• J. Heart Lung Transplant. · Mar 2017

    Abnormal pulmonary endothelial cells may underlie the enigmatic pathogenesis of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.

    • Olaf Mercier, Arthur Ataam Jennifer J Research and Innovation Unit, INSERM U999, DHU TORINO, Paris Sud University, Marie Lannelongue Hospital, Le Plessis Robinson, France., Nathaniel B Langer, Peter Dorfmüller, Lilia Lamrani, Florence Lecerf, Benoit Decante, Philippe Dartevelle, Saadia Eddahibi, and Elie Fadel.
    • Research and Innovation Unit, INSERM U999, DHU TORINO, Paris Sud University, Marie Lannelongue Hospital, Le Plessis Robinson, France; Departments of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery and Heart-Lung Transplantation, Marie Lannelongue Hospital, Le Plessis Robinson, France. Electronic address: o.mercier@ccml.fr.
    • J. Heart Lung Transplant. 2017 Mar 1; 36 (3): 305-314.

    BackgroundChronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension results from chronic mechanical obstruction of the pulmonary arteries after acute venous thromboembolism. However, the mechanisms that result in the progression from unresolved thrombus to fibrotic vascular remodeling are unknown. We hypothesized that pulmonary artery endothelial cells contribute to this phenomenon via paracrine growth factor and cytokine signaling.MethodsUsing enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and cell migration assays, we investigated the circulating growth factors and cytokines of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension patients as well as the cross talk between pulmonary endothelial cells and pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells and monocytes from patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension in vitro.ResultsCulture medium from the pulmonary endothelial cells of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension patients contained higher levels of growth factors (fibroblast growth factor 2), inflammatory cytokines (interleukin 1β, interleukin 6, monocyte chemoattractant protein 1), and cell adhesion molecules (vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 and intercellular adhesion molecule 1). Furthermore, exposure to the culture medium of pulmonary endothelial cells from patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension elicited marked pulmonary artery smooth muscle cell growth and monocyte migration.ConclusionsThese findings implicate pulmonary endothelial cells as key regulators of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cell and monocyte behavior in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension and suggest a potential mechanism for the progression from unresolved thrombus to fibrotic vascular remodeling.Copyright © 2017 International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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