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Malhotra R, Nicholson CJ, Wang D, Bhambhani V, Paniagua S, Slocum C, Sigurslid HH, Cardenas CLL, Li R, Boerboom SL, Chen YC, Hwang SJ, Yao C, Ichinose F, Bloch DB, Lindsay ME, Lewis GD, Aragam JR, Hoffmann U, Mitchell GF, Hamburg NM, Vasan RS, Benjamin EJ, Larson MG, Zapol WM, Cheng S, Roh JD, O’Donnell CJ, Nguyen C, Levy D, Ho JE. Matrix Gla Protein Levels Are Associated With Arterial Stiffness and Incident Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2022; 42:e61-e73. [PMID: 34809448 PMCID: PMC8792238 DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.121.316664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Arterial stiffness is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, including heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). MGP (matrix Gla protein) is implicated in vascular calcification in animal models, and circulating levels of the uncarboxylated, inactive form of MGP (ucMGP) are associated with cardiovascular disease-related and all-cause mortality in human studies. However, the role of MGP in arterial stiffness is uncertain. Approach and Results: We examined the association of ucMGP levels with vascular calcification, arterial stiffness including carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV), and incident heart failure in community-dwelling adults from the Framingham Heart Study. To further investigate the link between MGP and arterial stiffness, we compared aortic PWV in age- and sex-matched young (4-month-old) and aged (10-month-old) wild-type and Mgp+/- mice. Among 7066 adults, we observed significant associations between higher levels of ucMGP and measures of arterial stiffness, including higher PWV and pulse pressure. Longitudinal analyses demonstrated an association between higher ucMGP levels and future increases in systolic blood pressure and incident HFpEF. Aortic PWV was increased in older, but not young, female Mgp+/- mice compared with wild-type mice, and this augmentation in PWV was associated with increased aortic elastin fiber fragmentation and collagen accumulation. CONCLUSIONS This translational study demonstrates an association between ucMGP levels and arterial stiffness and future HFpEF in a large observational study, findings that are substantiated by experimental studies showing that mice with Mgp heterozygosity develop arterial stiffness. Taken together, these complementary study designs suggest a potential role of therapeutically targeting MGP in HFpEF.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rajeev Malhotra
- Cardiovascular Research Center and Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Cardiovascular Research Center and Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Cardiovascular Research Center and Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Cardiovascular Research Center and Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Cardiovascular Research Center and Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Cardiovascular Research Center and Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Cardiovascular Research Center and Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Cardiovascular Research Center and Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Cardiovascular Research Center and Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Cardiovascular Research Center and Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA, and Schepens Eye Research Institute/Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA
- Population Sciences Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA
- Population Sciences Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology; Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Cardiovascular Research Center and Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Cardiovascular Research Center and Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Evans Department of Medicine and Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
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- Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA
- Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health & Sections of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology and Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
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- Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA
- Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health & Sections of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology and Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
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- Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA
- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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- Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA
- Barbara Streisand Women’s Heart Center, Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
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- Cardiovascular Research Center and Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Cardiovascular Research Center and Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
- Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA, and Schepens Eye Research Institute/Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA
- Population Sciences Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Cardiovascular Research Center and Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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Sheng K, Zhang P, Lin W, Cheng J, Li J, Chen J. Association of Matrix Gla protein gene (rs1800801, rs1800802, rs4236) polymorphism with vascular calcification and atherosclerotic disease: a meta-analysis. Sci Rep 2017; 7:8713. [PMID: 28821877 PMCID: PMC5562806 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-09328-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2017] [Accepted: 07/04/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Association between the MGP gene rs1800801, rs1800802, rs4236 polymorphisms and vascular calcification and atherosclerotic disease was inconsistent. To clarify precise association, we performed this meta-analysis. Medline, Embase and China Knowledge Resource Integrated Database were systematically searched through December 2016. A total of 23 case-control studies, consisting of 5280 cases and 5773 controls, were included. The overall results suggested that the -7A polymorphism was associated with an increased risk for vascular calcification and atherosclerotic disease in the recessive model (OR = 1.50, 95% CI 1.01-2.24, P = 0.045). Subgroup analyses of Caucasians showed significant associations in the allelic model, recessive model, and homozygote model: allelic model (OR = 1.19, 95% CI 1.06-1.34, P = 0.004), recessive model (OR = 1.60, 95% CI 1.26-2.03, P < 0.001), homozygote model (OR = 1.83, 95% CI 1.18-2.81, P = 0.006). Subgroup analysis of the Asian population did not demonstrate any significant associations in any of the genetic models. No significant association was found in any genetic model amongst the rs1800802 and rs4236 polymorphisms. The findings of this meta-analysis indicate that the MGP gene rs1800801 polymorphism is significantly associated with vascular calcification and atherosclerotic disease, especially in the Caucasian population.
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- Kaixiang Sheng
- Kidney Disease Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Key Laboratory Of Nephropathy, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Kidney Disease Immunology Laboratory, the Third Grade Laboratory, State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Kidney Disease Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Key Laboratory Of Nephropathy, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Kidney Disease Immunology Laboratory, the Third Grade Laboratory, State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Kidney Disease Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Key Laboratory Of Nephropathy, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Kidney Disease Immunology Laboratory, the Third Grade Laboratory, State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Kidney Disease Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Key Laboratory Of Nephropathy, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Kidney Disease Immunology Laboratory, the Third Grade Laboratory, State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Kidney Disease Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Key Laboratory Of Nephropathy, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Kidney Disease Immunology Laboratory, the Third Grade Laboratory, State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Kidney Disease Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
- Key Laboratory Of Nephropathy, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
- Kidney Disease Immunology Laboratory, the Third Grade Laboratory, State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
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