PMID- 36158787 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220928 IS - 2297-055X (Print) IS - 2297-055X (Electronic) IS - 2297-055X (Linking) VI - 9 DP - 2022 TI - Association of endothelial glycocalyx shedding and coronary microcirculation assessed by an angiography-derived index of microcirculatory resistance in patients with suspected coronary artery disease. PG - 950102 LID - 10.3389/fcvm.2022.950102 [doi] LID - 950102 AB - BACKGROUND: The endothelial glycocalyx (EG) is essential for maintaining microvascular homeostasis. However, the relationship between the EG and coronary microcirculation remains to be elucidated. One of the main components of EG is syndecan-1, and its shedding has been claimed to represent the state of the EG. In this study, we aimed to analyze the association between syndecan-1 and the coronary microcirculation. METHODS: We enrolled suspected coronary artery disease (CAD) patients who consecutively underwent coronary angiography (CAG) and angiography-based analysis of physiological indices in the left anterior descending artery (LAD). Serum syndecan-1 was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The coronary microcirculation was evaluated by the presence of coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD) and an impaired microvascular vasodilatory capacity (IMVC), which were quantified by an angiography-derived index of microcirculatory resistance (IMRangio) in the maximum hyperemic state (H-IMRangio) induced by adenosine triphosphate and the ratio (RRRangio) of IMRangio in the non-hyperemic phase to H-IMRangio, respectively. RESULTS: A total of 528 patients were enrolled in this study. There was no difference in epicardial coronary complexity between patients with high syndecan-1 (HSG) and low syndecan-1 (LSG) levels grouped by the median concentration of syndecan-1 (SYNTAX: 7[3, 10] vs. 9[4, 12], P = 0.15). However, H-IMRangio and RRRangio were different between the LSG and HSG groups (H-IMRangio: 23.64 +/- 6.28 vs. 27.67 +/- 5.59, P < 0.01; RRRangio: 1.74[1.46, 2.08] vs. 1.55[1.34, 1.72], P < 0.01). Patients with CMD (H-IMRangio > 25) and patients with IMVC (RRRangio below the median value) both had higher syndecan-1 levels (CMD: 86.44 +/- 54.15 vs. 55.2 +/- 43.72, P < 0.01; IMVC: 83.86 +/- 55.41 vs. 59.68 +/- 45.06, P < 0.01). After adjustment for confounding factors, HSG remained associated with the presence of CMD and IMVC (CMD: odds ratio [OR]: 2.769, P < 0.01; IMVC: OR: 1.908, P < 0.01). CONCLUSION: High levels of syndecan-1 are independently associated with the presence of CMD and IMVC among patients with suspected CAD. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Liu, Chen, Liu, Sun, Sun and Liu. FAU - Liu, Yang AU - Liu Y AD - Medical School of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Beijing, China. AD - Department of Cardiology, Second Medical Center of Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, China. AD - National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases, Beijing, China. FAU - Chen, Si AU - Chen S AD - Department of Cardiology, First Medical Center of Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, China. FAU - Liu, Shaoyan AU - Liu S AD - Department of Cardiology, Yantai Municipal Laiyang Central Hospital, Yantai, China. FAU - Sun, Guoqiang AU - Sun G AD - Department of Cardiology, Sixth Medical Center of Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, China. FAU - Sun, Zhijun AU - Sun Z AD - Department of Cardiology, Sixth Medical Center of Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, China. FAU - Liu, Hongbin AU - Liu H AD - Medical School of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Beijing, China. AD - Department of Cardiology, Second Medical Center of Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, China. AD - National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases, Beijing, China. AD - Beijing Key Laboratory of Chronic Heart Failure Precision Medicine, Beijing, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220908 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Cardiovasc Med JT - Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine JID - 101653388 PMC - PMC9493183 OTO - NOTNLM OT - angiography-derived index of microcirculatory resistance OT - coronary microcirculation OT - coronary microvascular dysfunction OT - endothelial glycocalyx OT - impaired microvascular vasodilatory capacity OT - syndecan-1 COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/09/27 06:00 MHDA- 2022/09/27 06:01 PMCR- 2022/09/08 CRDT- 2022/09/26 17:26 PHST- 2022/05/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/08/23 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/09/26 17:26 [entrez] PHST- 2022/09/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/09/27 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/09/08 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fcvm.2022.950102 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Cardiovasc Med. 2022 Sep 8;9:950102. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.950102. eCollection 2022.