Title
The tyrosine kinase inhibitor nilotinib targets discoidin domain receptor 2 in calcific aortic valve stenosis
Author
Carracedo, M.
Pawelzik, S.C.
Artiach, G.
Pouwer, M.G.
Plunde, O.
Saliba-Gustafson, P.
Ehrenborg, E.
Eriksson, P.
Pieterman, E.
Stenke, L.
Princen, H.M.G.
Franco-Cereceda, A.
Bäck, M.
Publication year
2022
Abstract
Background and purpose: Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) used to treat chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) have been associated with cardiovascular side effects, including reports on calcific aortic valve stenosis. The aim of this study was to establish the effects of first and second generation TKIs in aortic valve stenosis, and to determine the associated molecular mechanisms EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH: Treatment of APOE*3Leiden.CETP transgenic mice with nilotinib, imatinib or vehicle. Isolation and stimulation of human valvular interstitial cells (VICs). Gene expression analysis of aortic valves from 64 patients undergoing aortic valve replacement surgery. Key results: Nilotinib increased murine aortic valve thickness. Nilotinib, but not imatinib, promoted calcification, osteogenic activation and decreased autophagy in human VICs. Differential tyrosine kinase expression was detected between healthy and calcified valve tissue. Transcriptomic target identification revealed that discoidin domain receptor (DDR) 2, which is preferentially inhibited by nilotinib, was predominantly expressed in human aortic valves but markedly downregulated in calcified valve tissue. Nilotinib and selective DDR2 targeting in VICs induced a similar osteogenic activation, which was blunted by increasing the DDR2 ligand, collagen. Conclusions & implications: These findings point to that inhibition of DDR2 by nilotinib promoted aortic valve thickening and VIC calcification, with possible translational implications for the cardiovascular surveillance and possible personalized medicine in CML patients.
Subject
Cardiovascular disease
Chronic myeloid leukemia
Tyrosine kinase inhibitors
Valvular heart disease
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/bph.15911
TNO identifier
972408
Source
British Journal of Pharmacology, 179 (179), 4709-4721
Bibliographical note
Funding information This work was supported by the Swedish Heart and Lung Foundation (grant number 20180571), King Gustaf V and Queen Victoria Freemason Foundation, and the Region Stockholm (grant number 20170365). The study in APOE*3Leiden.CETP transgenic mice was supported in part by Bristol-Meyers Squibb, New York, USA, by an allowance for TKI-LSH from the Ministry of Economic Affairs in the Netherlands (TKI1413P01), and the TNO research program “Preventive Health Technologies”. AFC was supported by a donation from Mr Fredrik Lundberg.
Document type
article