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Increased Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase Activity Positively Correlates with Mortality in Heart Failure Patients with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Evidence from Metabolomics

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Abstract

Epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) have pleiotropic endogenous cardiovascular protective effects and can be hydrolyzed to the corresponding dihydroxyeicosatrienoic acids by soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH). Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) has shown an increased prevalence and worse prognosis over the decades. However, the role of sEH activity in HFpEF remains unclear. We enrolled 500 patients with HFpEF and 500 healthy controls between February 2010 and March 2016. Eight types of sEH-related eicosanoids were measured according to target metabolomics, and their correlation with clinical endpoints was also analyzed. The primary endpoint was cardiac mortality, and the secondary endpoint was a composite of cardiac events, including heart failure (HF) readmission, cardiogenic hospitalization, and all-cause mortality. Furthermore, the effect of sEH inhibitors on cardiac diastolic function in HFpEF was investigated in vivo and in vitro. Patients with HFpEF showed significantly enhanced EET degradation by the sEH enzyme compared with healthy controls. More importantly, sEH activity was positively correlated with cardiac mortality in patients with HFpEF, especially in older patients with arrhythmia. A consistent result was obtained in the multiple adjusted models. Decreased sEH activity by the sEH inhibitor showed a significant effective effect on the improvement of cardiac diastolic function by ameliorating lipid disorders in cardiomyocytes of HFpEF mouse model. This study demonstrated that increased sEH activity was associated with cardiac mortality in patients with HFpEF and suggested that sEH inhibition could be a promising therapeutic strategy to improve diastolic cardiac function. Clinical trial identifier: NCT03461107 (https://clinicaltrials.gov)

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The datasets generated during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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Abbreviations

AA:

Arachidonic acid

ALT:

Alanine aminotransferase

AST:

Aspartate aminotransferase

BHT:

Butylated hydroxytoluene

CIs:

Confidence intervals

CRP:

C-reactive protein

CYP450:

Cytochrome P450

DCM:

Dilated cardiomyopathy

DHETs:

Dihydroxyeicosatrienoic acids

EDTA:

Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid

EETs:

Epoxyeicosatrienoic acids

FFAs:

Free fatty acids

HCM:

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Hcy:

Homocysteine

HDL:

High-density lipoprotein

HF:

Heart failure

HFpEF:

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

HFrEF:

HF with reduced ejection fraction

HR:

Hazard ratios

LA:

Left atrial

LC–MS/MS:

Liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry

LDL:

Low-density lipoprotein

LV:

Left ventricular

LVEF:

Ejection fraction of left ventricle

NT-proBNP:

N-terminal B-type natriuretic peptide

ORs:

Odds ratios

PSM:

Propensity score matching

SBP/DBP:

Systolic/diastolic blood pressure

sEH:

Soluble epoxide hydrolase

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Funding

This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81790624 [to D.W.W.], 81900342 [to L. P.] and 81790621 [to Y. Z.]).

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LP, CC, XZ, and DW designed the experiments and interpreted the results of the manuscript. ZS, CZ and ZW performed the animal experiments. LP, XZ, LN, and CL analyzed the data. LP, ZS, XZ, and DW prepared the figures and tables. LP, ZS, CZ, KA, YW, CC, YY, YZ, HJ, XJ, and JS revised the manuscript. All the authors approved the final article.

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Correspondence to Chen Chen, Xu Zhang or Dao Wen Wang.

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The study protocols were approved by the Ethics Committee of Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

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The original online version of this article was revised: The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake in the corresponding authorship. Dr Chen Chen, is not properly marked in the published article although being listed as one of corresponding authors.

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Peng, L., Song, Z., Zhao, C. et al. Increased Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase Activity Positively Correlates with Mortality in Heart Failure Patients with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Evidence from Metabolomics. Phenomics 3, 34–49 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43657-022-00069-8

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