Single-Cell Mapping of Large and Small Arteries During Hypertensive Aging. 2024

Jun Cheng, and Hong Wu, and Cheng Xie, and Yangyan He, and Rong Mou, and Hongkun Zhang, and Yan Yang, and Qingbo Xu
Key Laboratory of Medical Electrophysiology of Ministry of Education & Medical Electrophysiological Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province (Collaborative Innovation Center for Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease), Institute of Cardiovascular Research, Public Center of Experimental Technology, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China.

Vascular aging is directly related to several major diseases including clinical primary hypertension. Conversely, elevated blood pressure itself accelerates vascular senescence. However, the interaction between vascular aging and hypertension has not been characterized during hypertensive aging. To depict the interconnectedness of complex mechanisms between hypertension and aging, we performed single-cell RNA sequencing of aorta, femoral and mesentery arteries, respectively, from male Wistar Kyoto rats and male spontaneously hypertensive rats aging 16 or 72 weeks. We integrated 12 data sets to map the blood vessels of senile hypertension from 3 perspective: vascular aging, hypertension, and vascular type. We found that aging and hypertension independently exerted a significant impact on the alteration of cellular composition and artery remodeling, even greater when superimposed. Consistently, smooth muscle cells (SMCs) underwent phenotypic switching from contractile toward synthetic, apoptotic, and senescent SMCs with aging/hypertension. Furthermore, we identified 3 subclusters of Spp1high, encoding protein osteopontin (OPN), synthetic SMCs, Spp1high matrix activated fibroblasts, and Spp1high scar-associated macrophage involved in hypertensive aging. Spp1high scar-associated macrophage enriched for reactive oxygen species metabolic process and cell migration-associated function. Cell-cell communication analysis revealed Spp1-Cd44 receptor pairing was markedly aggravated in the hypertensive aging condition. Importantly, the concentration of serum OPN significantly potentiated in aged hypertensive patients compared with the normal group. Thus, we provide a comprehensive cell atlas to systematically resolve the cellular diversity and dynamic cellular communication changes of the vessel wall during hypertensive aging, identifying a protein marker OPN as a potential regulator of vascular remodeling during hypertensive aging.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D006973 Hypertension Persistently high systemic arterial BLOOD PRESSURE. Based on multiple readings (BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION), hypertension is currently defined as when SYSTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently greater than 140 mm Hg or when DIASTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently 90 mm Hg or more. Blood Pressure, High,Blood Pressures, High,High Blood Pressure,High Blood Pressures
D008297 Male Males
D008638 Mesenteric Arteries Arteries which arise from the abdominal aorta and distribute to most of the intestines. Arteries, Mesenteric,Artery, Mesenteric,Mesenteric Artery
D009131 Muscle, Smooth, Vascular The nonstriated involuntary muscle tissue of blood vessels. Vascular Smooth Muscle,Muscle, Vascular Smooth,Muscles, Vascular Smooth,Smooth Muscle, Vascular,Smooth Muscles, Vascular,Vascular Smooth Muscles
D011918 Rats, Inbred SHR A strain of Rattus norvegicus with elevated blood pressure used as a model for studying hypertension and stroke. Rats, Spontaneously Hypertensive,Rats, SHR,Inbred SHR Rat,Inbred SHR Rats,Rat, Inbred SHR,Rat, SHR,Rat, Spontaneously Hypertensive,SHR Rat,SHR Rat, Inbred,SHR Rats,SHR Rats, Inbred,Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat,Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats
D011921 Rats, Inbred WKY A strain of Rattus norvegicus used as a normotensive control for the spontaneous hypertensive rats (SHR). Rats, Wistar Kyoto,Wistar Kyoto Rat,Rats, WKY,Inbred WKY Rat,Inbred WKY Rats,Kyoto Rat, Wistar,Rat, Inbred WKY,Rat, WKY,Rat, Wistar Kyoto,WKY Rat,WKY Rat, Inbred,WKY Rats,WKY Rats, Inbred,Wistar Kyoto Rats
D002921 Cicatrix The fibrous tissue that replaces normal tissue during the process of WOUND HEALING. Scars,Cicatrization,Scar,Scarring
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D000375 Aging The gradual irreversible changes in structure and function of an organism that occur as a result of the passage of time. Senescence,Aging, Biological,Biological Aging

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