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Association of VAV2 and VAV3 polymorphisms with cardiovascular risk factors.

ABSTRACT: Hypertension, diabetes and obesity are cardiovascular risk factors closely associated to the development of renal and cardiovascular target organ damage. VAV2 and VAV3, members of the VAV family proto-oncogenes, are guanosine nucleotide exchange factors for the Rho and Rac GTPase family, which is related with cardiovascular homeostasis. We have analyzed the relationship between the presence of VAV2 rs602990 and VAV3 rs7528153 polymorphisms with cardiovascular risk factors and target organ damage (heart, vessels and kidney) in 411 subjects. Our results show that being carrier of the T allele in VAV2 rs602990 polymorphism is associated with an increased risk of obesity, reduced levels of ankle-brachial index and diastolic blood pressure and reduced retinal artery caliber. In addition, being carrier of T allele is associated with increased risk of target organ damage in males. On the other hand, being carrier of the T allele in VAV3 rs7528153 polymorphism is associated with a decreased susceptibility of developing a pathologic state composed by the presence of hypertension, diabetes, obesity or cardiovascular damage, and with an increased risk of developing altered basal glycaemia. This is the first report showing an association between VAV2 and VAV3 polymorphisms with cardiovascular risk factors and target organ damage.

SUBMITTER: Perretta-Tejedor N

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5291103 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Association of VAV2 and VAV3 polymorphisms with cardiovascular risk factors.

Perretta-Tejedor Nuria N Fernández-Mateos Javier J García-Ortiz Luis L Gómez-Marcos Manuel A MA Recio-Rodríguez José I JI Agudo-Conde Cristina C Rodriguez-Sánchez Emiliano E Morales Ana I AI López-Hernández Francisco J FJ López-Novoa José M JM González-Sarmiento Rogelio R Martínez-Salgado Carlos C

Scientific reports 20170203

Hypertension, diabetes and obesity are cardiovascular risk factors closely associated to the development of renal and cardiovascular target organ damage. VAV2 and VAV3, members of the VAV family proto-oncogenes, are guanosine nucleotide exchange factors for the Rho and Rac GTPase family, which is related with cardiovascular homeostasis. We have analyzed the relationship between the presence of VAV2 rs602990 and VAV3 rs7528153 polymorphisms with cardiovascular risk factors and target organ damage ...[more]

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Project description:The guanosine triphosphatases of the Rho and Rac subfamilies regulate protumorigenic pathways and are activated by guanine nucleotide exchange factors (Rho GEFs), which could be potential targets for anticancer therapies. We report that two Rho GEFs, Vav2 and Vav3, play synergistic roles in breast cancer by sustaining tumor growth, neoangiogenesis, and many of the steps involved in lung-specific metastasis. The involvement of Vav proteins in these processes did not correlate with Rac1 and RhoA activity or cell migration, implying the presence of additional biological programs. Microarray analyses revealed that Vav2 and Vav3 controlled a vast transcriptional program in breast cancer cells through mechanisms that were shared between the two proteins, isoform-specific or synergistic. Furthermore, the abundance of Vav regulated transcripts was modulated by Rac1-dependent and Rac1-independent pathways. This transcriptome encoded therapeutically targetable proteins that played non redundant roles in primary tumorigenesis and lung-specific metastasis, such as integrin-linked kinase (Ilk), the transforming growth factorM-bM-^@M-^Sb family ligand inhibin bA, cyclooxygenase-2, and the epithelial cell adhesion molecule Tacstd2. It also contained gene signatures that predicted disease outcome in breast cancer patients. These results identify possible targets for treating breast cancer and lung metastases and provide a potential diagnostic tool for clinical use. All microarray experiments were performed by the personnel of the Genomics and Proteomics Unit of our Institution. Transcriptomal changes were determined using the Mouse Gene 1.0 ST arrays (Affymetrix). Two independent experiments were performed to identify the Vav2/Vav3-dependent transcriptome. In the first one, we compared the transcriptomes of Control, KD2/3(A) and KD2/3(B) to identify Vav family-dependent genes. In the second one, we compared the transcriptomes of KD2/3(A) and KD2/3+V2/3 cells. In all cases, total cellular RNA was extracted from three independent exponential cultures of the appropriate cell lines using the RNAeasy kit (Qiagen), quantified using 6000 Nano Chips (Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, CA), and used (2.3 M-NM-<g/sample) to generated labeled cRNA probes according to the manufacturerM-bM-^@M-^Ys instructions (Affymetrix). Upon microarray hybridization, the raw data was normalized, filtered and analyzed with the Bioconductor software (www.bioconductor.com) using the Affy and Siggenes applications. Generation of knockdown cell lines. The shRNA-mediated knockdown of transcripts for Vav2 and Vav3 was carried out using already packaged Mission TRC lentiviral particles (Sigma-Aldrich) according to the manufacturerM-bM-^@M-^Ys protocol. The catalogue numbers and shRNA sequences yielding the greatest knockdown were clone number TRC0000097094 (5M-bM-^@M-^Y-CCGGGCCTGCATCTCTGGTTTAGATCTCGAGATCTAA ACCAGAGATGCAGGCTTTTTG-3M-bM-^@M-^Y) for the mouse Vav2 mRNA; TRC0000097124 (5M-bM-^@M-^Y-CCGGCCAGCATTTCTCGTCTTAAATCTCGAGATTTAA GACGAGAAATGCTGGTTTTTG-3M-bM-^@M-^Y) for the mouse Vav3 mRNA. Lentiviral particles containing the empty pLOK.1puro vector (Sigma-Aldrich) were used to generate the M-bM-^@M-^\ControlM-bM-^@M-^] 4T1 cells used in these experiments. Cells were incubated with lentiviral particles in the presence of 8 M-NM-<g/ml polybrene (Sigma), selected with puromycin (1 M-NM-<g/ml; Sigma), and used as either pools or isolated clones. Two clones of double Vav2;Vav3 knockdown cells (designated KD2/A(A) and KD2/3 (B)) were used in these experiments. Generation of rescued 4T1 cell lines. To generate the rescued KD2/3(A) cell line expressing both Vav2 and Vav3, cells were first infected with lentiviral particles produced from the pCCM33 vector (encoding wild type, HA-tagged Vav2) and then with lentiviral particles containing the pCQS1 vector (encoding wild type, Myc-tagged Vav3). Cells were then selected with hygromycin (present in the Vav2-encoding pCCM33 vector) and susbsequently sorted by flow cytometry to isolate GFP positive cells (which was expressed bicistronically from the same Vav3-encoding pCQS1 vector). A clone of double reconstituted cells was used in the microarray experiments and designated as KD2/3+V2/V3.

