Bourgeois Raphaëlle, Bourgault Jérôme, Despres Audrey-Anne, Perrot Nicolas, Guertin Jakie, Girard Arnaud, Mitchell Patricia L, Gotti Clarisse, Bourassa Sylvie, Scipione Corey A, Gaudreault Nathalie, Boffa Michael B, Koschinsky Marlys L, Pibarot Philippe, Droit Arnaud, Thériault Sébastien, Mathieu Patrick, Bossé Yohan, Arsenault Benoit J
Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Québec, QC G1V 4G5, Canada.
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada.
Metabolites. 2021 Jul 16;11(7):459. doi: 10.3390/metabo11070459.
Lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)) is one of the most important risk factors for the development of calcific aortic valve stenosis (CAVS). However, the mechanisms through which Lp(a) causes CAVS are currently unknown. Our objectives were to characterize the Lp(a) proteome and to identify proteins that may be differentially associated with Lp(a) in patients with versus without CAVS. Our second objective was to identify genes that may be differentially regulated by exposure to high versus low Lp(a) levels in explanted aortic valves from patients with CAVS. We isolated Lp(a) from the blood of 21 patients with CAVS and 22 volunteers and performed untargeted label-free analysis of the Lp(a) proteome. We also investigated the transcriptomic signature of calcified aortic valves from patients who underwent aortic valve replacement with high versus low Lp(a) levels ( = 118). Proteins involved in the protein activation cascade, platelet degranulation, leukocyte migration, and response to wounding may be associated with Lp(a) depending on CAVS status. The transcriptomic analysis identified genes involved in cardiac aging, chondrocyte development, and inflammation as potentially influenced by Lp(a). Our multi-omic analyses identified biological pathways through which Lp(a) may cause CAVS, as well as key molecular events that could be triggered by Lp(a) in CAVS development.
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