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Pathogenesis of mitral valve disease in mucopolysaccharidosis VII dogs.

Abstract
Mucopolysaccharidosis VII (MPS VII) is due to the deficient activity of β-glucuronidase (GUSB) and results in the accumulation of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) in lysosomes and multisystemic disease with cardiovascular manifestations. The goal here was to determine the pathogenesis of mitral valve (MV) disease in MPS VII dogs. Untreated MPS VII dogs had a marked reduction in the histochemical signal for structurally-intact collagen in the MV at 6 months of age, when mitral regurgitation had developed. Electron microscopy demonstrated that collagen fibrils were of normal diameter, but failed to align into large parallel arrays. mRNA analysis demonstrated a modest reduction in the expression of genes that encode collagen or collagen-associated proteins such as the proteoglycan decorin which helps collagen fibrils assemble, and a marked increase for genes that encode proteases such as cathepsins. Indeed, enzyme activity for cathepsin B (CtsB) was 19-fold normal. MPS VII dogs that received neonatal intravenous injection of a gamma retroviral vector had an improved signal for structurally-intact collagen, and reduced CtsB activity relative to that seen in untreated MPS VII dogs. We conclude that MR in untreated MPS VII dogs was likely due to abnormalities in MV collagen structure. This could be due to upregulation of enzymes that degrade collagen or collagen-associated proteins, to the accumulation of GAGs that compete with proteoglycans such as decorin for binding to collagen, or to other causes. Further delineation of the etiology of abnormal collagen structure may lead to treatments that improve biomechanical properties of the MV and other tissues.
AuthorsPaul W Bigg, Guilherme Baldo, Meg M Sleeper, Patricia A O'Donnell, Hanqing Bai, Venkata R P Rokkam, Yuli Liu, Susan Wu, Roberto Giugliani, Margret L Casal, Mark E Haskins, Katherine P Ponder
JournalMolecular genetics and metabolism (Mol Genet Metab) Vol. 110 Issue 3 Pg. 319-28 (Nov 2013) ISSN: 1096-7206 [Electronic] United States
PMID23856419 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Copyright© 2013.
Chemical References
  • Glycosaminoglycans
  • Collagen
  • Peptide Hydrolases
Topics
  • Animals
  • Chordae Tendineae (metabolism)
  • Collagen (metabolism)
  • Dogs
  • Extracellular Matrix (genetics, metabolism)
  • Female
  • Glycosaminoglycans (metabolism)
  • Heart Valve Diseases (etiology, metabolism)
  • Male
  • Mitral Valve (metabolism, pathology)
  • Mucopolysaccharidosis VII (complications, metabolism)
  • Peptide Hydrolases (genetics, metabolism)
  • Signal Transduction

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