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Gu X, Liu M, Wang M, Wang K, Zhou T, Wu Q, Dong N. Corin deficiency alleviates mucosal lesions in a mouse model of colitis induced by dextran sulfate sodium. Life Sci 2024; 339:122446. [PMID: 38246520 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2024.122446] [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: 08/22/2023] [Revised: 01/10/2024] [Accepted: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 01/23/2024]
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AIMS High dietary salt consumption is a risk factor for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Corin is a protease that activates atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), thereby regulating sodium homeostasis. Corin acts in multiple tissues, including the intestine. In mice, corin deficiency impairs intestinal sodium excretion. This study aims to examine if reduced intestinal sodium excretion alters the pathophysiology of IBD. MAIN METHODS Wild-type (WT), Corin knockout (KO), and Corin kidney conditional KO (kcKO) mice were tested in a colitis model induced by dextran sulfide sodium (DSS). Effects of ANP on DSS-induced colitis were tested in WT and Corin KO mice. Body weight changes in the mice were monitored. Necropsy, histological analysis, and immunostaining studies were conducted to examine colon length and mucosal lesions. Fecal sodium levels were measured. RT-PCR was done to analyze proinflammatory genes in colon samples. KEY FINDINGS DSS-treated Corin KO mice had an ameliorated colitis phenotype with less body weight loss, longer colon lengths, smaller mucosal lesions, lower disease scores, more preserved goblet cells, and suppressed proinflammatory genes in the colon. In longitudinal studies, the DSS-treated Corin KO mice had delayed onset of colon mucosal lesions. ANP administration lessened the colitis in WT, but not Corin KO, mice. Analyses of WT, Corin KO, and Corin kcKO mice indicated that fecal sodium excretion, controlled by intestinal corin, may regulate inflammatory responses in DSS-induced colitis in mice. SIGNIFICANCE Our findings indicate a role of corin in intestinal pathophysiology, suggesting that reduced intestinal sodium level may offer protective benefits against IBD.
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- Xiabing Gu
- Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital and Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou, China; Cyrus Tang Hematology Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Prevention, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Cyrus Tang Hematology Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Prevention, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital and Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou, China; Cyrus Tang Hematology Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Prevention, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital and Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou, China; Cyrus Tang Hematology Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Prevention, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Cyrus Tang Hematology Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Prevention, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Cyrus Tang Hematology Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Prevention, Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
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- Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital and Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou, China; Cyrus Tang Hematology Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Prevention, Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
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Sun Z, Wang W, Liu J, Zou S, Yin D, Lyu C, Yu J, Wei Y. Bioactive Peptides from Ruditapes philippinarum Attenuate Hypertension and Cardiorenal Damage in Deoxycorticosterone Acetate-Salt Hypertensive Rats. Molecules 2023; 28:7610. [PMID: 38005332 PMCID: PMC10675683 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28227610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2023] [Revised: 11/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/08/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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Hypertension is a common disease that affects human health and can lead to damage to the heart, kidneys, and other important organs. In this study, we investigated the regulatory effects of bioactive peptides derived from Ruditapes philippinarum (RPP) on hypertension and organ protection in deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt hypertensive rats. We found that RPPs exhibited significant blood pressure-lowering properties. Furthermore, the results showed that RPPs positively influenced vascular remodeling and effectively maintained a balanced water-sodium equilibrium. Meanwhile, RPPs demonstrated anti-inflammatory potential by reducing the serum levels of inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α, IL-2, and IL-6). Moreover, we observed the strong antioxidant activity of RPPs, which played a critical role in reducing oxidative stress and alleviating hypertension-induced damage to the aorta, heart, and kidneys. Additionally, our study explored the regulatory effects of RPPs on the gut microbiota, suggesting a possible correlation between their antihypertensive effects and the modulation of gut microbiota. Our previous studies have demonstrated that RPPs can significantly reduce blood pressure in SHR rats. This suggests that RPPs can significantly improve both essential hypertension and DOAC-salt-induced secondary hypertension and can ameliorate cardiorenal damage caused by hypertension. These findings further support the possibility of RPPs as an active ingredient in functional anti-hypertensive foods.
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- Zonghui Sun
- College of Life Sciences, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China;
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- Qingdao Chenlan Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Qingdao 266061, China; (W.W.); (J.L.); (S.Z.); (D.Y.); (C.L.)
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- Qingdao Chenlan Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Qingdao 266061, China; (W.W.); (J.L.); (S.Z.); (D.Y.); (C.L.)
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- Qingdao Chenlan Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Qingdao 266061, China; (W.W.); (J.L.); (S.Z.); (D.Y.); (C.L.)
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- Qingdao Chenlan Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Qingdao 266061, China; (W.W.); (J.L.); (S.Z.); (D.Y.); (C.L.)
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- Qingdao Chenlan Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Qingdao 266061, China; (W.W.); (J.L.); (S.Z.); (D.Y.); (C.L.)
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- College of Life Sciences, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China;
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- College of Life Sciences, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China;
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Baris Feldman H, Chai Gadot C, Zahler D, Mory A, Aviram G, Elhanan E, Shefer G, Goldiner I, Amir Y, Kurolap A, Ablin JN. Corin and Left Atrial Cardiomyopathy, Hypertension, Arrhythmia, and Fibrosis. N Engl J Med 2023; 389:1685-1692. [PMID: 37913506 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2301908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2023]
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Two siblings presented with cardiomyopathy, hypertension, arrhythmia, and fibrosis of the left atrium. Each had a homozygous null variant in CORIN, the gene encoding atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP)-converting enzyme. A plasma sample obtained from one of the siblings had no detectable levels of corin or N-terminal pro-ANP but had elevated levels of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and one of the two protein markers of fibrosis that we tested. These and other findings support the hypothesis that BNP cannot fully compensate for a lack of activation of the ANP pathway and that corin is critical to normal ANP activity, left atrial function, and cardiovascular homeostasis.
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- Hagit Baris Feldman
- From the Genetics Institute and Genomics Center (H.B.F., C.C.G., A.M., E.E., Y.A., A.K.), the Departments of Cardiology (D.Z.), Radiology (G.A.), Nephrology (E.E.), Clinical Laboratories (G.S., I.G.), and Internal Medicine H (J.N.A.) and the Institute of Rheumatology (J.N.A.), Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, and the Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University (H.B.F., D.Z., G.A., I.G., Y.A., J.N.A.) - all in Tel Aviv, Israel
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- From the Genetics Institute and Genomics Center (H.B.F., C.C.G., A.M., E.E., Y.A., A.K.), the Departments of Cardiology (D.Z.), Radiology (G.A.), Nephrology (E.E.), Clinical Laboratories (G.S., I.G.), and Internal Medicine H (J.N.A.) and the Institute of Rheumatology (J.N.A.), Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, and the Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University (H.B.F., D.Z., G.A., I.G., Y.A., J.N.A.) - all in Tel Aviv, Israel
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- From the Genetics Institute and Genomics Center (H.B.F., C.C.G., A.M., E.E., Y.A., A.K.), the Departments of Cardiology (D.Z.), Radiology (G.A.), Nephrology (E.E.), Clinical Laboratories (G.S., I.G.), and Internal Medicine H (J.N.A.) and the Institute of Rheumatology (J.N.A.), Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, and the Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University (H.B.F., D.Z., G.A., I.G., Y.A., J.N.A.) - all in Tel Aviv, Israel
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- From the Genetics Institute and Genomics Center (H.B.F., C.C.G., A.M., E.E., Y.A., A.K.), the Departments of Cardiology (D.Z.), Radiology (G.A.), Nephrology (E.E.), Clinical Laboratories (G.S., I.G.), and Internal Medicine H (J.N.A.) and the Institute of Rheumatology (J.N.A.), Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, and the Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University (H.B.F., D.Z., G.A., I.G., Y.A., J.N.A.) - all in Tel Aviv, Israel
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- From the Genetics Institute and Genomics Center (H.B.F., C.C.G., A.M., E.E., Y.A., A.K.), the Departments of Cardiology (D.Z.), Radiology (G.A.), Nephrology (E.E.), Clinical Laboratories (G.S., I.G.), and Internal Medicine H (J.N.A.) and the Institute of Rheumatology (J.N.A.), Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, and the Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University (H.B.F., D.Z., G.A., I.G., Y.A., J.N.A.) - all in Tel Aviv, Israel
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- From the Genetics Institute and Genomics Center (H.B.F., C.C.G., A.M., E.E., Y.A., A.K.), the Departments of Cardiology (D.Z.), Radiology (G.A.), Nephrology (E.E.), Clinical Laboratories (G.S., I.G.), and Internal Medicine H (J.N.A.) and the Institute of Rheumatology (J.N.A.), Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, and the Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University (H.B.F., D.Z., G.A., I.G., Y.A., J.N.A.) - all in Tel Aviv, Israel
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- From the Genetics Institute and Genomics Center (H.B.F., C.C.G., A.M., E.E., Y.A., A.K.), the Departments of Cardiology (D.Z.), Radiology (G.A.), Nephrology (E.E.), Clinical Laboratories (G.S., I.G.), and Internal Medicine H (J.N.A.) and the Institute of Rheumatology (J.N.A.), Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, and the Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University (H.B.F., D.Z., G.A., I.G., Y.A., J.N.A.) - all in Tel Aviv, Israel
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- From the Genetics Institute and Genomics Center (H.B.F., C.C.G., A.M., E.E., Y.A., A.K.), the Departments of Cardiology (D.Z.), Radiology (G.A.), Nephrology (E.E.), Clinical Laboratories (G.S., I.G.), and Internal Medicine H (J.N.A.) and the Institute of Rheumatology (J.N.A.), Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, and the Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University (H.B.F., D.Z., G.A., I.G., Y.A., J.N.A.) - all in Tel Aviv, Israel
