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Guo Q, Li J, Wang Z, Wu X, Jin Z, Zhu S, Li H, Zhang D, Hu W, Xu H, Yang L, Shi L, Wang Y. Potassium dehydroandrographolide succinate regulates the MyD88/CDH13 signaling pathway to enhance vascular injury-induced pathological vascular remodeling. Chin J Nat Med 2024; 22:62-74. [PMID: 38278560 DOI: 10.1016/s1875-5364(24)60562-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2023] [Indexed: 01/28/2024]
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Pathological vascular remodeling is a hallmark of various vascular diseases. Previous research has established the significance of andrographolide in maintaining gastric vascular homeostasis and its pivotal role in modulating endothelial barrier dysfunction, which leads to pathological vascular remodeling. Potassium dehydroandrographolide succinate (PDA), a derivative of andrographolide, has been clinically utilized in the treatment of inflammatory diseases precipitated by viral infections. This study investigates the potential of PDA in regulating pathological vascular remodeling. The effect of PDA on vascular remodeling was assessed through the complete ligation of the carotid artery in C57BL/6 mice. Experimental approaches, including rat aortic primary smooth muscle cell culture, flow cytometry, bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) incorporation assay, Boyden chamber cell migration assay, spheroid sprouting assay, and Matrigel-based tube formation assay, were employed to evaluate the influence of PDA on the proliferation and motility of smooth muscle cells (SMCs). Molecular docking simulations and co-immunoprecipitation assays were conducted to examine protein interactions. The results revealed that PDA exacerbates vascular injury-induced pathological remodeling, as evidenced by enhanced neointima formation. PDA treatment significantly increased the proliferation and migration of SMCs. Further mechanistic studies disclosed that PDA upregulated myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88) expression in SMCs and interacted with T-cadherin (CDH13). This interaction augmented proliferation, migration, and extracellular matrix deposition, culminating in pathological vascular remodeling. Our findings underscore the critical role of PDA in the regulation of pathological vascular remodeling, mediated through the MyD88/CDH13 signaling pathway.
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- Qiru Guo
- College of Basic Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 610000, China
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- College of Basic Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 610000, China
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- College of Basic Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 610000, China
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- College of Basic Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 610000, China
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- College of Basic Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 610000, China
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- Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 610000, China
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- College of Basic Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 610000, China
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- Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 610000, China
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- College of Basic Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 610000, China
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- College of Basic Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 610000, China
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- College of Basic Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 610000, China
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- College of Basic Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 610000, China
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- College of Basic Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 610000, China.
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Dasen B, Pigeot S, Born GM, Verrier S, Rivero O, Dittrich PS, Martin I, Filippova M. T-cadherin is a novel regulator of pericyte function during angiogenesis. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2023; 324:C821-C836. [PMID: 36802732 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00326.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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Pericytes are mural cells that play an important role in regulation of angiogenesis and endothelial function. Cadherins are a superfamily of adhesion molecules mediating Ca2+-dependent homophilic cell-cell interactions that control morphogenesis and tissue remodeling. To date, classical N-cadherin is the only cadherin described on pericytes. Here, we demonstrate that pericytes also express T-cadherin (H-cadherin, CDH13), an atypical glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored member of the superfamily that has previously been implicated in regulation of neurite guidance, endothelial angiogenic behavior, and smooth muscle cell differentiation and progression of cardiovascular disease. The aim of the study was to investigate T-cadherin function in pericytes. Expression of T-cadherin in pericytes from different tissues was performed by immunofluorescence analysis. Using lentivirus-mediated gain-of-function and loss-of-function in cultured human pericytes, we demonstrate that T-cadherin regulates pericyte proliferation, migration, invasion, and interactions with endothelial cells during angiogenesis in vitro and in vivo. T-cadherin effects are associated with the reorganization of the cytoskeleton, modulation of cyclin D1, α-smooth muscle actin (αSMA), integrin β3, metalloprotease MMP1, and collagen expression levels, and involve Akt/GSK3β and ROCK intracellular signaling pathways. We also report the development of a novel multiwell 3-D microchannel slide for easy analysis of sprouting angiogenesis from a bioengineered microvessel in vitro. In conclusion, our data identify T-cadherin as a novel regulator of pericyte function and support that it is required for pericyte proliferation and invasion during active phase of angiogenesis, while T-cadherin loss shifts pericytes toward the myofibroblast state rendering them unable to control endothelial angiogenic behavior.
