CBX663659 1..10 Research Article The signature of circulating microparticles in heart failure patients with metabolic syndrome Alexander E Berezin 1 , Alexander Kremzer 1 , Tatyana Berezina 2 , and Yu Martovitskaya 3 Abstract The role of pattern of circulating endothelial cell-derived microparticles, platelet-derived microparticles (PMPs), and monocyte-derived microparticles (MMPs) in metabolic syndrome (MetS) patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) is not still understood. The aim of the study was to investigate a pattern of circulating microparticles (MPs) in MetS patients with CHF in relation to neurohumoral and inflammatory activation. The study retrospectively involved 101 patients with MetS and 35 healthy volunteers. Biomarkers were measured at baseline of the study. The results of the study have shown that numerous circulating PMPs- and MMPs in subjects with MetS (with or without CHF) insufficiently distinguished from level obtained in healthy volunteers. We found elevated level of CD31þ/annexin Vþ MPs in association with lower level of CD62Eþ MPs. Therefore, we found that biomarkers of biomechanical stress serum N-terminal brain natriuretic peptide and inflammation (high-sensitive C-reactive protein , osteoprotegerin) remain statistically significant predictors for decreased CD62Eþ to CD31þ/annexin Vþ ratio in MetS patients with CHF. In conclusion, decreased CD62Eþ to CD31þ/annexin Vþ ratio reflected that impaired immune phenotype of MPs may be discussed as a surrogate marker of CHF development in MetS population. Keywords Chronic heart failure, metabolic syndrome, circulating microparticles, cardiovascular risk factors inflammation, neurohu- moral activation Date received: 7 September 2015; accepted: 15 July 2016 Introduction The traditionally recognized metabolic syndrome (MetS) is defined as risk-factor clustering related to the develop- ment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and cardiovas- cular disease (CVD). 1 MetS includes abdominal obesity, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, and elevated blood pres- sure and associates with other comorbidities including the prothrombotic and pro-inflammatory states. 2 Accumulat- ing evidence has shown that MetS is a powerful risk factor for CVD event as well as all cause and CVD mortality in total population. 3–5 The underlying pathophysiological mechanisms resulting in the MetS, that is, insulin resis- tance (IR), associate with activation of neurohumoral mechanisms, immunity, cytokine production, systemic pro-inflammatory response, and oxidative stress. 6–8 All these factors may have effect on the development of CVD through inducing endothelial dysfunction 9,10 and micro- vascular inflammation. 11 1 Consultant of the Therapeutic Unit, Internal Medicine Department, State Medical University, Zaporozhye, Ukraine 2 Private center Vita-Center, Zaporozhye, Ukraine 3 Pathology Department, Dia-Service LTD, Zaporozhye, Ukraine Corresponding Author: Alexander E Berezin, State Medical University, Mayakovsky av., 26, Zaporozhye 69035, Ukraine. Email: dr_berezin@mail.ru Journal of Circulating Biomarkers Volume 5: 1–10 ª The Author(s) 2016 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1849454416663659 cbx.sagepub.com Creative Commons CC-BY-NC: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 3.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). mailto:dr_berezin@mail.ru http://www.sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav https://doi.org/10.1177/1849454416663659 http://cbx.sagepub.com https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage Recent studies have shown a controversial role of MetS in patients at high risk of chronic heart failure (CHF) and in subjects with documented CHF. Although MetS associates with cardiovascular risk factors and CVD outcomes, 12–15 prognostic impact of MetS on CHF progression is not fully confirmed and widely discussed. 16,17 Therefore, it is still unclear whether MetS may induce development and pro- gression of cardiac failure through imbalance between endothelial injuries and repair. 18,19 Probably, microparti- cles (MPs) corresponding cell-to-cell cooperation, immu- nity, tissue reparation, and vascular function are key factors that coordinate microvascular integrity and function. 20 Extracellular MPs are microvesicles with sizes ranging between 50 nm and 1000 nm, released from plasma mem- brane of wide variety of cells, including endothelial cells, mononuclear cells, platelets, and by specific (cytokine stimu- lation, apoptotic agents, mononuclear cooperation, coagula- tion, and so on) and nonspecific (shear stress) stimuli. 