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- From the Genetics Institute and Genomics Center (H.B.F., C.C.G., A.M., E.E., Y.A., A.K.), the Departments of Cardiology (D.Z.), Radiology (G.A.), Nephrology (E.E.), Clinical Laboratories (G.S., I.G.), and Internal Medicine H (J.N.A.) and the Institute of Rheumatology (J.N.A.), Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, and the Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University (H.B.F., D.Z., G.A., I.G., Y.A., J.N.A.) - all in Tel Aviv, Israel
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- From the Genetics Institute and Genomics Center (H.B.F., C.C.G., A.M., E.E., Y.A., A.K.), the Departments of Cardiology (D.Z.), Radiology (G.A.), Nephrology (E.E.), Clinical Laboratories (G.S., I.G.), and Internal Medicine H (J.N.A.) and the Institute of Rheumatology (J.N.A.), Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, and the Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University (H.B.F., D.Z., G.A., I.G., Y.A., J.N.A.) - all in Tel Aviv, Israel
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- From the Genetics Institute and Genomics Center (H.B.F., C.C.G., A.M., E.E., Y.A., A.K.), the Departments of Cardiology (D.Z.), Radiology (G.A.), Nephrology (E.E.), Clinical Laboratories (G.S., I.G.), and Internal Medicine H (J.N.A.) and the Institute of Rheumatology (J.N.A.), Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, and the Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University (H.B.F., D.Z., G.A., I.G., Y.A., J.N.A.) - all in Tel Aviv, Israel
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Gu X, Wang K, Li W, He M, Zhou T, Liu M, Wu Q, Dong N. Corin Deficiency Diminishes Intestinal Sodium Excretion in Mice. BIOLOGY 2023; 12:945. [PMID: 37508377 PMCID: PMC10376046 DOI: 10.3390/biology12070945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2023] [Revised: 06/27/2023] [Accepted: 06/30/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023]
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Sodium excretion, a critical process in sodium homeostasis, occurs in many tissues, including the kidney and intestine. Unlike in the kidney, the hormonal regulation of intestinal sodium excretion remains unclear. Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) is a crucial hormone in renal natriuresis. Corin is a protease critical for ANP activation. Corin and ANP are expressed mainly in the heart. In this study, we investigated corin, ANP, and natriuretic peptide receptor A (Npra) expression in mouse intestines. Corin and ANP expression was co-localized in enteroendocrine cells, whereas Npra expression was on the luminal epithelial cells. In Corin knockout (KO) mice, fecal Na+ and Cl- excretion decreased compared with that in wild-type (WT) mice. Such a decrease was not found in conditional Corin KO mice lacking cardiac corin selectively. In kidney conditional Corin KO mice lacking renal corin, fecal Na+ and Cl- excretion increased, compared to that in WT mice. When WT, Corin KO, and the kidney conditional KO mice were treated with aldosterone, the differences in fecal Na+ and Cl- levels disappeared. These results suggest that intestinal corin may promote fecal sodium excretion in a paracrine mechanism independent of the cardiac corin function. The increased fecal sodium excretion in the kidney conditional Corin KO mice likely reflected an intestinal compensatory response to renal corin deficiency. Our results also suggest that intestinal corin activity may antagonize aldosterone action in the promotion of fecal sodium excretion. These findings help us understand the hormonal mechanism controlling sodium excretion the intestinal tract.
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- Xiabing Gu
- Cyrus Tang Hematology Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Prevention, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, Medical School, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Cyrus Tang Hematology Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Prevention, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Cyrus Tang Hematology Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Prevention, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, Medical School, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Cyrus Tang Hematology Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Prevention, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Cyrus Tang Hematology Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Prevention, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Cyrus Tang Hematology Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Prevention, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Cyrus Tang Hematology Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Prevention, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Cyrus Tang Hematology Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Prevention, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, Medical School, Suzhou 215006, China
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Gladysheva IP, Sullivan RD, Reed GL. Falling corin and ANP activity levels accelerate development of heart failure and cardiac fibrosis. Front Cardiovasc Med 2023; 10:1120487. [PMID: 37388639 PMCID: PMC10309071 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1120487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2022] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 07/01/2023] Open
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- Correspondence: Inna P. Gladysheva Guy L. Reed
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Binder NK, Beard S, de Alwis N, Fato BR, Nguyen TV, Kaitu’u-Lino TJ, Hannan NJ. Investigating the Effects of Atrial Natriuretic Peptide on the Maternal Endothelium to Determine Potential Implications for Preeclampsia. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24076182. [PMID: 37047162 PMCID: PMC10094118 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24076182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2023] [Revised: 03/15/2023] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 03/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Preeclampsia is associated with an increased lifelong risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). It is not clear whether this is induced by persistent systemic organ and vascular damage following preeclampsia or due to a predisposition to both conditions that share cardiovascular pathophysiology. Common to both CVD and preeclampsia is the dysregulation of corin and its proteolytic product, atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP). ANP, a hypotensive hormone converted from pro-ANP by corin, is involved in blood pressure homeostasis. While corin is predominantly a cardiac enzyme, both corin and pro-ANP are significantly upregulated in the gravid uterus and dysregulated in preeclampsia. Relatively little is known about ANP function in the endothelium during a pregnancy complicated by preeclampsia. Here, we investigated the effect of ANP on endothelial cell proliferation and migration, markers of endothelial dysfunction, and receptor expression in omental arteries exposed to circulating preeclamptic toxins. ANP receptor expression is significantly upregulated in preeclamptic vasculature but not because of exposure to preeclampsia toxins tumour necrosis factor α or soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1. The supplementation of endothelial cells with ANP did not promote proliferation or migration, nor did ANP improve markers of endothelial dysfunction. The role of ANP in preeclampsia is unlikely to be via endothelial pathways.
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- Natalie K. Binder
- Therapeutics Discovery and Vascular Function in Pregnancy Laboratory, Heidelberg, VIC 3084, Australia
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, VIC 3084, Australia
- Mercy Perinatal, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, VIC 3084, Australia
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- Therapeutics Discovery and Vascular Function in Pregnancy Laboratory, Heidelberg, VIC 3084, Australia
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, VIC 3084, Australia
- Mercy Perinatal, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, VIC 3084, Australia
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- Therapeutics Discovery and Vascular Function in Pregnancy Laboratory, Heidelberg, VIC 3084, Australia
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, VIC 3084, Australia
- Mercy Perinatal, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, VIC 3084, Australia
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- Therapeutics Discovery and Vascular Function in Pregnancy Laboratory, Heidelberg, VIC 3084, Australia
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, VIC 3084, Australia
- Mercy Perinatal, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, VIC 3084, Australia
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, VIC 3084, Australia
- Mercy Perinatal, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, VIC 3084, Australia
- Diagnostics Discovery and Reverse Translation Laboratory, Heidelberg, VIC 3084, Australia
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, VIC 3084, Australia
- Mercy Perinatal, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, VIC 3084, Australia
- Diagnostics Discovery and Reverse Translation Laboratory, Heidelberg, VIC 3084, Australia
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- Therapeutics Discovery and Vascular Function in Pregnancy Laboratory, Heidelberg, VIC 3084, Australia
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, VIC 3084, Australia
- Mercy Perinatal, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, VIC 3084, Australia
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +613-8458-4371
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Corin: A Key Mediator in Sodium Homeostasis, Vascular Remodeling, and Heart Failure. BIOLOGY 2022; 11:biology11050717. [PMID: 35625445 PMCID: PMC9138375 DOI: 10.3390/biology11050717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2022] [Revised: 05/01/2022] [Accepted: 05/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Simple Summary Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) is an important hormone that regulates many physiological and pathological processes, including electrolyte and body fluid balance, blood volume and pressure, cardiac channel activity and function, inflammatory response, lipid metabolism, and vascular remodeling. Corin is a transmembrane serine protease that activates ANP. Variants in the CORIN gene are associated with cardiovascular disease, including hypertension, cardiac hypertrophy, atrial fibrillation, heart failure, and preeclampsia. The current data indicate a key role of corin-mediated ANP production and signaling in the maintenance of cardiovascular homeostasis. In this review, we discuss the latest findings regarding the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the role of corin in sodium homeostasis, uterine spiral artery remodeling, and heart failure. Abstract Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) is a crucial element of the cardiac endocrine function that promotes natriuresis, diuresis, and vasodilation, thereby protecting normal blood pressure and cardiac function. Corin is a type II transmembrane serine protease that is highly expressed in the heart, where it converts the ANP precursor to mature ANP. Corin deficiency prevents ANP activation and causes hypertension and heart disease. In addition to the heart, corin is expressed in other tissues, including those of the kidney, skin, and uterus, where corin-mediated ANP production and signaling act locally to promote sodium excretion and vascular remodeling. These results indicate that corin and ANP function in many tissues via endocrine and autocrine mechanisms. In heart failure patients, impaired natriuretic peptide processing is a common pathological mechanism that contributes to sodium and body fluid retention. In this review, we discuss most recent findings regarding the role of corin in non-cardiac tissues, including the kidney and skin, in regulating sodium homeostasis and body fluid excretion. Moreover, we describe the molecular mechanisms underlying corin and ANP function in supporting orderly cellular events in uterine spiral artery remodeling. Finally, we assess the potential of corin-based approaches to enhance natriuretic peptide production and activity as a treatment of heart failure.