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- Boris Dasen
- Tissue Engineering Lab, Department of Biomedicine and Department of Surgery, Basel University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
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- Tissue Engineering Lab, Department of Biomedicine and Department of Surgery, Basel University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
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- Tissue Engineering Lab, Department of Biomedicine and Department of Surgery, Basel University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
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- Research Group on Psychiatry and Neurodegenerative Disorders, Biomedical Network Research Centre on Mental Health (CIBERSAM), Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zürich, Basel, Switzerland
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- Tissue Engineering Lab, Department of Biomedicine and Department of Surgery, Basel University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
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- Tissue Engineering Lab, Department of Biomedicine and Department of Surgery, Basel University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
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Mohd Danish Khan, Mohammad Kaleem Ahmad, Roshan Alam, Fahad Khan, Mohammad Mustufa Khan. Circulatory T-cadherin is a potential biomarker for atherosclerosis. Biomedicine (Taipei) 2022. [DOI: 10.51248/.v42i3.1591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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T-cadherin, a special member of cadherin family, expresses with blood circulation involving the heart i.e. CVS. Cadherin is connected with the healthy conditions of an individual and normal functioning of cardio-vascular metabolism. T-cadherin is mainly associated with blood vascular system of human. Previous studies analysed this cadherin been unexpressed within the fat storing tissues i.e. adipose tissue of peri-aortic and peri-coronary, it is present within endothelium as well as in vascularized smooth muscular cells which includes the area nearby coronary vessels and aorta. The area and site of this cadherin is attention-grabbing because it particularly related to atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease (CVD). T-cadherin - a protein acting as the receptor for low density lipoproteins (LDL). It may act as a special biomarker for atherosclerosis. Previous studies on T-cadherin showed that it has cardio-protective role. Furthermore, research is essential to enumerate the cardio-protective function of T-cadherin. It can be an important therapeutic target in developing new medicine to decrease incident of heart disease and its complications.
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Rubina KA, Sabitova NR, Efimenko AY, Kalinina NI, Akopyan JA, Semina EV. Proteolytic enzyme and adiponectin receptors as potential targets for COVID-19 therapy. КАРДИОВАСКУЛЯРНАЯ ТЕРАПИЯ И ПРОФИЛАКТИКА 2021. [DOI: 10.15829/1728-8800-2021-2791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic requires not only the creation of vaccines to prevent the spread of the disease, but also the development of novel drugs aimed at reducing viral load, suppressing an excessive immune response and preventing the severe complications such as lung fibrosis and acute respiratory distress syndrome. One of the promising targets for studying the development of pneumonia, systemic inflammation and disseminated intravascular coagulation in COVID-19 is the plasminogen activator system. In patients with a severe disease course, impaired activity or expression of plasminogen activators significantly increases the blood level of D-dimer and fibrinogen, as well as correlates with intravascular coagulation and thrombus formation. The second promising target for studying the pathogenesis of COVID-19 is the adiponectin/T-cadherin system: adiponectin is able to reduce the content of pro-inflammatory cytokines, the increase of which is characteristic of COVID-19, and stimulate the production of an anti-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-10. The review describes the role of plasminogen and T-cadherin activators in their possible participation in the development of pulmonary fibrosis in COVID-19 and hemostasis regulation, as well as cardio- and vasculoprotective function of adiponectin and its receptor, T-cadherin.
