Fluvastatin accelerates re-endothelialization impaired by local sirolimus treatment
Fluvastatin accelerates re-endothelialization impaired by local sirolimus treatment
复制标题
DOI:
10.1016/j.ejphar.2009.04.006
复制
发表时间:
2009-06-10
影响因子:
5
通讯作者:
Sata, Masataka
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Fukuda, Daiju;Enomoto, Soichiro;Sata, Masataka
Sirolimus-eluting stent reduces restenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention. However. accumulating evidence suggests that sirolimus potentially affects re-endothelialization, leading to late thrombosis. Statins have protective effects on endothelium. Recently, statins are reported to increase the number of circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) and accelerate re-endothelialization after vascular injury. Here, we tested the hypothesis that fluvastatin has beneficial effect oil re-endothelialization after local sirolimus treatment. We performed wire-mediated vascular injury to both sides of femoral arteries of wild-type mice and bone marrow chimeric mice. Either sirolimus (100 mu g) or DMSO was administered locally to the perivascular area of the injured arteries. All mice received either fluvastatin (5 mg/kg/day) or vehicle by gavage starting at one week before the surgery until sacrifice. At 4 weeks after the surgery, re-endothelialization of the sirolimus-treated artery was significantly less than that of DMSO-treated one in the vehicle-treated mice as determined by the percentage of CD31-positive area (P