Plasma levels of autophagy regulator Rubicon are inversely associated with acute coronary syndrome

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Title: Plasma levels of autophagy regulator Rubicon are inversely associated with acute coronary syndrome
Authors: Marie-Hélène Grazide, Jean-Bernard Ruidavets, Wim Martinet, Meyer Elbaz, Cécile Vindis
Source: Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, Vol 10 (2024)
Publisher Information: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024.
Publication Year: 2024
Collection: LCC:Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Subject Terms: Rubicon, autophagy regulator, biomarker, acute coronary syndrome, risk prediction, Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, RC666-701
More Details: BackgroundThe discovery of novel biomarkers that improve current cardiovascular risk prediction models of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is needed for the identification of very high-risk patients and therapeutic decision-making. Autophagy is a highly conserved catabolic mechanism for intracellular degradation of cellular components through lysosomes. The autophagy process helps maintain cardiac homeostasis and dysregulated autophagy has been described in cardiovascular conditions. Rubicon (Run domain Beclin-1-interacting and cysteine-rich domain-containing protein) is a key regulator of autophagy with a potential role in cardiac stress.ObjectivesThe aims of the present study were to assess whether changes in circulating Rubicon levels are associated with ACS and to evaluate the added value of Rubicon to a clinical predictive risk model.Methods and resultsThe study population included ACS patients (n = 100) and control subjects (n = 99) at high to very high cardiovascular risk but without known coronary event. Plasma Rubicon levels were measured in the whole study population by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Multivariate logistic regression analyses established that Rubicon levels were inversely associated with ACS. A receiver operating characteristic curve analysis demonstrated that the addition of Rubicon improved the predictive performance of the model with an increased area under the curve from 0.868 to 0.896 (p = 0.038).ConclusionsPlasma levels of the autophagy regulator Rubicon are associated with ACS and provide added value to classical risk markers for ACS.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2297-055X
Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2023.1279899/full; https://doaj.org/toc/2297-055X
DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1279899
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/bb1b7be8c9c64cd0946f2f805eebd4cd
Accession Number: edsdoj.bb1b7be8c9c64cd0946f2f805eebd4cd
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:2297055X
DOI:10.3389/fcvm.2023.1279899
Published in:Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Language:English