline total osteocalcin was associated with lower AAC progression rate (odds ratio = 0.74 [0.57-0.97] per 10 ng/mL variation; P = 0.029). At the 10-year follow-up, there were 599 men alive (77%), 181 dead (23%), and 2 lost to follow-up. Higher osteocalcin was associated with lower 10-year all-cause mortality (hazard ratio = 0.62 [0.44-0.86] per 10 ng/mL variation; P = 0.005). CONCLUSION Higher baseline total osteocalcin concentrations were associated with lower AAC progression rate and lower mortality. These data suggest that osteocalcin level might be an independent indicator of cardiovascular risk and global health in elderly Caucasian men.
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- Cyrille B Confavreux
- Service de Rhumatologie, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche 1033, Pavillon F, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, 5 Place d'Arsonval, 69003 Lyon, France.
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Zhou YB, Gao Q, Li P, Han Y, Zhang F, Qi YF, Tang CS, Gao XY, Zhu GQ. Adrenomedullin attenuates vascular calcification in fructose-induced insulin resistance rats. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2013; 207:437-46. [PMID: 23121999 DOI: 10.1111/apha.12033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2012] [Revised: 08/24/2012] [Accepted: 10/29/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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AIM To determine the therapeutic effects of adrenomedullin (ADM) on vascular calcification and related molecular mechanism in fructose-induced insulin resistance rats. METHODS Rats received ordinary drinking water or 10% fructose in drinking water for 12 weeks and subcutaneous injection of normal saline or ADM (3.6 μg kg(-1) ) twice a day for the last 4 weeks. Levels of ADM, calcitonin receptor-like receptors (CRLR), receptor activity-modifying proteins (RAMP) as well as calcium content, alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity, osteoblastic and contractile smooth muscle markers in aortic media were measured. RESULTS The levels of ADM, CRLR, RAMP2 and RAMP3 in aortic media were increased in fructose-fed rats. ADM treatment attenuated the fructose-induced insulin resistance, increased blood pressure, fasting glucose, insulin, triglycerides and cholesterol levels. It improved VSMCs proliferation and disordered arrangement and hyperplasia of elastic fibres in fructose-fed rats. Calcium deposits, calcium content and ALP activity in the aortic media were increased in fructose-fed rats, which were attenuated by ADM treatment. The osteoblastic markers such as osteopontin (OPN), bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP2) proteins and core binding factor alpha-1 (Cbfα-1) protein and mRNA expressions were increased in fructose-fed rats. ADM treatment increased the OPN protein expression, but reduced the BMP2 protein, Cbfα-1 protein and mRNA expression. Contractile smooth muscle markers such as α-actin and smooth muscle 22α (SM-22α) were downregulated in fructose-fed rats, which were recovered by ADM treatment. CONCLUSION Administration of ADM attenuates insulin resistance, calcium deposition and osteogenic transdifferentiation in aortic media in fructose-fed rats.
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- Department of Physiology; Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention; Nanjing Medical University; Nanjing; China
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- Department of Physiology; Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention; Nanjing Medical University; Nanjing; China
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- Department of Physiology; Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention; Nanjing Medical University; Nanjing; China
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- Department of Physiology; Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention; Nanjing Medical University; Nanjing; China
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- Department of Physiology; Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention; Nanjing Medical University; Nanjing; China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Science; Ministry of Education; Beijing; China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Science; Ministry of Education; Beijing; China
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- Department of Physiology; Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention; Nanjing Medical University; Nanjing; China
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- Department of Physiology; Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention; Nanjing Medical University; Nanjing; China
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Guzman RJ, Bian A, Shintani A, Stein CM. Association of foot ulcer with tibial artery calcification is independent of peripheral occlusive disease in type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2013; 99:281-6. [PMID: 23305901 PMCID: PMC3628094 DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2012.12.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2012] [Revised: 12/04/2012] [Accepted: 12/17/2012] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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AIMS To determine the relationship between foot ulcers, arterial calcification, and peripheral occlusive disease in patients with type 2 diabetes. METHODS We performed a cross-sectional study on 162 patients with type 2 diabetes who underwent assessment of tibial artery calcification (TAC) by non-contrasted CT scan. Peripheral artery occlusive disease was assessed by angiography. Foot status including the presence or absence of ulcers was documented at presentation. A multivariable logistic regression model was used to evaluate the association between foot ulcers, arterial calcification, and the extent of peripheral atherosclerotic occlusive disease. RESULTS Patients with foot ulcers (N=31) were more likely to be older and have a history of tobacco use. They were also more likely to have higher TAC scores (median [IQR]: 4324.6 [609.9, 11163.6] vs. 9.4 [0.0, 343.9], P<0.001) and more advanced peripheral artery occlusive disease (occlusion index 5.5 [4.8, 6.4] vs. 2.2 [1.0, 3.6], P<0.001). Foot ulcer was strongly associated with elevated TAC scores in a multivariable regression model (odds ratio [95% CI]=2.76 [1.61, 4.75], P=0.0002). CONCLUSIONS There is a strong association between arterial calcification and diabetic foot ulcers that persists after adjusting for the extent of atherosclerosis in patients with type 2 diabetes.
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- Raul J Guzman
- Division of Vascular Surgery, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, United States.
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Lin CY, Hsu SC, Lee HS, Lin SH, Tsai CS, Huang SM, Shih CC, Hsu YJ. Enhanced expression of glucose transporter-1 in vascular smooth muscle cells via the Akt/tuberous sclerosis complex subunit 2 (TSC2)/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)/ribosomal S6 protein kinase (S6K) pathway in experimental renal failure. J Vasc Surg 2013; 57:475-85. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2012.07.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2012] [Revised: 06/28/2012] [Accepted: 07/08/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Doyon M, Mathieu P, Moreau P. Decreased expression of γ-carboxylase in diabetes-associated arterial stiffness: impact on matrix Gla protein. Cardiovasc Res 2013; 97:331-8. [PMID: 23118128 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvs325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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AIMS Arterial stiffness is accelerated in type 1 diabetic patients. Medial artery calcification (MAC) contributes to the development of arterial stiffness. Vitamin K oxidoreductase (VKOR) reduces the vitamin K required by γ-carboxylase to activate matrix γ-carboxyglutamic acid (Gla) protein (MGP), an inhibitor of vascular calcification. This study aimed to evaluate the hypothesis that diabetes reduces the γ-carboxylation of MGP in the aortic wall, leading to increased vascular calcification, and the role of γ-carboxylase and VKOR in this γ-carboxylation deficit. METHODS AND RESULTS Type 1 diabetes was induced in male Wistar rats with a single ip injection of streptozotocin. Augmentation of arterial stiffness in diabetic rats was shown by a 44% increase in aortic pulse wave velocity. Aortic and femoral calcification were increased by 26 and 56%, respectively. γ-Carboxylated MGP (cMGP, active) was reduced by 36% and the aortic expression of γ-carboxylase was reduced by 58%. Expression of γ-carboxylase correlated with cMGP (r= 0.59) and aortic calcification (r = -0.57). VKOR aortic expression and activity were not modified by diabetes. Vitamin K plasma concentrations were increased by 191% in diabetic rats. In ex vivo experiments with aortic rings, vitamin K supplementation prevented the glucose-induced decrease in γ-carboxylase expression. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that reduced cMGP, through an impaired expression of γ-carboxylase, is involved in the early development of MAC in diabetes, and therefore, in the acceleration of arterial stiffness. A defect in vitamin K uptake by target cells could also be involved.
