Microvesicles from the plasma of elderly subjects and from senescent endothelial cells promote vascular calcification
Autor
Alique, Matilde
Ruiz Torres, María Piedad
Bodega, Guillermo
Noci Sánchez, María Victoria
Troyano, Nuria
Bohórquez, Lourdes
Luna, Carlos
Luque, Rafael
Carmona, Andrés
Carracedo Añón, Julia
Ramírez, Rafael
Editor
Impact JournalsFecha
2017Materia
AgingSenescence
Microvesicles
Vascular calcification
Endothelial cells
Vascular smooth muscle cells
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Vascular calcification is commonly seen in elderly people, though it can also appear in middle-aged subjects affected by premature vascular aging. The aim of this work is to test the involvement of microvesicles (MVs) produced by senescent endothelial cells (EC) and from plasma of elderly people in vascular calcification. The present work shows that MVs produced by senescent cultured ECs, plus those found in the plasma of elderly subjects, promote calcification in vascular smooth muscle cells. Only MVs from senescent ECs, and from elderly subjects' plasma, induced calcification. This ability correlated with these types of MVs' carriage of: a) increased quantities of annexins (which might act as nucleation sites for calcification), b) increased quantities of bone-morphogenic protein, and c) larger Ca contents. The MVs of senescent, cultured ECs, and those present in the plasma of elderly subjects, promote vascular calcification. The present results provide mechanistic insights into the observed increase in vascular calcification-related diseases in the elderly, and in younger patients with premature vascular aging, paving the way towards novel therapeutic strategies.