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Jiang N, Jiang B, Zhang X, Yong W, Zhuang S. Evaluation of CORIN in patients with heart failure: A systematic review and meta-analysis. EUR J INFLAMM 2022. [DOI: 10.1177/1721727x221130650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Objectives: We aim to evaluate the association between CORIN and heart failure. Methods: This study used PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane database, and China National Knowledge Database (CNKI) to search for CORIN-related full-text articles with heart failure patients. We drew forest plots, performed sensitivity and bias analyses based on the included data. Next, we used Review Manager 5.2 software to assess the heterogeneity among selected articles. Results: Our meta-analysis results showed there was significant relationship between CORIN and heart failure (HF). There was significant difference of CORIN between heart failure group and control group (MD = −293.88, 95% confidence interval [-380.26, −207.49], p < .00001; heterogeneity p < .0001, I2= 97%) and there was significant difference in CORIN between ischemic group and non-ischemic group (MD = 88.79, 95% confidence interval [70.46107.12], heterogeneity p < .000, p = 0.94, l2= 0%). In subgroup analysis, there were significant differences in three different HF levels. Limited publication bias was observed, and this study was robust. Conclusion: In short, the results showed that CORIN was closely related with heart failure and might be helpful in the diagnosis of heart failure.
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- Nianxin Jiang
- Department of Cardiology, Seventh People’s Hospital of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Seventh People’s Hospital of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Seventh People’s Hospital of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Seventh People’s Hospital of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Seventh People’s Hospital of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Genç Yavuz B, Söğüt Ö, Çolak Ş, Koldaş M, Yücetaş E, Bari O. Low serum corin levels predict end-organ damage in patients with hypertensive crisis. Anatol J Cardiol 2021; 25:536-543. [PMID: 34369881 DOI: 10.5152/anatoljcardiol.2021.06698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE The study aimed to investigate the predictive power of serum corin levels for distinguishing between hypertensive urgency (HU) and hypertensive emergency (HE) in patients with hypertensive crisis (HC) admitted to the emergency department. METHODS A total of 120 consecutive consenting adult patients diagnosed with HC and 55 age- and sex-matched healthy controls were enrolled. Blood pressure measurements [(systolic, diastolic, and mean arterial pressure (MAP)] and the evidence of end-organ damage at the first admission were recorded. Patients with HC were classified as patients with HE or HU according to the presence or absence of acute end-organ damage. Serum corin levels were compared between the 2 groups. RESULTS The mean serum corin level was significantly lower in the HC group than in the control group; it was also lower in the HE group than in the HU group (p<0.001 for all). In the HE group, clinical features associated with end-organ damage included ST-elevation myocardial infarction (n=28, 46.7%), hemorrhagic stroke (n=11, 18.3%), ischemic stroke (n=11, 18.3%), and non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (n=10, 16.7%). The receiving operator characteristic (ROC) analysis identified a serum corin cutoff value of 45 pg/mL for distinguishing patients with HE from patients with HU with 98.3% sensitivity and 95% specificity. CONCLUSION Our findings suggest that serum corin levels play an important role in regulating blood pressure and are involved in the pathogenesis of HC. Low serum corin levels may predict end-organ damage and serve as a guide for diagnostic decision making in patients with HC.
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- Burcu Genç Yavuz
- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Health Sciences, Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Health Sciences, Haseki Training and Research Hospital,Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Health Sciences, Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Health Sciences, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Department of Biochemistry, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Health Sciences, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Department of Biochemistry, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Health Sciences, Haseki Training and Research Hospital,Istanbul, Turkey
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Ohwaki A, Nishizawa H, Kato A, Yoshizawa H, Miyazaki J, Noda Y, Sakabe Y, Sekiya T, Fujii T, Kurahashi H. Altered serum soluble furin and prorenin receptor levels in pregnancies with pre-eclampsia and fetal growth restriction. J Gynecol Obstet Hum Reprod 2021; 50:102198. [PMID: 34289413 DOI: 10.1016/j.jogoh.2021.102198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2021] [Revised: 06/08/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The proprotein convertase furin is known to be involved in the processing of pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (proBNP) and prorenin receptor (PRR), suggesting that it has a potential function in blood pressure regulation. We investigated the role of furin in the etiology of pre-eclampsia and its related disorder, unexplained fetal growth restriction (FGR) without hypertension. METHODS We evaluated serum and placental furin levels in pre-eclampsia, FGR and uncomplicated pregnancy. Additionally, we investigated the correlation between the serum furin levels and products of furin enzymatic activity or clinical parameters. RESULTS We demonstrated that the maternal circulation in cases of pre-eclampsia and FGR had lower levels of soluble furin than uncomplicated pregnancies. Both NT-proBNP and soluble PRR were elevated in pre-eclampsia, whereas only soluble PRR was at higher levels in unexplained FGR. Linear regression analysis revealed a negative correlation between the serum furin level and that of NT-proBNP or soluble PRR. While we observed that the serum furin or soluble PRR level correlated with blood pressure, a stronger correlation was observed with birth and placental weights. Further to this, the FURIN mRNA levels were significantly reduced in placental pre-eclamptic placentas as well as in FGR cases. CONCLUSION These data suggest the possibility that reduced levels of furin may be the result of a negative feedback from the activation of the renin-angiotensin pathway that leads to feto-placental dysfunction with or without maternal hypertension. This may represent an etiologic pathway of pre-eclampsia and unexplained FGR.
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- Akiko Ohwaki
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan; Division of Molecular Genetics, Institute for Comprehensive Medical Science, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan; Division of Molecular Genetics, Institute for Comprehensive Medical Science, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan; Division of Molecular Genetics, Institute for Comprehensive Medical Science, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan; Division of Molecular Genetics, Institute for Comprehensive Medical Science, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan; Division of Molecular Genetics, Institute for Comprehensive Medical Science, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Genetics, Institute for Comprehensive Medical Science, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan
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Liu M, Wang RB, Xing JH, Tang YX. Nested Case-Control Study of Corin Combined with sFlt-1/PLGF in Predicting the Risk of Preeclampsia. Int J Gen Med 2021; 14:2313-2320. [PMID: 34113161 PMCID: PMC8184237 DOI: 10.2147/ijgm.s297344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 05/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Background Preeclampsia (PE), a serious pregnancy disorder, is responsible for maternal and fetal mortality worldwide. At present, numerous candidate biomarkers have been studied to predict PE. Objective To explore the role of Corin in PE risk prediction and then evaluate the predictive ability of soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-1 (sFlt-1), placenta growth factor (PLGF), and sFlt-1/PLGF after the addition of Corin. Methods A total of 135 pregnant women from Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine participated in this study in their first trimester. A nested case–control study was conducted and all subjects were divided into PE groups (n=46) and controls (n=89). The levels of PLGF, sFlt-1, sFlt-1/PLGF ratio, and Corin of the two groups at 12–16 weeks of gestation were measured and analyzed. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, net reclassification index (NRI) and integrated discrimination index (IDI) were calculated to evaluate the predictive ability of various biomarkers. Results The concentrations of sFlt-1, sFlt-1/PLGF, and Corin in PE group were significantly higher than that in controls, while the concentration of PLGF in the PE group was lower. The area under curve (AUC) of sFlt-1, PLGF and sFlt-1/PLGF for predicting PE was 0.786, 0.719 and 0.866, respectively. Combined with Corin, the prediction ability of the above biomarkers could be improved to 0.876, 0.847, and 0.897, respectively. Corin in combination with sFlt-1/PLGF resulted in improvements with 12.6% being reclassified and a resulting NRI of 0.142 (0.020~0.263) and IDI of 0.087 (0.037~0.137). Conclusion The addition of Corin to sFlt-1, PLGF and sFlt-1/PLGF can improve the ability of each marker to predict PE risk. Corin in combination with sFlt-1/PLGF can be used as ideal markers to identify the pregnant women who subsequently develop PE, which will help in risk stratification and better therapeutic management.