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- Marielle Doyon
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Université de Montréal, 2900 Édouard-Montpetit, Room 2143, P.O. Box 6128, Station Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada
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Potential beneficial role of sevelamer hydrochloride in diabetic retinopathy. Med Hypotheses 2013; 80:431-5. [PMID: 23357670 DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2012.12.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2012] [Accepted: 12/29/2012] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) experience co-morbid illnesses, including cardiovascular disease and retinopathy. Sevelamer hydrochloride (Renagel®); a non-calcium phosphate binder reduces coronary artery and aortic calcification as compared to calcium containing phosphate binders and additionally effects inflammatory biomarkers such as C-reactive protein (CRP), and lowers LDL cholesterol in patients with CKD. Since retinopathy is proven to be associated with increased coronary calcification, shared pathophysiological processes may contribute to both microvascular and macrovascular disease. We here suggest three different mechanisms of possible sevelamer's influence on the retinopathy: (1) by direct effect on the microvasculature through lowering CRP and LDL, involved in endothelial dysfunction and atherogenesis, (2) indirectly by attenuation of vascular calcification of aorta and carotid internal artery, it reduces ischaemia and improves circulation in the opthalmic artery and hence postponing retinopathy, (3) through hypertension by reducing atherosclerosis and calcification of carotid arteries, sevelamer decreases stiffness and intima-media wall thickness, therefore lowering blood pressure, which is well known to increase progression of diabetic retinopathy. So far no studies have yet been published on the direct influence of sevelamer on the retinopathy which we believe has good theoretical background. With its combined macrovascular and microvascular effect, sevelamer could potentially postpone and/or decrease retinopathy in diabetic patients with hypertension, and that are on hemodialysis or even predialysis patients.
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Oros M, Zavaczki E, Vadasz C, Jeney V, Tosaki A, Lekli I, Balla G, Nagy L, Balla J. Ethanol increases phosphate-mediated mineralization and osteoblastic transformation of vascular smooth muscle cells. J Cell Mol Med 2013; 16:2219-26. [PMID: 22260235 PMCID: PMC3822991 DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2012.01533.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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Vascular calcification is implicated in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, diabetes and chronic kidney disease. Human vascular smooth muscle cells (HSMCs) undergo mineralization in response to elevated levels of inorganic phosphate (Pi) in an active and well-regulated process. This process involves increased activity of alkaline phosphatase and increased expression of core binding factor α-1 (CBF-α1), a bone-specific transcription factor, with the subsequent induction of osteocalcin. It has been shown that heavy alcohol consumption is associated with greater calcification in coronary arteries. The goal of our study was to examine whether ethanol alters mineralization of HSMCs provoked by high Pi. Exposure of HSMCs to ethanol increased extracellular matrix calcification in a dose responsive manner, providing a significant additional calcium deposition at concentrations of ≥60 mmol/l. HSMC calcification was accompanied by further enhancement in alkaline phosphatase activity. Ethanol also provoked a significant increase in the synthesis of osteocalcin. Moreover, in cells challenged with ethanol the expression of CBF-α1, a transcription factor involved in the regulation of osteoblastic transformation of HSMCs, was elevated. The observed effects of ethanol were not due to alterations of phosphate uptake by HSMCs. We conclude that ethanol enhances Pi-mediated human vascular smooth muscle calcification and transition of these cells into osteoblast-like cells.
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- Melinda Oros
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical and Health Science Center, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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Guo X, Shi Y, Huang X, Ye M, Xue G, Zhang J. Features analysis of lower extremity arterial lesions in 162 diabetes patients. J Diabetes Res 2013; 2013:781360. [PMID: 23691519 PMCID: PMC3652182 DOI: 10.1155/2013/781360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2012] [Revised: 01/18/2013] [Accepted: 01/21/2013] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Objective. This study aimed to investigate the angiographic manifestations of lower extremity atherosclerotic steno-occlusive disease in patients with diabetes. Materials and Methods. A total of 162 patients with diabetes were enrolled in this study. The angiographic findings of lower extremity arterial lesions were evaluated according to location (iliac, femoral, popliteal, and crural artery), type (stenosis or occlusion), and length (<5 cm, 5-10 cm, and >5 cm). Results. A total of 131 of 162 (80.9%) diabetics showed multiple segmental lesions, and 19.1% (31/162) presented single segmental lesions in the lower extremity artery. Crural artery was the mainly involved location (39/162, 85.8%). Among the recorded 660 lesions of 162 cases, 437 (66.2%) were occlusion lesions, while 223 (33.8%) were stenosis lesions. Of 437 occlusion lesions, 308 lesions (70.5%) were in crural artery. More than 10 cm occlusion lesion (242/392, 61.7%) was the main manifestation in crural artery, especially in anterior (92/127, 67.2%) and posterior tibial arteries (91/124, 73.4%), which was higher than that in iliac artery (8/33, 24.2%), popliteal artery (53/157, 33.8%), and femoral artery (11/78, 14.1%). Conclusion. In diabetic subjects with lower limb artery ischemia, the vascular involvement is extremely diffuse and particularly severe in crural arteries, with high prevalence of more than 10 cm occlusion lesions.
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200001, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200001, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200001, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200001, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200001, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200001, China
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Shimizu T, Tanaka T, Iso T, Kawai-Kowase K, Kurabayashi M. Azelnidipine inhibits Msx2-dependent osteogenic differentiation and matrix mineralization of vascular smooth muscle cells. Int Heart J 2012; 53:331-5. [PMID: 23038096 DOI: 10.1536/ihj.53.331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Vascular calcification is an active and regulated process that is similar to bone formation. While calcium channel blockers (CCBs) have been shown to improve outcomes in atherosclerotic vascular disease, it remains unknown whether CCBs have an effect on the process of vascular calcification. Here we investigated whether CCBs inhibit osteogenic differentiation and matrix mineralization of vascular smooth muscle cells induced by Msx2, a key factor of vascular calcification. Human aortic smooth muscle cells (HASMCs) were transduced with adenovirus expressing MSX2 and were treated with 3 distinct CCBs. Azelnidipine, a dihydropyridine subclass of CCBs, significantly decreased alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity of Msx2-overexpressed HASMCs, whereas verapamil and diltiazem had no effect. Furthermore, azelnidipine, but not verapamil and diltiazem, significantly decreased matrix mineralization of Msx2-overexpressing HASMCs. Azelnidipine significantly attenuated the induction of ALP gene expression by Msx2, a key transcription factor in osteogenesis, while it did not reduce enzymatic activity of ALP. Furthermore, azelnidipine inhibited the ability of Msx2 to activate the ALP gene, but had no effect on Notch-induced Msx2 expression. Given that L-type calcium channels are equally blocked by these CCBs, our results suggest that azelnidipine inhibits the Msx2-dependent process of vascular calcification by mechanisms other than inhibition of calcium channel activity.
