Feng Wang, Yanan Zhen, Chaozeng Si, Cheng Wang, Lin Pan, Yang Chen, Xiaopeng Liu, Jie Kong, Qiangqiang Nie, Mingsheng Sun, Yongxin Han, Zhidong Ye, Peng Liu, Jianyan Wen
Journal of cellular physiology 2022 JanChronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is characterized by proliferative vascular remodeling. Abnormal vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) phenotype switching is crucial to this process, highlighting the need for VSMC metabolic changes to cover cellular energy demand in CTEPH. We report that elevated Wnt family member 5B (WNT5B) expression is associated with vascular remodeling and promotes VSMC phenotype switching via mitochondrial dynamics regulation in CTEPH. Using primary culture of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells, we show that high WNT5B expression activates VSMC proliferation and migration and results in mitochondrial fission via noncanonical Wnt signaling in CTEPH. Abnormal VSMC proliferation and migration were abolished by mitochondrial division inhibitor 1, an inhibitor of mitochondrial fission. Secreted frizzled-related protein 2, a soluble scavenger of Wnt signaling, attenuates VSMC proliferation and migration by accelerating mitochondrial fusion. These findings indicate that WNT5B is an essential regulator of mitochondrial dynamics, contributing to VSMC phenotype switching in CTEPH. © 2021 Wiley Periodicals LLC.
Feng Wang, Yanan Zhen, Chaozeng Si, Cheng Wang, Lin Pan, Yang Chen, Xiaopeng Liu, Jie Kong, Qiangqiang Nie, Mingsheng Sun, Yongxin Han, Zhidong Ye, Peng Liu, Jianyan Wen. WNT5B promotes vascular smooth muscle cell dedifferentiation via mitochondrial dynamics regulation in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Journal of cellular physiology. 2022 Jan;237(1):789-803
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