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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2025

The role of ATF3 in precision medicine of brain arteriovenous malformation: based on endothelial cell proliferation.

Jiwei Ma, Lei Meng, Jiyu Ji, Xiangyang Wang, Nan Wu, Lei Sun, Shupeng Zhao

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Jiwei MaDepartment of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Weihui, Henan, China.
Lei MengDepartment of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Weihui, Henan, China.
Jiyu JiDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Weihui, Henan, China.
Xiangyang WangDepartment of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Weihui, Henan, China.
Nan WuDepartment of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Weihui, Henan, China.
Lei SunShandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Shupeng ZhaoDepartment of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Weihui, Henan, China.

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Background: Brain arteriovenous malformation (BAVM) is a destructive high-flow vascular abnormality that can lead to various cerebral hemodynamic disorders. The incidence of BAVM has risen significantly in recent years, yet treatment options remain limited. Endothelial cells (ECs) have been proved to be one of the key factors leading to abnormal cerebrovascular structure. Therefore, it is important to explore the pathogenesis of the disease and develop new treatment strategies. With the rapid advancement of single-cell sequencing (scRNA-seq) and the integration of multi-omics data offers a novel perspective for precision medicine. Methods: We first analyzed scRNA-seq data from the GEO database. We used monocle2, CytoTRACE, and slingshot to perform pseudotime trajectory analysis on ECs. CellChat was used to analyze cell-cell communication in BAVM, and pySCENIC was used to analyze related transcription factors (TFs). Finally, transfection, CCK-8, RT-qPCR, Transwell, EdU, tube formation, and other commonly used experiments were conducted to further validate the effects of key TFs on ECs intervention. Results: scRNA-seq analysis showed that ECs in BAVM had significant specificity. C0 subpopulation was the key subpopulation, showing strong proliferation and differentiation ability. This study emphasized that the midkine(MK, MDK)signaling pathway was a significant signaling pathway. Heparin-binding growth factor midkine was a secreted protein with a molecular weight of 13 kDa. Studies had shown that it can promote endothelial cell proliferation and lead to angiogenesis. Then, the C0 subpopulation was also associated with a variety of TFs, among which ATF3 played a key role in the pathogenesis of BAVM. The possibility of ATF3 affecting the progression of BAVM was verified by cell experiments. Conclusion: This study employed scRNA-seq and multi-omics analysis to elucidate the pathogenesis of BAVM, uncovering the key role of ATF3 in ECs proliferation. Targeting ATF3 provided a new possibility for the treatment of BAVM and also made up for the blank of ATF3 in the exploration of BAVM. This study provided a theoretical basis for the personalized treatment of BAVM and demonstrated the potential of scRNA-seq and multi-omics methods in advancing precision medicine.

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Activating Transcription Factor 3Endothelial CellsIntracranial Arteriovenous MalformationsCell ProliferationHumansPrecision MedicineSingle-Cell AnalysisActivating Transcription Factor 3ATF3 protein, humanATF3brain arteriovenous malformationendothelial cellsexperiment validationprecision medicinesingle-cell sequencing

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