Endothelial microparticles increase in mitral valve disease and impair mitral valve endothelial function

2013 ◽  
Vol 304 (7) ◽  
pp. E695-E702 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong-Bo Ci ◽  
Zhi-Jun Ou ◽  
Feng-Jun Chang ◽  
Dong-Hong Liu ◽  
Guo-Wei He ◽  
...  

Mitral valve endothelial cells are important for maintaining lifelong mitral valve integrity and function. Plasma endothelial microparticles (EMPs) increased in various pathological conditions related to activation of endothelial cells. However, whether EMPs will increase in mitral valve disease and their relationship remains unclear. Here, 81 patients with mitral valve disease and 45 healthy subjects were analyzed for the generation of EMPs by flow cytometry. Human mitral valve endothelial cells (HMVECs) were treated with EMPs. The phosphorylation of Akt and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), the association of eNOS and heat shock protein 90 (HSP90), and the generation of nitric oxide (NO) and superoxide anion (O2˙−) were measured. EMPs were increased significantly in patients with mitral valve disease compared with those in healthy subjects. EMPs were negatively correlated with mitral valve area in patients with isolated mitral stenosis. EMPs were significantly higher in the group with severe mitral regurgitation than those in the group with mild and moderate mitral regurgitation. Furthermore, EMPs were decreased dramatically in both Akt and eNOS phosphorylation and the association of HSP90 with eNOS in HMVECs. EMPs decreased NO production but increased O2˙− generation in HMVECs. Our data demonstrated that EMPs were significantly increased in patients with mitral valve disease. The increase of EMPs can in turn impair HMVEC function by inhibiting the Akt/eNOS-HSP90 signaling pathway. These findings suggest that EMPs may be a therapeutic target for mitral valve disease.

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Aniek L. van Wijngaarden ◽  
Boudewijn P. T. Kruithof ◽  
Tommaso Vinella ◽  
Daniela Q. C. M. Barge-Schaapveld ◽  
Nina Ajmone Marsan

Degenerative mitral valve disease causing mitral valve prolapse is the most common cause of primary mitral regurgitation, with two distinct phenotypes generally recognized with some major differences, i.e., fibroelastic deficiency (FED) and Barlow’s disease. The aim of this review was to describe the main histological, clinical and echocardiographic features of patients with FED and Barlow’s disease, highlighting the differences in diagnosis, risk stratification and patient management, but also the still significant gaps in understanding the exact pathophysiology of these two phenotypes.


2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-75
Author(s):  
Maria-Magdalena Gurzun ◽  
Monica Rosca ◽  
Andreea Calin ◽  
Carmen Beladan ◽  
Marinela Serban ◽  
...  

Myxomatous mitral valve disease (MVD) is a common disorder in which the entire mitral valve apparatus seems to be involved. Mitral valve repair is nowadays the method of choice for the correction of mitral regurgitation but the optimal shape and flexibility of the annuloplasty ring remain controversial. Considering that myxomatous MVD covers a wide spectrum from limited fi bro-elastic deficiency to extensive Barlow disease, we presume that the mitral annulus morphological and functional changes are likely different in different types of myxomatous MVD. We analyze the 3-dimensional geometry and the dynamics of the mitral annulus in 110 patients with significant mitral regurgitation due to different types of myxomatous mitral valve disease and 40 normal subjects using 3D transesophageal echocardiography. The mitral annulus differs in patients with limited MVD, extensive MVD and in normal controls in terms of size, shape, and dynamics. Patients with limited MVD have larger, flatter, dysfunctional and more mobile mitral annulus compared to normal, while patients with extensive MVD have even larger, fl atter and more dysfunctional mitral annulus, with reduced mobility. The non-planar dynamics has different patterns during systole, according to the extension of MV disease. Our data may be important for the appropriate choose of annuloplasty mitral annulus in mitral valve repair, the current trend being to choose the ring according to the underlying pathology.


2014 ◽  
Vol 199 (3) ◽  
pp. 348-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.J. Reimann ◽  
J.E. Møller ◽  
J. Häggström ◽  
B. Markussen ◽  
A.E.W. Holen ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 363-366
Author(s):  
Magdalena Garncarz ◽  
Marta Parzeniecka-Jaworska ◽  
Magdalena Hulanicka ◽  
Michał Jank ◽  
Olga Szaluś-Jordanow ◽  
...  

