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Role of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System in Dystrophin-Deficient Cardiomyopathy

Version 1 : Received: 16 December 2020 / Approved: 18 December 2020 / Online: 18 December 2020 (07:18:16 CET)

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Rodriguez-Gonzalez, M.; Lubian-Gutierrez, M.; Cascales-Poyatos, H.M.; Perez-Reviriego, A.A.; Castellano-Martinez, A. Role of the Renin–Angiotensin–Aldosterone System in Dystrophin-Deficient Cardiomyopathy. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2021, 22, 356. Rodriguez-Gonzalez, M.; Lubian-Gutierrez, M.; Cascales-Poyatos, H.M.; Perez-Reviriego, A.A.; Castellano-Martinez, A. Role of the Renin–Angiotensin–Aldosterone System in Dystrophin-Deficient Cardiomyopathy. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2021, 22, 356.

Abstract

Dystrophin-deficient cardiomyopathy (DDC) is currently the leading cause of death in patients with dystrophinopathies. Targeting myocardial fibrosis (MF) has become a major therapeutic goal in order to prevent the occurrence of DDC. We aimed to review and summarize the current evidence about the role of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) in the development and perpetuation of MF in DCC. We conducted a comprehensive search of peer-reviewed English literature on PubMed about this subject. We found increasing preclinical evidence from studies in animal models during the last 20 years pointing out a central role of RAAS in the development of MF in DDC. Local tissue RAAS acts directly mainly through its main fibrotic component angiotensin II (ANG2) and its transducer receptor (AT1R) and downstream TGF-b pathway. Also, it modulates the actions of most of the remaining pro-fibrotic factors involved in DDC. Despite limited clinical evidence, RAAS blockade constitutes the most studied, available and promising therapeutic strategy against MF and DDC. Conclusion: Based on the evidence reviewed, it would be recommendable to start RAAS blockade therapy through angiotensin converter enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) or AT1R blockers (ARBs) alone or in combination with mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRa) at the youngest age after the diagnosis of dystrophinopathies, in order to delay the occurrence or slow the progression of MF, even before the detection of any cardiovascular alteration.

Keywords

dystrohinopathy; Duchenne muscular disease; Becker muscular disease; dystrophic deficient cardiomyopathy; cardiac fibrosis; renin angiotensin system; angiotensin 2; angiotensin converter enzyme inhibitors; angiotensin receptor blockers; heart failure

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Immunology and Allergy

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