Elevated renalase levels in patients with acute coronary microvascular dysfunction - A possible biomarker for ischemia.
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ABSTRACT: AIMS:We explored the relationship between inflammation, renalase an anti-inflammatory protein, and acute chest pain with coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD). METHODS AND RESULTS:We used cardiac Rb-82 PET/CT imaging to diagnose coronary artery disease (CAD/CALC) (defect or coronary calcification) and CMD (depressed coronary flow reserve without CAD) in patients with chest pain in an emergency department (ED). Blood samples were collected pre-imaging within 24?h of ED presentation and were analyzed for renalase and inflammatory markers including C-reactive protein, interleukins, interferon gamma, tumor necrosis factor, vascular endothelial growth factor, and metalloproteinases. Exclusions were age ?30?years, myocardial infarction, hemodynamic instability, hypertensive crisis, heart failure or dialysis. Between 6/2014 and 11/2015, 80 patients undergoing PET/CT provided blood and were categorized as normal (18%), CAD/CALC (27%) and CMD (55%). Median renalase values were highest in patients with CMD (5503?ng/ml; IQR 3070) compared to patients with normal flows (4266?ng/ml; IQR 1503; p?=?0.02) or CAD/CALC (4069?ng/ml IQR 1850; p?=?0.004). CMD patients had similar median values for inflammatory markers as normal patients (p?>?0.05). Renalase remained an independent predictor of CMD (OR 1.34; 95% CI?=?1.1-1.7, per 1000?ng/ml) after adjustment for smoking, family history, obesity and Framingham risk score. In a model for CMD diagnosis with Framingham risk score, typical angina history and CRP, renalase improved discrimination from C-statistic?=?0.60 (95% CI 0.47, 0.73) to 0.70 (95% CI, 0.59-0.82). CONCLUSION:We found elevated renalase in response to ischemia from acute CMD. Its role as a biomarker needs validation in larger trials.
SUBMITTER: Safdar B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6482834 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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