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ArticleJournal of thrombosis and thrombolysis2021

The role of β-catenin in pulmonary artery endothelial-mesenchymal transformation in rats with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.

Meie Zeng, Shimou Chen, Hongli Li, Zhigui Huang, Dawen Wu, Yunchang Pan, Chaosheng Deng

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Article in Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Meie ZengInstitute of Respiratory Disease, Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Fujian Medical University, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350005, Fujian Province, China.
Shimou ChenFujian Provincial Geriatric Hospital, Fuzhou, 350003, Fujian Province, China.
Hongli LiInstitute of Respiratory Disease, Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Fujian Medical University, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350005, Fujian Province, China.
Zhigui HuangPutian College Affiliated Hospital, Putian, 351100, Fujian Province, China.
Dawen WuInstitute of Respiratory Disease, Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Fujian Medical University, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350005, Fujian Province, China.
Yunchang PanSanming First Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University, Sanming, 365000, Fujian Province, China.
Chaosheng DengInstitute of Respiratory Disease, Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Fujian Medical University, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350005, Fujian Province, China. jasonsci7333@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8265-606X
Fujian Medical University · CNFujian Provincial Hospital · CNPutian University · CN

Funding

Programs of National Natural Science Foundation of China 81770367Projects of Financial Foundation On Health in Fujian Province BPB-DCS2018Science and Technology Department of Fujian Province 2018j01158
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

β-catenin and endothelial mesenchymal transformation play an important role in the formation of pulmonary hypertension. To explore the role of β-catenin in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH), we first established a rat model of CTEPH by repeated autologous thromboembolization and then treated these rats with a β-catenin specific inhibitor, XAV939, for two or four weeks. We further examined the expression of β-catenin, α-SMA and CD31, mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP), and histopathology in the pulmonary artery, and analyzed their correlation. In the thrombus group without treatment of the inhibitor, the expression of β-catenin and α-SMA in pulmonary artery was increased with time; mPAP, the thickness of pulmonary artery wall, and the area/total area of pulmonary artery (WA/TA) were also increased; however, the expression of CD31 was decreased. Interestingly, these symptoms could be improved by treatment with XAV939. In this study, in CTEPH rat model, the expression of β-catenin signal affects pulmonary vascular remodeling and pulmonary artery pressure, and positively correlated with pulmonary arterial endothelial mesenchymal transformation (EMT), indicating that β-catenin signal may play an important role in the occurrence and development of CTEPH. The inhibition of β-catenin signal and the improvement of pulmonary arterial EMT may provide therapeutic ideas for CTEPH.

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Hypertension, PulmonaryPulmonary EmbolismAnimalsbeta CateninChronic DiseaseDisease Models, AnimalPulmonary ArteryRatsbeta CateninCtnnb1 protein, ratChronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertensionEndothelial mesenchymal transformationRat modelβ-catenin

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