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- Takehisa Shimizu
- Department of Medicine and Biological Science, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma, Japan
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Biomineralization is a multifactorial and complex process, which results in the deposition of mineral crystals in the extracellular matrix of various tissues. Physiological mineralization is restricted to tissues, such as bones, teeth, and certain areas of cartilage. Pathological or ectopic mineralization can occur in many soft tissues, including articular cartilage, cardiovascular tissues, kidney, ligaments, and tendons, and can lead to serious problems. Therefore, the understanding of factors and mechanisms that regulate the mineralization process is essential for the development of novel therapeutic strategies to prevent or inhibit ectopic mineralization. This review will discuss some of the mechanisms and factors that regulate physiological mineralization and their potential roles in ectopic mineralization. Finally, potential therapeutic approaches for the treatment of ectopic mineralization are being discussed.
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- Thorsten Kirsch
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Musculoskeletal Research Center, NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY 10003, USA.
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Yamanouchi D, Takei Y, Komori K. Balanced mineralization in the arterial system: possible role of osteoclastogenesis/osteoblastogenesis in abdominal aortic aneurysm and stenotic disease. Circ J 2012; 76:2732-7. [PMID: 23117745 DOI: 10.1253/circj.cj-12-1240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Arterial calcification is the result of the same highly organized processes as seen in bone, which rely on a delicate balance between osteoblasts and osteoclasts. Although previously understood as passive precipitation, evidence has accumulated to suggest that arterial calcification is the result of organized, regulated processes bearing many similarities to osteogenesis in bone, including the presence of subpopulations of arterial wall cells that retain osteoblastic lineage potential. These cells have the potential to form mineralized nodules and express osteoblast markers, including bone morphogenetic protein-2, osteocalcin, osteopontin, and alkaline phosphatase. By contrast, osteoclast-like cells mediate the catabolic process of mineral resorption. Recent data shows that cells positive for tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase, a major marker for osteoclasts, have been histologically identified in atherosclerotic lesions and are referred to as osteoclast-like cells. Evidence has accumulated to suggest that initial arterial calcification through passive precipitation of calcium phosphate initiates balanced mineralization regulated by osteoclast-like and osteoblast-like cells. Subsequently, various pathogenic conditions may trigger an imbalance between osteoblastogenesis and osteoclastogenesis, leading to either calcification in stenotic/occlusive disease or destruction of the extracellular matrix in aneurysmal disease. Further elucidation of these newly emerging concepts could lead to a novel therapeutic approach to arterial stenotic/occlusive disease and/or abdominal aortic aneurysm.
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- Dai Yamanouchi
- Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53792, USA.
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Chow JP, Simionescu DT, Warner H, Wang B, Patnaik SS, Liao J, Simionescu A. Mitigation of diabetes-related complications in implanted collagen and elastin scaffolds using matrix-binding polyphenol. Biomaterials 2012; 34:685-95. [PMID: 23103157 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.09.081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2012] [Accepted: 09/30/2012] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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There is a major need for scaffold-based tissue engineered vascular grafts and heart valves with long-term patency and durability to be used in diabetic cardiovascular patients. We hypothesized that diabetes, by virtue of glycoxidation reactions, can directly crosslink implanted scaffolds, drastically altering their properties. In order to investigate the fate of tissue engineered scaffolds in diabetic conditions, we prepared valvular collagen scaffolds and arterial elastin scaffolds by decellularization and implanted them subdermally in diabetic rats. Both types of scaffolds exhibited significant levels of advanced glycation end products (AGEs), chemical crosslinking and stiffening -alterations which are not favorable for cardiovascular tissue engineering. Pre-implantation treatment of collagen and elastin scaffolds with penta-galloyl glucose (PGG), an antioxidant and matrix-binding polyphenol, chemically stabilized the scaffolds, reduced their enzymatic degradation, and protected them from diabetes-related complications by reduction of scaffold-bound AGE levels. PGG-treated scaffolds resisted diabetes-induced crosslinking and stiffening, were protected from calcification, and exhibited controlled remodeling in vivo, thereby supporting future use of diabetes-resistant scaffolds for cardiovascular tissue engineering in patients with diabetes.
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- James P Chow
- Biocompatibility and Tissue Regeneration Laboratory, Department of Bioengineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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Vascular calcification can occur in nearly all arterial beds and in both the medial and intimal layers. The initiating factors and clinical consequences depend on the underlying disease state and location of the calcification. The best studied manifestation is coronary artery calcification, in part because of the obvious clinical consequences, but also because of CT-based imaging modalities. In the general population, the presence of coronary artery calcification increases cardiovascular risk above that predicted by traditional Framingham risk factors, suggesting the presence of nontraditional risk factors. In patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), coronary artery calcification is more prevalent and markedly more severe than in the general population. In these CKD patients, nontraditional risk factors such as oxidative stress, advanced glycation end products, and disordered mineral metabolism are also more prevalent and more severe and offer mechanistic insight into the pathogenesis of vascular calcification.
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Role of CD73 and extracellular adenosine in disease : Presented by Maria P. Abbracchio. Purinergic Signal 2012; 7:367-72. [PMID: 22052554 DOI: 10.1007/s11302-011-9265-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Liu KH, Chu WCW, Kong APS, Choi Ko GT, Ma RCW, Chan JWS, Chow LTC, Rasalkar DD, So WY, Tse LF, Corcoran HS, Ozaki R, Ahuja AT, Chan JCN. US Assessment of Medial Arterial Calcification: A Sensitive Marker of Diabetes-related Microvascular and Macrovascular Complications. Radiology 2012; 265:294-302. [DOI: 10.1148/radiol.12112440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Bone never forms without vascular interactions. This simple statement of fact does not adequately reflect the physiological and pharmacological implications of the relationship. The vasculature is the conduit for nutrient exchange between bone and the rest of the body. The vasculature provides the sustentacular niche for development of osteoblast progenitors and is the conduit for egress of bone marrow cell products arising, in turn, from the osteoblast-dependent haematopoietic niche. Importantly, the second most calcified structure in humans after the skeleton is the vasculature. Once considered a passive process of dead and dying cells, vascular calcification has emerged as an actively regulated form of tissue biomineralization. Skeletal morphogens and osteochondrogenic transcription factors are expressed by cells within the vessel wall, which regulates the deposition of vascular calcium. Osteotropic hormones, including parathyroid hormone, regulate both vascular and skeletal mineralization. Cellular, endocrine and metabolic signals that flow bidirectionally between the vasculature and bone are necessary for both bone health and vascular health. Dysmetabolic states including diabetes mellitus, uraemia and hyperlipidaemia perturb the bone-vascular axis, giving rise to devastating vascular and skeletal disease. A detailed understanding of bone-vascular interactions is necessary to address the unmet clinical needs of an increasingly aged and dysmetabolic population.
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- Bithika Thompson
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipid Research, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8127, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Moisiuc F, Kern MJ. Unusual radial artery calcification as contraindication to radial artery access? Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2012; 81:742-3. [PMID: 22927067 DOI: 10.1002/ccd.24629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2012] [Accepted: 08/22/2012] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Dastamani C, Kairi E, Arapoglou V, Vouza E, Karvouni E, Kondi-Pafiti A. Unusual presentation of Mönckeberg's sclerosis in the thyroid vessels of three female patients. Int J Angiol 2012; 19:e45-7. [PMID: 22477576 DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1278359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022] Open
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Histopathological findings of Mönckeberg's sclerosis in the thyroid vessels of three female patients are described. Two of the patients presented with papillary carcinoma and the third presented with two cystic adenomatous nodules. Lesions of chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis were observed in two of the cases. The presence of Mönckeberg's sclerosis is an indication for further examination of patients' vascular systems because of the high risk for cardiovascular events.
