Expression of adrenomedullin in human epicardial adipose tissue: role of coronary status
- 1 November 2007
- journal article
- Published by American Physiological Society in American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism
- Vol. 293 (5), E1443-E1450
- https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpendo.00273.2007
Abstract
Epicardial white adipose tissue (eWAT) is in close contact with coronary vessels and therefore could alter coronary homeostasis. Adrenomedullin (AM) is a potent vasodilatator and antioxidative peptide which has been shown to play a cytoprotective role in experimental models of acute myocardial infarction. We studied, using immunohistochemistry and qRT-PCR, the expression of AM and its receptors calcitonin receptor-like receptor (CRLR), and receptor activity-modifying protein (RAMP)2 and -3 in paired biopsies of subcutaneous WAT (sWAT) and eWAT obtained from patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) or without CAD (NCAD). In eWAT obtained from NCAD or CAD patients, immunoreactivity for AM, CRLR, and RAMP2 and -3 was detected in blood vessel walls and isolated stromal cells close to adipocytes. Some of the AM positive stromal cells colocalized CD68 immunoreactivity. eWAT from CAD patients showed increased AM immunoreactivity and AM gene expression. CRLR mRNA levels were comparable in sWAT of both groups and decreased by 40–50% in eWAT, irrespectively of the coronary status. RAMP2 mRNA concentrations did not change while RAMP3 mRNA levels increased in sWAT from CAD patients. There was a positive linear relationship between eWAT 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 mRNA (11β-HSD-1, the enzyme that converts inactive to active glucocorticoids) and AM mRNA. In conclusion, we demonstrate that AM and its receptors are expressed in eWAT. Our data suggest that eWAT AM, which could originate from macrophages, is related to 11β-HSD-1 expression. AM synthesis, which is increased in eWAT during chronic CAD in humans, can play a cardioprotective role.Keywords
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