Smooth muscle phenotypic modulation is an early event in aortic aneurysms.

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Gorav AilawadiG K Owens

Abstract

Vascular smooth muscle cells can undergo profound changes in phenotype, defined by coordinated repression of smooth muscle cell marker genes and production of matrix metalloproteinases in response to injury. However, little is known of the role of smooth muscle cells in aortic aneurysms. We hypothesized that smooth muscle cells undergo phenotypic modulation early in the development of aortic aneurysms. Abdominal aortas from C57B6 mice (n = 79) were perfused with elastase or saline (control) and harvested at 1, 3, 7, or 14 days. Aortas were analyzed by means of quantitative polymerase chain reaction and immunohistochemistry for smooth muscle cell marker genes, including SM22A, smooth muscle alpha-actin, and matrix metalloproteinases 2 and 9. In complimentary experiments human aneurysms (n = 10) and control aorta (n = 10) were harvested at the time of surgical intervention and analyzed. By 14 days, aortic diameter was larger after elastase perfusion compared with control diameter (100% +/- 9.6% vs 59.5% +/- 18.9%, P = .0002). At 7 days, elastase-perfused mice had a 78% and 85% reduction in SM22 alpha and smooth muscle alpha-actin expression, respectively, compared with that seen in control animals well before aneurysms were prese...Continue Reading

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