Preexisting smooth muscle cells contribute to neointimal cell repopulation at an incidence varying widely among individual lesions.
Preexisting smooth muscle cells contribute to neointimal cell repopulation at an incidence varying widely among individual lesions.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.surg.2015.08.015
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发表时间:
2016-02
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影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
Jiang Z
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作者:
Yang P;Hong MS;Fu C;Schmit BM;Su Y;Berceli SA;Jiang Z
With the diverse origin of neointimal cells, previous studies have documented differences of neointimal cell-lineage composition across models, but the animal-to-animal difference has not attracted much attention though the cellular heterogeneity may impact neointimal growth and its response to therapeutic interventions. The R26R+;Myh11-CreER+ and R26R+;Scl-CreER+ mice were utilized to attach LacZ tags to the pre-existing smooth muscle cells (SMCs) and endothelial cells (ECs), respectively. Neointimal lesions were created via complete ligation of the common carotid artery (CCA) and transluminal injury to the femoral artery (FA). LacZ-tagged SMCs were physically relocated from media to neointima and changed to a de-differentiated phenotype in both CCA and FA lesions. The content of SMCs in the neointimal tissue, however, varied widely among specimens, ranging from 5–70% and 0–85%, with an average at low levels of 27% and 29% in CCA (n=15) and FA (n=15) lesions, respectively. Bone marrow cells, while able to home to the injured arteries, did not differentiate fully into SMCs after either type of injury. Pre-existing ECs were located in the sub-endothelial region and produced mesenchymal marker α-actin, indicating endothelial-mesenchymal-transition (EndoMT), however, EC-derived cells represented only 7% and 3% of the total neointimal cell pool of CCA (n=7) and FA (n=7) lesions, respectively. ECs located on the luminal surface exhibited little evidence for EndoMT. Neointimal hyperplasia proceeds with a wide range of variation in its cellular composition between individual lesions. Relative to ECs, SMCs are major contributors to the lesion-to-lesion heterogeneity in neointimal cell-lineage composition.