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- K. A. Rubina
- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Fundamental Medicine
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- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Fundamental Medicine
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- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Fundamental Medicine; Lomonosov Moscow State University, Institute of Regenerative Medicine, Medical Research and Educational Center
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- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Fundamental Medicine; Lomonosov Moscow State University, Institute of Regenerative Medicine, Medical Research and Educational Center
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- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Fundamental Medicine; Lomonosov Moscow State University, Institute of Regenerative Medicine, Medical Research and Educational Center
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- National Medical Research Center of Cardiology; Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Fundamental Medicine
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Campolo A, Frantz MW, de Laat MA, Hartson SD, Furr MO, Lacombe VA. Differential Proteomic Expression of Equine Cardiac and Lamellar Tissue During Insulin-Induced Laminitis. Front Vet Sci 2020; 7:308. [PMID: 32596266 PMCID: PMC7303262 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2020.00308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2019] [Accepted: 05/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Endocrinopathic laminitis is pathologically similar to the multi-organ dysfunction and peripheral neuropathy found in human patients with metabolic syndrome. Similarly, endocrinopathic laminitis has been shown to partially result from vascular dysfunction. However, despite extensive research, the pathogenesis of this disease is not well elucidated and laminitis remains without an effective treatment. Here, we sought to identify novel proteins and pathways underlying the development of equine endocrinopathic laminitis. Healthy Standardbred horses (n = 4/group) were either given an electrolyte infusion, or a 48-h euglycemic-hyperinsulinemic clamp. Cardiac and lamellar tissues were analyzed by mass spectrometry (FDR = 0.05). All hyperinsulinemic horses developed laminitis despite being previously healthy. We identified 514 and 709 unique proteins in the cardiac and lamellar proteomes, respectively. In the lamellar tissue, we identified 14 proteins for which their abundance was significantly increased and 13 proteins which were significantly decreased in the hyperinsulinemic group as compared to controls. These results were confirmed via real-time reverse-transcriptase PCR. A STRING analysis of protein-protein interactions revealed that these increased proteins were primarily involved in coagulation and complement cascades, platelet activity, and ribosomal function, while decreased proteins were involved in focal adhesions, spliceosomes, and cell-cell matrices. Novel significant differentially expressed proteins associated with hyperinsulinemia-induced laminitis include talin−1, vinculin, cadherin-13, fibrinogen, alpha-2-macroglobulin, and heat shock protein 90. In contrast, no proteins were found to be significantly differentially expressed in the heart of hyperinsulinemic horses compared to controls. Together, these data indicate that while hyperinsulinemia induced, in part, microvascular damage, complement activation, and ribosomal dysfunction in the lamellae, a similar effect was not seen in the heart. In brief, this proteomic investigation of a unique equine model of hyperinsulinemia identified novel proteins and signaling pathways, which may lead to the discovery of molecular biomarkers and/or therapeutic targets for endocrinopathic laminitis.
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- Allison Campolo
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, United States.,Biosciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, United States
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Rorabaugh BR, Mabe NW, Seeley SL, Stoops TS, Mucher KE, Ney CP, Goodman CS, Hertenstein BJ, Rush AE, Kasler CD, Sargeant AM, Zoladz PR. Myocardial fibrosis, inflammation, and altered cardiac gene expression profiles in rats exposed to a predator-based model of posttraumatic stress disorder. Stress 2020; 23:125-135. [PMID: 31347429 PMCID: PMC6982550 DOI: 10.1080/10253890.2019.1641081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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People who are exposed to life-threatening trauma are at risk of developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In addition to psychological manifestations, PTSD is associated with an increased risk of myocardial infarction, arrhythmias, hypertension, and other cardiovascular problems. We previously reported that rats exposed to a predator-based model of PTSD develop myocardial hypersensitivity to ischemic injury. This study characterized cardiac changes in histology and gene expression in rats exposed this model. Male rats were subjected to two cat exposures (separated by a period of 10 d) and daily cage-mate changes for 31 d. Control rats were not exposed to the cat or cage-mate changes. Ventricular tissue was analyzed by RNA sequencing, western blotting, histology, and immunohistochemistry. Multifocal lesions characterized by necrosis, mononuclear cell infiltration, and collagen deposition were observed in hearts from all stressed rats but none of the control rats. Gene expression analysis identified clusters of upregulated genes associated with endothelial to mesenchymal transition, endothelial migration, mesenchyme differentiation, and extracellular matrix remodeling in hearts from stressed rats. Consistent with endothelial to mesenchymal transition, rats from stressed hearts exhibited increased expression of α-smooth muscle actin (a myofibroblast marker) and a decrease in the number of CD31 positive endothelial cells. These data provide evidence that predator-based stress induces myocardial lesions and reprograming of cardiac gene expression. These changes may underlie the myocardial hypersensitivity to ischemia observed in these animals. This rat model may provide a useful tool for investigating the cardiac impact of PTSD and other forms of chronic psychological stress.Lay summaryChronic predator stress induces the formation of myocardial lesions characterized by necrosis, collagen deposition, and mononuclear cell infiltration. This is accompanied by changes in gene expression and histology that are indicative of cardiac remodeling. These changes may underlie the increased risk of arrhythmias, myocardial infarction, and other cardiac pathologies in people who have PTSD or other forms of chronic stress.