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Singh DK, Winocour P, Summerhayes B, Kaniyur S, Viljoen A, Sivakumar G, Farrington K. Prevalence and progression of peripheral vascular calcification in type 2 diabetes subjects with preserved kidney function. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2012; 97:158-65. [PMID: 22386825 DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2012.01.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2011] [Revised: 01/03/2012] [Accepted: 01/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIMS To determine predictors of prevalence and progression of peripheral vascular calcification (VC) in type 2 diabetes (DM) subjects with preserved kidney function. METHODS Fifty-eight subjects (age 63 ± 11.6 years) with type 2 DM and serum creatinine <125 μmol/l were studied. A CT scan of femoral, posterior tibial and dorsalis pedis arteries was carried out at baseline and at one year. Serum osteoprotegerin (OPG) and RANKL were measured along with routine biochemistry. RESULTS Seventy-eight percent of patients had baseline VC, 47% with femoral VC, 49% with VC at two sites - femoral and foot, and 4% foot VC alone. Age, ethnicity, peripheral neuropathy and eGFR were independent predictors of baseline VC. Baseline calcification was the most important predictor of VC progression and was present in all subjects with progression compared to 35% of non-progressors (p < 0.001). Exclusion of demographic factors from models revealed neuropathy and serum OPG levels as independent predictors of both; baseline VC and progression. CONCLUSIONS Subjects with type 2 DM and well-preserved renal function had a high prevalence of VC, which was rapidly progressive especially in those with baseline VC. Age, ethnicity, neuropathy, smoking and eGFR were predictors of baseline VC and progression.
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- Dhruv K Singh
- Renal Unit, East and North Herts NHS Trust, SG1 4AB, UK.
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Li X, Wang YZ, Yang XP, Xu ZR. Prevalence of and risk factors for abnormal ankle-brachial index in patients with type 2 diabetes. J Diabetes 2012; 4:140-6. [PMID: 22078109 DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-0407.2011.00171.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The aim of the present study was to examine abnormalities in the ankle-brachial index (ABI) and related risk factors in patients with type 2 diabetes. METHODS Between September 2003 and June 2010, the ABI was determined in 3924 outpatients attending the Diabetes Center of the People's Liberation Army 306th Hospital. In addition, demographic and laboratory data were collected. The risk factors for an abnormal ABI were determined using univariate and stepwise logistic regression analysis. RESULTS The ABI was normal (0.91-1.3) in 93.1% of patients, low (<0.9) in 5.2%, and high (>1.3) in 1.7%. The prevalence of abnormal lower ABI was greater in elderly (≥ 65 years) patients (12.2%) than in younger (< 65 years) patients (3.6%). Using normal ABI as the reference, low ABI in younger patients was found to be independently associated with HbA1c, the urinary albumin:creatinine ratio, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, diabetic retinopathy, and cerebrovascular disease. A low ABI in elderly patients was found to be independently associated with age, smoking, HbA1c, uric acid, total cholesterol, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, diabetic retinopathy, diabetic nephropathy and cerebrovascular disease. A high ABI in younger patients was associated with being male. CONCLUSIONS The prevalence of an abnormal ABI was high in patients with type 2 diabetes, especially elderly patients. Early identification and intensive treatment are needed to improve the quality of life and overall prognosis of patients with type 2 diabetes.
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- Xiang Li
- Diabetes Center, The People's Liberation Army 306th Hospital, Beijing, China
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Schutte R, Huisman HW, Malan L, van Rooyen JM, Smith W, Glyn MCP, Mels CMC, Fourie CMT, Malan NT, Schutte AE. Alkaline phosphatase and arterial structure and function in hypertensive African men: the SABPA study. Int J Cardiol 2012; 167:1995-2001. [PMID: 22656046 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.05.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2011] [Revised: 03/23/2012] [Accepted: 05/05/2012] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND Vascular calcification is believed to be due to the conversion of vascular smooth muscle cells into osteoblast-like cells and is associated with mortality. Since hypertension and related mortality in Africans is a concern, we investigated associations between a marker of osteoblastic activity, alkaline phosphatase (ALP), and measures of arterial structure and function in hypertensive African men. METHODS This study included 79 participants. We conducted 24h ambulatory blood pressure and carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) measurements. cIMT was obtained with an intra-observer variability of 0.04 mm and the cross-sectional wall area (CSWA) was calculated. ALP was measured in serum. RESULTS ALP was within its reference range (101.6 vs. 30.0-120.0 U/L), however cIMT was higher when this group was stratified and compared to gender and age-specific reference values. In univariate and partial regressions, and confirmed with multiple regression analyses, 24h systolic blood pressure (β=0.289, p=0.018), 24h pulse pressure (β=0.387, p=0.002), but not 24h diastolic blood pressure (β=0.073, p=0.58), were positively associated with ALP. In addition, mean cIMT (β=0.322, p=0.006) and CSWA (β=0.285, p=0.013) also correlated positively with ALP after adjusting for significant covariates, and after excluding participants with diabetes, renal dysfunction or a HIV positive status. CONCLUSION Serum alkaline phosphatase is adversely associated with measures of arterial structure and function in hypertensive African men.
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- R Schutte
- Hypertension in Africa Research Team, School for Physiology, Nutrition, Consumer Sciences, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom, South Africa.
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Peterson LR, McKenzie CR, Schaffer JE. Diabetic cardiovascular disease: getting to the heart of the matter. J Cardiovasc Transl Res 2012; 5:436-45. [PMID: 22639341 DOI: 10.1007/s12265-012-9374-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2012] [Accepted: 05/08/2012] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Diabetes is a major risk factor for heart disease, and heart disease is responsible for substantial morbidity and mortality among people living with diabetes. The diabetic metabolic milieu predisposes to aggressive obstructive coronary artery disease that causes heart attacks, heart failure, and death. Furthermore, diabetes can be associated with heart failure, independent of underlying coronary artery disease, hypertension, or valve abnormalities. The pathogenesis of the vascular and myocardial complications of diabetes is, as yet, incompletely understood. Although a number of medical and surgical approaches can improve outcomes in diabetic patients with cardiovascular disease, much remains to be learned in order to optimize approaches to these critical complications.
