Frataxin loss induces endothelial dysfunction to promote pulmonary hypertension
Frataxin loss induces endothelial dysfunction to promote pulmonary hypertension
批准号:
9756463
负责人:
Miranda Kay Culley
金额:
$5.0万
依托单位国家:
美国
项目类别:
财政年份:
2017
资助国家:
美国
项目状态:
已结题
起止时间:
2017-09-01 至 2021-08-31
关键词:
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Project Summary
Background: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a deadly disease of the lung vasculature with a complex
pathophysiology that remains largely undefined. My mentor’s laboratory established the microRNA-130/301
family as a mediator of PH development and defined a separate mechanism by which iron-sulfur (Fe-S) cluster
deficiency promotes PH. Fe-S clusters are bioinorganic cofactors essential to mitochondrial and cellular function.
Frataxin (FXN) is a mitochondrial protein crucial to Fe-S biogenesis. Loss of FXN due to a trinucleotide repeat
mutation causes Friedreich’s ataxia (FRDA), a disease characterized by neurologic dysfunction and hypertrophic
cardiomyopathy. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is often accompanied by PH, thought to be the result of left
ventricular stiffening rather than direct dysfunction of the pulmonary vessels. However, I have found that hypoxia,
a key trigger of PH, down-regulated FXN expression in pulmonary arterial endothelial cells. FXN was also
decreased in the pulmonary vasculature of mice and humans with PH. Consequently, such FXN deficiency
altered endothelial mitochondrial, vasomotor, apoptotic indices, thus leading to preliminary data regarding the
alteration of PH in vivo. Taken together, there may be a direct role for FXN in PH. Hypothesis: FXN deficiency,
induced by hypoxia or genetic mutation, disrupts endothelial metabolism and function to promote PH.
Specific Aims: 1) Determine whether hypoxic down-regulation of FXN is controlled by miR-130b. I have
found that the FXN transcript contains a possible binding site for the PH-relevant miR-130b. By gain- and loss-
of-function methods in pulmonary arterial endothelial cells, I will determine whether hypoxia-induced miR-130b
decreases FXN expression, thus defining a causative relationship among miR-130b, FXN, and Fe-S biogenesis.
2) Determine whether FXN loss attenuates mitochondrial respiration and endothelial function. In primary
endothelial cells and inducible pluripotent stem cell-derived endothelial cells (iPSC-ECs) from FRDA patients, I
will test the hypothesis that FXN deficiency induces Fe-S cluster-dependent mitochondrial dysfunction, resulting
in endothelial phenotypic changes (e.g., apoptosis, proliferation). If successful, findings could establish a key link
between hypoxia- or genetically-driven FXN loss and endothelial dysfunction consistent with PH.
3) Establish whether FXN loss and resulting mitochondrial dysfunction predisposes to PH in vivo. In a
tamoxifen-dependent endothelial cell FXN knockout mouse model, I will test the hypothesis that FXN deficiency
in the pulmonary endothelium promotes molecular, histologic, and hemodynamic changes consistent with PH. If
successful, these results will validate an integral and direct role for FXN in the development of PH.
Significance: This project is ideally structured to train me as a physician-scientist and bridge the gap between
basic science and clinical medicine. I aim to contribute to the currently deficient understanding of Fe-S assembly
proteins in endothelial function. I could also identify FXN as a key pathogenic factor in PH, offering the potential
of diagnosing FRDA patients at risk for PH and defining FXN as a new drug target to benefit all PH patients.
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Frataxin loss induces endothelial dysfunction to promote pulmonary hypertension
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批准号:9396442
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项目类别:
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资助金额:$4.9万
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财政年份:2017
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负责人:Miranda Kay Culley
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依托单位:
海外基金