Susana Ravassa1, Tobias Trippel2, Doris Bach2, Diana Bachran2, Arantxa González1, Begoña López1, Rolf Wachter3, Gerd Hasenfuss3, Christian Delles4, Anna F Dominiczak4, Burkert Pieske2,5,6, Javier Díez1,7, Frank Edelmann2,3,5. 1. University of Navarra, CIMA, Program of Cardiovascular Diseases, IdiSNA, Navarra Institute for Health Research, Pamplona, Spain, CIBERCV, Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain. 2. Institute for Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany; DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany. 3. Department of Cardiology and Pneumology, University of Göttingen Medical Centre Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany; DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany. 4. Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK. 5. Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Berlin, Germany. 6. Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin (DHZB), Department of Cardiology, Berlin, Germany. 7. University of Navarra Clinic, Departments of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, and Nephrology, Pamplona, Spain.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Myocardial fibrosis is characterized by excessive cross-linking and deposition of collagen type I and is involved in left ventricular stiffening and left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD). We investigated whether the effect of spironolactone on LVDD in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) depends on its effects on collagen cross-linking and/or deposition. METHODS AND RESULTS: We investigated 381 HFpEF patients from the multicentre, randomized, placebo-controlled Aldo-DHF trial with measures of the E:e' ratio. The ratio of serum carboxy-terminal telopeptide of collagen type I to serum matrix metalloproteinase-1 (CITP:MMP-1, an inverse index of myocardial collagen cross-linking) and serum carboxy-terminal propeptide of procollagen type I (PICP, a direct index of myocardial collagen deposition) were determined at baseline and after 1-year treatment with spironolactone 25 mg once daily or placebo. Patients were classified by CITP:MMP-1 and PICP tertiles at baseline. While CITP:MMP-1 tertiles at baseline interacted (P < 0.05) with spironolactone effect on E:e', PICP tertiles did not. In fact, while spironolactone treatment did not modify E:e' in patients with lower CITP:MMP-1 levels, this ratio was significantly reduced in the remaining spironolactone-treated patients. In addition, PICP was unchanged in patients with lower CITP:MMP-1 levels but was reduced in the remaining spironolactone-treated patients. CONCLUSIONS: A biochemical phenotype of high collagen cross-linking identifies HFpEF patients resistant to the beneficial effects of spironolactone on LVDD. It is suggested that excessive collagen cross-linking, which stabilizes collagen type I fibres, diminishes the ability of spironolactone to reduce collagen deposition in these patients.
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BACKGROUND:Myocardial fibrosis is characterized by excessive cross-linking and deposition of collagen type I and is involved in left ventricular stiffening and left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD). We investigated whether the effect of spironolactone on LVDD in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) depends on its effects on collagen cross-linking and/or deposition. METHODS AND RESULTS: We investigated 381 HFpEF patients from the multicentre, randomized, placebo-controlled Aldo-DHF trial with measures of the E:e' ratio. The ratio of serum carboxy-terminal telopeptide of collagen type I to serum matrix metalloproteinase-1 (CITP:MMP-1, an inverse index of myocardial collagen cross-linking) and serum carboxy-terminal propeptide of procollagen type I (PICP, a direct index of myocardial collagen deposition) were determined at baseline and after 1-year treatment with spironolactone 25 mg once daily or placebo. Patients were classified by CITP:MMP-1 and PICP tertiles at baseline. While CITP:MMP-1 tertiles at baseline interacted (P < 0.05) with spironolactone effect on E:e', PICP tertiles did not. In fact, while spironolactone treatment did not modify E:e' in patients with lower CITP:MMP-1 levels, this ratio was significantly reduced in the remaining spironolactone-treated patients. In addition, PICP was unchanged in patients with lower CITP:MMP-1 levels but was reduced in the remaining spironolactone-treated patients. CONCLUSIONS: A biochemical phenotype of high collagen cross-linking identifies HFpEF patients resistant to the beneficial effects of spironolactone on LVDD. It is suggested that excessive collagen cross-linking, which stabilizes collagen type I fibres, diminishes the ability of spironolactone to reduce collagen deposition in these patients.
Keywords:
Biomarkers of myocardial fibrosis; Carboxy-terminal propeptide of procollagen type I; Carboxy-terminal telopeptide of collagen type I; Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction; Left ventricular diastolic function; Matrix metalloproteinase-1; Spironolactone
Authors: Mattias Ekström; Anna Hellman; Jan Hasselström; Camilla Hage; Thomas Kahan; Martin Ugander; Håkan Wallén; Hans Persson; Cecilia Linde Journal: ESC Heart Fail Date: 2020-02-19