Abstract Introduction: Older small breed dogs are considered at risk for heart failure secondary to chronic mitral valve disease. However, few data are available on the onset of this disease in such dogs. This study was performed to determine if auscultation alone can be used to eliminate clinically relevant mitral valve regurgitation seen in echocardiography in Dachshund dogs. Material and Methods: Clinical and echocardiographic data were obtained from 107 dogs without heart murmurs. Results: The study revealed that 63.6% of the dogs had mitral regurgitation. Numbers increased with age and a larger percentage of male Dachshunds were affected than female Dachshunds. Mitral valve prolapse and thickening were mild, and the regurgitant area inextensive in most dogs. Conclusions: The study shows that mitral valve regurgitation is prevalent (63.6%) in Dachshunds without heart murmurs. Typical lesions often become apparent during echocardiographic examinations in dogs under 5 years of age.


Author(s):  
Shaun Robinson ◽  
Liam Ring ◽  
Daniel X Augustine ◽  
Sushma Rekhraj ◽  
David Oxborough ◽  
...  

Mitral valve disease is common. Mitral regurgitation is the second most frequent indication for valve surgery in Europe and despite the decline of rheumatic fever in western societies, mitral stenosis of any aetiology is a regular finding in all echo departments. Mitral valve disease is therefore one of the most common pathologies encountered by echocardiographers, as both a primary indication for echocardiography and a secondary finding when investigating other cardiovascular disease processes. Transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE) play a crucial role in the assessment of mitral valve disease and are essential to identifying the aetiology, mechanism and severity of disease and for helping determine the appropriate timing and method of intervention. This guideline, from the British Society of Echocardiography (BSE), describes the assessment of mitral regurgitation and mitral stenosis and replaces previous BSE guidelines describing the echocardiographic assessment of mitral anatomy prior to mitral valve repair surgery and percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty. It provides a comprehensive description of the imaging techniques (and their limitations) employed in the assessment of mitral valve disease. It describes a step-wise approach to identifying: aetiology and mechanism, disease severity, reparability and secondary effects on chamber geometry, function and pressures. Advanced echocardiographic techniques are described for both transthoracic and transoesophageal modalities, including TOE and exercise testing.


Kardiologiia ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 11_2015 ◽  
pp. 53-60
Author(s):  
V.M. Nazarov Nazarov ◽  
A.V. Afanasyev Afanasyev ◽  
S.I. Zheleznev Zheleznev ◽  
A.V. Bogachev-Prokophiev Bogachev-Prokophiev ◽  
I.I. Demin Demin ◽  
...  

2009 ◽  
Vol 296 (1) ◽  
pp. C182-C192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumathy Mohan ◽  
Ryszard Konopinski ◽  
Bo Yan ◽  
Victoria E. Centonze ◽  
Mohan Natarajan

A decline in the bioavailability of nitric oxide (NO) that causes endothelial dysfunction is a hallmark of diabetes. The availability of NO to the vasculature is regulated by endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) activity and the involvement of heat shock protein-90 (Hsp-90) in the regulation of eNOS activity has been demonstrated. Hsp-90 has been shown to interact with upstream kinases [inhibitor κB kinases (IKK)α, β, and γ] in nonvascular cells. In this study, we have investigated the interaction of Hsp-90-IKKβ in endothelial cells under conditions of high glucose (HG) as a possible mechanism that diminishes Hsp-90-eNOS interaction, which could contribute to reduced bioavailability of NO. We report for the first time that IKKβ interacts with Hsp-90, and this interaction is augmented by HG in vascular endothelial cells. HG also augments transcriptional (3.5 ± 0.65-fold) and translational (1.97 ± 0.17-fold) expression as well as the catalytic activity of IKKβ (2.45 ± 0.4-fold). Both IKKβ and eNOS could be coimmunoprecipitated with Hsp-90. Inhibition of Hsp-90 with geldanamycin (2 μM) or Radicicol (20 μM) mitigated (0.45 ± 0.04-fold and 0.93 ± 0.16-fold, respectively) HG induced-IKKβ activity (2.5 ± 0.42-fold). Blocking of IKKβ expression by IKK inhibitor II (15 μM wedelolactone) or small interferring RNA (siRNA) improved Hsp-90-eNOS interaction and NO production under conditions of HG. These results illuminate a possible mechanism for the declining eNOS activity reported under conditions of HG.


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