21 Circulating endothelial-derived microparticles (EMPs) depending on their origin (apoptotic-derived or activated- endothelial cell production) are capable of transferring biolo- gical information (regulating peptides and hormones) or even genetic material, as well as proteins and lipid components, from one cell to another without direct cell-to-cell contact to maintain cell homeostasis. 22,23 EMPs derived from activated endothelial cells may have pro-angiogenic and cardio- protective properties. 24 In opposite, apoptotic-derived EMPs originated from damaged endothelial cells are discussed as a marker of endothelial cell injury and vascular aging. 25 Platelet-derived microparticles (PMPs) are heteroge- neous population of microvesicles that are secreted from chemokine and cytokine activated platelets. PMPs mediate multiple cellular responses that predominantly affected protein and lipid metabolism, coagulation, and inflamma- tion. 26 Elevated PMPs show a relation to clinical outcomes and mortality in several patient populations. 27 Numerous studies have shown that monocyte-derived microparticles (MMPs) are realized from activated and/or apoptotic monocytes in response to various stimuli, that is, antigen stimulation, growth factors, inflammatory interleu- kins, chemokines and cytokines, and so on. 28–30 Elevated level of circulating MMPs is documented in almost all throm- botic diseases, infective, rheumatic and autoimmune dis- eases, stroke, myocardial infarction, atrial fibrillation as well as in metabolic, ischemia/hypoxia states, and critical conditions. 31–33 However, the significance of MPs in MetS patients as an inductor of development and progression of CHF remains controversial. An example of this controversy is that it is still unknown if circulating MPs found in periph- eral blood cause injury of endothelium and worsening of CHF whether they are the result of disease progression in response to endothelial dysfunction and vascular dysintegrity. 34,35 The aim of the study was to investigate the pattern of circulating EMPs, PMPs, and MMPs in MetS patients with CHF in rela- tion to neurohumoral and inflammatory activation. Methods The study retrospectively involved 101 patients with MetS (54 subjects with CHF and 47 patients without CHF) with- out documented coronary artery stenosis >50% at least of one artery and 35 healthy volunteers who were examined between February 2013 and November 2013. The study was approved by the local ethics committee of State Med- ical University, Zaporozhye, Ukraine. The study was per- formed in conformity with the Declaration of Helsinki. All the patients have given their informed written consent for participation in the study. MetS was diagnosed based on the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III criteria. 36 Patients were enrolled in the MetS cohort when at least three of the following components were defined: waist circumference �90 cm or �80 cm in men and women, respectively; high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol <1.03 mmol/L or <1.3 mmol/L in men and women, respectively; triglycerides (TG) �1.7 mmol/L; blood pressure �130/85 mmHg or current exposure of antihy- pertensive drugs; fasting plasma glucose �5.6 mmol/L. Subjects with defined T2DM or treatment with oral anti- diabetic agents or insulin were not enrolled in the study. Current smoking was defined as consumption of one cigarette daily for 3 months. Anthropometric measure- ments were made using standard procedures. Methods for visualization of coronary arteries Contrast-enhanced multispiral computed tomography angiography was performed for all the patients with dys- metabolic disorder prior to their inclusion in the study on Optima CT660 scanner (GE Healthcare, Milwaukee, USA) using non-ionic contrast Omnipaque (Amersham Health, Ireland). 37 Subjects with atherosclerotic lesions >50% of diameter at least of one coronary artery were excluded for further enrollment in the study. Transthoracic echocardiography Transthoracic echocardiography was performed according to a conventional procedure on ultrasound scanner ACU- SON (SIEMENS, Germany) in B-mode and Tissue Dop- pler imaging with phased probe of 2.5–5 MHz. Left ventricular (LV) end-diastolic and end-systolic volumes and LV ejection fraction (LVEF) were measured by mod- ified Simpson’s method. 