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- Linda R Peterson
- Diabetic Cardiovascular Disease Center, Department of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Test characteristics of the ankle-brachial index and ankle-brachial difference for medial arterial calcification on X-ray in type 1 diabetes. J Vasc Surg 2012; 56:721-7. [PMID: 22560306 DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2012.02.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2011] [Revised: 02/17/2012] [Accepted: 02/18/2012] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Medial arterial calcification (MAC) is common in diabetes, has a characteristic appearance on X-ray imaging, and has been linked with peripheral arterial stiffness and cardiovascular disease. However, few studies have measured X-ray MAC. It has been suggested that an ankle-brachial index (ABI) >1.30 or an ankle-brachial difference (ABD) >75 mm Hg may identify X-ray MAC, but test characteristics are unknown. We hypothesized that an ABI >1.30 and ABD >75 mm Hg would have high specificity but low sensitivity for MAC on X-ray imaging. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study of 185 community-living individuals with type 1 diabetes. The ABI and the ABD were assessed. The outcome was linear "tram-track" calcifications in the lower limbs characteristic of MAC. RESULTS Mean age was 32 ± 6 years, and mean diabetes duration was 23 ± 7 years. X-ray MAC was noted in 97 individuals (57%), 15 (8%) had ABI >1.30, and 14 (8%) had ABD >75 mm Hg. As assessed by the ABI, the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve for MAC was modest (0.65) and was slightly higher for the ABD (0.75). An ABI >1.30 had high specificity (99%) and positive predictive value (93%) but poor sensitivity (14%) and an overall accuracy of 55% for MAC. An ABD >50 mm Hg remained highly specific (98%) but had higher sensitivity (30%) and overall accuracy (62%). CONCLUSIONS Individuals with type 1 diabetes and an ABI >1.30 or ABD >50 mm Hg are very likely to have MAC on X-ray imaging, yet many with MAC will not have an ABI or ABD above these thresholds. Given the high specificity, evaluating high ABI or ABD may be useful to understand correlates of MAC but may underestimate MAC prevalence.
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Takenaka T, Nobe K, Okayama M, Kojima E, Nodaira Y, Sueyoshi K, Hoshi H, Watanabe Y, Takane H, Suzuki H. Aliskiren reduces morning blood pressure in hypertensive patients with diabetic nephropathy. Clin Exp Hypertens 2012; 34:243-8. [PMID: 22559034 DOI: 10.3109/10641963.2012.681080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a leading disease that requires renal replacement therapy. The progression of renal dysfunction in DN is faster than the other renal diseases. While antihypertensive therapy reduces albuminuria, a good indicator for the progression, hypertension in DN is treatment resistant. Among patients with DN who took angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs), 27 patients who exhibited poor control of albuminuria were enrolled into the study. Angiotensin receptor blocker was exchanged to aliskiren (150-300 mg/d) and clinical parameters were followed for 6 months. Exchange to aliskiren decreased albuminuria (1.57 ± 0.68 to 0.89 ± 0.45 g/gCr, P < .01) without changes in estimated glomerular filtration rate and office blood pressure (BP). Body weight and hemoglobin A1c were not altered. Aliskiren also reduced plasma renin activity (2.0 ± 0.9 to 1.2 ± 0.6 ng/mL/h, P < .01). While evening BP was unchanged, morning systolic BP (139 ± 8 to 132 ± 7 mm Hg, P < .01) and diastolic BP (81 ± 7 to 76 ± 6 mm Hg, P < .05) were decreased significantly after 6 months. Our results indicated that aliskiren decreased BP, especially morning BP in hypertensive patients with DN. The present data suggest that aliskiren exerts renoprotective actions including reduction in albumin excretion for patients with DN.
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- Tsuneo Takenaka
- Department of Nephrology, Saitama Medical University, Iruma, Saitama, Japan.
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Ren X, Wei Q, Shao H, Sun Z, Liu N. A rat model of diabetic artery calcification. J Endocrinol Invest 2012; 35:497-503. [PMID: 21750399 DOI: 10.3275/7865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to develop a rat model that shares the similarities of calcification in diabetes. METHODS Male Wistar rats received a high-fat diet during 8 weeks followed by a low dose of streptozotocin. Half of them were treated with vitamin D3 and nicotine (VDN) 1 week after streptozotocin injection (DM) (DM+VDN). The others were treated with vehicle (DM). Arterial calcification was facilitated by vitamin D3 and nicotine in age-matched rats (VDN). Measurements of metabolic parameters, aortic calcium content, von Kossa staining, alkaline phosphatase activity and immunohistochemistry for osteopontin were performed. The expression of genes and proteins associated with calcification were also examined. RESULTS Treatment with VDN alone resulted in a small but not significant elevation of calcium content in aorta. However, in DM+VDN, aortic calcium content increased significantly as compared to the VDN. This calcification had also dramatically increased, as shown by von Kossa staining. Mechanistic studies revealed that addition of VDN treatment in diabetic rats enhanced both activity and mRNA expression of alkaline phosphatase. This treatment in diabetic- rats also enhanced the expression of core binding factor α 1 and its downstream protein osteopontin. In aorta, strong immunostaining for osteopontin was observed in DM+VDN. The result was also confirmed by Western blot analysis. CONCLUSION These results suggest that a model of accelerated arterial calcification in diabetes have been established and this model could be useful to investigate mechanisms related to vascular complication in diabetes.
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- X Ren
- Institute for Cardiovascular Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Department of Endocrinology, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, No.87, Dingjiaqiao Road, Nanjing 210009, PR China
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MATSUMOTO KENICHI, MANIWA TOMOKO, TANAKA TETSUYA, SATOH KAZUMI, OKUNISHI HIDEKI, ODA TEIJI. Proteomic analysis of calcified abdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysms. Int J Mol Med 2012; 30:417-29. [DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2012.985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2012] [Accepted: 04/12/2012] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Chatrou MLL, Winckers K, Hackeng TM, Reutelingsperger CP, Schurgers LJ. Vascular calcification: the price to pay for anticoagulation therapy with vitamin K-antagonists. Blood Rev 2012; 26:155-66. [PMID: 22520397 DOI: 10.1016/j.blre.2012.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Vitamin K-antagonists (VKA) are the most widely used anti-thrombotic drugs with substantial efficacy in reducing risk of arterial and venous thrombosis. Several lines of evidence indicate, however, that VKA inhibit not only post-translational activation of vitamin K-dependent coagulation factors but also synthesis of functional extra-hepatic vitamin K-dependent proteins thereby eliciting undesired side-effects. Vascular calcification is one of the recently revealed side-effects of VKA. Vascular calcification is an actively regulated process involving vascular cells and a number of vitamin K-dependent proteins. Mechanistic understanding of vascular calcification is essential to improve VKA-based treatments of both thrombotic disorders and atherosclerosis. This review addresses vitamin K-cycle and vitamin K-dependent processes of vascular calcification that are affected by VKA. We conclude that there is a growing need for better understanding of the effects of anticoagulants on vascular calcification and atherosclerosis.
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- Martijn L L Chatrou
- Department of Biochemistry, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, MUMC, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Disthabanchong S. Vascular calcification in chronic kidney disease: Pathogenesis and clinical implication. World J Nephrol 2012; 1:43-53. [PMID: 24175241 PMCID: PMC3782198 DOI: 10.5527/wjn.v1.i2.43] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2011] [Revised: 10/21/2011] [Accepted: 02/10/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Vascular calcification (VC) is one of the independent risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular mortality in both the general population and CKD patients. Earlier evidence revealed substantially higher prevalence of VC in young adults on chronic hemodialysis compared to the general population in the same age range, indicating the influence of CKD-related risk factors on the development of VC. Pathogenesis of VC involves an active, highly organized cellular transformation of vascular smooth muscle cells to bone forming cells evidenced by the presence of bone matrix proteins in the calcified arterial wall. VC occurs in both the intima and the media of arterial wall with medial calcification being more prevalent in CKD. In addition to traditional cardiovascular risks, risk factors specific to CKD such as phosphate retention, excess of calcium, history of dialysis, active vitamin D therapy in high doses and deficiency of calcification inhibitors play important roles in promoting the development of VC. Non-contrast multi-slice computed tomography has often been used to detect coronary artery calcification. Simple plain radiographs of the lateral lumbar spine and pelvis can also detect VC in the abdominal aorta and femoral and iliac arteries. Currently, there is no specific therapy to reverse VC. Reduction of calcium load, lowering phosphate retention using non-calcium containing phosphate binders, and moderate doses of active vitamin D may attenuate progression. Parenteral sodium thiosulfate has also been shown to delay VC progression.
