title: Analysis of disease progression-associated gene expression profile in fibrillin-1 mutant mice: new insight into molecular pathogenesis of marfan syndrome.
abstract: Marfan syndrome (MFS) is a dominantly inherited connective tissue disorder caused by mutations in the gene encoding fibrillin-1 (FBN1) and is characterized by aortic dilatation and dissection, which is the primary cause of death in untreated MFS patients. However, disease progression-associated changes in gene expression in the aortic lesions of MFS patients remained unknown. Using a mouse model of MFS, FBN1 hypomorphic mouse (mgR/mgR), we characterized the aortic gene expression profiles during the progression of the MFS. Homozygous mgR mice exhibited MFS-like phenotypic features, such as fragmentation of elastic fibers throughout the vessel wall and were graded into mgR1-4 based on the pathological severity in aortic walls. Comparative gene expression profiling of WT and four mgR mice using microarrays revealed that the changes in the transcriptome were a direct reflection of the severity of aortic pathological features. Gene ontology analysis showed that genes related to oxidation/reduction, myofibril assembly, cytoskeleton organization, and cell adhesion were differentially expressed in the mgR mice. Further analysis of differentially expressed genes identified several candidate genes whose known roles were suggestive of their involvement in the progressive destruction of aorta during MFS. This study is the first genome-wide analysis of the aortic gene expression profiles associated with the progression of MFS. Our findings provide valuable information regarding the molecular pathogenesis during MFS progression and contribute to the development of new biomarkers as well as improved therapeutic strategies.
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, Ajou University, Suwon 443-749, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Koung Li
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, Ajou University, Suwon 443-749, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Chanmi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, Ajou University, Suwon 443-749, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Wonhee
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Suh
keywords: Marfan syndrome; Microarray; mgR mice
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