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Title: | Progenitor cell mobilisation and recruitment in pulmonary arteries in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
Author: | Tura-Ceide, Olga Pizarro, Sandra Garcia-Lucio, Jéssica Ramírez Ruz, J. (José) Molins López-Rodó, Laureano Blanco Vich, Isabel Torralba, Yolanda Sitges Carreño, Marta Bonjoch, Cristina Peinado Cabré, Víctor Ivo Barberà i Mir, Joan Albert |
Keywords: | Malalties pulmonars obstructives cròniques Endoteli Malalties vasculars Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases Endothelium Vascular diseases |
Issue Date: | 16-Apr-2019 |
Publisher: | BioMed Central |
Abstract: | BACKGROUND: Pulmonary vascular abnormalities are a characteristic feature of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Cigarette smoking is the most important risk factor for COPD. It is believed that its constant exposure triggers endothelial cell damage and vascular remodelling. Under pathological conditions, progenitor cells (PCs) are mobilized from the bone marrow and recruited to sites of vascular injury. The aim of the study was to investigate whether in COPD the number of circulating PCs is related to the presence of bone marrow-derived cells in pulmonary arteries and the association of these phenomena to both systemic and pulmonary endothelial dysfunction. METHODS: Thirty-nine subjects, 25 with COPD, undergoing pulmonary resection because of a localized carcinoma, were included. The number of circulating PCs was assessed by flow cytometry using a triple combination of antibodies against CD45, CD133 and CD34. Infiltrating CD45+ cells were identified by immunohistochemistry in pulmonary arteries. Endothelial function in systemic and pulmonary arteries was measured by flow-mediated dilation and adenosine diphosphate-induced vasodilation, respectively. RESULTS: COPD patients had reduced numbers of circulating PCs (p < 0.05) and increased numbers of CD45+ cells (< 0.05) in the pulmonary arterial wall than non-COPD subjects, being both findings inversely correlated (r = - 0.35, p < 0.05). In pulmonary arteries, the number of CD45+ cells correlated with the severity of vascular remodelling (r = 0.4, p = 0.01) and the endothelium-dependent vasodilation (r = - 0.3, p = 0.05). Systemic endothelial function was unrelated to the number of circulating PCs and changes in pulmonary vessels. CONCLUSION: In COPD, the decrease of circulating PCs is associated with their recruitment in pulmonary arteries, which in turn is associated with endothelial dysfunction and vessel remodelling, suggesting a mechanistic link between these phenomena. Our findings are consistent with the notion of an imbalance between endothelial damage and repair capacity in the pathogenesis of pulmonary vascular abnormalities in COPD. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12931-019-1024-z |
It is part of: | Respiratory Research, 2019, vol. 20, num. 1, p. 74 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/141667 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12931-019-1024-z |
ISSN: | 1465-9921 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (IDIBAPS: Institut d'investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer) Articles publicats en revistes (Fonaments Clínics) |
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