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- Sinee Disthabanchong
- Sinee Disthabanchong, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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Arain FA, Ye Z, Bailey KR, Chen Q, Liu G, Leibson CL, Kullo IJ. Survival in patients with poorly compressible leg arteries. J Am Coll Cardiol 2012; 59:400-7. [PMID: 22261162 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.09.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2011] [Revised: 09/23/2011] [Accepted: 09/27/2011] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVES This study sought to compare survival of patients with poorly compressible arteries (PCA) to those with a normal ankle-brachial index (ABI) and those with peripheral arterial disease (PAD). BACKGROUND Limited data are available regarding survival in patients with PCA identified in the clinical setting by noninvasive lower extremity arterial evaluation. METHODS We conducted a historical cohort study of consecutive patients who underwent outpatient, noninvasive lower extremity arterial evaluation at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, from January 1998 through December 2007, and who were followed for a mean duration of 5.8 ± 3.1 years. An ABI 1.00 to 1.30 was considered normal, PAD was defined as a resting or post-exercise ABI ≤0.90, and PCA defined as an ABI ≥1.4 and/or an ankle systolic blood pressure >255 mm Hg. Patients were followed for all-cause mortality through September 30, 2009. RESULTS Of 16,493 individuals (mean age 67.8 ± 13.0 years, 59% male); 29% had normal ABI, 54% had PAD, and 17% had PCA. During follow-up (mean duration 5.8 ± 3.1 years), 4,365 patients (26%) died. The percent alive at the end of the study period was 88%, 70%, and 60% for normal ABI, PAD, and PCA, respectively. After adjustment for age, sex, cardiovascular risk factors, comorbid conditions, and medication use, the hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals) of death associated with PCA were 2.0 (1.8 to 2.2) and 1.3 (1.2 to 1.4) compared with the normal ABI and PAD groups, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Patients identified by noninvasive vascular testing to have poorly compressible leg arteries have poor survival, worse than those with a normal ABI or those with PAD.
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- Faisal A Arain
- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and the Gonda Vascular Center, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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Skov V, Knudsen S, Olesen M, Hansen ML, Rasmussen LM. Global gene expression profiling displays a network of dysregulated genes in non-atherosclerotic arterial tissue from patients with type 2 diabetes. Cardiovasc Diabetol 2012; 11:15. [PMID: 22340758 PMCID: PMC3348024 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2840-11-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2011] [Accepted: 02/17/2012] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Background Generalized arterial alterations, such as endothelial dysfunction, medial matrix accumulations, and calcifications are associated with type 2 diabetes (T2D). These changes may render the vessel wall more susceptible to injury; however, the molecular characteristics of such diffuse pre-atherosclerotic changes in diabetes are only superficially known. Methods To identify the molecular alterations of the generalized arterial disease in T2D, DNA microarrays were applied to examine gene expression changes in normal-appearing, non-atherosclerotic arterial tissue from 10 diabetic and 11 age-matched non-diabetic men scheduled for a coronary by-pass operation. Gene expression changes were integrated with GO-Elite, GSEA, and Cytoscape to identify significant biological pathways and networks. Results Global pathway analysis revealed differential expression of gene-sets representing matrix metabolism, triglyceride synthesis, inflammation, insulin signaling, and apoptosis. The network analysis showed a significant cluster of dysregulated genes coding for both intra- and extra-cellular proteins associated with vascular cell functions together with genes related to insulin signaling and matrix remodeling. Conclusions Our results identify pathways and networks involved in the diffuse vasculopathy present in non-atherosclerotic arterial tissue in patients with T2D and confirmed previously observed mRNA-alterations. These abnormalities may play a role for the arterial response to injury and putatively for the accelerated atherogenesis among patients with diabetes.
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- Vibe Skov
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
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Zhou YB, Zhang J, Cai Y, Teng X, Duan XH, Song JQ, Du J, Tang CS, Qi YF. Insulin resistance induces medial artery calcification in fructose-fed rats. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2012; 237:50-7. [PMID: 22238287 DOI: 10.1258/ebm.2011.011252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Osteogenic differentiation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) results in medial artery calcification, which is common in diabetes, but the pathogenesis is poorly understood. We aimed to explore the pathophysiological roles of insulin resistance (IR) on medial artery calcification in rats with 10% fructose in drinking water. After 12 weeks of fructose feeding, rats showed severe IR, with increased levels of fasting blood glucose, serum insulin and oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). Fructose-fed rats showed aortic calcification, increased aortic calcium deposition and irregular elastic fibers in the medial layer of the vessel wall. Moreover, plasma phosphorus concentration, calcium × phosphorus product and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity, and aortic calcium content and ALP activity were significantly increased. Fructose feeding increased mRNA levels of osteopontin, type III sodium-dependent phosphate co-transporter, bone morphogenetic protein-2 and the key transcription factor core binding factor alpha 1 in aortic tissue and downregulated mRNA levels of osteoprotegerin and matrix γ-carboxyglutamic acid protein. Fructose feeding decreased protein levels of smooth-muscle lineage markers and induced severe lipid peroxidation injury. IR induced by high fructose feeding could evoke osteogenic transdifferentiation of VSMCs and promote vascular calcification.
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MESH Headings
- Alkaline Phosphatase/biosynthesis
- Alkaline Phosphatase/metabolism
- Animals
- Aorta, Thoracic/pathology
- Blood Glucose/metabolism
- Bone Morphogenetic Proteins/biosynthesis
- Bone Morphogenetic Proteins/genetics
- Calcium/analysis
- Calcium-Binding Proteins/biosynthesis
- Cell Differentiation
- Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit/biosynthesis
- Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit/genetics
- Dietary Carbohydrates/administration & dosage
- Extracellular Matrix Proteins/biosynthesis
- Fructose/administration & dosage
- Glucose Tolerance Test
- Insulin/blood
- Insulin Resistance
- Lipid Peroxidation
- Male
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/pathology
- Osteopontin/biosynthesis
- Osteopontin/genetics
- Osteoprotegerin/biosynthesis
- Phosphorus/blood
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Random Allocation
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Sodium-Phosphate Cotransporter Proteins, Type III/biosynthesis
- Sodium-Phosphate Cotransporter Proteins, Type III/genetics
- Tunica Media/pathology
- Vascular Calcification/pathology
- Vascular Calcification/physiopathology
- Matrix Gla Protein
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- Ye-bo Zhou
- The Key Laboratory of Remodeling-related Cardiovascular Diseases, Beijing An Zhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100029, China
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Zhu D, Mackenzie NCW, Farquharson C, MacRae VE. Mechanisms and clinical consequences of vascular calcification. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2012; 3:95. [PMID: 22888324 PMCID: PMC3412412 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2012.00095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2012] [Accepted: 07/17/2012] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Vascular calcification has severe clinical consequences and is considered an accurate predictor of future adverse cardiovascular events, including myocardial infarction and stroke. Previously vascular calcification was thought to be a passive process which involved the deposition of calcium and phosphate in arteries and cardiac valves. However, recent studies have shown that vascular calcification is a highly regulated, cell-mediated process similar to bone formation. In this article, we outline the current understanding of key mechanisms governing vascular calcification and highlight the clinical consequences. By understanding better the molecular pathways and genetic circuitry responsible for the pathological mineralization process novel drug targets may be identified and exploited to combat and reduce the detrimental effects of vascular calcification on human health.
