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Background <p>Hypertensive heart disease (HHD) and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) are characterized by left ventricular hypertrophy and diastolic dysfunction. Despite overlapping remodeling features, their distinct mechanisms and therapeutic responses remain unclear. This study integrated genetic, imaging, and proteomic data to identify key mediators underlying β1-adrenergic receptor blockers (β1-blockers)–related therapeutic heterogeneity between HHD and HCM.</p> Methods <p>Genetic instruments for β1-blockers were derived from two genome-wide association studies and integrated with cardiac magnetic resonance radiomic traits and plasma proteomic data from the UK Biobank, along with disease outcomes from FinnGen. A refined two-stage network Mendelian randomization framework with pleiotropy-robust estimators identified mediators of treatment response. To further elucidate their biological and clinical significance, additional analyses were performed, including drug-target profiling, molecular docking, adverse events (AEs) assessment, and drug prediction.</p> Results <p>We identified three types of imaging features and ten mediator proteins that contributed to therapeutic responses in HHD and HCM. These mediators were categorized as either mediating (aligned with therapeutic outcomes) or suppressing (opposing therapeutic outcomes). Left ventricular regional radial strain acted as a suppressing factor in HHD but a mediating factor in HCM, whereas end-diastolic and end-systolic volumes consistently showed suppressing effects in both. Regional myocardial wall thickness also exerted a suppressing role in HCM. Among protein mediators, <i>APOE</i>, <i>CGREF1</i>, <i>ITGA5</i>, <i>LSP1</i>, <i>NOS3</i>, and <i>NPPB</i> were linked to HHD, whereas <i>DUSP13</i>, <i>ITGA11</i>, <i>NID1</i>, and <i>SERPINA4</i> were related to HCM. Specifically, <i>APOE</i>, <i>ITGA5</i>, <i>NOS3</i>, <i>NPPB</i>, <i>DUSP13</i>, and <i>ITGA11</i> acted as mediating factors, while <i>CGREF1</i>, <i>LSP1</i>, <i>NID1</i>, and <i>SERPINA4</i> served as suppressing ones. These findings remained robust after pleiotropy adjustment and other genetic analyses. Molecular docking revealed interactions between <i>ADRB1</i>, the β1-blockers target, and downstream proteins, while drug prediction identified eight potential compounds linked to these mediators. Additionally, AE analyses indicated that some targets, such as <i>DUSP13</i>, could both mitigate and aggravate common AEs while contributing to cardiac therapy.</p> Conclusions <p>This integrative multi-omics analysis revealed distinct imaging and proteomic mechanisms of genetically proxied β1-blockers in HHD and HCM, providing genetic evidence for differential therapeutic responses and highlighting molecular targets for precision cardiovascular therapy.</p>

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Genetic insights into radiomic and proteomic changes under β1-blockers treatment in hypertensive heart disease and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

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    2026年2月9日

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  • Zhe Chen,
  • Yifan Tang,
  • Shuang Li,
  • Liangbin Pan,
  • Jiaxuan Wu,
  • Jiangjiang Liu,
  • Haitao Ma,
  • Bin Wang,
  • Kai Xie

摘要

Background

Hypertensive heart disease (HHD) and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) are characterized by left ventricular hypertrophy and diastolic dysfunction. Despite overlapping remodeling features, their distinct mechanisms and therapeutic responses remain unclear. This study integrated genetic, imaging, and proteomic data to identify key mediators underlying β1-adrenergic receptor blockers (β1-blockers)–related therapeutic heterogeneity between HHD and HCM.

Methods

Genetic instruments for β1-blockers were derived from two genome-wide association studies and integrated with cardiac magnetic resonance radiomic traits and plasma proteomic data from the UK Biobank, along with disease outcomes from FinnGen. A refined two-stage network Mendelian randomization framework with pleiotropy-robust estimators identified mediators of treatment response. To further elucidate their biological and clinical significance, additional analyses were performed, including drug-target profiling, molecular docking, adverse events (AEs) assessment, and drug prediction.

Results

We identified three types of imaging features and ten mediator proteins that contributed to therapeutic responses in HHD and HCM. These mediators were categorized as either mediating (aligned with therapeutic outcomes) or suppressing (opposing therapeutic outcomes). Left ventricular regional radial strain acted as a suppressing factor in HHD but a mediating factor in HCM, whereas end-diastolic and end-systolic volumes consistently showed suppressing effects in both. Regional myocardial wall thickness also exerted a suppressing role in HCM. Among protein mediators, APOE, CGREF1, ITGA5, LSP1, NOS3, and NPPB were linked to HHD, whereas DUSP13, ITGA11, NID1, and SERPINA4 were related to HCM. Specifically, APOE, ITGA5, NOS3, NPPB, DUSP13, and ITGA11 acted as mediating factors, while CGREF1, LSP1, NID1, and SERPINA4 served as suppressing ones. These findings remained robust after pleiotropy adjustment and other genetic analyses. Molecular docking revealed interactions between ADRB1, the β1-blockers target, and downstream proteins, while drug prediction identified eight potential compounds linked to these mediators. Additionally, AE analyses indicated that some targets, such as DUSP13, could both mitigate and aggravate common AEs while contributing to cardiac therapy.

Conclusions

This integrative multi-omics analysis revealed distinct imaging and proteomic mechanisms of genetically proxied β1-blockers in HHD and HCM, providing genetic evidence for differential therapeutic responses and highlighting molecular targets for precision cardiovascular therapy.