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- Boyd R. Rorabaugh
- Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio 45810 USA
- Correspondence: Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Ohio Northern University, 525 South Main Street, Ada, OH, 45810 USA; Telephone: 419-772-1695; Fax:419-772-1917;
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio 45810 USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio 45810 USA
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- Department of Psychology, Sociology, & Criminal Justice, Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Sociology, & Criminal Justice, Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Sociology, & Criminal Justice, Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Sociology, & Criminal Justice, Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Sociology, & Criminal Justice, Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Sociology, & Criminal Justice, Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Sociology, & Criminal Justice, Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH, USA
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Xiang Q, Liu Z, Lu Y, Mao J, Chen S, Zhao X, Zhou S, Xie Q, Wang Z, Mu G, Jiang J, Gong Y, Cui Y. A potential role for the CDH13/CDH15 gene in repeat revascularization after first percutaneous coronary intervention. Pharmacogenomics 2019; 21:91-99. [PMID: 31854260 DOI: 10.2217/pgs-2019-0118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Aim: Major drawbacks of percutaneous coronary intervention are the high occurrence of repeat revascularization due to restenosis and disease progression. The aim of this study was to find genetic indicators to predict the risk of repeat revascularization. Materials & methods: From April 2015 to June 2016, 143 patients with percutaneous coronary intervention with genetic test results were enrolled. SNPs were measured by OmniZhongHua-8, and the SNPs in pathways genes related to known stenosis-related processes from the KEGG, BioCarta and Gene Cards databases were selected for analysis. Results: Cell-extracellular matrix interactions were the pathways with the most significant SNP (CDH15 rs72819363) association with repeat revascularization. Compared with CDH13 rs11859453G carriers, the adjusted odds ratio for A carriers was 0.25 and 0.33 at 18 and 30 months. Conclusion: We demonstrated a potential role of the cell-extracellular matrix interactions pathway and the possible biomarker CDH13/CDH15 in the development of coronary repeat revascularization.
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- Qian Xiang
- Department of Pharmacy, Peking University First Hospital, No. 6, Da Hong Luo Chang Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100034, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Peking University First Hospital, No. 6, Da Hong Luo Chang Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100034, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Hennepin County Medical Center, 701 Park Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55415, USA
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- Gennlife (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd, No. 65 North Fourth Ring Road West, Haidian District, Beijing 100080, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Peking University First Hospital, No. 6, Da Hong Luo Chang Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100034, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Peking University First Hospital, No. 6, Da Hong Luo Chang Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100034, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Peking University First Hospital, No. 6, Da Hong Luo Chang Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100034, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Peking University First Hospital, No. 6, Da Hong Luo Chang Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100034, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Peking University First Hospital, No. 6, Da Hong Luo Chang Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100034, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Peking University First Hospital, No. 6, Da Hong Luo Chang Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100034, PR China
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- Department of Cardiology, Peking University First Hospital, No. 8, Xi Shi Ku Da Jie Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100034, PR China
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- Department of Cardiology, Peking University First Hospital, No. 8, Xi Shi Ku Da Jie Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100034, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Peking University First Hospital, No. 6, Da Hong Luo Chang Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100034, PR China
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Frismantiene A, Philippova M, Erne P, Resink TJ. Smooth muscle cell-driven vascular diseases and molecular mechanisms of VSMC plasticity. Cell Signal 2018; 52:48-64. [PMID: 30172025 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2018.08.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 225] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2018] [Revised: 08/28/2018] [Accepted: 08/28/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) are the major cell type in blood vessels. Unlike many other mature cell types in the adult body, VSMC do not terminally differentiate but retain a remarkable plasticity. Fully differentiated medial VSMCs of mature vessels maintain quiescence and express a range of genes and proteins important for contraction/dilation, which allows them to control systemic and local pressure through the regulation of vascular tone. In response to vascular injury or alterations in local environmental cues, differentiated/contractile VSMCs are capable of switching to a dedifferentiated phenotype characterized by increased proliferation, migration and extracellular matrix synthesis in concert with decreased expression of contractile markers. Imbalanced VSMC plasticity results in maladaptive phenotype alterations that ultimately lead to progression of a variety of VSMC-driven vascular diseases. The nature, extent and consequences of dysregulated VSMC phenotype alterations are diverse, reflecting the numerous environmental cues (e.g. biochemical factors, extracellular matrix components, physical) that prompt VSMC phenotype switching. In spite of decades of efforts to understand cues and processes that normally control VSMC differentiation and their disruption in VSMC-driven disease states, the crucial molecular mechanisms and signalling pathways that shape the VSMC phenotype programme have still not yet been precisely elucidated. In this article we introduce the physiological functions of vascular smooth muscle/VSMCs, outline VSMC-driven cardiovascular diseases and the concept of VSMC phenotype switching, and review molecular mechanisms that play crucial roles in the regulation of VSMC phenotypic plasticity.