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- Dongxing Zhu
- The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of EdinburghMidlothian, Scotland, UK
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- The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of EdinburghMidlothian, Scotland, UK
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- The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of EdinburghMidlothian, Scotland, UK
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- The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of EdinburghMidlothian, Scotland, UK
- *Correspondence: Vicky E. MacRae, The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK. e-mail:
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Barascuk N, Ganz M, Nielsen M, Register TC, Rasmussen LM, Karsdal MA, Christiansen C. Abdominal aortic calcification quantified by the Morphological Atherosclerotic Calcification Distribution (MACD) index is associated with features of the metabolic syndrome. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2011; 11:75. [PMID: 22185588 PMCID: PMC3258192 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-11-75] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2011] [Accepted: 12/20/2011] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background Abdominal aortic calcifications (AAC) predict cardiovascular mortality. A new scoring model for AAC, the Morphological Atherosclerotic Calcification Distribution (MACD) index may contribute with additional information to the commonly used Aortic Calcification Severity (AC24) score, when predicting death from cardiovascular disease (CVD). In this study we investigated associations of MACD and AC24 with traditional metabolic-syndrome associated risk factors at baseline and after 8.3 years follow-up, to identify biological parameters that may account for the differential performance of these indices. Methods Three hundred and eight healthy women aged 48 to 76 years, were followed for 8.3 ± 0.3 years. AAC was quantified using lumbar radiographs. Baseline data included age, weight, blood pressure, blood lipids, and glucose levels. Pearson correlation coefficients were used to test for relationships. Results At baseline and across all patients, MACD correlated with blood glucose (r2 = 0.1, P< 0.001) and to a lesser, but significant extent with traditional risk factors (p < 0.01) of CVD. In the longitudinal analysis of correlations between baseline biological parameters and the follow-up calcification assessment using radiographs we found LDL-cholesterol, HDL/LDL, and the ApoB/ApoA ratio significantly associated with the MACD (P< 0.01). In a subset of patients presenting with calcification at both baseline and at follow-up, all cholesterol levels were significantly associated with the MACD (P< 0.01) index. AC24 index was not correlated with blood parameters. Conclusion Patterns of calcification identified by the MACD, but not the AC24 index, appear to contain useful biological information perhaps explaining part of the improved identification of risk of cardiovascular death of the MACD index. Correlations of MACD but not the AC24 with glucose levels at baseline suggest that hyperglycemia may contribute to unique patterns of calcification indicated by the MACD.
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- Natasha Barascuk
- Nordic Bioscience A/S, Herlev Hovedgade 207, 2730 Herlev, Denmark.
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Winther K, Nybo M, Vind B, Pedersen SM, Højlund K, Rasmussen LM. Acute hyperinsulinemia is followed by increased serum concentrations of fibroblast growth factor 23 in type 2 diabetes patients. Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation 2011; 72:108-13. [DOI: 10.3109/00365513.2011.640407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Moon JS, Clark VM, Beabout JW, Swee RG, Dyck PJ. A controlled study of medial arterial calcification of legs: implications for diabetic polyneuropathy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 68:1290-4. [PMID: 21987542 DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2011.211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus (DM) is associated with an increased prevalence of peripheral arterial disease and medial arterial calcification (MAC), possibly related to prevalence and severity of diabetic polyneuropathy (DPN). OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence, risk covariates, and implication of MAC in a controlled study of healthy subjects and patients with DM. DESIGN Masked evaluation of radiographs. SETTING Olmsted County, Minnesota. PATIENTS Ambulatory volunteers with DM from the Rochester Diabetic Neuropathy Study cohort (n = 260) and matched healthy subjects from the Rochester Diabetic Neuropathy Study-Healthy Subject cohort (n = 221). METHODS Patients and controls underwent standard radiographs of distal legs and feet from January 1, 1995, through December 31, 2002. The radiographs were independently read by masked, experienced radiologists for vessel calcification. Medial arterial calcification prevalence, risk covariates, correlation with peripheral arterial disease, and implication for distal, length-dependent sensorimotor polyneuropathy (DSPN) were studied. RESULTS Of 481 study participants, MAC was found in 66 (13.7%): 55 of 260 (21.2%) in patients with DM and 11 of 221 (5.0%) in healthy subjects (P < .001). Interrater agreement of MAC was 94.1% (κ coefficient of 0.7). Medial arterial calcification was significantly associated with DSPN (P < .001). In stepwise logistic regression analysis, the significant risk covariates for MAC were advancing age, male sex, DM, and stage of microvessel disease (retinopathy). CONCLUSIONS Medial arterial calcification of legs was approximately 4 times as prevalent in population-representative ambulatory persons with DM as in healthy subjects. Advancing age, male sex, DM, and retinopathy were the significant risk covariates for MAC of legs. Medial arterial calcification of legs, although significantly associated with DSPN, was not a useful surrogate marker of DSPN. Also, MAC was not shown to be a risk covariate for late worsening of DSPN, although other lines of evidence suggest that peripheral arterial disease may worsen DSPN.
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- Joon-Shik Moon
- Peripheral Neurology Research Laboratory, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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Tavridou A, Petridis I, Vasileiadis M, Ragia G, Heliopoulos I, Vargemezis V, Manolopoulos VG. Association of VKORC1 -1639 G>A polymorphism with carotid intima-media thickness in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2011; 94:236-41. [PMID: 21767890 DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2011.06.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2011] [Revised: 06/16/2011] [Accepted: 06/22/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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AIMS Media calcification is a predictor of cardiovascular mortality in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Undercarboxylation of some vitamin K-dependent proteins, due to genetic polymorphisms of VKORC1, can lead to calcification. We examined a potential association between VKORC1 -1639 G>A polymorphism and T2DM and, also, the association of this polymorphism with carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT). METHODS VKORC1 -1639 G>A polymorphism was determined in 299 T2DM patients and 328 controls of Caucasian origin using PCR-RFLP. cIMT was measured in a subgroup of 118 T2DM patients. RESULTS The frequency of VKORC1 genotypes between diabetic and nondiabetic subjects differed significantly (p=0.01). VKORC1 genotype was associated with T2DM in an adjusted model (OR 1.36, p=0.009). A statistically significant difference was observed in the maximum value of cIMT among different genotypes. VKORC1 -1639 G>A polymorphism was an independent predictor of cIMT (p=0.029) after adjusting for established risk factors. CONCLUSIONS The association between VKORC1 -1639 G>A polymorphism and risk of T2DM could be due to the higher prevalence of calcification in T2DM patients. This is supported by the independent association between VKORC1 -1639 G>A polymorphism and maximum cIMT in T2DM patients which is likely due to atherosclerosis characterized by increased calcification.
