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标题：Vulnerability to shear stress caused by altered peri-endothelial matrix is a key feature of Moyamoya disease
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作者：Muneaki Matsuo ; Satomi Nadanaka ; Minami Soga 等
期刊名称：Scientific Reports
电子版ISSN：2045-2322
出版年度：2021
卷号：11
期号：1
页码：1552
DOI：10.1038/s41598-021-81282-9
出版社：Springer Nature
摘要：Abstract Moyamoya disease (MMD) is characterized by progressive bilateral stenotic changes in the terminal portion of the internal carotid arteries. Although RNF213 was identified as a susceptibility gene for MMD, the exact pathogenesis remains unknown. Immunohistochemical analysis of autopsy specimens from a patient with MMD revealed marked accumulation of hyaluronan and chondroitin sulfate (CS) in the thickened intima of occlusive lesions of MMD. Hyaluronan synthase 2 was strongly expressed in endothelial progenitor cells in the thickened intima. Furthermore, MMD lesions showed minimal staining for CS and hyaluronan in the endothelium, in contrast to control endothelium showing positive staining for both. Glycosaminoglycans of endothelial cells derived from MMD and control induced pluripotent stem cells demonstrated a decreased amount of CS, especially sulfated CS, in MMD. A computational fluid dynamics model showed highest wall shear stress values in the terminal portion of the internal carotid artery, which is the predisposing region in MMD. Because the peri-endothelial extracellular matrix plays an important role in protection, cell adhesion and migration, an altered peri-endothelial matrix in MMD may contribute to endothelial vulnerability to wall shear stress. Invading endothelial progenitor cells repairing endothelial injury would produce excessive hyaluronan and CS in the intima, and cause vascular stenosis.