PGC1α-mediated Mitofusin-2 Deficiency in Female Rats and Humans with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
2013
Rationale: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a lethal, female-predominant, vascular disease. Pathologic changes in PA smooth muscle cells (PASMC) include excessive proliferation, apoptosis-resistance, and mitochondrial fragmentation. Activation of dynamin-related protein increases mitotic fission and promotes this proliferation–apoptosis imbalance. The contribution of decreased fusion and reduced mitofusin-2 (MFN2) expression to PAH is unknown.Objectives: We hypothesize that decreased MFN2 expression promotes mitochondrial fragmentation, increases proliferation, and impairs apoptosis. The role of MFN2’s transcriptional coactivator, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator 1-α (PGC1α), was assessed. MFN2 therapy was tested in PAH PASMC and in models of PAH.Methods: Fusion and fission mediators were measured in lungs and PASMC from patients with PAH and female rats with monocrotaline or chronic hypoxia+Sugen-5416 (CH+SU) PAH. The effects of adenoviral mitofusin-2 (Ad-MFN2) overexpress...
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