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- Anna Tavridou
- Lab of Pharmacology, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Dragana Campus, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece.
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[Prevalence of arterial calcification and related risk factors. The multicenter population-based ARTPER study]. GACETA SANITARIA 2011; 26:74-7. [PMID: 22030284 DOI: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2011.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2011] [Revised: 05/16/2011] [Accepted: 05/18/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of arterial calcification (ankle-brachial index ≥1.4) and its related factors among the general population aged >49 years. METHODS We performed a cross-sectional study of 3,786 people randomly selected from 28 centers. To assess the factors associated with arterial calcification using a multivariate logistic model, the whole sample was used to compute prevalence, excluding persons with peripheral arterial disease (ankle-brachial index <0.9). RESULTS Arterial calcification was found in 235 persons (prevalence: 6.2%; 95% CI: 5.6-7.0), and was twice as frequent in men as in women. Patients with arterial calcification were older, had more previous cardiovascular events, diabetes and obesity, and were less able to perform physical activity than persons with a healthy ankle-brachial index. CONCLUSIONS We recommend measurement of the ankle-brachial index in primary care centers to detect arterial calcification among men, persons with diabetes, overweight, obesity or difficulty in performing physical activity, and in those with left ventricular hypertrophy.
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Allam AH, Thompson RC, Wann LS, Miyamoto MI, Nur El-Din AEH, El-Maksoud GA, Al-Tohamy Soliman M, Badr I, El-Rahman Amer HA, Sutherland ML, Sutherland JD, Thomas GS. Atherosclerosis in ancient Egyptian mummies: the Horus study. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2011; 4:315-27. [PMID: 21466986 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2011.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2011] [Revised: 01/26/2011] [Accepted: 02/01/2011] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to determine whether ancient Egyptians had atherosclerosis. BACKGROUND The worldwide burden of atherosclerotic disease continues to rise and parallels the spread of diet, lifestyles, and environmental risk factors associated with the developed world. It is tempting to conclude that atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease is exclusively a disease of modern society and did not affect our ancient ancestors. METHODS We performed whole body, multislice computed tomography scanning on 52 ancient Egyptian mummies from the Middle Kingdom to the Greco-Roman period to identify cardiovascular structures and arterial calcifications. We interpreted images by consensus reading of 7 imaging physicians, and collected demographic data from historical and museum records. We estimated age at the time of death from the computed tomography skeletal evaluation. RESULTS Forty-four of 52 mummies had identifiable cardiovascular (CV) structures, and 20 of these had either definite atherosclerosis (defined as calcification within the wall of an identifiable artery, n = 12) or probable atherosclerosis (defined as calcifications along the expected course of an artery, n = 8). Calcifications were found in the aorta as well as the coronary, carotid, iliac, femoral, and peripheral leg arteries. The 20 mummies with definite or probable atherosclerosis were older at time of death (mean age 45.1 ± 9.2 years) than the mummies with CV tissue but no atherosclerosis (mean age 34.5 ± 11.8 years, p < 0.002). Two mummies had evidence of severe arterial atherosclerosis with calcifications in virtually every arterial bed. Definite coronary atherosclerosis was present in 2 mummies, including a princess who lived between 1550 and 1580 BCE. This finding represents the earliest documentation of coronary atherosclerosis in a human. Definite or probable atherosclerosis was present in mummies who lived during virtually every era of ancient Egypt represented in this study, a time span of >2,000 years. CONCLUSIONS Atherosclerosis is commonplace in mummified ancient Egyptians.
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Chung JO, Cho DH, Chung DJ, Chung MY. Association between Diabetic Polyneuropathy and Cardiovascular Complications in Type 2 Diabetic Patients. Diabetes Metab J 2011; 35:390-6. [PMID: 21977459 PMCID: PMC3178700 DOI: 10.4093/dmj.2011.35.4.390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2010] [Accepted: 01/13/2011] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus is a major independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), but high cardiovascular risk in diabetes mellitus patients is not completely explained by clustering traditional risk factors. Recently, associations between diabetic polyneuropathy (DPN) and macrovasculopathy have been suggested. We aimed to assess associations between DPN and cardiovascular complications in type 2 diabetic patients. METHODS Microvascular and cardiovascular complications were evaluated in 1,041 type 2 diabetic patients. RESULTS In patients with DPN, the age, prevalence of hypertension, diabetes duration, systolic blood pressure, pulse pressure, and hemoglobin glycation (HbA1c) levels were significantly higher, while the high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels were lower than in those without DPN. The prevalence of CVD was higher in patients with DPN. In multivariate analysis, DPN was independently associated with CVD (odds ratio, 1.801; 95% confidence interval, 1.009 to 3.214). CONCLUSION Our results showed that DPN was associated with a high prevalence of cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetic patients, but further studies are needed to investigate the causative nature of associations between DPN and CVD.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea
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Ndip A, Williams A, Jude EB, Serracino-Inglott F, Richardson S, Smyth JV, Boulton AJM, Alexander MY. The RANKL/RANK/OPG signaling pathway mediates medial arterial calcification in diabetic Charcot neuroarthropathy. Diabetes 2011; 60:2187-96. [PMID: 21659498 PMCID: PMC3142088 DOI: 10.2337/db10-1220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB (RANK), RANK ligand (RANKL), and osteoprotegerin (OPG) signaling pathway (RANKL/RANK/OPG signaling) is implicated in the osteolysis associated with diabetic Charcot neuroarthropathy (CN); however, the links with medial arterial calcification (MAC) seen in people with CN are unclear. This study aimed to investigate the role of RANKL/OPG in MAC in patients with CN. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and Bio-plex multiarray technology were used to quantify a range of cytokines, including RANKL and OPG in sera from 10 patients with diabetes, 12 patients with CN, and 5 healthy volunteers. Human tibial artery segments were immunohistochemically stained with Alizarin red and human RANKL antibody. Human vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) were also explanted from arterial segments for in vitro studies. RESULTS We demonstrate colocalization and upregulation of RANKL expression in areas displaying MAC. Systemic levels of RANKL, OPG, and inflammatory cytokines (interleukin-8, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor) were elevated in those with CN compared with diabetic patients and healthy control subjects. Human VSMCs cultured in CN serum showed accelerated osteoblastic differentiation (alkaline phosphatase activity) and mineralization (alizarin red staining) compared with cells treated with diabetic or control serum (P < 0.05). Coincubation with OPG, the decoy receptor for RANKL, attenuated osteogenic differentiation of VSMCs and was independent of a high calcium-phosphate milieu. The accelerated mineralization induced by RANKL and CN serum correlated with nuclear translocation of nuclear factor-κB, a process abrogated by OPG. CONCLUSIONS Our data provide direct evidence that RANKL/RANK/OPG signaling is modulated in patients with CN and plays a role in vascular calcification. This study highlights this pathway as a potential target for intervention.
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- Agbor Ndip
- Department of Medicine and Diabetes, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK.
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