Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), a common degenerative vascular disease, particularly afflicts men over the age of 60, with up to 8% affected. Characterized by the abnormal dilation of the abdominal aorta, AAA risks a potentially fatal rupture. Despite increasing research efforts, effective pharmaceutical strategies to curb aneurysm growth remain elusive.
, researchers from Sant Pau Hospital Research Institute and Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau scrutinized the Wnt signaling pathway's deregulation in human. This investigation revealed marked increases in WNT2 mRNA levels and moderate increments in WNT5A and WNT5B levels in aneurysmal samples as compared to healthy aortas.
Further, a considerably higher presence of active β-catenin, the transcriptionally active form, was detected primarily in the inflammatory infiltrate of aneurysmal lesions, suggesting Wnt/β-catenin pathway activation in human AAA. Interestingly, the identified deregulation in Wnt signaling strikingly mirrored the scenario observed in aneurysmal aortas from AngII-infused ApoEBased on these insights, the team hypothesized that the Wnt pathway might be a promising therapeutic target for AAA.
Similarly, although PRI-724 modestly delayed the AngII-induced aortic diameter enlargement, the effect lacked statistical significance. In conclusion, the study underscores the significant role of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway in human and experimental AAA, but the therapeutic interventions tested, LGK974 and PRI-724, showed limited efficacy, with the exception of a minor reduction in aneurysm severity attributed to PRI-724.
The study underlines the multifaceted nature of AAA and the pressing need for efficacious treatments, signaling the potential for innovative avenues of intervention. This could potentially pave the way for groundbreaking therapeutic strategies to manage AAA. The researchers maintain that while the specific Wnt inhibitors tested may not have yielded significant benefits, the quest for alternative targets within this pathway could bear promising results for the future treatment of AAA.
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