S-adenosylmethionine attenuates angiotensin II-induced aortic dissection formation by inhibiting vascular smooth muscle cell phenotypic switch and autophagy

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It is well known that aortic dissection (AD) is a very aggressive class of vascular diseases. S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) is an autophagy inhibitor with anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative stress effects; however, the role of SAM in AD is unknown. In this study, we constructed an animal model of AD using subcutaneous minipump continuous infusion of AngII-induced ApoE-/-mice and a cytopathic model using AngII-induced primary vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) to investigate the possible role of SAM in AD. The results showed that mice in the AngII + SAM group had significantly lower AD incidence, significantly prolonged survival, and reduced vascular elastic fiber disruption compared with mice in the AngII group. In addition, SAM significantly inhibited autophagy in vivo and in vitro. Meanwhile, SAM also inhibited the cellular phenotypic switch, mainly by up regulating the expression levels of contractile marker proteins [α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) and smooth muscle 22α (SM22α)] and down regulating the expression levels of synthetic marker proteins [osteoblast protein (OPN), matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP2), and matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP9)]. Molecularly, SAM inhibited AD formation mainly by activating the PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway. Using a PI3K inhibitor (LY294002) significantly reversed the protective effect of SAM in AngII-induced mice and VSMCs.Our study demonstrates the protective effect of SAM on mice under AngII-induced AD for the first time. SAM prevented AD formation mainly by inhibiting cellular phenotypic switch and autophagy, and activation of the PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway is a possible molecular mechanism. Thus, SAM may be a novel strategy for the treatment of AD.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:219

Enthalten in:

Biochemical pharmacology - 219(2024) vom: 07. Jan., Seite 115967

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Shen, Xiaoyan [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Xiaoping [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Qi [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Feng [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Yuanyang [VerfasserIn]
Yuan, Shun [VerfasserIn]
Xing, Kai [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xu [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Qingyi [VerfasserIn]
Li, Bowen [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Zhiwei [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

11128-99-7
7LP2MPO46S
Angiotensin II
Aortic dissection
Autophagy
EC 2.7.1.-
EC 2.7.11.1
EC 3.4.24.24
Journal Article
Matrix Metalloproteinase 2
PI3K/AKT/mTOR
Phenotypic switch
Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
S-Adenosylmethionine
TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases

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Date Completed 26.12.2023

Date Revised 28.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.bcp.2023.115967

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM36556124X