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- Mei Liu
- Chinese Medicine College, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, 250355, Shandong, People's Republic of China.,Department of Obstetrics, Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, 250011, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Chinese Medicine College, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, 250355, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, 250011, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Postgraduate Department, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, 250355, Shandong
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Corin Overexpression Reduces Myocardial Infarct Size and Modulates Cardiomyocyte Apoptotic Cell Death. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21103456. [PMID: 32422879 PMCID: PMC7278931 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21103456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Revised: 05/08/2020] [Accepted: 05/12/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Altered expression of corin, a cardiac transmembrane serine protease, has been linked to dilated and ischemic cardiomyopathy. However, the potential role of corin in myocardial infarction (MI) is lacking. This study examined the outcomes of MI in wild-type vs. cardiac-specific overexpressed corin transgenic (Corin-Tg) mice during pre-MI, early phase (3, 24, 72 h), and late phase (1, 4 weeks) post-MI. Corin overexpression significantly reduced cardiac cell apoptosis (p < 0.001), infarct size (p < 0.001), and inhibited cleavage of procaspases 3, 9, and 8 (p < 0.05 to p < 0.01), as well as altered the expression of Bcl2 family proteins, Bcl-xl, Bcl2 and Bak (p < 0.05 to p < 0.001) at 24 h post-MI. Overexpressed cardiac corin also significantly modulated heart function (ejection fraction, p < 0.0001), lung congestion (lung weight to body weight ratio, p < 0.0001), and systemic extracellular water (edema, p < 0.05) during late phase post-MI. Overall, cardiac corin overexpression significantly reduced apoptosis, infarct size, and modulated cardiac expression of key members of the apoptotic pathway in early phase post-MI; and led to significant improvement in heart function and reduced congestion in late phase post-MI. These findings suggest that corin may be a useful target to protect the heart from ischemic injury and subsequent post-infarction remodeling.
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Abassi Z, Kinaneh S, Skarzinski G, Cinnamon E, Smith Y, Bursztyn M, Ariel I. Aberrant corin and PCSK6 in placentas of the maternal hyperinsulinemia IUGR rat model. Pregnancy Hypertens 2020; 21:70-76. [PMID: 32442927 DOI: 10.1016/j.preghy.2020.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2019] [Revised: 03/19/2020] [Accepted: 05/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Corin is a protease that converts pro-atrial natriuretic peptide (pro-ANP) to ANP. While the involvement of ANP in the cardiovascular regulation is well established, there is increasing evidence that the pregnant uterus produces ANP, which promotes spiral artery remodeling. The present study examines the alterations in corin and PCSK6, a key enzyme in the conversion of pro-corin to corin, in the placenta of hyperinsulinemic dams (HD) featuring pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH). MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was conducted on female Wistar rats. Rats were rendered hyperinsulinemic by subcutaneous insulin pellet, mated and followed to the twenty-first day of pregnancy. Normal pregnant dams (NPD) served as controls. Both groups were sacrificed on day 21 of gestation and their placentas were dissected along with the mesometrial triangle (MT). The tissue was then sectioned from the maternal surface to the base of the MT, and processed for histological and molecular biology analysis of Corin, PCSK6 and ANP expression/immunoreactivity. RESULTS Hyperinsulinemic dams developed PIH, along lower placental and fetal weights. Corin expression and immunoreactivity were significantly decreased in the placenta by ~40-50%, but not in the MT. Similarly, placental but not MT PCSK6 immunoreactivity was lower in HD. Concomitantly with the downregulation of corin/PCSK6, proANP levels increased in the placenta of HD. CONCLUSIONS Corin and PCSK6 are expressed in the placenta and MT. The decline in these two enzymes in the placenta of HD suggests a role of corin/PCSK6 machinery in the development of PIH and intrauterine growth restriction characterizing hyperinsulinemia.
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- Zaid Abassi
- Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel.
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- Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Medicine, Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Pathology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Mount Scopus, Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Bioinformatics Center, Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Medicine, Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Pathology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Mount Scopus, Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel
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Cardiac-Specific Overexpression of Catalytically Inactive Corin Reduces Edema, Contractile Dysfunction, and Death in Mice with Dilated Cardiomyopathy. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 21:ijms21010203. [PMID: 31892216 PMCID: PMC6981738 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21010203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2019] [Revised: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 12/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Humans with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and heart failure (HF) develop low levels of corin, a multi-domain, cardiac-selective serine protease involved in natriuretic peptide cleavage and sodium and water regulation. However, experimental restoration of corin levels markedly attenuates HF progression. To determine whether the beneficial effects of corin in HF require catalytic activity, we engineered cardiac overexpression of an enzymatically inactive corin transgene (corin-Tg(i)). On a wild-type (WT) background, corin-Tg(i) had no evident phenotypic effects. However, in a well-established genetic model of DCM, corin-Tg(i)/DCM mice had increased survival (p < 0.01 to 0.001) vs. littermate corin-WT/DCM controls. Pleural effusion (p < 0.01), lung edema (p < 0.05), systemic extracellular free water (p < 0.01), and heart weight were decreased (p < 0.01) in corin-Tg(i)/DCM vs. corin-WT/DCM mice. Cardiac ejection fraction and fractional shortening improved (p < 0.01), while ventricular dilation decreased (p < 0.0001) in corin-Tg(i)/DCM mice. Plasma atrial natriuretic peptide, cyclic guanosine monophosphate, and neprilysin were significantly decreased. Cardiac phosphorylated glycogen synthase kinase-3β (pSer9-GSK3β) levels were increased in corin(i)-Tg/DCM mice (p < 0.01). In summary, catalytically inactive corin-Tg(i) decreased fluid retention, improved contractile function, decreased HF biomarkers, and diminished cardiac GSK3β activity. Thus, the protective effects of cardiac corin on HF progression and survival in experimental DCM do not require the serine protease activity of the molecule.
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Kumari M, Kovach T, Sheehy B, Zabell A, Morales R, Moodley SJ, Shah YG, Maroo PV, Maroo AP, Tang WHW. Circulating NT-proBNP but not soluble corin levels were associated with preeclampsia in pregnancy-associated hypertension. Clin Biochem 2019; 67:12-15. [PMID: 30890412 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2019.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2018] [Revised: 02/25/2019] [Accepted: 03/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND Corin is a serine protease known to convert B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) prohormone into BNP and its amino-terminal fragment (NT-proBNP). In mice lacking corin, high blood pressure and proteinuria were found at late gestational stages, with associated delayed trophoblast invasion and impaired spiral artery remodeling in the uterus. We hypothesize that both NT-proBNP and soluble corin elevation predict the presence of preeclampsia in pregnant patients with hypertension. METHODS We prospectively enrolled 149 pregnant women with a history of chronic hypertension or gestational hypertension presenting at a tertiary-care hospital. We compared plasma NT-proBNP and soluble corin concentrations based on their preeclamptic status. RESULTS In our study cohort, 62 patients with preeclampsia had lower gestational age than 87 patients without preeclampsia (33.3 ± 3 versus 36.6 ± 3 weeks; P < .001), otherwise the baseline characteristics were similar. We observed higher NT-proBNP concentrations in patients with preeclampsia compared to those without preeclampsia (304.3 [96.34, 570.4] vs. 60.8 [35.61, 136.8] ng/L, P < .001), with no differences between chronic and gestational hypertension. However, the concentration of corin was not statistically different between the two groups (1756 [1214, 2133] vs. 1571 [1171, 1961] ng/L, P = .1087). ROC curve analysis demonstrated stronger predictive value of NT-proBNP compared to soluble corin in predicting the presence of preeclampsia in our study population (AUC 0.7406 vs. 0.5789, P < .0001). CONCLUSION While corin may contribute to mechanistic underpinnings of the development of preeclampsia in animal models, soluble corin likely has no diagnostic role in human pregnancies for preeclampsia beyond natriuretic peptide levels.
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- Meera Kumari
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States of America
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- Center for Clinical Genomics, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States of America
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- Kettering Medical Center, Kettering, OH, United States of America
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- Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, United States of America
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- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States of America
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- Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fairview General Hospital, Fairview Park, OH, United States of America
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- Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fairview General Hospital, Fairview Park, OH, United States of America
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Fairview General Hospital, Fairview Park, OH, United States of America
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Fairview General Hospital, Fairview Park, OH, United States of America
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States of America; Center for Clinical Genomics, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States of America; Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States of America.
