BACKGROUND: Total serum transforming growth factor-beta 1 (tsTGF-β1) is increased in patients with Marfan syndrome (MFS), but it has not been assessed in thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection (TAAD), Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS), and bicuspid aortic valve disease (BAVD). HYPOTHESIS: tsTGF-β1 is increased in genetic aortic syndromes including TAAD, LDS, MFS, and BAVD. METHODS: We measured tsTGF-β1 and performed sequencing of the genes FBN1, TGFBR1, and TGFBR2 in 317 consecutive patients with suspected or known genetic aortic syndrome (167 men, 150 women; mean age 43 ± 14 years). TAAD was diagnosed in 20, LDS in 20, MFS in 128, and BAVD in 30 patients, and genetic aortic syndrome was excluded in 119 patients. RESULTS: Elevated tsTGF-β1 levels were associated with causative gene mutations (P = 0.008), genetic aortic syndrome (P = 0.009), and sporadic occurrence of genetic aortic syndrome (P = 0.048), whereas only genetic aortic syndrome qualified as an independent predictor of tsTGF-β1 (P = 0.001). The tsTGF-β1 levels were elevated in FBN1 and NOTCH1 mutations vs patients without mutations (both P = 0.004), and in NOTCH1 mutations vs ACTA2/MYH11 mutations (P = 0.015). Similarly, tsTGF-β1 levels were elevated in MFS (P = 0.003) and in BAVD (P = 0.006) vs patients without genetic aortic syndrome. In contrast to specific clinical features of MFS, FBN1 in-frame mutations (P = 0.019) were associated with increased tsTGF-β1 levels. CONCLUSIONS: tsTGF-β1 is elevated in the entire spectrum of genetic aortic syndromes. However, gradual differences in the increases of tsTGF-β1 levels may mirror different degrees of alteration of tsTGF-β1 signaling in different genetic aortic syndromes.
BACKGROUND: Total serum transforming growth factor-beta 1 (tsTGF-β1) is increased in patients with Marfan syndrome (MFS), but it has not been assessed in thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection (TAAD), Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS), and bicuspid aortic valve disease (BAVD). HYPOTHESIS: tsTGF-β1 is increased in genetic aortic syndromes including TAAD, LDS, MFS, and BAVD. METHODS: We measured tsTGF-β1 and performed sequencing of the genes FBN1, TGFBR1, and TGFBR2 in 317 consecutive patients with suspected or known genetic aortic syndrome (167 men, 150 women; mean age 43 ± 14 years). TAAD was diagnosed in 20, LDS in 20, MFS in 128, and BAVD in 30 patients, and genetic aortic syndrome was excluded in 119 patients. RESULTS: Elevated tsTGF-β1 levels were associated with causative gene mutations (P = 0.008), genetic aortic syndrome (P = 0.009), and sporadic occurrence of genetic aortic syndrome (P = 0.048), whereas only genetic aortic syndrome qualified as an independent predictor of tsTGF-β1 (P = 0.001). The tsTGF-β1 levels were elevated in FBN1 and NOTCH1 mutations vs patients without mutations (both P = 0.004), and in NOTCH1 mutations vs ACTA2/MYH11 mutations (P = 0.015). Similarly, tsTGF-β1 levels were elevated in MFS (P = 0.003) and in BAVD (P = 0.006) vs patients without genetic aortic syndrome. In contrast to specific clinical features of MFS, FBN1 in-frame mutations (P = 0.019) were associated with increased tsTGF-β1 levels. CONCLUSIONS: tsTGF-β1 is elevated in the entire spectrum of genetic aortic syndromes. However, gradual differences in the increases of tsTGF-β1 levels may mirror different degrees of alteration of tsTGF-β1 signaling in different genetic aortic syndromes.
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