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Disparate Remodeling of the Extracellular Matrix and Proteoglycans in Failing Pediatric Versus Adult Hearts.

ABSTRACT: Background Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a common cause of heart failure in adult and pediatric patients, but the underlying mechanism may vary in adults and children, with few studies conducted to date. The objective of the present study was to determine whether differential remodeling of the extracellular matrix contributes to the differences between pediatric and adult DCM hearts. Methods and Results Explanted hearts were procured from adult (age, 46-61 years) and pediatric (age, 2-8) patients with DCM-related heart failure and nonfailing control hearts. Fibrillar and nonfibrillar extracellular matrix (proteoglycans, glycosaminoglycans, glycoprotein), their regulatory enzymes (matrix metalloproteinases, disintegrin and metalloproteinases, and disintegrin and metalloproteinases with a thrombospondin domain), and their inhibitors (tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases) were assessed. Pediatric DCM hearts exhibited less fibrosis compared with adult DCMs. Total glycosaminoglycans increased similarly in both DCM groups but exhibited a significantly lower affinity for transforming growth factor-β in adult DCMs versus pediatric DCMs, resulting in increased bioavailability of transforming growth factor-β1 and a significantly higher activity of the Smad2/3 pathway in adult DCMs. Glycosylated biglycan and versican, and cleaved thrombospondin-1 increased in both DCMs. Protein expression of disintegrin and metalloproteinases with thrombospondin domains (-1, -2, -4, -7) and disintegrin and metalloproteinases (-12, -15, -17, -19) were altered differently in pediatric and adult control and failing hearts. Total matrix metalloproteinase activity increased in both DCMs. Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase levels were altered similarly with heart failure in both age groups, and only tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 3 decreased in both DCM groups. Conclusions Differential remodeling of glycosaminoglycans in pediatric DCMs versus adult DCMs could underlie the enhanced activation of the transforming growth factor-β pathway, leading to more fibrosis in adult DCM hearts. The distinct remodeling of the fibrillar and nonfibrillar extracellular matrix between pediatric and adult DCM hearts highlights a distinct pathophysiological basis for these cohorts.

SUBMITTER: Jana S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6404896 | biostudies-other | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Disparate Remodeling of the Extracellular Matrix and Proteoglycans in Failing Pediatric Versus Adult Hearts.

Jana Sayantan S Zhang Hao H Lopaschuk Gary D GD Freed Darren H DH Sergi Consolato C Kantor Paul F PF Oudit Gavin Y GY Kassiri Zamaneh Z

Journal of the American Heart Association 20181001 19

Background Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a common cause of heart failure in adult and pediatric patients, but the underlying mechanism may vary in adults and children, with few studies conducted to date. The objective of the present study was to determine whether differential remodeling of the extracellular matrix contributes to the differences between pediatric and adult DCM hearts. Methods and Results Explanted hearts were procured from adult (age, 46-61 years) and pediatric (age, 2-8) patie ...[more]

PMID: 30371322

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Project description:Rationale: Cardiac extracellular matrix (ECM) comprises a dynamic molecular network providing structural support to heart tissue function. Understanding the impact of ECM remodeling on cardiac cells during heart failure (HF) is essential to prevent adverse ventricular remodeling and restore organ functionality in affected patients. Objectives: We aimed to (i) identify consistent modifications to cardiac ECM structure and mechanics that contribute to HF and (ii) determine the underlying molecular mechanisms. Methods and Results: We first performed decellularization of human and murine ECM (dECM) and then analyzed the pathological changes occurring in dECM during HF by atomic force (AFM), two-photon microscopy, high-resolution 3D image analysis and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation. We then performed molecular and functional assays in patient-derived cardiac fibroblasts (CFs) based on YAP-TEAD mechanosensing activity and collagen contraction assays. The analysis of HF dECM resulting from ischemic (IHD) or dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), as well as from mouse infarcted tissue, identified a common pattern of modifications in their 3D topography. As compared to healthy heart, HF ECM exhibited aligned, flat and compact fiber bundles, with reduced elasticity and organizational complexity. At the molecular level, RNA sequencing of HF CFs highlighted the overrepresentation of dysregulated genes involved in ECM organization, or being connected to TGFß1, Interleukin-1, TNF-alpha and BDNF signaling pathways. Functional tests performed on HF CFs pointed at mechanosensor YAP as a key player in ECM remodeling in the diseased heart via transcriptional activation of focal adhesion assembly. Finally, in vitro experiments clarified pathological cardiac ECM prevents cell homing, thus providing further hints to identify a possible window of action for cell therapy in cardiac diseases. Conclusions: Our multi-parametric approach has highlighted repercussions of ECM remodeling on cell homing, CF activation and focal adhesion protein expression via hyper-activated YAP signaling during HF. Key words: Decellularization, extracellular matrix, dilated cardiomyopathy, ischemic heart disease, YAP, dilated cardiomyopathy, mechanobiology.

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Disparate Remodeling of the Extracellular Matrix and Proteoglycans in Failing Pediatric Versus Adult Hearts.

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Disparate Remodeling of the Extracellular Matrix and Proteoglycans in Failing Pediatric Versus Adult Hearts.

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