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Development of a novel, sensitive cell-based corin assay. Biochem Pharmacol 2018; 160:62-70. [PMID: 30553787 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2018.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2018] [Accepted: 12/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Corin (atrial natriuretic peptide-converting enzyme, EC 3.4.21) is a transmembrane serine protease expressed in cardiomyocytes. Corin exerts its cardioprotective effects via the proteolytic cleavage and activation of pro-atrial natriuretic peptide (pro-ANP) to ANP. We recently described an ANP reporter cell line stably expressing the ANP receptor, a cGMP-dependent cation channel used as a real-time cGMP biosensor, and the Ca2+-sensitive photoprotein aequorin. Here, we describe the generation of a novel reporter cell line expressing the calcium biosensor GCaMP6 instead of aequorin. In contrast to the luminescence-based assay, ANP stimulation of our novel GCaMP6 reporter cell resulted in stable, long-lasting fluorescence signals. Using this novel reporter system, we were able to detect pro-ANP to ANP conversion by purified, soluble wildtype corin (solCorin), but not the active site mutant solCorin(S985A), resulting in left-shifted concentration-response curves. Furthermore, cellular pro-ANPase activity could be detected on HEK 293 cells after transient expression of wildtype corin. In contrast, corin activity was not detected after transfection with the inactive corin(S985A) variant. In supernatants from cardiomyocyte-derived HL-1 cells pro-ANP to ANP conversion could also be detected, while in HL-1 corin knockout cells no conversion was observed. These findings underline the role of corin as the pro-ANP convertase. Our novel fluorescence-based ANP reporter cell line is well-suited for the sensitive detection of corin activity, and may be used for the identification and characterization of novel corin modulators.
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Wang D, Gladysheva IP, Sullivan RD, Fan THM, Mehta RM, Tripathi R, Sun Y, Reed GL. Increases in plasma corin levels following experimental myocardial infarction reflect the severity of ischemic injury. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0202571. [PMID: 30192780 PMCID: PMC6128455 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0202571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2018] [Accepted: 08/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Following acute myocardial infarction, clinical studies show alterations in the blood levels of corin, a cardiac-selective activator of the natriuretic peptides pro-atrial natriuretic peptide (pro-ANP) and pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (pro-BNP). However, the temporal changes in circulating and cardiac corin levels and their relationships to the severity of myocardial infarction have not been studied. The main objective of this study was to examine the relationship between cardiac and circulating corin levels and their association with cardiac systolic function and infarct size during the early phase of acute myocardial infarction (<72 h) in a translationally relevant induced coronary ligation mouse model. This acute phase timeline was chosen to correlate with the clinical practice within which blood samples are collected from myocardial infarction patients. Heart and plasma samples were examined at 3, 24, and 72 hours post acute myocardial infarction. Plasma corin levels were examined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, transcripts of cardiac corin, pro-ANP and pro-BNP by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction, cardiac corin expression by immunohistology, infarct size by histology and heart function by echocardiography. Plasma corin levels were significantly increased at 3 (P<0.05), 24 (P<0.001), and 72 hours (P<0.01) post-acute myocardial infarction. In contrast, cardiac corin transcript levels dropped by 5% (P>0.05), 69% (P<0.001) and 65% (P<0.001) and immunoreactive cardiac corin protein levels dropped by 30% (P<0.05), 76% (P<0.001) and 75% (P<0.001), while cardiac pro-ANP and pro-BNP transcript levels showed an opposite pattern. Plasma corin levels were negatively correlated with immunoreactive cardiac corin (P<0.01), ejection fraction (P<0.05) and fractional shortening (P<0.05), but positively correlated with infarct size (P<0.01). In conclusion, acute myocardial infarction induces rapid increases in plasma corin and decreases in cardiac corin levels. In the early phase of acute myocardial infarction, plasma corin levels are inversely correlated with heart function and may reflect the severity of myocardial damage.
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- Dong Wang
- Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Comparative Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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Oparil S, Acelajado MC, Bakris GL, Berlowitz DR, Cífková R, Dominiczak AF, Grassi G, Jordan J, Poulter NR, Rodgers A, Whelton PK. Hypertension. Nat Rev Dis Primers 2018; 4:18014. [PMID: 29565029 PMCID: PMC6477925 DOI: 10.1038/nrdp.2018.14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 536] [Impact Index Per Article: 89.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Systemic arterial hypertension is the most important modifiable risk factor for all-cause morbidity and mortality worldwide and is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Fewer than half of those with hypertension are aware of their condition, and many others are aware but not treated or inadequately treated, although successful treatment of hypertension reduces the global burden of disease and mortality. The aetiology of hypertension involves the complex interplay of environmental and pathophysiological factors that affect multiple systems, as well as genetic predisposition. The evaluation of patients with hypertension includes accurate standardized blood pressure (BP) measurement, assessment of the patients' predicted risk of atherosclerotic CVD and evidence of target-organ damage, and detection of secondary causes of hypertension and presence of comorbidities (such as CVD and kidney disease). Lifestyle changes, including dietary modifications and increased physical activity, are effective in lowering BP and preventing hypertension and its CVD sequelae. Pharmacological therapy is very effective in lowering BP and in preventing CVD outcomes in most patients; first-line antihypertensive medications include angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor blockers, dihydropyridine calcium-channel blockers and thiazide diuretics.
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- Suzanne Oparil
- Vascular Biology and Hypertension Program, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), 1720 2nd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL, 35294-0007, USA
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- Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research, Bedford Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, USA
- Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Cardiovascular Prevention, Charles University in Prague, First Faculty of Medicine and Thomayer Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Science, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Clinica Medica, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
- IRCCS Multimedica, Sesto San Giovanni, Milan, Italy
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- Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Imperial Clinical Trials Unit, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA
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Gu Y, Thompson D, Xu J, Lewis DF, Morgan JA, Cooper DB, McCathran CE, Wang Y. Aberrant pro-atrial natriuretic peptide/corin/natriuretic peptide receptor signaling is present in maternal vascular endothelium in preeclampsia. Pregnancy Hypertens 2017. [PMID: 29523263 DOI: 10.1016/j.preghy.2017.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Corin is a serine protease that converts pro-atrial natriuretic peptide (pro-ANP) to atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), a cardiac hormone that regulates salt-water balance and blood pressure. ANP is degraded by natriuretic peptide receptor (NPR). This study was to determine if aberrant pro-ANP/corin/NPR signaling is present in maternal vascular system in preeclampsia. STUDY DESIGN Maternal venous blood was obtained from 197 pregnant women (84 normotensive, 16 complicated with chronic hypertension (CHT), 11 mild and 86 severe preeclampsia). Plasma corin and pro-ANP concentrations were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Maternal subcutaneous fat tissue was obtained from 12 pregnant women with cesarean section delivery (6 normotensive and 6 preeclampsia). Vascular ANP and its receptors NPR-A, NPR-B, and NPR-C expression were examined by immunostaining of paraffin embedded subcutaneous fat tissue sections. RESULTS Corin concentrations were significantly higher in mild (2.78 ± 0.67 ng/ml, p < .05) and severe (2.53 ± 0.18 ng/ml, p < .01) preeclampsia than in normotensive (1.58 ± 0.08 ng/ml) and CHT (1.55 ± 0.20 ng/ml) groups. Pro-ANP concentrations were significantly higher in CHT (1.59 ± 0.53 ng/ml, p < .05) and severe preeclampsia (1.42 ± 0.24 ng/ml, p < .01) than in normotensive (0.48 ± 0.06 ng/ml) and mild preeclampsia (0.52 ± 0.09 ng/ml) groups. ANP and NPR-B expression was undetectable in maternal vessels from normotensive and preeclamptic pregnancies, but reduced NPR-A expression and increased NPR-C expression was found in maternal vessel endothelium in preeclampsia. CONCLUSIONS ANP is a vasodilator and NPR-C is a clearance receptor for ANP. The finding of upregulation of NPR-C expression suggests that circulating ANP clearance or degradation is increased in preeclampsia. These results also suggest that pro-ANP/corin/NPR signaling is dominant in the vascular system in preeclampsia.
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- Yang Gu
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport, LA, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport, LA, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport, LA, USA; Department of Physiology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport, LA, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport, LA, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport, LA, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport, LA, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport, LA, USA.
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Zhang Y, Zhou T, Niu Y, He M, Wang C, Liu M, Yang J, Zhang Y, Zhou J, Fukuda K, Qin J, Dong N, Wu Q. Identification and functional analysis of CORIN variants in hypertensive patients. Hum Mutat 2017; 38:1700-1710. [PMID: 28861913 PMCID: PMC5794343 DOI: 10.1002/humu.23318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2017] [Revised: 08/06/2017] [Accepted: 08/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Corin is a serine protease that activates atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP). CORIN gene variants have been reported in patients with hypertension. To date, however, the prevalence of CORIN variants in hypertensive patients remains unknown. To understand the prevalence and functional significance of CORIN variants in hypertension, we sequenced CORIN exons in 300 normal and 401 hypertensive individuals in a Chinese population and identified nine nonsynonymous variants, of which eight were not characterized previously. Among them, variants c.131A > G (p.Tyr13Cys), c.376G > T (p.Asp95Tyr), c.1094T > G (p.Leu334Trp), and c.1667G > A (p.Arg525His) occurred similarly in both normal and hypertensive individuals. Variants c1139G > A (p.Arg349His), c.2689C > T (p.Pro866Ser), and c.2864C > T (p.Thr924Met) were found once each in hypertensive individuals. Variant c.1683G > T (p.Arg530Ser) occurred preferentially in hypertensive individuals [10/401 (2.5%) vs. 1/300 (0.3%) in normal individuals; P = 0.023], which was confirmed in another independent cohort [9/368 (2.44%) in hypertensive and 2/377 (0.53%) in normal individuals; P = 0.033]. In biochemical and cell-based functional studies, variants p.Arg530Ser and p.Thr924Met, but not p.Tyr13Cys, p.Asp95Tyr, p.Leu334Trp, p.Arg349His, p.Arg525His, and p.Pro866Ser, exhibited reduced pro-ANP processing activity, which was caused by endoplasmic reticulum retention and poor zymogen activation, respectively. These results indicate that genetic variants impairing corin function are not uncommon in general populations and that such variants may be an important contributing factor in hypertension.
