Circulating Endothelial Cells in Refractory Pulmonary Hypertension in Children: Markers of Treatment Efficacy and Clinical Worsening
Identifieur interne : 001C12 ( Pmc/Checkpoint ); précédent : 001C11; suivant : 001C13Circulating Endothelial Cells in Refractory Pulmonary Hypertension in Children: Markers of Treatment Efficacy and Clinical Worsening
Auteurs : Marilyne Levy [France] ; Damien Bonnet [France] ; Laetitia Mauge [France] ; David S. Celermajer [Australie] ; Pascale Gaussem [France] ; David M. Smadja [France]Source :
- PLoS ONE [ 1932-6203 ] ; 2013.
Abstract
Pulmonary vasodilators in general and prostacyclin analogues in particular have improved the outcome of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Endothelial dysfunction is a key feature of PAH and we previously described that circulating endothelial cell (CEC) level could be used as a biomarker of endothelial dysfunction in PAH. We now hypothesized that an efficient PAH-specific vasodilator therapy might decrease CEC level.
CECs were prospectively quantified by immunomagnetic separation with mAb CD146-coated beads in peripheral blood from children with idiopathic PAH (iPAH, n = 30) or PAH secondary to congenital heart disease (PAH-CHD, n = 30): before, after treatment and during follow up. Controls were 23 children with reversible PAH. Oral treatment with endothelin receptor antagonists (ERA) and/or phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors (PDE5) significantly reduced CEC counts in children. In 10 children with refractory PAH despite oral combination therapy, subcutaneous (SC) treprostinil was added and we observed a significant decrease in CEC counts during the first month of such treatment. CECs were quantified during a 6 to 36 month-follow-up after initiation of SC treprostinil and we found that CEC counts changed over time, with rising counts always preceding clinical deterioration.
CECs might be useful as a biomarker during follow-up of pediatric iPAH and PAH-CHD to assess response to treatment and to anticipate clinical worsening.
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065114
PubMed: 23762293
PubMed Central: 3677895
Affiliations:
- Australie, France
- Nouvelle-Galles du Sud, Île-de-France
- Paris, Sydney
- Université Paris-Descartes, Université de Sydney
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<p>Pulmonary vasodilators in general and prostacyclin analogues in particular have improved the outcome of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Endothelial dysfunction is a key feature of PAH and we previously described that circulating endothelial cell (CEC) level could be used as a biomarker of endothelial dysfunction in PAH. We now hypothesized that an efficient PAH-specific vasodilator therapy might decrease CEC level.</p>
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<p>CECs were prospectively quantified by immunomagnetic separation with mAb CD146-coated beads in peripheral blood from children with idiopathic PAH (iPAH, n = 30) or PAH secondary to congenital heart disease (PAH-CHD, n = 30): before, after treatment and during follow up. Controls were 23 children with reversible PAH. Oral treatment with endothelin receptor antagonists (ERA) and/or phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors (PDE5) significantly reduced CEC counts in children. In 10 children with refractory PAH despite oral combination therapy, subcutaneous (SC) treprostinil was added and we observed a significant decrease in CEC counts during the first month of such treatment. CECs were quantified during a 6 to 36 month-follow-up after initiation of SC treprostinil and we found that CEC counts changed over time, with rising counts always preceding clinical deterioration.</p>
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<p>CECs might be useful as a biomarker during follow-up of pediatric iPAH and PAH-CHD to assess response to treatment and to anticipate clinical worsening.</p>
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<subj-group><subject>Cardiovascular</subject>
<subj-group><subject>Cardiovascular Pharmacology</subject>
<subject>Heart Failure</subject>
<subject>Interventional Cardiology</subject>
<subject>Pediatric Cardiology</subject>
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<subj-group><subject>Diagnostic Medicine</subject>
<subj-group><subject>Pathology</subject>
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<alt-title alt-title-type="running-head">CEC in Pediatric Refractory Pulmonary Hypertension</alt-title>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"><sup>2</sup>
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<aff id="aff1"><label>1</label>
<addr-line>Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff2"><label>2</label>
<addr-line>AP-HP, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Centre de Référence Malformations Cardiaques Congénitales Complexes (M3C), Paris, France</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff3"><label>3</label>
<addr-line>Inserm UMR-S765, Faculté de Pharmacie, Paris, France</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff4"><label>4</label>
<addr-line>AP-HP, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Service d’hématologie Biologique, Paris, France</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff5"><label>5</label>
