Sustained Focal Vascular Inflammation Accelerates Atherosclerosis in Remote Arteries.

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
Begoña Lavin PlazaRene M Botnar

Abstract

Evidence from preclinical and clinical studies has demonstrated that myocardial infarction promotes atherosclerosis progression. The impact of focal vascular inflammation on the progression and phenotype of remote atherosclerosis remains unknown. Approach and Results: We used a novel ApoE-/- knockout mouse model of sustained arterial inflammation, initiated by mechanical injury in the abdominal aorta. Using serial in vivo molecular MRI and ex vivo histology and flow cytometry, we demonstrate that focal arterial inflammation triggered by aortic injury, accelerates atherosclerosis in the remote brachiocephalic artery. The brachiocephalic artery atheroma had distinct histological features including increased plaque size, plaque permeability, necrotic core to collagen ratio, infiltration of more inflammatory monocyte subsets, and reduced collagen content. We also found that arterial inflammation following focal vascular injury evoked a prolonged systemic inflammatory response manifested as a persistent increase in serum IL-6 (interleukin 6). Finally, we demonstrate that 2 therapeutic interventions-pravastatin and minocycline-had distinct anti-inflammatory effects at the plaque and systemic level. We show for the first time that foc...Continue Reading

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Mar 26, 2021·Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology·Shigeo GodoHiroaki Shimokawa
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