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- Yue Zhang
- The Cyrus Tang Hematology Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- The Cyrus Tang Hematology Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- The Cyrus Tang Hematology Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- The Cyrus Tang Hematology Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- The Cyrus Tang Hematology Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- The Cyrus Tang Hematology Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology and MOH Key Laboratory of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Soochow University, Suzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Gerontology, the First Hospital of Yancheng, Yancheng, People’s Republic of China
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- Molecular Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Molecular Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- The Cyrus Tang Hematology Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Cardiology and MOH Key Laboratory of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, People’s Republic of China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Soochow University, Suzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- The Cyrus Tang Hematology Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, People’s Republic of China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Soochow University, Suzhou, People’s Republic of China
- Molecular Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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Chen S, Wang H, Li H, Zhang Y, Wu Q. Functional analysis of corin protein domains required for PCSK6-mediated activation. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2017; 94:31-39. [PMID: 29180304 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2017.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2017] [Revised: 09/20/2017] [Accepted: 11/24/2017] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) is a cardiac hormone essential for normal blood pressure and cardiac function. Corin is a transmembrane serine protease that activates ANP. Recently, we identified proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin-6 (PCSK6), also called PACE4, as the long-sought corin activator. Both corin and PCSK6 are expressed in cardiomyocytes, but corin activation occurs only on the cell surface. It remains unknown if cell membrane association is needed for PCSK6 to activate corin. Here we expressed corin deletion mutants in HEK293 cells to analyze the domain structures required for PCSK6-mediated activation. Our results show that soluble corin lacking the transmembrane domain was activated by PCSK6 in the conditioned medium but not intracellularly. Recombinant PCSK6 also activated the soluble corin under cell-free conditions. Moreover, PCSK6-mediated corin activation was not enhanced by cell membrane fractions. These results indicate that cell membrane association is unnecessary for PCSK6 to activate corin. Experiments with monensin that blocks PCSK6 secretion and immunostaining indicated that the soluble corin and PCSK6 were secreted via different intracellular pathways, which may explain the lack of corin activation inside the cell. We also found that the protein domains in the corin pro-peptide region were dispensable for PCSK6-mediated activation and that addition of heparan sulfate and chondroitin sulfate or treatment with heparinase or chondroitinase did not alter corin activation by PCSK6 in HEK293 cells. Together, our results provide important insights into the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying PCSK6-mediated corin activation that is critical for cardiovascular homeostasis.
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- Shenghan Chen
- From the Human Aging Research Institute and School of Life Science, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China; The Department of Molecular Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- The Department of Molecular Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- From the Human Aging Research Institute and School of Life Science, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- The Cyrus Tang Hematology Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- The Department of Molecular Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA; The Cyrus Tang Hematology Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
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Sun C, Shen L, Sha W, Zhou L, Xu D, Dong N. IL-1β increases urinary corin in patients with primary proteinuric kidney diseases and in 293 cells. Exp Ther Med 2017; 15:487-493. [PMID: 29387201 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2017.5398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2017] [Accepted: 10/16/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Corin is a serine protease that is important for the regulation of blood pressure and water balance. Corin was initially discovered in the heart, however, it has also been detected in kidney cells, though its function in the kidneys is unclear. To further investigate the function of corin in the kidney, the present study analyzed the levels of corin in urine and blood samples collected from normal individuals and patients with primary proteinuric diseases. The associations between the levels of corin, and the cytokines interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) were then assessed. The results demonstrated that corin was detectable in the urine and plasma following an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; the level of corin in the urine was associated with the level of urinary β2-microglobulin (P=0.01), which was indicative of renal tubular injury. When compared with normal individuals, the levels of urinary corin in proteinuric patients were markedly increased (P=0.02), and were also associated with IL-1β (P=0.03). This correlation between corin and IL-1β was confirmed in vitro using 293 cells. As the IL-1β concentrations increased (0, 0.1, 1, 10 ng/ml), an elevation in the level of corin was observed in the culture medium (P<0.01); however, the amount of corin was not markedly altered in the cell lysate (P>0.05). In addition, when TNF-α reached 10 ng/ml, the level of corin in the medium increased significantly when compared with the control group (0 ng/ml; P=0.02), however, no significant difference in corin levels was detected in the cell lysate. The results suggest that the cytokines IL-1β and TNF-α may increase urinary corin in patients with primary proteinuric kidney diseases. Cytokines may accelerate corin shedding from the cell membrane of renal tubule epithelial cells. These findings indicate that corin may be associated with kidney inflammation and injury.
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- Ci Sun
- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P.R. China
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P.R. China
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P.R. China
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P.R. China
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P.R. China
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- The Cyrus Tang Hematology Center, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P.R. China
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The role of bioelectrical impedance analysis, NT-ProBNP and inferior vena cava sonography in the assessment of body fluid volume in children with nephrotic syndrome. Nefrologia 2017; 38:48-56. [PMID: 28751054 DOI: 10.1016/j.nefro.2017.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2016] [Revised: 03/29/2017] [Accepted: 04/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Assessment of volume status and differentiating "underfill" and "overfill" edema is essential in the management of patients with nephrotic syndrome (NS). OBJECTIVES Our aim was to evaluate the volume status of NS patients by using different methods and to investigate the utility of bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) in children with NS. METHODS The hydration status of 19 patients with NS (before treatment of NS and at remission) and 25 healthy controls was assessed by multifrequency BIA, serum N-terminal-pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) levels, inferior vena cava (IVC) diameter, left atrium diameter (LAD) and vasoactive hormones. RESULTS Renin, aldosterone levels, IVC diameter and LAD were not statistically different between the groups. NT-proBNP values were statistically higher in the attack period compared to remission and the control group (p=0.005 for each). Total body water (TBW), overhydration (OH) and extracellular water (ECW) estimated by the BIA measurement in the attack group was significantly higher than that of the remission group and controls. There were no significant correlations among volume indicators in group I and group II. However, significant correlations were observed between NT-proBNP and TBW/BSA (p=0.008), ECW/BSA (p=0.003) and ECW/ICW (p=0.023) in the healthy group. TBW was found to be higher in patients with NS in association with increased ECW but without any change in ICW. NT-proBNP values were higher in patients during acute attack than during remission. CONCLUSIONS Our findings support the lack of hypovolaemia in NS during acute attack. In addition, BIA is an easy-to-perform method for use in routine clinical practice to determine hydration status in patients with NS.
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Wang D, Reed GL. Potential value of circulating corin levels in acute and chronic myocardial infarction. JOURNAL OF LABORATORY AND PRECISION MEDICINE 2017; 2:26. [PMID: 33089068 PMCID: PMC7575136 DOI: 10.21037/jlpm.2017.05.10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Dong Wang
- Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee, College of Medicine, Memphis, TN 38163, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee, College of Medicine, Memphis, TN 38163, USA
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Corin is a transmembrane protease that activates atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), an important hormone in regulating salt-water balance and blood pressure. This review focuses on the regulation of corin function and potential roles of corin defects in hypertensive, heart, and renal diseases. RECENT FINDINGS Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin-6 has been identified as a primary enzyme that converts zymogen corin to an active protease. Genetic variants that impair corin intracellular trafficking, cell surface expression, and zymogen activation have been found in patients with hypertension, cardiac hypertrophy, and pre-eclampsia. Reduced corin expression has been detected in animal models of cardiomyopathies and in human failing hearts. Low levels of circulating soluble corin have been reported in patients with heart disease and stroke. Corin, ANP and natriuretic peptide receptor-A mRNAs, and proteins have been colocalized in human renal segments, suggesting a corin-ANP autocrine function in the kidney. SUMMARY Corin is a key enzyme in the natriuretic peptide system. The latest findings indicate that corin-mediated ANP production may act in a tissue-specific manner to regulate cardiovascular and renal function. Corin defects may contribute to major diseases such as hypertension, heart failure, pre-eclampsia, and kidney disease.
