Excessive glycosylation drives thoracic aortic aneurysm formation through integrated stress response.

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  • Rochano-Ortiz A
  • San Sebastián-Jaraba I
  • Zamora C
  • Simó C
  • García-Cañas V
  • Martínez-Albaladejo S
  • Fernández-Gómez MJ
  • Marcos-Ríos D
  • Martínez-Núñez P
  • Martín-Lorenzo M
  • Velho TR
  • Ruíz-Rodríguez MJ
  • Leal-Zafra A
  • Gabandé-Rodríguez E
  • Martínez-Martínez S
  • Guala A
  • Lorenzo Ó
  • Blanco-Colio LM
  • Martín-Ventura JL
  • Álvarez-Llamas G
  • Aldamiz-Echevarría G
  • Teixidó-Tura G
  • Forteza A
  • Redondo JM
  • Méndez-Barbero N
  • Mittelbrunn M
  • Oller J

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Abstract

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections (TAADs) are depicted by aortic medial degeneration characterized by glycan-rich matrix accumulation. Marfan syndrome (MFS) is the most common inherited connective tissue disorder associated with TAAD. Although vascular smooth muscle cell metabolic dysfunction has emerged as a pathogenic driver of TAAD, surgical repair remains the mainstay of treatment. This study aimed to investigate the role of the hexosamine biosynthetic pathway (HBP) in sporadic and genetic TAAD pathophysiology. METHODS: Hexosamine biosynthetic pathway activation was analysed in aortas from an MFS mouse model, a ß-aminopropionitrile-induced non-genetic TAAD model, and patients with sporadic TAAD using transcriptomic and metabolomic approaches. Aortic dilatation was monitored by ultrasound imaging. Pharmacological inhibition of HBP and integrated stress response (ISR) was performed to assess their therapeutic potential. RESULTS: Hexosamine biosynthetic pathway was up-regulated in both an MFS mouse model and ß-aminopropionitrile-induced TAAD, as well as in aortic samples from MFS and sporadic TAAD patients. Enhanced HBP activity contributed to aortic dilatation and medial degeneration via vascular smooth muscle cell dysfunction and ISR activation. Inhibition of HBP or ISR reversed these effects in the MFS model. CONCLUSIONS: The HBP-ISR axis drives medial degeneration in TAAD. These findings identify HBP and ISR as a potential target in TAAD of both genetic and non-genetic origin.

© The Author(s) 2025. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology.

Datos de la publicación

ISSN/ISSNe:
0195-668X, 1522-9645

EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL  OXFORD UNIV PRESS

Tipo:
Article
Páginas:
4988-5005
PubMed:
40720766

Citas Recibidas en Web of Science: 3

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Keywords

  • Aortic medial degeneration; Hexosamine Biosynthetic pathway; Integrated stress response; Marfan Syndrome; Thoracic aortic aneurysm

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Transcriptómica e inteligencia artificial para la predicción de remodelado cardiaco desfavorable en pacientes operados por estenosis valvular aórtica

Investigador Principal: Juan Francisco Nistal Herrera

INNVAL21/24 . FUNDACION INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACION MARQUES DE VALDECILLA . 2021

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