Integrated multiomics of pressure overload in the human heart prioritizes targets relevant to heart failure

B Brian R. Lindman (From Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute, Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ (P.G.); Columbia University Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital (A.S., R.T.H., M.B.L.), the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (D.J.C., R.T.H., B.R., M.B.L.), and Weill Cornell Medicine (B.R.), New York, and St. Francis Hospital and Heart Center, Roslyn (D.J.C.) — all in New York; University of Colorado Health, Medical Center of the Rockies, Loveland (J.B.O.); Laval University, Quebec, QC (P.P.), St. Paul’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver (P.B., J.L.), and McMaster University, Hamilton, ON (T.S.) — all in Canada; Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (B.R.L., K.G.); Emory University, Atlanta (V.B.); the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University, Stanford (W.F.F.), VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto (W.F.F.), California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco (D.V.D.), Cedars–Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles (R.R.M.), and Edwards ...) A Andrew S. Perry M Michelle L. Lance K Kaushik Amancherla N Namju Kim (Department of Chemistry) Q Quanhu Sheng P Phillip Lin R Ryan D. Pfeiffer E Eric Farber-Eger W William F. Fearon (Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA) S Samir Kapadia D Dharam J. Kumbhani L Linda Gillam R Ravinder R. Mallugari D Deepak K. Gupta F Francis J. Miller A Anna Vatterott N Natalie Jackson Y Yan Ru Su K Kelsey Tomasek T Tarek Absi J Jane E. Freedman M Matthew Nayor S Saumya Das Q Quinn S. Wells M Marc R. Dweck R Robert E. Gerszten E Eric R. Gamazon N Nathan R. Tucker R Ravi Shah S Sammy Elmariah

Abstract

Abstract Pressure overload initiates a series of alterations in the human heart that predate macroscopic organ-level remodeling and downstream heart failure. We study aortic stenosis through integrated proteomic, tissue transcriptomic, and genetic methods to prioritize targets causal in human heart failure. First, we identify the circulating proteome of cardiac remodeling in aortic stenosis, specifying known and previously-unknown mediators of fibrosis, hypertrophy, and oxidative stress, several associated with interstitial fibrosis in a separate cohort (N = 145). These signatures are strongly related to clinical outcomes in aortic stenosis (N = 802) and in broader at-risk populations in the UK Biobank (N = 36,668). We next map this remodeling proteome to myocardial transcription in patients with and without aortic stenosis through single-nuclear transcriptomics, observing broad differential expression of genes encoding this remodeling proteome, featuring fibrosis pathways and metabolic-inflammatory signaling. Finally, integrating our circulating and tissue-specific results with modern genetic approaches, we implicate several targets as causal in heart failure.

Article Details

Volume / Issue Vol. 16, Issue 1
Published July 26, 2025
ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher Nature Portfolio

Journal Info

Nature Communications

Nature Portfolio

ISSN: 2041-1723 Open Access Life Sciences

Authors (31)

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Brian R. Lindman

From Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute, Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ (P.G.); Columbia University Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital (A.S., R.T.H., M.B.L.), the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (D.J.C., R.T.H., B.R., M.B.L.), and Weill Cornell Medicine (B.R.), New York, and St. Francis Hospital and Heart Center, Roslyn (D.J.C.) — all in New York; University of Colorado Health, Medical Center of the Rockies, Loveland (J.B.O.); Laval University, Quebec, QC (P.P.), St. Paul’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver (P.B., J.L.), and McMaster University, Hamilton, ON (T.S.) — all in Canada; Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (B.R.L., K.G.); Emory University, Atlanta (V.B.); the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University, Stanford (W.F.F.), VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto (W.F.F.), California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco (D.V.D.), Cedars–Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles (R.R.M.), and Edwards ...

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Andrew S. Perry

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Michelle L. Lance

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Kaushik Amancherla

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Namju Kim

Department of Chemistry

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Quanhu Sheng

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Phillip Lin

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Ryan D. Pfeiffer

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Eric Farber-Eger

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William F. Fearon

Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

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Samir Kapadia

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Dharam J. Kumbhani

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Linda Gillam

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Ravinder R. Mallugari

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Deepak K. Gupta

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Francis J. Miller

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Anna Vatterott

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Natalie Jackson

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Yan Ru Su

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Kelsey Tomasek

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Tarek Absi

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Jane E. Freedman

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Matthew Nayor

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Saumya Das

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Quinn S. Wells

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Marc R. Dweck

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Robert E. Gerszten

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Eric R. Gamazon

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Nathan R. Tucker

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Ravi Shah

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Sammy Elmariah