38 Calculation of glomerular filtration rate Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) was calculated using Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration formula. 39 2 Journal of Circulating Biomarkers Measurement of circulating biomarkers To determine circulating biomarkers, blood samples were collected at baseline in the morning (at 7–8 a.m.) into cooled silicone test tubes wherein 2 mL of 5% Trilon B solution were added. Then they were centrifuged upon per- manent cooling at 6000 r/min for 3 min. Plasma was col- lected and refrigerated immediately to be stored at a temperature of �70�C. Serum N-terminal brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), adiponectin, serum receptor activa- tor of NF-kB ligand (RANKL), and osteoprotegerin (OPG) were measured by high-sensitive enzyme-linked immuno- sorbent assays using commercial kits (R&D Systems GmbH, Wiesbaden-Nordenstadt, Germany) according to the manufacturers’ recommendations. The inter-assay coefficients of variation were as follows: NT-proBNP: 4.5%, adiponectin: 5%, RANKL: 7.0%; and OPG: 8.2%. High-sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) was mea- sured by commercially available standard kit (R&D Systems GmbH, Wiesbaden-Nordenstadt, Germany). The intra-assay and inter-assay coefficients of variation were <5%. Fasting insulin level was measured by a double-antibody sandwich immunoassay (Elecsys 1010 analyzer; F. Hoffmann-La Roche Diagnostics, Mannheim, Germany). The intra-assay and inter-assay coefficients of variation were <5%. The lower detection limit of insulin level was 1.39 pmol/L. IR was assessed by the homeostasis model assessment for IR (HOMA-IR) 40 using the following formula: HOMA � IR ðmmol=L �m U=mLÞ ¼ fasting glucoseðmmol=LÞ� fasting insulinðm U=mLÞ 22:5 Concentrations of total cholesterol , cholesterol of low- density lipoproteins (LDLs-C), and cholesterol of HDLs-C were measured by enzymatic method. Assay of circulating EMPs Circulating MPs were isolated from 5 mL of venous citrated blood drawn from the fistula-free arm. No hemolysis in the samples was found. All samples were not frozen before analysis. To prevent the contamination of samples platelet- free plasma (PFP) was separated from whole blood. PFP was centrifuged at 70,476 � g for 70 min. MP pellets were washed with DMEM (Sigma-Aldrich Chemie Gmbh Munich, Germany) (supplemented with 10 mg/mL poly- myxin B, 100 UI of streptomycin, and 100 U/mL penicillin) and centrifuged again (70,476 � g for 90 min).41 The obtained supernatant was extracted, and MP pellets were re-suspended into the remaining 200 mL of supernatant. PFP, MPs, and supernatant were diluted 5-, 10-, and 5-fold in phosphate-buffered saline, respectively. Only 100 mL of supernatant was prepared for further analysis through incu- bation with different fluorochrome-labeled antibodies or their respective isotypic immunoglobulins (Beckman Coul- ter, Pasadena, California, USA). MPs were labeled and characterized by flow cytometry by phycoerythrin-conjugated monoclonal antibody against CD31 (platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1), CD41a, CD64, CD105, CD144 (vascular endothelial- cadherin), CD62E (E-selectin), and Annexin V (BD Bio- sciences, San Jose, CA, USA) followed by incubation with fluorescein isothiocyanate-conjugated Annexin V (BD Biosciences) per high-definition fluorescence acti- vated cell sorter (HD-FACS) methodology indepen- dently after supernatant diluted without freeze. 42 The samples were incubated in the dark for 15 min at room temperature according to the manufacturer’s instruc- tions. The analysis of area, height, and width forward scat- ter (FSC) and side scatter (SSC) parameters as well as side scatter width (SSC-W) was performed. Particle sizing by dynamic light scattering revealed a characteristic size of the MPs (Sigma, St Louis, Missouri, USA). A MPs’ gate was established on the FACS Aria instrument (BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA, USA) by preliminary standardization experiments using a blend of size-calibrated fluorescent beads, with sizes ranging from 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm. Two size gates were defined based on forward angle light scattering from polystyrene microsphere (0.5–0.9 mm) accordingly to the standard protocol. The upper and the outer limit of the MP gate was established just above the size distribution of the 0.9-mm beads in a FSC-A and SSC-A setting (log scale) using the ‘auto-gate’ function. Accordingly, MPs’ gate was defined less than a 0.4 mm polystyrene microsphere extend- ing down to the noise threshold level, that is, equivalent to cell-derived MPs <1 mm diameter. The lower limit was the noise threshold of the instrument, and an absolute mini- mum threshold of 200 was set at the SSC-A parameter (instead of FSC-A) to avoid exclusion of the smallest events. In order to separate true events from background noise, we defined MPs as particles that were less than 1.0 mm in diameter and expressed cell specific markers. For each sample, 500,000 events have been analyzed. Compensation tubes were used with similar reagents as were used in the sample tubes. Data were constructed as numerous MPs depending on marker presentation (positive or nega- tive) and determination of MP populations (Figure 1). Calculation of the number of MPs per liter plasma was based upon the particle count per unit time, the flow rate of the flow cytometer, and the net dilution during sample preparation of the analyzed MP suspension. MP-exposed antigen concentrations were calculated in each sample by multiplying the total concentration of positive MPs by the mean fluorescence intensity of the antigen exposure of the total positive MP population. The reproducibility of EPCs using standard protocol was 4.5% Determination of MP populations CD41aþ was used as a more specific marker of platelets, and CD64þ was considered as a more specific marker of monocytes. CD31 antigen was determined as an essential Berezin et al. 3 marker for endothelial cells, platelets, and leukocytes. CD144þ was used to identify a pure population of endothe- lial cells. CD31þ/annexin Vþ and CD144þ/CD31þ/ annexin Vþ MPs were defined as apoptotic EMPs, MPs labeled for CD105þ or CD62Eþ were determined as MPs produced due to activation of endothelial cells. 43 Statistical analysis Statistical analysis of the results obtained was performed in SPSS system for Windows, version 22 (SPSS Inc, Chicago, Illinois, USA). The data were presented as mean (M) and standard deviation (+SD) as well as median (Me) and 25–75% interquartile range (IQR). To compare the main parameters of patient cohorts, two-tailed Student t test or Mann-Whitney U test were used. To compare categorical variables between groups, w2test and Fisher exact test were used. Univariable and multivariable regression anal- ysis was used for determining the predictors of decreased CD62Eþ to CD31þ/annexin Vþ ratio. All sufficient pre- dictors with p <0.2 obtained by univariable regression analysis were included in the multivariate regression model. A two-tailed probability value of <0.05 was con- sidered as significant. Results General characteristic of patients participating in the study was reported in Table 1. There was a significant difference between healthy volunteers and entire patient cohort in body index mass (BMI), waist circumference, cardiovascu- lar risk factors (hypertension, dyslipidemia, and adherence to smoking), CHF class, blood pressure levels, heart rate, LVEF, HOMA-IR, lipid abnormalities, and Framingham risk score. However, MetS patients without CHF have demonstrated lower incidence of dyslipidemia, lower concentrations of LDL-C, hs-CRP, sRANKL, OPG, NT-proBNP compared with MetS subjects with CHF. Therefore, higher LVEF, TG, HDL-C, and HOMA-IR were found in MetS patients without CHF in comparison to MetS patients with CHF. Table 2 reports the numbers of circulating MPs in patients participating in the study. Numerous PMPs and MMPs with immune phenotypes labeled as CD41aþ and CD64þ were similar in healthy volunteers and entire patient cohort. Controversially, there is lower circulating level of activated EMPs with phenotype CD62Eþ and CD105Eþ in MetS patients compared with healthy volun- teers (p < 0.001 for all cases). There were no significant differences between numbers of circulating MPs labeled as CD144þ and CD144þ/CD31þ originated from endothe- lial cells obtained from healthy volunteers and MetS patients. Although circulating levels of Annexin Vþ, CD144þ/annexin Vþ, and CD144þ/CD31þ/annexin Vþ MPs derived from apoptotic cells including endothelial cells were similar in both cohorts, CD31þ/annexin Vþ MPs were significantly elevated in MetS patient (p < 0.001). CD62Eþ to CD31þ/annexin Vþ ratio was significantly elevated in healthy persons when compared with MetS patients (p < 0.001), while CD105Eþ to CD31þ/annexin Vþ ratio was not. Interestingly, similari- ties