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ArticleScientific reports2023

The role of SMAD signaling in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: an immunohistopathological study in pediatric and adult patients.

Zhengjie Zhang, Fengzhi Zhang, Mingkui Zhang, Hui Xue, Lixin Fan, Yan Weng

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Zhengjie Zhang *First Hospital of Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100016, China.
Fengzhi Zhang *First Hospital of Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100016, China.
Mingkui ZhangFirst Hospital of Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100016, China. mingkuizhang@163.com.
Hui XueFirst Hospital of Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100016, China.
Lixin FanFirst Hospital of Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100016, China.
Yan WengFirst Hospital of Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100016, China.

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Abstract

Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) can bring a high risk of sudden cardiac death in young people. It is particularly urgent to understand the development and mechanism of HOCM to prevent unsafe incidents. Here, the comparison between pediatric and adult patients with HOCM has been performed to uncover the signaling mechanism regulating pathological process through histopathological analysis and immunohistochemical analysis. We found SMAD proteins played an important role during myocardial fibrosis for HOCM patients. In patients with HOCM, Masson and HE staining showed that myocardial cells were diffusely hypertrophied with obvious disorganized myocardial fiber alignment, and myocardial tissue was more damaged and collagen fibers increased significantly, which come early in childhood. Increased expressions of SMAD2 and SMAD3 contributed to myocardial fibrosis in patients with HOCM, which happened early in childhood and continued through adulthood. In addition, decreased expression of SMAD7 was closely related to collagen deposition, which negatively expedited fibrotic responses in patients with HOCM. Our study indicated that the abnormal regulation of SMAD signaling pathway can lead to severe myocardial fibrosis in childhood and its fibrogenic effects persist into adulthood, which is a crucial factor in causing sudden cardiac death and heart failure in HOCM patients.

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Cardiomyopathy, HypertrophicAdolescentAdultChildDeath, Sudden, CardiacHumansHypertrophyMyocardiumSignal TransductionSmad ProteinsSmad Proteins

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PMCPMC9988847

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