Endothelial cell senescence exacerbates pulmonary hypertension through Notch-mediated juxtacrine signaling
Ramadhiani, R.; Ikeda, K.; Miyagawa, K.; Ryanto, G. R. T.; Tamada, N.; Suzuki, Y.; Hirata, K.-i.; Emoto, N.
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Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a fatal disease characterized by pathological pulmonary artery remodeling. Endothelial cells (EC) injury including DNA damage is critically involved in the vascular remodeling in PAH, and persistent injury leads to cellular senescence in ECs. Here, we show that EC senescence exacerbates pulmonary hypertension through Notch-mediated juxtacrine signaling. EC-specific progeroid mice that we recently generated showed exacerbated pulmonary hypertension after chronic hypoxia exposure, accompanied by the enhanced pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells (PASMCs) proliferation in the distal pulmonary arteries. Mechanistically, we identified that senescent ECs highly expressed Notch ligands, and thus activated Notch signaling in PASMCs, leading to enhanced PASMCs proliferation and migration capacities. Consistently, pharmacological inhibition of Notch signaling attenuated the effects of senescent ECs on SMCs functions in vitro, and on the pulmonary hypertension in EC-specific progeroid mice in vivo. These data establish EC senescence as a crucial disease-modifying facor in PAH.
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