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ArticlePhysiological reports2022

The ascending aorta of male hypertensive bicuspid aortic valve patients preferentially associated with a cellular aneurysmal phenotype.

Alexandre Bergeron, Vanessa Hertig, Louis Villeneuve, Vincent Chauvette, Ismail El-Hamamsy, Angelino Calderone

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Article in Physiological reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Alexandre BergeronResearch Center, Montreal Heart Institute and Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Vanessa HertigResearch Center, Montreal Heart Institute and Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Louis VilleneuveResearch Center, Montreal Heart Institute and Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Vincent ChauvetteResearch Center, Montreal Heart Institute and Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Ismail El-HamamsyDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York, USA.
Angelino CalderoneResearch Center, Montreal Heart Institute and Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4170-5950
Montreal Heart Institute · CAMount Sinai Hospital · US

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CIHR PGT-168859
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Male sex and hypertension represent risk factors in the progression of an aortic aneurysm. The present study examined the morphological/cellular phenotype of the ascending aorta (AA) of male and female patients diagnosed with a bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) to test the hypothesis that hypertension-induced remodeling of male BAV patients preferentially recapitulated the expression of a panel of proteins favoring aneurysm formation. The diameter of the AA of hypertensive male (35 ± 6 mm) and female (39 ± 5 mm) BAV patients was comparable to normotensive patients reflecting an early phase of vessel expansion. Morphological/structural remodeling of the medial region of the AA of male normotensive and hypertensive BAV patients were comparable. Protein levels of non-muscle myosin IIB, the cell cycle inhibitor p27kip1, tumor suppressor p53 and matrix metalloproteinase-2 and -9 were significantly upregulated in the AA of male hypertensive BAV patients. In female hypertensive BAV patients, collagen content was significantly increased whereas elastin content and medial width of the AA were similar to normotensive BAV patients. In the AA of female hypertensive BAV patients, matrix metalloproteinase-9 and p27kip1 protein levels were unchanged whereas p53 and matrix metalloproteinase-2 protein expression was significantly reduced. Nestin protein levels were diminished in the AA of male and female hypertensive BAV patients. Thus, sexual dimorphic remodeling of the AA was prevalent in hypertensive BAV patients. Moreover, during the early phase of vessel expansion, the AA of male hypertensive BAV patients was preferentially associated with the upregulation of a panel of proteins linked to progressive dilatation and potential aneurysm formation.

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Bicuspid Aortic Valve DiseaseHeart Valve DiseasesHypertensionAortaAortic ValveFemaleHumansMaleMatrix Metalloproteinase 2PhenotypeTumor Suppressor Protein p53Matrix Metalloproteinase 2Tumor Suppressor Protein p53ascending aortaBAVcell cycle inhibitorshypertensionmatrix metalloproteinasessex

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