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Elevated concentration of soluble vascular endothelial cadherin is associated with coronary atherosclerosis.

AbstractBACKGROUND:
Vascular endothelial (VE)-cadherin, a Ca(2+)-dependent cell adhesion molecule, is expressed in atherosclerotic lesions by endothelial cells and is associated with neovascularization, although the relationship between circulating VE-cadherin and coronary artery disease has not been studied.
METHODS AND RESULTS:
The plasma concentration of VE-cadherin was measured in peripheral blood (femoral artery) and the coronary sinus of 24 patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), 26 with stable angina pectoris (AP), 18 with old myocardial infarction (OMI), and 30 control subjects (Control) who had no coronary artery stenosis on angiography. For the patients with AMI, blood samples were obtained in the acute (day 1) and chronic (day 21) phases. The plasma concentration of VE-cadherin was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The correlation between the plasma VE-cadherin concentration and the Gensini score was also determined as an index of the severity of coronary atherosclerosis. The plasma concentrations of VE-cadherin (ng/ml) in both the peripheral and coronary sinus blood were higher in patients with AMI, AP, and OMI than in the control subjects, and were similar in the 3 groups with coronary artery disease (femoral artery: AMI 5.1+/-2.5, AP 4.7+/-2.4, OMI 4.5+/-3.3, Control 2.6+/-2.3; coronary sinus: AMI 5.6+/-2.6, AP 5.0+/-2.3, OMI 5.0+/-2.9, Control 2.4+/-2.1, respectively). Plasma VE-cadherin concentrations were higher in the coronary sinus than peripheral blood samples in patients with AMI (p<0.01), AP (p<0.01), and OMI (p<0.05). The plasma VE-cadherin concentration was the same in the acute and chronic phases in patients with AMI. In the 3 groups of patients with coronary disease, both the peripheral plasma VE-cadherin concentration and the coronary sinus concentration correlated with the Gensini score (r=0.32, p<0.01 and r=0.42, p<0.001, respectively). Multiple regression analysis revealed that the plasma VE-cadherin concentration predicted the Gensini score independently of sex, age, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, smoking, and the lipid profiles.
CONCLUSION:
Increased secretion of VE-cadherin from the epicardial arteries is associated with the degree of coronary atherosclerosis, indicating the presence of atherosclerosis rather than disease activity.
AuthorsTakeshi Soeki, Yoshiyuki Tamura, Hisanori Shinohara, Koichi Sakabe, Yukiko Onose, Nobuo Fukuda
JournalCirculation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society (Circ J) Vol. 68 Issue 1 Pg. 1-5 (Jan 2004) ISSN: 1346-9843 [Print] Japan
PMID14695457 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Antigens, CD
  • Cadherins
  • cadherin 5
Topics
  • Aged
  • Angina Pectoris (blood)
  • Antigens, CD
  • Cadherins (blood)
  • Coronary Artery Disease (blood)
  • Endothelium, Vascular
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Infarction (blood)
  • Reference Values
  • Regression Analysis

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