of circulating levels of MPs different origin were deter- mined in both MetS patient cohorts apart from CD31þ/ annexin Vþ MPs. Therefore, CD62Eþ to CD31þ/annexin Vþ ratio was found to be higher in the MetS patients with- out CHF compared with MetS patients with CHF. There was weak correlation between numerous CD31þ/ annexin Vþ MPs and BMI (r ¼ 0.27, p ¼ 0.001), NT-proBNP (r ¼ 0.26, p ¼ 0.001), OPG (r ¼ 0.26, p ¼ 0.001), hs-CRP (r ¼ 0.25, p ¼ 0.001), and Framingham risk score (r ¼ 0.21, p ¼ 0.001). Numerous CD62Eþ MPs correlated positively with BMI (r ¼ 0.22, p ¼ 0.001), waist circumference (r ¼ 0.22, p < 0.001), and negatively with OPG (r ¼ �0.23, p ¼ 0.001), hs-CRP (r ¼ �0.21, p ¼ 0.001), smoking (r ¼�0.20, p ¼ 0.001). There was correlation between CD62Eþ to CD31þ/ annexin Vþ ratio, cardiovascular risk factors, hemody- namic performances, and other biomarkers. We found that CD62Eþ to CD31þ/annexin Vþ ratio was directly related with NT-proBNP (r ¼�0.512, p ¼ 0.001), BMI (r ¼ 0.46, p ¼ 0.001), OPG (r ¼ �0.412, p ¼ 0.001), hs-CRP (r ¼ �0.445, p ¼ 0.001), HOMA-IR (r ¼ �0.414, p ¼ 0.001), eGFR (r ¼ 0.312, p ¼ 0.001), TG (r ¼ �0.304, p ¼ 0.001), dyslipidemia (r ¼ �0.248, p ¼ 0.001), creatinine (r ¼�0.242, p ¼ 0.001), Framing- ham risk score (r ¼�0.23, p ¼ 0.001), waist circumference (r ¼ 0.23, p < 0.001), gender (r ¼ 0.228, p < 0.001 for male), age (r ¼ �0.225, p ¼ 0.001), and smoking (r ¼ �0.212, p ¼ 0.001). Therefore, CD62Eþ to CD31þ/annexin Vþ ratio is associated positively with numerous of MetS components (r ¼ 0.42, p ¼ 0.003). Figure 1. Distribution of MPs according presentation of Annexin V FITS and CD31 PE. The results of flow cytometry analysis. MPs: microparticles 4 Journal of Circulating Biomarkers No significant association CD62Eþ to CD31þ/annexin Vþ ratio with fasting plasma glucose, HbA1c, means of systolic and diastolic BP was found. We did not find pos- sible age- and gender-related correlation between meta- bolic status and the presence of EMPs. By multivariate regression analyses, NT-proBNP (b coefficient ¼ �0.42, p ¼ 0.012), OPG (b coefficient ¼ �0.32, p ¼ 0.026), hs-CRP (b coefficient ¼ �0.21, p ¼ 0.044), and BMI (b coefficient ¼ 0.142, p ¼ 0.036) were found as independent factors to decrease of CD62Eþ to CD31þ/annexin Vþ ratio (Table 3). Discussion The results of the study have shown that circulating numer- ous of PMPs and MMPs in subjects with MetS (with or without CHF) insufficiently distinguished from level obtained in healthy volunteers. We found elevated level of apoptotic EMPs labeled CD31þ/annexin Vþ MPs in association with lower level of activated endothelial cell- derived MPs phenotyped as CD62Eþ MPs. All these lead to decreased CD62Eþ to CD31þ/annexin Vþ ratio among patients with MetS in comparison with healthy volunteers as well as in MetS patients with CHF compared with those who did not demonstrate CHF. Thus, development of CHF in MetS patients was closely related to altered balance between activated EMPs and apoptotic endothelial cell- derived MPs. This phenomenon was described as impaired phenotype of circulating MPs that might probably preexist CHF and appeared to be clinically significant endothelial dysfunction. 20 Whether impaired phenotype of EMPs is the result of early stages of endothelial injury due to neurohu- moral and inflammatory activation associated with dysme- tabolic states or CHF development or circulating MPs that Table 1. General characteristic of patients participating in the study a . Healthy volunteers (n ¼ 35) Entire cohort of enrolled MetS patients (n ¼ 101) MetS patients without CHF (n ¼ 47) MetS patients with CHF (n ¼ 54) Age (years) 46.12 + 4.22 48.34 + 7.80 48.30 + 3.94 48.42 + 6.10 Males (n (%)) 23 (65.7%) 64 (63.3%) 30 (63.8%) 34 (63.0%) BMI (kg/m2) 21.5 (16.1–23.5) 28.4 (16.5–32.4)b 28.2 (16.7–31.0) 28.5 (16.8–32.1) Waist circumference (sm) 78 (63–89) 93 (76–103) b 92 (77–105) 95 (90–104) Hypertension (n (%)) – 68 (67.3%)b 32 (68.0%) 36 (66.7%) I NYHA class CHF – 17 (16.8%) b – 17 (31.5%) c II NYHA class CHF – 22 (21.9%)b – 22 (40.7%)c III NYHA class CHF – 15 (14.9%) b – 15 (27.8%) c Dyslipidemia (n (%)) – 59 (58.4%)b 26 (55.3%) 33 (61.1%)c Adherence to smoking (n (%)) 6 (17.1%) 31 (30.7%)b 16 (34.0%) 15 (27.7%) Framingham risk score (%) 2.55 + 1.05 8.12 + 2.88b 8.09 + 2.12 9.28 + 2.32 Systolic BP (mm Hg) 122 + 5 138 + 6b 137 + 4 139 + 5 Diastolic BP (mm Hg) 72 + 4 87 + 6b 87 + 5 88 + 4 Heart rate, beats per 1 min 66 + 6 75 + 7b 71 + 6 78 + 5 LVEF (%) 66.8 (61.2–73.5) 50.6 (42.5–55.3)b 52.4 (48.3–57.5) 44.2 (40.3–48.1)c GFR (mL/min/1.73 m2) 102.1 (91.4–113.2) 93.1 (79.5–109.7) 92.5 (83.1–107.4) 93.8 (80.4–106.8) HbA1c (%) 4.75 (4.36–5.12) 6.7 (5.3–8.2)b 6.82 (5.61–8.37) 6.64 (5.53–8.31) Fasting blood glucose (mmol/L) 4.52 (4.43–4.76) 6.50 (5.8–7.0)b 6.46 (5.73-6.86) 6.54 (5.69–6.98) Insulin (mU/mL) 4.98 (1.5–14.1) 15.45 (13.69–16.62)b 15.2 (12.5–15.7) 15.6 (12.9–16.8) HOMA-IR (mmol/L � mU/mL) 1.01 (0.91–1.07) 4.46 (4.17–5.20)b 4.36 (4.12–5.18) 4.53 (4.11–5.12) Creatinine (mmol/L) 62.1 (55.7–82.4) 71.2 (59.9–87.2) 70.5 (59.6–88.3) 72.3 (56.1–86.9) Total cholesterol (mmol/L) 4.76 (4.21–5.05) 5.3 (4.6–6.0)b 5.3 (4.5–5.9) 5.4 (4.8–5.8) LDL-C (mmol/L) 3.10 (2.78–3.21) 3.60 (3.20–4.18)b 3.48 (3.30–4.07) 3.80 (3.20–4.20)c HDL-C (mmol/L) 1.13 (1.05–1.17) 0.94 (0.92–1.06)b 1.01 (0.90–1.13) 0.94 (0.88–1.04) TG (mmol/L) 1.18 (1.07–1.30) 1.68 (1.44–1.98) b 1.77 (1.62–1.95) 1.45 (1.42–1.51) c hs-CRP (mg/L) 4.11 (0.97–5.03) 7.96 (4.72–9.34)b 7.80 (4.92–9.43) 8.13 (5.90–10.85)c sRANKL (pg/mL) 16.10 (2.1–30.1) 29.10 (15.2–56.7) b 24.10 (14.7–36.9) 34.20 (20.1–55.2) c OPG, (pg/mL) 88.3 (37.5–136.6) 804.5 (579.9–1055.3)b 718.5 (572.1–846.2) 882.5 (697.1–1046.2)c Adiponectin (mg/L) 6.17 (3.44–10.15) 13.65 (10.12–24.93) b 13.61 (9.74–22.35) 14.12 (10.12–23.10) NT-proBNP (pg/mL) 96.1 (64.5–125.8) 687.5 (84.7–1244.5)b 92.2 (55.8–133.2) 1475.3 (584.7–2293.5)c SE: standard error; IQR: inter quartile range; BMI: body mass index: TG: triglycerides, BP: blood pressure; BMI: body mass index: CHF: chronic heart failure; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; GFR: glomerular filtration rate; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; hs-CRP: high-sensitive C reactive protein; sRANKL: serum receptor activator of NF-kB ligand; MetS: metabolic syndrome; OPG: osteoprotegerin. aData are presented as mean and + SE; median and 25–75% IQR. Categorical variables are expressed as numerous (n) and percentages (%). P-value is a comparison of mean or median variables (ANOVA test). bsignificant difference between healthy subjects and entire cohort of enrolled MetS patients. cSignificant difference between MetS subjects with and without CHF. Berezin et al. 5 are able to directly induce endothelial dysintegrity is still not fully clear. 35,44 Indeed, the ability of endothelium to release activated EMPs with pro-angiogenic capacity may have a causality role in improving the clinical outcomes in CHF subjects with known MetS in comparison to none MetS subjects. 44 Interestingly, circulating numbers of MPs that are pheno- typically nearly identical to CD31þ/annexin Vþ MPs were closely associated with cardiovascular risk factors, while they were not elevated in dysmetabolic disorders without known atherosclerosis or/and cardiovascular diseases. 43–47 Probably, subpopulations of MPs labeled as annexin Vþ are not sensitive marker of early endothelial injury and this requires performing measurements of double- and triple- labeled annexin Vþ MPs, such as CD31þ/annexin Vþ MPs. The results of the study report that numerous CD31þ/annexin Vþ MPs are not only elevated in MetS patients but also they increase sufficiently in CHF devel- opment in MetS population. Therefore, NT-proBNP, OPG, hs-CRP, and BMI independently predicted decrease of CD62Eþ to CD31þ/annexin Vþ ratio reflected impaired immune phenotype in MetS with and without CHF. We suggested that decreased CD62Eþ to CD31þ/annexin Vþ ratio and probably elevated apoptotic EMPs level may discuss surrogate markers of vascular dysfunction at early stages in MetS patients with high risk of CHF development. In fact, apoptotic EMPs play a pivotal role in the development of vascular complications in MetS and diabetes through pro- moting various processes, that is, coagulation, thrombosis, and angiogenesis. 