Reversal of pulmonary veno-occlusive disease phenotypes by inhibition of the integrated stress response

Abstract Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD) is a rare form of pulmonary hypertension arising from EIF2AK4 gene mutations or mitomycin C (MMC) administration. The lack of effective PVOD therapies is compounded by a limited understanding of the mechanisms driving the vascular remodeling in PVOD. We show that the administration of MMC in rats mediates the activation of protein kinase R (PKR) and the integrated stress response (ISR), which lead to the release of the endothelial adhesion molecule VE-Cadherin in the complex with Rad51 to the circulation, disruption of endothelial barrier, and vascular remodeling. Pharmacological inhibition of PKR or ISR attenuates the depletion of VE-Cadherin, elevation of vascular permeability, and vascular remodeling instigated by MMC, suggesting potential clinical intervention for PVOD. Finally, the severity of PVOD phenotypes was increased by a heterozygousBMPR2mutation that truncates the carboxyl tail of BMPR2, underscoring the role of deregulated BMP signal in the development of PVOD..

Medienart:

Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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bioRxiv.org - (2023) vom: 29. Nov. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Prabhakar, Amit [VerfasserIn]
Kumar, Rahul [VerfasserIn]
Wadhwa, Meetu [VerfasserIn]
Ghatpande, Prajakta [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Jingkun [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Ziwen [VerfasserIn]
Lizama, Carlos O. [VerfasserIn]
Kharbikar, Bhushan N. [VerfasserIn]
Gräf, Stefan [VerfasserIn]
Treacy, Carmen M. [VerfasserIn]
Morrell, Nicholas W. [VerfasserIn]
Graham, Brian B. [VerfasserIn]
Lagna, Giorgio [VerfasserIn]
Hata, Akiko [VerfasserIn]

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Biology

doi:

10.1101/2023.11.27.568924

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XBI041684230