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Regression of Hypertrophied Rat Pulmonary Arteries in Organ Culture Is Associated With Suppression of Proteolytic Activity, Inhibition of Tenascin-C, and Smooth Muscle Cell Apoptosis
From the Division of Cardiovascular Research/Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (K.N.C., M.R.), Hospital for Sick Children/University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and Pediatric Cardiology Research Laboratory (P.L.J.), Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Philadelphia, Pa.
Correspondence to Marlene Rabinovitch, Division of Cardiovascular Research, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1X8. E-mail: mr{at}sickkids.on.ca
Abstract—Increased elastase activity and deposition of the matrix glycoprotein tenascin-C (TN), codistributing with proliferating smooth muscle cells (SMCs), are features of pulmonary vascular disease. In pulmonary artery (PA) SMC cultures, TN is regulated by matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and mechanical stress. On attached collagen gels, MMPs upregulate TN, leading to SMC proliferation, whereas on floating collagen, reduced MMPs suppress TN and induce SMC apoptosis. We now investigate the response of SMCs in the whole vessel by comparing attached and floating conditions using either normal PAs derived from juvenile pigs or normal or hypertrophied rat PAs that were embedded in collagen gels for 8 days. Normal porcine PAs in attached collagen gels were characterized by increasing activity of MMP-2 and MMP-9 assessed by zymography and TN deposition detected by Western immunoblotting and densitometric analysis of immunoreactivity. PAs on floating collagen showed reduced activity of both MMPs and deposition of TN. Tenascin-rich foci were associated with proliferating cell nuclear antigen immunoreactivity, and TN-poor areas with apoptosis, by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase–mediated nick end labeling assay, but no difference in wall thickness was observed. Although normal rat PAs were similar to piglet vessels, hypertrophied rat PAs showed an amplified response. Increased elastase, MMP-2, TN, and elastin deposition, as well as SMC proliferating cell nuclear antigen positivity, correlated with progressive medial thickening on attached collagen, whereas reduced MMP-2, elastase, TN, and induction of SMC apoptosis accompanied regression of the thickened media on floating collagen. In showing that hypertrophied SMCs in the intact vessel can be made to apoptose and that resorption of extracellular matrix can be achieved by inhibition of elastase and MMPs, our study suggests novel strategies to reverse vascular disease.
Key Words: extracellular matrix • tenascin-C • pulmonary vascular regression • apoptosis • proteinase
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