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- Hui Li
- Cyrus Tang Hematology Center, MOE Engineering Center of Hematological Disease, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Cyrus Tang Hematology Center, MOE Engineering Center of Hematological Disease, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Cyrus Tang Hematology Center, MOE Engineering Center of Hematological Disease, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
- Molecular Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Cao L, Zhu W, Wagar EA, Meng QH. Biomarkers for monitoring chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity. Crit Rev Clin Lab Sci 2016; 54:87-101. [PMID: 28013560 DOI: 10.1080/10408363.2016.1261270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Cardiotoxicity, including acute and late-onset cardiotoxicity, is a well-known adverse effect of many types of antitumor agents. Early identification of patients with cardiotoxicity is important to ensure prompt treatment and minimize toxic effects. The etiology of chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity is multifactorial. Traditional methods for assessment of chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity typically involve serial measurements of cardiac function via multi-modality imaging techniques. Typically, however, significant left ventricular dysfunction has already occurred when cardiotoxicity is detected by imaging techniques. Biomarkers, most importantly cardiac natriuretic peptides and troponins, are promising markers for identifying patients potentially at risk for clinical heart failure symptoms. This review summarizes the recent progress in clinical utilization of biomarkers for early diagnosis of acute cardiotoxicity and for prediction of late-onset cardiotoxicity. We also discuss the conflicting results of different studies and the association of results with study design.
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- Liyun Cao
- a Department of Laboratory Medicine , Unit 37, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center , Houston , TX , USA and
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- b Department of Biomedical Engineering , University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham , AL , USA
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- a Department of Laboratory Medicine , Unit 37, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center , Houston , TX , USA and
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- a Department of Laboratory Medicine , Unit 37, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center , Houston , TX , USA and
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Antalis TM, Conway GD, Peroutka RJ, Buzza MS. Membrane-anchored proteases in endothelial cell biology. Curr Opin Hematol 2016; 23:243-52. [PMID: 26906027 DOI: 10.1097/moh.0000000000000238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The endothelial cell plasma membrane is a metabolically active, dynamic, and fluid microenvironment where pericellular proteolysis plays a critical role. Membrane-anchored proteases may be expressed by endothelial cells as well as mural cells and leukocytes with distribution both inside and outside of the vascular system. Here, we will review the recent advances in our understanding of the direct and indirect roles of membrane-anchored proteases in vascular biology and the possible conservation of their extravascular functions in endothelial cell biology. RECENT FINDINGS Membrane-anchored proteases belonging to the serine or metalloprotease families contain amino-terminal or carboxy-terminal domains, which serve to tether their extracellular protease domains directly at the plasma membrane. This architecture enables protease function and substrate repertoire to be regulated through dynamic localization in distinct areas of the cell membrane. These proteases are proving to be key components of the cell machinery for regulating vascular permeability, generation of vasoactive peptides, receptor tyrosine kinase transactivation, extracellular matrix proteolysis, and angiogenesis. SUMMARY A complex picture of the interdependence between membrane-anchored protease localization and function is emerging that may provide a mechanism for precise coordination of extracellular signals and intracellular responses through communication with the cytoskeleton and with cellular signaling molecules.
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- Toni M Antalis
- Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases and the Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Miyazaki J, Nishizawa H, Kambayashi A, Ito M, Noda Y, Terasawa S, Kato T, Miyamura H, Shiogama K, Sekiya T, Kurahashi H, Fujii T. Increased levels of soluble corin in pre-eclampsia and fetal growth restriction. Placenta 2016; 48:20-25. [DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2016.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2016] [Revised: 09/12/2016] [Accepted: 10/03/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Junus K, Wikström AK, Larsson A, Olovsson M. Early second-trimester plasma levels of NT-proBNP in women who subsequently develop early-onset preeclampsia. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2016; 30:2163-2165. [DOI: 10.1080/14767058.2016.1241992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Katja Junus
- Department of Women’s and Children’s Health,
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- Department of Women’s and Children’s Health,
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden and
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Biochemical Structure and Function, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Localization of corin and atrial natriuretic peptide expression in human renal segments. Clin Sci (Lond) 2016; 130:1655-64. [PMID: 27343265 DOI: 10.1042/cs20160398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2016] [Accepted: 06/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP)-mediated natriuretic response is a well-established cardiac endocrine function. Corin is a transmembrane protease that activates ANP in the heart. Corin expression has been detected in non-cardiac tissues including the kidney. Here we examined corin, pro-ANP/ANP and natriuretic peptide receptor-A (NPR-A) expression in human renal segments. By immunostaining and in situ hybridization, we found similar corin, pro-ANP/ANP and NPR-A protein and mRNA expression in human renal segments. The expression was most abundant in the proximal convoluted tubules and the medullary connecting ducts. In the proximal tubules, corin protein was present in the apical membrane region underneath the brush border where the ANP-degrading protease neprilysin was abundant. These results suggest that corin-mediated pro-ANP activation may occur in renal segments and that locally produced ANP may act in an autocrine manner to regulate sodium and water reabsorption in situ Our results also point to the proximal convoluted tubules as a major site for local ANP action. Such a renal corin/ANP autocrine mechanism may differ from the cardiac corin/ANP endocrine mechanism in regulating sodium homoeostasis under physiological and pathological conditions.
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Peng H, Zhang Q, Cai X, Liu Y, Ding J, Tian H, Chao X, Shen H, Jiang L, Jin J, Zhang Y. Association Between High Serum Soluble Corin and Hypertension: A Cross-Sectional Study in a General Population of China. Am J Hypertens 2015; 28:1141-9. [PMID: 25663063 DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpv002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2014] [Accepted: 12/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Corin has been suggested to be associated with hypertension by cell- and animal-based studies. However, the association still lacks population-based evidence which critically promotes translation from basic research to clinical and preventive practice. Here, we aimed to explore the association in a general population of China. METHODS From January to May 2010, we conducted a cross-sectional study in 2,498 participants aged above 30 years, residing in Gusu district of Suzhou. Serum soluble corin and blood pressure were measured. RESULTS Hypertensive participants had a higher level of serum corin than nonhypertensive participants (median (interquartile range): 1,836.83 (1,497.85-2,327.87) pg/ml vs. 1,579.14 (1,322.18-1,956.82) pg/ml, P < 0.001). Higher serum corin was positively associated with prevalent hypertension (odds ratio (OR) = 2.01, P < 0.001). In the multiple analysis, participants in the third (OR = 1.43, P = 0.007) and fourth (OR = 1.96, P < 0.001) quartiles had significantly increased odds of hypertension compared to those in the lowest quartile of serum corin. ORs of hypertension positively and significantly increased with serum corin levels (P for trend <0.001). Further subgroup analysis showed that ORs of hypertension associated with high corin (over the median level of serum corin: 1,689.20 pg/ml) were still significant in subgroups by age, body mass index, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and fasting plasma glucose (all P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Our study showed that hypertensive participants had an increased serum corin level compared to those without hypertension. This finding suggests that corin may play a role in the pathology of hypertension.
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- Hao Peng
- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China; Center for Disease Prevention and Control of Gusu District, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Diagnostic Center, the Kunshan Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Suzhou Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, Suzhou, China
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- Center for Disease Prevention and Control of Gusu District, Suzhou, China
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- Center for Disease Prevention and Control of Gusu District, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Diagnostic Center, the Kunshan Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Suzhou, China
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- Center for Disease Prevention and Control of Gusu District, Suzhou, China
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- Center for Disease Prevention and Control of Gusu District, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China;
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Teoh CW, Robinson LA, Noone D. Perspectives on edema in childhood nephrotic syndrome. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2015; 309:F575-82. [PMID: 26290369 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00229.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2015] [Accepted: 08/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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There have been two major theories surrounding the development of edema in nephrotic syndrome (NS), namely, the under- and overfill hypotheses. Edema is one of the cardinal features of NS and remains one of the principal reasons for admission of children to the hospital. Recently, the discovery that proteases in the glomerular filtrate of patients with NS are activating the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC), resulting in intrarenal salt retention and thereby contributing to edema, might suggest that targeting ENaC with amiloride might be a suitable strategy to manage the edema of NS. Other potential agents, particularly urearetics and aquaretics, might also prove useful in NS. Recent evidence also suggests that there may be other areas involved in salt storage, especially the skin, and it will be intriguing to study the implications of this in NS.
