去磷酸化未羧化基质 Gla 蛋白作为免疫介导的血管重构和肺动脉高压预后的候选生物标志物。

Dephosphorylated uncarboxylated Matrix-Gla-Protein as candidate biomarker for immune-mediated vascular remodeling and prognosis in pulmonary hypertension.

机构信息

Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Clinical and Experimental Immunology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Department of Biochemistry, CARIM, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

出版信息

Sci Rep. 2024 Nov 4;14(1):26633. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-77000-w.

Abstract

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a disease characterized by pulmonary vascular remodeling. Since dephosphorylated-uncarboxylated Matrix Gla-Protein (dp-ucMGP) is associated with cardiovascular mortality in systemic sclerosis, a disease associated with PAH, and immune-system involvement in PAH is increasingly recognized, we investigated the relationship between dp-ucMGP, vascular remodeling and soluble immune-checkpoint proteins in PAH. This prospective cohort study included patients with idiopathic (I)PAH, connective tissue disease (CTD)-PAH, chronic thrombo-embolic PH (CTEPH) and CTD patients without PAH. Patients with IPAH and CTD-PAH were stratified by clinical signs of immune-mediated inflammatory disease (IMID). We measured dp-ucMGP plasma levels, soluble immune-checkpoint proteins (sICPs), and vascular smooth muscle cell (iVSMC) calcification. We found elevated dp-ucMGP levels in all PAH subtypes and CTD patients compared to healthy controls. PAH patients showed increased iVSMC calcification, but no direct correlation was found with dp-ucMGP. IMID-PAH patients had higher dp-ucMGP levels than non-IMID PAH patients. dp-ucMGP correlated with several sICPs in both IPAH and CTD patients; multiple sICPs were elevated in IMID PAH patients. High dp-ucMGP levels in IPAH patients were associated with worse survival. Our findings suggest dp-ucMGP as a potential biomarker of immune-mediated vascular remodeling in PAH. Hence, dp-ucMGP, could help identify PAH patients who might benefit from immunosuppressive therapies.

摘要

肺动脉高压(PAH)是一种以肺血管重构为特征的疾病。由于去磷酸化未羧化基质 Gla 蛋白(dp-ucMGP)与系统性硬化症(一种与 PAH 相关的疾病)中的心血管死亡率有关,并且免疫介导的炎症反应在 PAH 中越来越受到重视,因此我们研究了 dp-ucMGP、血管重构和可溶性免疫检查点蛋白在 PAH 中的关系。这项前瞻性队列研究纳入了特发性(I)PAH、结缔组织病(CTD)-PAH、慢性血栓栓塞性 PH(CTEPH)和 CTD 无 PAH 患者。根据免疫介导的炎症性疾病(IMID)的临床特征对 IPAH 和 CTD-PAH 患者进行分层。我们测量了 dp-ucMGP 血浆水平、可溶性免疫检查点蛋白(sICPs)和血管平滑肌细胞(iVSMC)钙化。我们发现所有 PAH 亚型和 CTD 患者的 dp-ucMGP 水平均高于健康对照组。PAH 患者表现出 iVSMC 钙化增加,但与 dp-ucMGP 无直接相关性。IMID-PAH 患者的 dp-ucMGP 水平高于非 IMID PAH 患者。dp-ucMGP 与 IPAH 和 CTD 患者的多个 sICPs 相关;IMID PAH 患者的多个 sICPs 升高。IPAH 患者的 dp-ucMGP 水平与生存预后较差相关。我们的研究结果表明 dp-ucMGP 可能是 PAH 中免疫介导的血管重构的潜在生物标志物。因此,dp-ucMGP 可以帮助识别可能受益于免疫抑制治疗的 PAH 患者。

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