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Focal expression of angiotensin II type 1 receptor and smooth muscle cell proliferation in the neointima of experimental vein grafts: relation to eddy blood flow.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  10559005     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Eddy flow has been shown to promote focal smooth muscle cell (SMC) proliferation and neointimal formation in experimental vein grafts. This study focuses on whether the angiotensin II type 1 (AT(1)) receptor mediates these events. Experimental vein grafts with and without eddy flow were created in the rat. Losartan was used to assess the influence of the AT(1) receptor on SMC proliferation. In vein grafts with eddy flow, apparent focal expression of AT(1) mRNA and protein was found in the leading region of the proximal focal neointima, where eddy flow occurred, but not in the trailing region, where eddy flow diminished, at days 5, 10, 20, and 30. The rate of SMC proliferation in the leading region (10.9+/-1.4%, 19.5+/-2.2%, 12.2+/-2.0%, and 6.9+/-1.3% at these times, respectively) was significantly higher than that in the trailing region (9.5+/-1.8%, 15.3+/-2.0%, 8.2+/-1.9%, and 3.2+/-0.7%) in these vein grafts. When eddy flow was prevented in engineered vein grafts, no apparent location difference was found in the distribution of AT(1) receptor mRNA and protein in the neointima, and the rate of SMC proliferation (5.3+/-1.0%, 5.8+/-0.9%, 3.4+/-1.0%, and 3.7+/-0.9% at days 5, 10, 20, and 30, respectively) was reduced significantly. In vein grafts with losartan, the rate of SMC proliferation in the leading region of the neointima (9.4+/-1.8%, 10.1+/-1.3%, 8.3+/-0.9%, and 4.2+/-0. 5% at days 5, 10, 20, and 30, respectively) was significantly lower than that in vein grafts without losartan. These results suggested that eddy flow upregulated the AT(1) receptor, which in turn mediated focal SMC proliferation in the neointima of experimental vein grafts.
Authors:
S Q Liu
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology     Volume:  19     ISSN:  1079-5642     ISO Abbreviation:  Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol.     Publication Date:  1999 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1999-11-30     Completed Date:  1999-11-30     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9505803     Medline TA:  Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  2630-9     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Biomedical Engineering Department, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-3107, USA. sliu@nwu.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Antihypertensive Agents / pharmacology
Antimetabolites
Blood Flow Velocity
Bromodeoxyuridine
Cell Division / drug effects,  physiology
Culture Techniques / methods
Gene Expression / physiology
Hyperplasia
Jugular Veins / pathology,  physiology*,  transplantation*
Losartan / pharmacology
Male
Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / chemistry,  cytology*,  physiology*
RNA, Messenger / analysis
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1
Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 2
Receptors, Angiotensin / genetics*
Stress, Mechanical
Tensile Strength
Tunica Intima / chemistry,  pathology,  physiology
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Antihypertensive Agents; 0/Antimetabolites; 0/RNA, Messenger; 0/Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1; 0/Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 2; 0/Receptors, Angiotensin; 114798-26-4/Losartan; 59-14-3/Bromodeoxyuridine

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