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ArticleNature communications2022

AMPK deficiency in smooth muscles causes persistent pulmonary hypertension of the new-born and premature death.

Javier Moral-Sanz, Sophronia A Lewis, Sandy MacMillan, Marco Meloni, Heather McClafferty, Benoit Viollet, Marc Foretz, Jorge Del-Pozo, A Mark Evans

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Article in Nature communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Javier Moral-SanzCentre for Discovery Brain Sciences and Cardiovascular Science, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, Hugh Robson Building, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9XD, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8602-8554
Sophronia A LewisCentre for Discovery Brain Sciences and Cardiovascular Science, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, Hugh Robson Building, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9XD, UK.
Sandy MacMillanCentre for Discovery Brain Sciences and Cardiovascular Science, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, Hugh Robson Building, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9XD, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9675-3207
Marco MeloniCentre for Cardiovascular Science, Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ, UK.
Heather McClaffertyCentre for Discovery Brain Sciences and Cardiovascular Science, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, Hugh Robson Building, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9XD, UK.
Benoit ViolletUniversité Paris Cité, CNRS, INSERM, Institut Cochin, F-75014, Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0121-0224
Marc ForetzUniversité Paris Cité, CNRS, INSERM, Institut Cochin, F-75014, Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7017-9032
Jorge Del-PozoR(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh Easter Bush Campus, EH25 9RG, Roslin, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9582-1228
A Mark EvansCentre for Discovery Brain Sciences and Cardiovascular Science, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, Hugh Robson Building, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9XD, UK. mark.evans@ed.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4650-7208
Edinburgh College · GBCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRRoslin Institute · GBThe Queen's Medical Research Institute · GB

Funding

British Heart Foundation RG/12/14/29885Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust WT081195MA
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

AMPK has been reported to facilitate hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction but, paradoxically, its deficiency precipitates pulmonary hypertension. Here we show that AMPK-α1/α2 deficiency in smooth muscles promotes persistent pulmonary hypertension of the new-born. Accordingly, dual AMPK-α1/α2 deletion in smooth muscles causes premature death of mice after birth, associated with increased muscularisation and remodeling throughout the pulmonary arterial tree, reduced alveolar numbers and alveolar membrane thickening, but with no oedema. Spectral Doppler ultrasound indicates pulmonary hypertension and attenuated hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction. Age-dependent right ventricular pressure elevation, dilation and reduced cardiac output was also evident. K

Indexed as

Hypertension, PulmonaryAMP-Activated Protein KinasesAnimalsHypoxiaMiceMortality, PrematureMuscle, SmoothMyocytes, Smooth MusclePulmonary ArteryVasoconstrictionAMP-Activated Protein Kinases

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PMID36028487
PMCPMC9418192
OpenAlexW4293176551

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