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- Chia Wei Teoh
- Division of Nephrology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Liu Y, Hu J, Yu Q, Zhang P, Han X, Peng H. Increased Serum Soluble Corin in Mid Pregnancy Is Associated with Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy. J Womens Health (Larchmt) 2015; 24:572-7. [DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2015.5199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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- Yan Liu
- Department of Community Health Care, Maternal and Child Health Bureau of Kunshan, Kunshan, Jiangsu, China
- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Community Health Care, Maternal and Child Health Bureau of Kunshan, Kunshan, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Community Health Care, Maternal and Child Health Bureau of Kunshan, Kunshan, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Community Health Care, Maternal and Child Health Bureau of Kunshan, Kunshan, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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The regulation of troponins I, C and ANP by GATA4 and Nkx2-5 in heart of hibernating thirteen-lined ground squirrels, Ictidomys tridecemlineatus. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0117747. [PMID: 25679215 PMCID: PMC4334527 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2014] [Accepted: 01/02/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Hibernation is an adaptive strategy used by various mammals to survive the winter under situations of low ambient temperatures and limited or no food availability. The heart of hibernating thirteen-lined ground squirrels (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus) has the remarkable ability to descend to low, near 0°C temperatures without falling into cardiac arrest. We hypothesized that the transcription factors GATA4 and Nkx2-5 may play a role in cardioprotection by facilitating the expression of key downstream targets such as troponin I, troponin C, and ANP (atrial natriuretic peptide). This study measured relative changes in transcript levels, protein levels, protein post-translational modifications, and transcription factor binding over six stages: euthermic control (EC), entrance into torpor (EN), early torpor (ET), late torpor (LT), early arousal (EA), and interbout arousal (IA). We found differential regulation of GATA4 whereby transcript/protein expression, post-translational modification (phosphorylation of serine 261), and DNA binding were enhanced during the transitory phases (entrance and arousal) of hibernation. Activation of GATA4 was paired with increases in cardiac troponin I, troponin C and ANP protein levels during entrance, while increases in p-GATA4 DNA binding during early arousal was paired with decreases in troponin I and no changes in troponin C and ANP protein levels. Unlike its binding partner, the relative mRNA/protein expression and DNA binding of Nkx2-5 did not change during hibernation. This suggests that either Nkx2-5 does not play a substantial role or other regulatory mechanisms not presently studied (e.g. posttranslational modifications) are important during hibernation. The data suggest a significant role for GATA4-mediated gene transcription in the differential regulation of genes which aid cardiac-specific challenges associated with torpor-arousal.
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Theilig F, Wu Q. ANP-induced signaling cascade and its implications in renal pathophysiology. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2015; 308:F1047-55. [PMID: 25651559 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00164.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2014] [Accepted: 01/22/2015] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The balance between vasoconstrictor/sodium-retaining and vasodilator/natriuretic systems is essential for maintaining body fluid and electrolyte homeostasis. Natriuretic peptides, such as atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), belong to the vasodilator/natriuretic system. ANP is produced by the conversion of pro-ANP into ANP, which is achieved by a proteolytical cleavage executed by corin. In the kidney, ANP binds to the natriuretic peptide receptor-A (NPR-A) and enhances its guanylyl cyclase activity, thereby increasing intracellular cyclic guanosine monophosphate production to promote natriuretic and renoprotective responses. In the glomerulus, ANP increases glomerular permeability and filtration rate and antagonizes the deleterious effects of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system activation. Along the nephron, natriuretic and diuretic actions of ANP are mediated by inhibiting the basolaterally expressed Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase, reducing apical sodium, potassium, and protein organic cation transporter in the proximal tubule, and decreasing Na(+)-K(+)-2Cl(-) cotransporter activity and renal concentration efficiency in the thick ascending limb. In the medullary collecting duct, ANP reduces sodium reabsorption by inhibiting the cyclic nucleotide-gated cation channels, the epithelial sodium channel, and the heteromeric channel transient receptor potential-vanilloid 4 and -polycystin 2 and diminishes vasopressin-induced water reabsorption. Long-term ANP treatment may lead to NPR-A desensitization and ANP resistance, resulting in augmented sodium and water reabsorption. In mice, corin deficiency impairs sodium excretion and causes salt-sensitive hypertension. Characteristics of ANP resistance and corin deficiency are also encountered in patients with edema-associated diseases, highlighting the importance of ANP signaling in salt-water balance and renal pathophysiology.
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- Franziska Theilig
- Institute of Anatomy, Department of Medicine, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland; and
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- Molecular Cardiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
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A corin variant identified in hypertensive patients that alters cytoplasmic tail and reduces cell surface expression and activity. Sci Rep 2014; 4:7378. [PMID: 25488193 PMCID: PMC4260221 DOI: 10.1038/srep07378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2014] [Accepted: 11/19/2014] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Corin is a membrane-bound protease that regulates blood pressure by activating the natriuretic peptides. CORIN variants have been associated with hypertension and heart disease in African Americans. In this study, we conducted targeted exome sequencing and identified an insertion variant, c.102_103insA, in exon 1 of the CORIN gene. Analysis of two independent cohorts showed that the variant was preferentially present in hypertensive patients (38/795 or 4.78% vs. 4/632 or 0.63% in normal individuals, p = 4.14E-6). The insertion shifted the reading frame, resulting in a corin variant with a truncated cytoplasmic tail. In cell-based studies, the corin variant exhibited poor trafficking in the Golgi, reduced cell surface expression and zymogen activation, and low natriuretic peptide processing activity. Compared with normal individuals with the wild-type allele, individuals with the variant allele had lower levels of plasma corin [0.59 ± 0.07 ng/mL (n = 25) vs. 0.91 ± 0.02 ng/mL (n = 215), p<0.001] and higher levels of plasma N-terminal pro-atrial natriuretic peptide (NT-pro-ANP) [2.39 ± 3.6 nmol/L (n = 21) vs. 0.87 ± 0.6 nmol/L (n = 48), p = 0.005]. These results indicate that the variant altered corin structure and impaired the natriuretic peptide processing activity in vivo. The results highlight corin defects as an important underlying mechanism in hypertension.
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Wang H, Zhou T, Peng J, Xu P, Dong N, Chen S, Wu Q. Distinct roles of N-glycosylation at different sites of corin in cell membrane targeting and ectodomain shedding. J Biol Chem 2014; 290:1654-63. [PMID: 25451932 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.606442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Corin is a membrane-bound protease essential for activating natriuretic peptides and regulating blood pressure. Human corin has 19 predicted N-glycosylation sites in its extracellular domains. It has been shown that N-glycans are required for corin cell surface expression and zymogen activation. It remains unknown, however, how N-glycans at different sites may regulate corin biosynthesis and processing. In this study, we examined corin mutants, in which each of the 19 predicted N-glycosylation sites was mutated individually. By Western analysis of corin proteins in cell lysate and conditioned medium from transfected HEK293 cells and HL-1 cardiomyocytes, we found that N-glycosylation at Asn-80 inhibited corin shedding in the juxtamembrane domain. Similarly, N-glycosylation at Asn-231 protected corin from autocleavage in the frizzled-1 domain. Moreover, N-glycosylation at Asn-697 in the scavenger receptor domain and at Asn-1022 in the protease domain is important for corin cell surface targeting and zymogen activation. We also found that the location of the N-glycosylation site in the protease domain was not critical. N-Glycosylation at Asn-1022 may be switched to different sites to promote corin zymogen activation. Together, our results show that N-glycans at different sites may play distinct roles in regulating the cell membrane targeting, zymogen activation, and ectodomain shedding of corin.
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- Hao Wang
- From the Department of Molecular Cardiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, the Department of Chemistry, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio 44115, and
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- the Cyrus Tang Hematology Center and Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- From the Department of Molecular Cardiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- From the Department of Molecular Cardiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- the Cyrus Tang Hematology Center and Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- From the Department of Molecular Cardiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- From the Department of Molecular Cardiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, the Department of Chemistry, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio 44115, and the Cyrus Tang Hematology Center and Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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Function of cGMP-dependent protein kinase II in volume load-induced diuresis. Pflugers Arch 2014; 466:2009-18. [PMID: 24442122 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-014-1445-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2014] [Accepted: 01/06/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP)/cGMPs cause diuresis and natriuresis. Their downstream effectors beyond cGMP remain unclear. To elucidate a probable function of cGMP-dependent protein kinase II (cGKII), we investigated renal parameters in different conditions (basal, salt diets, starving, water load) using a genetically modified mouse model (cGKII-KO), but did not detect any striking differences between WT and cGKII-KO. Thus, cGKII is proposed to play only a marginal role in the adjustment of renal concentration ability to varying salt loads without water restriction or starving conditions. When WT mice were subjected to a volume load (performed by application of a 10-mM glucose solution (3% of BW) via feeding needle), they exhibited a potent diuresis. In contrast, urine volume was decreased significantly in cGKII-KO. We showed that AQP2 plasma membrane (PM) abundance was reduced for about 50% in WT upon volume load, therefore, this might be a main cause for the enhanced diuresis. In contrast, cGKII-KO mice almost completely failed to decrease AQP2-PM distribution. This significant difference between both genotypes is not induced by an altered p-Ser256-AQP2 phosphorylation, as phosphorylation at this site decreases similarly in WT and KO. Furthermore, sodium excretion was lowered in cGKII-KO mice during volume load. In summary, cGKII is only involved to a minor extent in the regulation of basal renal concentration ability. By contrast, cGKII-KO mice are not able to handle an acute volume load. Our results suggest that membrane insertion of AQP2 is inhibited by cGMP/cGKII.
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