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- Agne Frismantiene
- Department of Biomedicine, Laboratory for Signal Transduction, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Biomedicine, Laboratory for Signal Transduction, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Biomedicine, Laboratory for Signal Transduction, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Biomedicine, Laboratory for Signal Transduction, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
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Frismantiene A, Philippova M, Erne P, Resink TJ. Cadherins in vascular smooth muscle cell (patho)biology: Quid nos scimus? Cell Signal 2018; 45:23-42. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2018.01.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2017] [Revised: 01/23/2018] [Accepted: 01/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Alexopoulou AN, Lees DM, Bodrug N, Lechertier T, Fernandez I, D'Amico G, Dukinfield M, Batista S, Tavora B, Serrels B, Hodivala‐Dilke K. Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK) tyrosine 397E mutation restores the vascular leakage defect in endothelium-specific FAK-kinase dead mice. J Pathol 2017; 242:358-370. [PMID: 28444899 PMCID: PMC5518444 DOI: 10.1002/path.4911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2016] [Revised: 03/14/2017] [Accepted: 04/13/2017] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) inhibitors have been developed as potential anticancer agents and are undergoing clinical trials. In vitro activation of the FAK kinase domain triggers autophosphorylation of Y397, Src activation, and subsequent phosphorylation of other FAK tyrosine residues. However, how FAK Y397 mutations affect FAK kinase-dead (KD) phenotypes in tumour angiogenesis in vivo is unknown. We developed three Pdgfb-iCreert -driven endothelial cell (EC)-specific, tamoxifen-inducible homozygous mutant mouse lines: FAK wild-type (WT), FAK KD, and FAK double mutant (DM), i.e. KD with a putatively phosphomimetic Y397E mutation. These ECCre+;FAKWT/WT , ECCre+;FAKKD/KD and ECCre+;FAKDM/DM mice were injected subcutaneously with syngeneic B16F0 melanoma cells. Tumour growth and tumour blood vessel functions were unchanged between ECCre+;FAKWT/WT and ECCre-;FAKWT/WT control mice. In contrast, tumour growth and vessel density were decreased in ECCre+;FAKKD/KD and ECCre+;FAKDM/DM mice, as compared with Cre - littermates. Despite no change in the percentage of perfused vessels or pericyte coverage in either genotype, tumour hypoxia was elevated in ECCre+;FAKKD/KD and ECCre+;FAKDM/DM mice. Furthermore, although ECCre+;FAKKD/KD mice showed reduced blood vessel leakage, ECCre+;FAKDM/DM and ECCre-;FAKDM/DM mice showed no difference in leakage. Mechanistically, fibronectin-stimulated Y397 autophosphorylation was reduced in Cre+;FAKKD/KD ECs as compared with Cre+;FAKWT/WT cells, with no change in phosphorylation of the known Src targets FAK-Y577, FAK-Y861, FAK-Y925, paxillin-Y118, p130Cas-Y410. Cre+;FAKDM/DM ECs showed decreased Src target phosphorylation levels, suggesting that the Y397E substitution actually disrupted Src activation. Reduced VE-cadherin-pY658 levels in Cre+;FAKKD/KD ECs were rescued in Cre+FAKDM/DM ECs, corresponding with the rescue in vessel leakage in the ECCre+;FAKDM/DM mice. We show that EC-specific FAK kinase activity is required for tumour growth, angiogenesis, and vascular permeability. The ECCre+;FAKDM/DM mice restored the KD-dependent tumour vascular leakage observed in ECCre+;FAKKD/KD mice in vivo. This study opens new fields in in vivo FAK signalling. © 2017 The Authors. The Journal of Pathology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
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- Centre for Tumour Biology, Barts Cancer InstituteQueen Mary University of LondonLondonUK
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- Centre for Tumour Biology, Barts Cancer InstituteQueen Mary University of LondonLondonUK
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- Centre for Tumour Biology, Barts Cancer InstituteQueen Mary University of LondonLondonUK
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- Platform of Expertise for Rare Diseases Paris‐SudLe Kremlin‐BicêtreFrance
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- Centre for Tumour Biology, Barts Cancer InstituteQueen Mary University of LondonLondonUK
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- Centre for Tumour Biology, Barts Cancer InstituteQueen Mary University of LondonLondonUK
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- Division of Cancer Therapeutics, Institute of Cancer ResearchSuttonUK
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- Laboratory of Systems Cancer BiologyRockefeller UniversityNew YorkUSA
