LEONARDO YUJI TANAKA
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Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/64, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina - Líder
LIM/64, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina - Líder
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- Evidence for a protective role of Protein Disulfide Isomerase-A1 against aortic dissection(2023) PORTO, Fernando Garcez; TANAKA, Leonardo Yuji; BESSA, Tiphany Coralie de; OLIVEIRA, Percillia Victoria Santos; SOUZA, Julia Martins Felipe de; KAJIHARA, Daniela; FERNANDES, Carolina Goncalves; SANTOS, Patricia Nolasco; LAURINDO, Francisco Rafael MartinsBackground and aims: Redox signaling is involved in the pathophysiology of aortic aneurysm/dissection. Protein Disulfide Isomerases and its prototype PDIA1 are thiol redox chaperones mainly from endoplasmic reticulum (ER), while PDIA1 cell surface pool redox-regulates thrombosis, cytoskeleton remodeling and integrin activation, which are mechanisms involved in aortic disease. Here we investigate the roles of PDIA1 in aortic dissection. Methods: Initially, we assessed the outcome of aortic aneurysm/dissection in transgenic PDIA1-overexpressing FVB mice using a model of 28-day exposure to lysyl oxidase inhibitor BAPN plus angiotensin-II infusion. In a second protocol, we assessed the effects of PDIA1 inhibitor isoquercetin (IQ) against aortic dissection in C57BL/6 mice exposed to BAPN for 28 days. Results: Transgenic PDIA1 overexpression associated with ca. 50% (p = 0.022) decrease (vs.wild-type) in mor-tality due to abdominal aortic rupture and protected against elastic fiber breaks in thoracic aorta. Conversely, exposure of mice to IQ increased thoracic aorta dissection-related mortality rates, from ca. 18%-50% within 28-days (p = 0.019); elastic fiber disruption and collagen deposition were also enhanced. The structurally-related compound diosmetin, which does not inhibit PDI, had negligible effects. In parallel, stretch-tension curves indicated that IQ amplified a ductile-type of biomechanical failure vs. control or BAPN-exposed mice aortas. IQ-induced effects seemed unassociated with nonspecific antioxidant effects or ER stress. In both models, echo-cardiographic analysis of surviving mice suggested that aortic rupture was dissociated from progressive dilatation. Conclusions: Our data indicate a protective role of PDIA1 against aortic dissection/rupture and potentially un-covers a novel integrative mechanism coupling redox and biomechanical homeostasis in vascular remodeling.
- Effects of static magnetic field on vascular function and structure and their potential implications with redox regulation of actin cytoskeleton(2023) MASSUCATTO, Ricardo; BAHARAMI, Abasalt; GUTIERRE, Lucas; AIELLO, Clarice; LAURINDO, Francisco R.; TANAKA, Leonardo