MMP-9 levels correlated significantly with aortic (r=0.45; P=0.001) and brachial pulse wave velocity (r=0.22; P=0.002), suggesting elastases are involved in arterial stiffening and ISH development.
Observational (n=677)
Are MMP-9, MMP-2, and serum elastase activity associated with arterial stiffness in patients with isolated systolic hypertension and healthy individuals?
MMP-9 and serum elastase activity are associated with aortic stiffness in both isolated systolic hypertension and healthy individuals, suggesting a role in arterial stiffening.
Effect estimate: r=0.45
p-value: p=0.001
BACKGROUND: Arterial stiffness is an independent determinant of cardiovascular risk, and arterial stiffening is the predominant abnormality in systolic hypertension. Elastin is the main elastic component of the arterial wall and can be degraded by a number of enzymes, including matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) and MMP-2. We hypothesized that elastase activity would be related to arterial stiffness and tested this using isolated systolic hypertension (ISH) as a model of stiffening and separately in a large cohort of healthy individuals. METHODS AND RESULTS: A total of 116 subjects with ISH and 114 matched controls, as well as 447 individuals free from cardiovascular disease were studied. Aortic and brachial pulse wave velocity (PWV) and augmentation index were determined. Blood pressure, lipids, C-reactive protein, MMP-9, MMP-2, serum elastase activity (SEA), and tissue-specific inhibitor 2 of metalloproteinases were measured. Aortic and brachial PWV, MMP-9, MMP-2, and SEA levels were increased in ISH subjects compared with controls (P=0.001). MMP-9 levels correlated linearly and significantly with aortic (r=0.45; P=0.001) and brachial PWV (r=0.22; P=0.002), even after adjustments for confounding variables. In the younger, healthy subjects, MMP-9 and SEA were also independently associated with aortic PWV. CONCLUSIONS: Aortic stiffness is related to MMP-9 levels and SEA, not only in ISH, but also in younger, apparently healthy individuals. This suggests that elastases including MMP-9 may be involved in the process of arterial stiffening and development of ISH. The relationship between arterial stiffness and elastase activity was examined in isolated systolic hypertension (ISH), and separately in a large cohort of healthy individuals. Aortic stiffness is related to MMP-9, not only in ISH, but also in healthy individuals, suggesting elastases may be involved in the process of arterial stiffening and the development of ISH.
Yasmin et al. (2004) conducted an observational in Isolated systolic hypertension and arterial stiffness (n=677). MMP-9, MMP-2, and serum elastase activity vs. Healthy controls was evaluated on Correlation of MMP-9 levels with aortic pulse wave velocity (r=0.45, p=0.001). MMP-9 levels correlated significantly with aortic (r=0.45; P=0.001) and brachial pulse wave velocity (r=0.22; P=0.002), suggesting elastases are involved in arterial stiffening and ISH development.
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