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- Cancer Research UK Edinburgh CentreUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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Kyriakakis E, Frismantiene A, Dasen B, Pfaff D, Rivero O, Lesch KP, Erne P, Resink TJ, Philippova M. T-cadherin promotes autophagy and survival in vascular smooth muscle cells through MEK1/2/Erk1/2 axis activation. Cell Signal 2017; 35:163-175. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2017.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2016] [Revised: 03/20/2017] [Accepted: 04/05/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Frismantiene A, Kyriakakis E, Dasen B, Erne P, Resink TJ, Philippova M. Actin cytoskeleton regulates functional anchorage-migration switch during T-cadherin-induced phenotype modulation of vascular smooth muscle cells. Cell Adh Migr 2017; 12:69-85. [PMID: 28524745 DOI: 10.1080/19336918.2017.1319545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Vascular smooth muscle cell (SMC) switching between differentiated and dedifferentiated phenotypes is reversible and accompanied by morphological and functional alterations that require reconfiguration of cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesion networks. Studies attempting to explore changes in overall composition of the adhesion nexus during SMC phenotype transition are lacking. We have previously demonstrated that T-cadherin knockdown enforces SMC differentiation, whereas T-cadherin upregulation promotes SMC dedifferentiation. This study used human aortic SMCs ectopically modified with respect to T-cadherin expression to characterize phenotype-associated cell-matrix adhesion molecule expression, focal adhesions configuration and migration modes. Compared with dedifferentiated/migratory SMCs (expressing T-cadherin), the differentiated/contractile SMCs (T-cadherin-deficient) exhibited increased adhesion to several extracellular matrix substrata, decreased expression of several integrins, matrix metalloproteinases and collagens, and also distinct focal adhesion, adherens junction and intracellular tension network configurations. Differentiated and dedifferentiated phenotypes displayed distinct migrational velocity and directional persistence. The restricted migration efficiency of the differentiated phenotype was fully overcome by reducing actin polymerization with ROCK inhibitor Y-27632 whereas myosin II inhibitor blebbistatin was less effective. Migration efficiency of the dedifferentiated phenotype was diminished by promoting actin polymerization with lysophosphatidic acid. These findings held true in both 2D-monolayer and 3D-spheroid migration models. Thus, our data suggest that despite global differences in the cell adhesion nexus of the differentiated and dedifferentiated phenotypes, structural actin cytoskeleton characteristics per se play a crucial role in permissive regulation of cell-matrix adhesive interactions and cell migration behavior during T-cadherin-induced SMC phenotype transition.
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Affiliation(s)
- Agne Frismantiene
- a Department of Biomedicine , Laboratory for Signal Transduction, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel , Basel , Switzerland
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- a Department of Biomedicine , Laboratory for Signal Transduction, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel , Basel , Switzerland
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- a Department of Biomedicine , Laboratory for Signal Transduction, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel , Basel , Switzerland
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- a Department of Biomedicine , Laboratory for Signal Transduction, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel , Basel , Switzerland
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- a Department of Biomedicine , Laboratory for Signal Transduction, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel , Basel , Switzerland
| | - Maria Philippova
- a Department of Biomedicine , Laboratory for Signal Transduction, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel , Basel , Switzerland
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Sternberg J, Wankell M, Nathan Subramaniam V, W. Hebbard L. The functional roles of T-cadherin in mammalian biology. AIMS MOLECULAR SCIENCE 2017. [DOI: 10.3934/molsci.2017.1.62] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Frismantiene A, Dasen B, Pfaff D, Erne P, Resink TJ, Philippova M. T-cadherin promotes vascular smooth muscle cell dedifferentiation via a GSK3β-inactivation dependent mechanism. Cell Signal 2016; 28:516-530. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2016.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2015] [Revised: 02/12/2016] [Accepted: 02/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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