TY - JOUR
T1 - Circulating desmosine levels do not predict emphysema progression but are associated with cardiovascular risk and mortality in COPD
AU - Rabinovich, Roberto A.
AU - Miller, Bruce E.
AU - Wrobel, Karolina
AU - Ranjit, Kareshma
AU - Williams, Michelle C.
AU - Drost, Ellen
AU - Edwards, Lisa D.
AU - Lomas, David A.
AU - Rennard, Stephen I.
AU - Agustí, Alvar
AU - Tal-Singer, Ruth
AU - Vestbo, Jørgen
AU - Wouters, Emiel F M
AU - John, Michelle
AU - Van Beek, Edwin J R
AU - Murchison, John T.
AU - Bolton, Charlotte E.
AU - Macnee, William
AU - Huang, Jeffrey T J
PY - 2016/5/1
Y1 - 2016/5/1
N2 - Elastin degradation is a key feature of emphysema and may have a role in the pathogenesis
of atherosclerosis associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Circulating desmosine is
a specific biomarker of elastin degradation. We investigated the association between plasma desmosine
( pDES) and emphysema severity/progression, coronary artery calcium score (CACS) and mortality.
pDES was measured in 1177 COPD patients and 110 healthy control subjects from two independent
cohorts. Emphysema was assessed on chest computed tomography scans. Aortic arterial stiffness was
measured as the aortic–femoral pulse wave velocity.
pDES was elevated in patients with cardiovascular disease ( p<0.005) and correlated with age (rho=0.39,
p<0.0005), CACS (rho=0.19, p<0.0005) modified Medical Research Council dyspnoea score (rho=0.15,
p<0.0005), 6-min walking distance (rho=−0.17, p<0.0005) and body mass index, airflow obstruction,
dyspnoea, exercise capacity index (rho=0.10, p<0.01), but not with emphysema, emphysema progression or
forced expiratory volume in 1 s decline. pDES predicted all-cause mortality independently of several
confounding factors ( p<0.005). In an independent cohort of 186 patients with COPD and 110 control
subjects, pDES levels were higher in COPD patients with cardiovascular disease and correlated with
arterial stiffness ( p<0.05).
In COPD, excess elastin degradation relates to cardiovascular comorbidities, atherosclerosis, arterial
stiffness, systemic inflammation and mortality, but not to emphysema or emphysema progression. pDES is
a good biomarker of cardiovascular risk and mortality in COPD.
AB - Elastin degradation is a key feature of emphysema and may have a role in the pathogenesis
of atherosclerosis associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Circulating desmosine is
a specific biomarker of elastin degradation. We investigated the association between plasma desmosine
( pDES) and emphysema severity/progression, coronary artery calcium score (CACS) and mortality.
pDES was measured in 1177 COPD patients and 110 healthy control subjects from two independent
cohorts. Emphysema was assessed on chest computed tomography scans. Aortic arterial stiffness was
measured as the aortic–femoral pulse wave velocity.
pDES was elevated in patients with cardiovascular disease ( p<0.005) and correlated with age (rho=0.39,
p<0.0005), CACS (rho=0.19, p<0.0005) modified Medical Research Council dyspnoea score (rho=0.15,
p<0.0005), 6-min walking distance (rho=−0.17, p<0.0005) and body mass index, airflow obstruction,
dyspnoea, exercise capacity index (rho=0.10, p<0.01), but not with emphysema, emphysema progression or
forced expiratory volume in 1 s decline. pDES predicted all-cause mortality independently of several
confounding factors ( p<0.005). In an independent cohort of 186 patients with COPD and 110 control
subjects, pDES levels were higher in COPD patients with cardiovascular disease and correlated with
arterial stiffness ( p<0.05).
In COPD, excess elastin degradation relates to cardiovascular comorbidities, atherosclerosis, arterial
stiffness, systemic inflammation and mortality, but not to emphysema or emphysema progression. pDES is
a good biomarker of cardiovascular risk and mortality in COPD.
U2 - 10.1183/13993003.01824-2015
DO - 10.1183/13993003.01824-2015
M3 - Article
C2 - 27009168
AN - SCOPUS:84969785019
SN - 0903-1936
VL - 47
SP - 1365
EP - 1373
JO - European Respiratory Journal
JF - European Respiratory Journal
IS - 5
ER -