Project description:ImportanceThere is consistent evidence of the association between ideal cardiovascular health and lower incident cardiovascular disease (CVD); however, most studies used a single measure of cardiovascular health.ObjectiveTo examine how cardiovascular health changes over time and whether these changes are associated with incident CVD.Design, setting, and participantsProspective cohort study in a UK general community (Whitehall II), with examinations of cardiovascular health from 1985/1988 (baseline) and every 5 years thereafter until 2015/2016 and follow-up for incident CVD until March 2017.ExposuresUsing the 7 metrics of the American Heart Association (nonsmoking; and ideal levels of body mass index, physical activity, diet, blood pressure, fasting blood glucose, and total cholesterol), participants with 0 to 2, 3 to 4, and 5 to 7 ideal metrics were categorized as having low, moderate, and high cardiovascular health. Change in cardiovascular health over 10 years between 1985/1988 and 1997/1999 was considered.Main outcome and measureIncident CVD (coronary heart disease and stroke).ResultsThe study population included 9256 participants without prior CVD (mean [SD] age at baseline, 44.8 [6.0] years; 2941 [32%] women), of whom 6326 had data about cardiovascular health change. Over a median follow-up of 18.9 years after 1997/1999, 1114 incident CVD events occurred. In multivariable analysis and compared with individuals with persistently low cardiovascular health (consistently low group, 13.5% of participants; CVD incident rate per 1000 person-years, 9.6 [95% CI, 8.4-10.9]), there was no significant association with CVD risk in the low to moderate group (6.8% of participants; absolute rate difference per 1000 person-years, -1.9 [95% CI, -3.9 to 0.1]; HR, 0.84 [95% CI, 0.66-1.08]), the low to high group, (0.3% of participants; absolute rate difference per 1000 person-years, -7.7 [95% CI, -11.5 to -3.9]; HR, 0.19 [95% CI, 0.03-1.35]), and the moderate to low group (18.0% of participants; absolute rate difference per 1000 person-years, -1.3 [95% CI, -3.0 to 0.3]; HR, 0.96 [95% CI, 0.80-1.15]). A lower CVD risk was observed in the consistently moderate group (38.9% of participants; absolute rate difference per 1000 person-years, -4.2 [95% CI, -5.5 to -2.8]; HR, 0.62 [95% CI, 0.53-0.74]), the moderate to high group (5.8% of participants; absolute rate difference per 1000 person-years, -6.4 [95% CI, -8.0 to -4.7]; HR, 0.39 [95% CI, 0.27-0.56]), the high to low group (1.9% of participants; absolute rate difference per 1000 person-years, -5.3 [95% CI, -7.8 to -2.8]; HR, 0.49 [95% CI, 0.29-0.83]), the high to moderate group (9.3% of participants; absolute rate difference per 1000 person-years, -4.5 [95% CI, -6.2 to -2.9]; HR, 0.66 [95% CI, 0.51-0.85]), and the consistently high group (5.5% of participants; absolute rate difference per 1000 person-years, -5.6 [95% CI, -7.4 to -3.9]; HR, 0.57 [95% CI, 0.40-0.80]).Conclusions and relevanceAmong a group of participants without CVD who received follow-up over a median 18.9 years, there was no consistent relationship between direction of change in category of a composite metric of cardiovascular health and risk of CVD.

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Association of VAV2 and VAV3 polymorphisms with cardiovascular risk factors.

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Association of VAV2 and VAV3 polymorphisms with cardiovascular risk factors.

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