47,48 In contrast, activated EMPs may avoid indu- cing tissue injury and worsening vasomotion via genome involved mechanisms, and they are able to protect the endothe- lium from damage. Therefore, PMPs and leukocyte-derived MPs have probably not sufficient effect on vascular integrity and vascular complications among MetS. 49 These findings support our hypothesis that imbalance between activated and apoptotic EMPs may predict CV diseases and events in general population and patients with known T2DM and MetS. 50,51 Surprisingly, in our study, independent associations of CD62Eþ to CD31þ/annexin Vþ ratio with cardiovascular risk factors were not found, while association of TG and lipid abnormality with CD62Eþ to CD31þ/annexin Vþ ratio was shown. A recent study has shown that dyslipide- mia and especially increased TG level in MetS patient populations may have a negative effect on ability of Table 2. Numbers of microparticles in participators of the study a . Immune phenotype of MPs Healthy volunteers (n ¼ 35) Entire cohort of enrolled MetS patients (n ¼ 101) MetS patients without CHF (n ¼ 47) MetS patients with CHF (n ¼ 54) CD41aþ MPs (n/mL) 23 (19–28) 25 (16–33) 23 (15–31) 27 (19–36) CD64þ MPs (n/mL) 3.9 (3.5–4.6) 4.2 (3.2–5.1) 4.0 (3.4–4.8) 4.3 (3.6–5.2) CD62Eþ MPs (n/mL) 1.35 (0.95–1.68) 1.03 (0.86–1.13)b 1.05 (0.88–1.18) 0.98 (0.89–1.12) CD105Eþ MPs (n/mL) 2.32 (1.92–2.56) 2.24 (1.85–2.41)b 2.37 (1.92–2.68) 2.09 (1.58–2.50) CD144þ MPs (n/mL) 0.29 (0.22–0.36) 0.33 (0.24–0.39) 0.30 (0.22–0.37) 0.35 (0.21–0.40) CD144þ/CD31þ MPs (n/mL) 0.87 (0.27–1.25) 0.92 (0.36–1.32) 0.89 (0.32–1.29) 0.93 (0.41–1.33) Annexin Vþ MPs (n/mL) 4655 (3724–6237) 5495 (3988–6957) 5114 (3695–6547) 5844 (4213–7167) CD144þ/annexin Vþ MPs (n/mL) 0.95 (0.11–1.78) 1.15 (0.13–2.41) 1.08 (0.13–2.39) 1.17 (0.15–2.55) CD144þ/CD31þ/annexin VþMPs (n/mL) 0.82 (0.27–1.55) 1.01 (0.39–1.70) 0.94 (0.38–1.52) 1.12 (0.40–1.67) CD31þ/annexin Vþ MPs (n/mL) 0.154 (0.03–0.21) 0.316 (0.261–0.374)b 0.285 (0.253–0.318) 0.355 (0.294–0.382)c CD62Eþ to CD31þ/annexin Vþ ratio, unit 8.77 (7.95–9.18) 3.26 (3.23–3.30)b 3.68 (3.47–3.81) 2.76 (2.42–3.04)c CD105Eþ to CD31þ/annexin Vþ ratio, unit 15.1 (8.59–23.4) 7.07 (4.85–10.90) 8.31 (6.02–10.65) 5.89 (4.11–7.67) IQR: inter quartile range; MPS: microparticles; MetS: metabolic syndrome; CHF: chronic heart failure; aData are presented as median and 25–75% IQR. P-value is a comparison of mean or median variables between both cohorts (ANOVA test). bSignificant difference between healthy subjects and entire cohort of enrolled patients. cSignificant difference between MetS subjects with and without CHF. Table 3. Univariable and multivariable associations with decrease of CD62Eþ to CD31þ/annexin Vþ ratio.a Univariable analysis Multivariable analysis b coefficient p value b coefficient p value Framingham risk score (%) �0.014 0.34 – – eGFR 0.012 0.22 – – HOMA-IR 0.018 0.26 – – Waist circumference 0.052 0.38 – – BMI 0.16 0.046 0.142 0.036 NT-proBNP �0.46 0.001 �0.42 0.012 OPG �0.36 0.001 �0.32 0.026 hs-CRP �0.28 0.001 �0.21 0.044 Adiponectin �0.015 0.22 – – TG �0.032 0.42 – – Creatinine �0.025 0.36 – – BMI: body mass index; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate; HOMA-IR: homeostasis model assessment for insulin resistance; NT: proBNP: N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide; hs-CRP: high- sensitive C-reactive protein; TG: triglycerides; OPG: osteoprotegerin aThe multivariate regression model included all variables with p < 0.2. 6 Journal of Circulating Biomarkers endothelium to produce activated macrovesicles with angiogenic capacities and secreted apoptotic-derived MPs. 52,53 Therefore, it is discussed the question regarding dyslipidemia-induced apoptotic-related EMPs produc- tion. 54 In fact, infiltration of subintima by LDL may induce production of free radicals, oxidation of cytockeleton, and membrane vesiculation of endothelial cells. 55 The oxidative-driven vesiculation of endothelial cells may relate to low intensity inflammation in vasculature, which associates with over production of cytokines, that is, hs- CRP, adiponectin, and OPG. 56 Moreover, membrane vesi- culation may enhance inflammatory cytokines in convey of biomechanical stress. 57 As well-known hs-CRP and OPG appear to be sufficiently increased in MetS and they may be compensatory up-regulated in the atherosclerosis and microvascular inflammation. 58 Therefore, there was NT- proBNP-dependent regulation of microvesiculation in endocardial endothelium. 59 The clinical significance of this phenomenon is still not clear and planned/ongoing clinical studies with large sample population are absent. 