Department of Biochemistry, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland.
Department of Cardiac Anesthesiology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland.
Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids. 2020;39(10-12):1389-1399. doi: 10.1080/15257770.2020.1733603. Epub 2020 Mar 4.
Statins efficiently prevent cardiovascular events by lipid-dependent and independent mechanisms. We hypothesize that part of these protective effects could be associated with an increased extracellular adenosine signaling. We demonstrated previously that aortic valves obtained from patients with calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD) disclosed disturbances in extracellular adenosine metabolism. This study aimed to analyze the impact of statin treatment on extracellular nucleotides and adenosine metabolism in aortic valves originated from CAVD patients and to elucidate potential mechanisms that are involved in the regulation of ecto-enzyme activities by statins. Aortic valves of CAVD patients treated with statins ( = 45) revealed higher adenosine production and its lower degradation than in non-treated patients ( = 28). Statin treatment was also related to the improvement in pre-operative echocardiographic data indicating milder aortic valve stenosis and a better function of the left ventricle. The rates of aortic valve adenosine conversions correlated with plasma lipid profile parameters, within both statin-treated and non-treated groups. Valvular extracellular AMP hydrolysis correlated negatively, while adenosine deamination positively with plasma total and LDL cholesterol. Atorvastatin treatment of murine heart endothelial cells led to the enhanced ecto-5'nucleotidase (CD73) and decreased ecto-adenosine deaminase (eADA) activity. When endothelial cells were stimulated with thrombin that induces endothelial cell exocytosis, activities of both cell-surface CD73 and eADA were increased, while co-treatment with atorvastatin reversed only thrombin-induced eADA activity. In conclusion, early intervention with statins may provide beneficial effects for CAVD therapy. Here, we presented results showing that these protective outcomes could be mediated via the regulation of extracellular adenosine metabolism pathways.
他汀类药物通过脂质依赖和非依赖机制有效地预防心血管事件。我们假设这些保护作用的一部分可能与细胞外腺苷信号的增加有关。我们之前已经证明,来自钙化性主动脉瓣疾病(CAVD)患者的主动脉瓣存在细胞外腺苷代谢紊乱。本研究旨在分析他汀类药物治疗对 CAVD 患者主动脉瓣细胞外核苷酸和腺苷代谢的影响,并阐明他汀类药物调节细胞外酶活性的潜在机制。与未接受他汀类药物治疗的患者(n=28)相比,接受他汀类药物治疗的 CAVD 患者(n=45)的主动脉瓣腺苷生成增加,降解减少。他汀类药物治疗还与术前超声心动图数据的改善相关,表明主动脉瓣狭窄程度较轻,左心室功能更好。在他汀类药物治疗和未治疗组中,主动脉瓣腺苷转化率与血浆脂质谱参数相关。瓣膜细胞外 AMP 水解与血浆总胆固醇和 LDL 胆固醇呈负相关,而腺苷脱氨酶与血浆总胆固醇和 LDL 胆固醇呈正相关。阿托伐他汀治疗小鼠心脏内皮细胞导致细胞表面 5′核苷酸酶(CD73)增强和外腺苷脱氨酶(eADA)活性降低。当内皮细胞被诱导内皮细胞胞吐的凝血酶刺激时,细胞表面 CD73 和 eADA 的活性均增加,而阿托伐他汀与凝血酶共同处理仅逆转了凝血酶诱导的 eADA 活性。总之,早期他汀类药物干预可能为 CAVD 治疗提供有益效果。在这里,我们提出的结果表明,这些保护作用可能通过调节细胞外腺苷代谢途径来介导。