The Etiological Heterogeneity of Bicuspid Aortopathy between Ascending and Root Morphotype
- 1 January 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Forum Multimedia Publishing LLC in The Heart Surgery Forum
- Vol. 23 (6), E913-E919
- https://doi.org/10.1532/hsf.3333
Abstract
Background: Valve-related hemodynamics and intrinsically regulated matrix proteases are 2 determined pathogenetic factors associated with medial elastin degeneration in bicuspid aortopathy. This study analyzed the association between elastic fiber deterioration and the 2 pathogenetic factors in ascending and root morphotypes, aiming to elucidate the etiological heterogeneity between the 2 morphotypes. Methods: Four-dimensional flow cardiac magnetic resonance was used to measure the regional wall shear stress (WSS) on the ascending aorta, and matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) expression was assessed by immunoblotting. After histopathology analysis of aortic tissue, we assessed whether elevated regional WSS and increased MMP expression corresponded with medial elastin thinning. Results: Increased regional WSS corresponded with medial elastin thinning in both morphotypes. Increased expression of different MMP isoforms corresponded with medial elastin degeneration in bicuspid aortopathy. The significantly increased expression of MMP-2 corresponded with a decrease of elastic fiber thickness in the ascending morphotype (P = .046), whereas elastic fiber thinning was associated with high levels of MMP-3 expression (P = .012) in the root morphotype. No association was observed between regional WSS and MMP expression. Conclusion: There is no difference in the effect of valve-related hemodynamics between ascending and root morphotype, and MMPs are not involved in the process of elastic fiber degeneration induced by increased WSS. The increased expression of different MMP isoforms was observed in the context of elastic fiber degeneration between the 2 morphotypes, implying that heterogeneity between them is revealed in the different intrinsic pathway of medial elastin degradation.This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit:
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