60 Although initially there was skepticism regarding origin of imbalance of activated and apoptotic EMP in patients with impaired glucose metabolism and dyslipidemia, we suppose that inflammatory cytokine over production and probably lipid abnormalities may consider a possible cause of predominantly immune phenotype of MPs not directly related with glucose impairment and other parameters of MetS. Obviously, patients with different types of dysmeta- bolic disorders might have different patterns of MPs, 61 which contribute the development of CHF. 62,63 Thus, pat- tern of MPs correlates with parameters usually used in the characterization of HF, including BNPs, and authors have believed that it presents any advantages over the currently used biomarkers to stratify the patients at the risk of neg- ative clinical outcomes. Importantly, decreased CD62Eþ to CD31þ/annexin Vþ ratio reflected impaired immune phenotype of MPs beyond MetS parameters and other tra- ditional CV risk factors. Finally, determination of impaired phenotype of EMPs appears to be as novel biological mar- ker of CHF development in MetS population. Study limitations This study has some limitations. The first limitation is the lack of standardization of MP measurements, while com- mercial flow cytometers are existed. This study is specifi- cally assessing MPs between 50 and 1000 nm that might also include exosomes (50–>100 nm), small apoptotic bod- ies (<1000 nm) and other microvesicles originated from various cells. At the same time, exosomes are not able to express Annexin antigen, while they are defined as CD 63þ CD9þ microvesicles. Because exosomes and MPs are often released concomitantly, differentiation of these two microvesicular species might be difficult and this is a study limitation. It is necessary to note that a large pool of MPs might be produced after blood sampling due to destruction of platelets and blood cells. In this study, we used platelet free plasma to prevent the contamination of samples with MPs originated from platelets. Therefore, preparation of MP isolates from samples is the most sophisticated step for further examination. The next limitation might relate to complicated assay and suffers from resolution of MP detec- tion technique that is worth considering. Indeed, there were several technical-related difficulties in the measurement of MPs affected centrifugation of samples, labeling of MPs, using HD-FACS methodology and final assay of results obtained. Although HD-FACS methodology is widely used, theoretically overlap between two or more fluoro- chromes might reflect some obstacles for further interpre- tation of obtained results, especially including size gating in MP determination. Therefore, rotor type and centrifuga- tion time theoretically may influence on purity of extracel- lular vesicles. Overall, the definition of a blood MP using flow cytometry is still an area of great debate. However, flow cytometry is commonly used procedure, while it is not standardized and is difficult for use. Additionally, we cannot discuss whether CD62Eþ to CD31þ/annexin Vþ ratio is better than traditional mea- sures (BNP, and so on.) at predicting patient outcomes, because the design of clinical study does not correspond with clinical events’ evaluation. The advantage of CD62Eþ to CD31þ/annexin Vþ ratio over the currently used biomarkers requires to be reassayed in the large clin- ical trial in the future. Another limitation of this study is that a specific role of MPs is also possible and has not been characterized in depth in MetS patients. However, the authors suppose that these optionally technically restric- tions might have no significant impact on the study data interpretation. Additionally, retrospective, relatively small sample size may limit the significance of this study. In conclusion, decreased CD62Eþ to CD31þ/annexin Vþ ratio reflected impaired immune phenotype of MPs might discuss a surrogate marker of CHF development in MetS population. Biomarkers of biomechanical stress (NT-proBNP) and inflammation (hs-CRP, OPG) were found as significant predictors for decreased CD62Eþ to CD31þ/annexin Vþ ratio in MetS patients especially with CHF. Acknowledgments We thank all patients for their participation in the investigation, staff of the Regional Zaporozhye Hospital (Ukraine), and the doctors, nurses, and administrative staff in Regional Center of cardiovascular diseases (Zaporozhye, Ukraine) and City Hospital # 6 (Zaporozhye, Ukraine), general practices, and site-managed organizations that assisted with the study. Authors’ Contributions Alexander E Berezin initiated the hypothesis and designed the study protocol, contributed to collect, analyze, and interpret the data, performed statistical analysis, and wrote the manuscript. Alexander A Kremzer contributed to enroll the patients, collected Berezin et al. 7 and analyzed the data, reviewed the source documents, and drafted the article. 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