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Arterial Calcification and
Arterial Stiffness
Alberto Avolio
Department of Biomedical SciencesFaculty of Medicine and Health SciencesMacquarie UniversitySydney, Australia
Sydney, Australia.
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Arterial Calcification
Can arterial calcification be a treatment target for arterial stiffness ?
Arterial Calcification
• Intimal calcification
• Medial calcification
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Persy V and D’Hasse P. Trends in Molecular Medicine, 2009; 15(9): 405-416
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INTIMAL and MEDIAL Calcification
Arterial Calcification
• Mechanisms for deposition of calcium in arteries are similar to mechanisms for bone formation.
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• The vasculature - second most calcified structure in humans after the skeleton
Arterial Calcification
1500 Benivieni &Falopio ..“degeneration of arteries into bone”
1863 Virchow Described vascular changes as “ossification” (rather than ‘calcification’)
1906 Buntin Demonstration of bone marrow in sclerotic aorta
Santos et al, Clin Med Insights: Endocrinol Diabetes 2012;5:47-54
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Pathways and mediators involved in vascular calcification and the calcification paradox
Persy V and D’Hasse P. Trends in Molecular Medicine, 2009; 15(9): 405-416
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FINDNGS:
Association between increased arterial stiffness (PWV) and arterial calcification (detected by CT) - explained by a common genetic etiology - independent of noncalcified atheromatous plaque - independent of bone mineral density
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Atkinson J et al Am J Physiol 1994;266:H540-547
Carotid Artery Compliance
Control
VDN
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mmHg
Pres1
2
6
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ECG
(PE, 50ug/min; SNP, 10ug/min)
a b
a
bPPA
LPWV
t
tTransducer 2
Transducer 1
Catheter 1
Catheter 2
Drug infusion
Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity in Rat Models
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Sodium nitroprussidephynelephrine
P1, m
mH
gP2
, mm
Hg
HR,
bpm
PWV,
m/s
ec
Time, sec
Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity in Rat Models
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Thoracic Aorta Abdominal Aorta
Calcification
Calcification
Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity in Rat Models
Aortic calcificaton induced by Nicotine and Vitamin D
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Wall Area
Elastic Modulus
Wall Stress
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Thoracic Aorta Abdominal Aorta
: (a,b) Wall stress (106dyne/cm2), (c,d) elastic modulus (106dyne/cm2) and (e,f) elastic modulus/wall stress of the thoracic (a,c,e) and abdominal (b,d,f) aorta in WKY (white column), VDN (grey column) and SHR (black column). * P<0.05.
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Ng K, Hildreth CM, Phillips JK, Avolio AP Aortic stiffness is associated with vascular calcification and remodeling in a chronic kidney disease rat model.
Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2011; 300: F1431–F1436
Arterial calcification and stiffness
Chronic Kidney Disease Rat Model (*)
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(*) Rat model: Lewis Polycystic Kidney (LPK) ]
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Ng K et al. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2011; 300: F1431–F1436
LKP• Increased isobaric pulse wave velocity ~ 30%• Increased aortic calcification ~ 600%• Decreased elastin lamella density • Decreased interlamellar elastin• Increased smooth muscle cell density• Reduced size of smooth muscle cell nucleus
Lewis Polycystic Kidney (LPK) Disease Rat Model
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Ng K et al. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2011; 300: F1431–F1436
Ng K, Hildreth CM, Avolio AP, Phillips JK.
Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor limits pulse-wave velocity and aortic calcification in a rat model of cystic renal disease.
Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2011; 301: F959–F966
Arterial calcification and stiffness - Treatment
Blunted by ACE inhibition (Perindopril)
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Ng K et al. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2011; 301: F959–F966
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Ng K et al. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2011; 301: F959–F966
Control Perindopril
Wall Area
Calcification Wall Stiffness
Effect of ACE Inhibition
Elastin density
[ treatment 6-12 weeks ]
ACEi and pressure–dependent PWV in LKP rat aorta
30 %
~ 70 mmHg
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Ng K et al. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2011; 301: F959–F966
Arterial calcification and stiffness
Affected by Renin-Angiotensin System?
Vascular calcification inhibited by preventing vascular osteogenesis
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Atkinson J. J Appl Physiol 2008;105:1643-1651
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Avolio A. Arterial Stiffness . Pulse 2013;1:14-28
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NO-related Mechanisms of Arterial Stiffness
D. Berkowitz, Jonhs Hopkins University
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D. Berkowitz, Jonhs Hopkins University
Studies of NOS and TG2 in knockout mice models
TG2 activity
Pulse Wave Velocity
Arterial Compliance
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Studies of NOS and TG2 in aging rat models
D. Berkowitz, Jonhs Hopkins University
TG2 activity
E : endothelium
TG2 S-Nitrosylation
Reduction of PWV with TG2 Inhibitor
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Increase of TG2 activity with age in human aorta
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1. Arterial Calcification
2. Nitric Oxide and alteration of extracellular matrix
Two mechanisms of cellular and molecular factors of arterial stiffness :
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1. Arterial Calcification
2. Nitric Oxide and alteration of extracellular matrix
Two mechanisms of cellular and molecular factors of arterial stiffness :
Question: Any possible connection ?
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1. Arterial Calcification
2. Nitric Oxide and alteration of extracellular matrix
Two mechanisms of cellular and molecular factors of arterial stiffness :
Answer: Tissue transglutaminase (TG2) ?
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Johnson KA et al , Circ Res, 2008;102:529-537
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Johnson KA et al , Circ Res, 2008;102:529-537
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Van Bavel E , Bakker E , Circ Res, 2008;102:507-509
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Vascular Effects of BiophosphonatesBiophosphonates used in treating osteoporosis; act on body’s source of hydroxyapatite - skeleton
Santos LL et al, Vascular effects of bisphosphonates-a systematic review. Clin Med Insights Endocrinol Diabetes. 2012;5:47-54
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ConclusionCan arterial calcification be a treatment target for arterial stiffness ?
Experimental data aimed at uncovering basic mechanisms of arterial calcification and arterial stiffness indicates potential pathways.
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