Ma Xiaoying, Xu Jinfang, Sun Huiying, Liu Jiajun, Xia Shibo, Zhang Hao, Cui Chaoyi, Song Chao
Department of Vascular Surgery, Changhai Hospital, Shanghai, China.
Hepatobiliary Surgery Center, Tongji Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2025 Aug 7;250:10527. doi: 10.3389/ebm.2025.10527. eCollection 2025.
Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) have been associated with vascular pathologies including abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs), although their causal role remains unclear. In this study, we observed significant accumulation of AGEs in human AAAs, particularly in cases associated with intraluminal thrombus (ILT). , AGE exposure induced vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) migration and suppressed contractility, accompanied by reduced expression of contractile markers (α-SMA and MYH11) and elevated MMP-2. This phenotypic transformation was linked to the activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome and RAGE/RhoA/ROCK signaling, and was reversible upon inhibition of RAGE, RhoA, or ROCK. In macrophages, AGE pretreatment had minimal effects on basal cytokine secretion but attenuated LPS-induced IL-6 and IL-1β release and NF-κB activation. Co-culture experiments further revealed that AGE-pretreated macrophages reduced LPS-driven pro-migratory effects on VSMCs. Spatial transcriptomics demonstrated enriched AGE-RAGE signaling in αSMA+ VSMCs and CD68+αSMA+ macrophage-like VSMCs in ILT-containing AAAs. Overall, these associative findings implicate AGE-RAGE signaling in AAA pathogenesis and warrant further investigation to establish causality.
晚期糖基化终末产物(AGEs)已被证实与包括腹主动脉瘤(AAA)在内的血管病变有关,尽管其因果关系尚不清楚。在本研究中,我们观察到AGEs在人类AAA中显著积累,尤其是在伴有腔内血栓(ILT)的病例中。AGE暴露诱导血管平滑肌细胞(VSMC)迁移并抑制其收缩性,同时伴随着收缩标记物(α-SMA和MYH11)表达降低以及MMP-2升高。这种表型转变与NLRP3炎性小体和RAGE/RhoA/ROCK信号的激活有关,并且在抑制RAGE、RhoA或ROCK后是可逆的。在巨噬细胞中,AGE预处理对基础细胞因子分泌影响最小,但减弱了LPS诱导的IL-6和IL-1β释放以及NF-κB激活。共培养实验进一步表明,经AGE预处理的巨噬细胞降低了LPS对VSMCs的促迁移作用。空间转录组学显示,在含有ILT的AAA中,αSMA+ VSMCs和CD68+αSMA+巨噬细胞样VSMCs中AGE-RAGE信号富集。总体而言,这些相关性发现表明AGE-RAGE信号在AAA发病机制中起作用,值得进一步研究以确定因果关系。
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