<addr-line>Sydney Medical Schools, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia</addr-line>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="editor"><name><surname>West</surname>
<given-names>James</given-names>
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<aff id="edit1"><addr-line>Vanderbilt University Medical Center, United States of America</addr-line>
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<author-notes><corresp id="cor1">* E-mail: <email>david.smadja@egp.aphp.fr</email>
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<fn fn-type="conflict"><p><bold>Competing Interests: </bold>
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.</p>
</fn>
<fn fn-type="con"><p>Conceived and designed the experiments: ML DMS. Performed the experiments: DMS LM. Analyzed the data: ML DMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ML DMS DB PG DSC. Wrote the paper: DMS.</p>
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<pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2013</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>10</day>
<month>6</month>
<year>2013</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>8</volume>
<issue>6</issue>
<elocation-id>e65114</elocation-id>
<history><date date-type="received"><day>11</day>
<month>2</month>
<year>2013</year>
</date>
<date date-type="accepted"><day>22</day>
<month>4</month>
<year>2013</year>
</date>
</history>
<permissions><copyright-year>2013</copyright-year>
<copyright-holder>Levy et al</copyright-holder>
<license><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.</license-p>
</license>
</permissions>
<abstract><sec><title>Background</title>
<p>Pulmonary vasodilators in general and prostacyclin analogues in particular have improved the outcome of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Endothelial dysfunction is a key feature of PAH and we previously described that circulating endothelial cell (CEC) level could be used as a biomarker of endothelial dysfunction in PAH. We now hypothesized that an efficient PAH-specific vasodilator therapy might decrease CEC level.</p>
</sec>
<sec><title>Methods/Results</title>
<p>CECs were prospectively quantified by immunomagnetic separation with mAb CD146-coated beads in peripheral blood from children with idiopathic PAH (iPAH, n = 30) or PAH secondary to congenital heart disease (PAH-CHD, n = 30): before, after treatment and during follow up. Controls were 23 children with reversible PAH. Oral treatment with endothelin receptor antagonists (ERA) and/or phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors (PDE5) significantly reduced CEC counts in children. In 10 children with refractory PAH despite oral combination therapy, subcutaneous (SC) treprostinil was added and we observed a significant decrease in CEC counts during the first month of such treatment. CECs were quantified during a 6 to 36 month-follow-up after initiation of SC treprostinil and we found that CEC counts changed over time, with rising counts always preceding clinical deterioration.</p>
</sec>
<sec><title>Conclusion</title>
<p>CECs might be useful as a biomarker during follow-up of pediatric iPAH and PAH-CHD to assess response to treatment and to anticipate clinical worsening.</p>
</sec>
</abstract>
<funding-group><funding-statement>This work was supported by research grants from INSERM, Leg Poix (Paris, France) andARCFA (Association pour la Recherche en Cardiologie du Foetus à l'Adulte). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.</funding-statement>
</funding-group>
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</counts>
</article-meta>
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<affiliations><list><country><li>Australie</li>
<li>France</li>
</country>
<region><li>Nouvelle-Galles du Sud</li>
<li>Île-de-France</li>
</region>
<settlement><li>Paris</li>
<li>Sydney</li>
</settlement>
<orgName><li>Université Paris-Descartes</li>
<li>Université de Sydney</li>
</orgName>
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<name sortKey="Gaussem, Pascale" sort="Gaussem, Pascale" uniqKey="Gaussem P" first="Pascale" last="Gaussem">Pascale Gaussem</name>
<name sortKey="Gaussem, Pascale" sort="Gaussem, Pascale" uniqKey="Gaussem P" first="Pascale" last="Gaussem">Pascale Gaussem</name>
<name sortKey="Gaussem, Pascale" sort="Gaussem, Pascale" uniqKey="Gaussem P" first="Pascale" last="Gaussem">Pascale Gaussem</name>
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<name sortKey="Mauge, Laetitia" sort="Mauge, Laetitia" uniqKey="Mauge L" first="Laetitia" last="Mauge">Laetitia Mauge</name>
<name sortKey="Smadja, David M" sort="Smadja, David M" uniqKey="Smadja D" first="David M." last="Smadja">David M. Smadja</name>
<name sortKey="Smadja, David M" sort="Smadja, David M" uniqKey="Smadja D" first="David M." last="Smadja">David M. Smadja</name>
<name sortKey="Smadja, David M" sort="Smadja, David M" uniqKey="Smadja D" first="David M." last="Smadja">David M. Smadja</name>
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<country name="Australie"><region name="Nouvelle-Galles du Sud"><name sortKey="Celermajer, David S" sort="Celermajer, David S" uniqKey="Celermajer D" first="David S." last="Celermajer">David S. Celermajer</name>
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