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Endothelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Heart Failure With a Preserved Ejection Fraction Insights Into the Cardiorenal Syndrome

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CIRCULATION-HEART FAILURE
卷 14, 期 9, 页码 -

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LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.121.008372

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cardio-renal syndrome; diastolic; fibrosis; heart failure

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  1. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health [RO1HL145985, T32HL125232, T32HL007224]

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This study identified significant evidence of endothelial-mesenchymal transition (endo-MT) in both mice and human endothelial cells with HFpEF and the cardiorenal syndrome, highlighting potential therapeutic implications for drug development in HFpEF patients with concomitant renal dysfunction.
Background: The management of clinical heart failure with a preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is often complicated by concurrent renal dysfunction, known as the cardiorenal syndrome. This, combined with the notable lack of evidence-based therapies for HFpEF, highlights the importance of examining mechanisms and targetable pathways in HFpEF with the cardiorenal syndrome. Methods: HFpEF was induced in mice by uninephrectomy, infusion of d-aldosterone (HFpEF; N=10) or saline (Sham; N=8), and given 1% NaCl drinking water for 4 weeks. Renal fibrosis and endothelial-mesenchymal transition (endo-MT) were evident once HFpEF developed. Human aortic endothelial cells were treated for 4 days with 10% serum obtained from patients with chronically stable HFpEF with the cardiorenal syndrome (N=12) and compared with serum-treated human aortic endothelial cells from control subjects (no cardiac/renal disease; N=12) to recapitulate the in vivo findings. Results: Kidneys from HFpEF mice demonstrated hypertrophy, interstitial fibrosis (1.9-fold increase; P<0.05) with increased expression of endo-MT transcripts, including pdgfr beta (platelet-derived growth factor receptor beta), snail, fibronectin, fsp1 (fibroblast-specific protein 1), and vimentin by 1.7- (P=0.004), 1.7- (P=0.05), 1.8- (P=0.005), 2.6- (P=0.001), and 2.0-fold (P=0.001) versus Sham. Immunostaining demonstrated co-localization of CD31 and ACTA2 (actin alpha 2) in kidney sections suggesting evidence of endo-MT. Similar to the findings in HFpEF mice, comparable endo-MT markers were also significantly elevated in human aortic endothelial cells treated with serum from patients with HFpEF compared with human aortic endothelial cells treated with serum from control subjects. Conclusions: These translational findings demonstrate a plausible role for endo-MT in HFpEF with cardiorenal syndrome and may have therapeutic implications in drug development for patients with HFpEF and concomitant renal dysfunction.

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