Garside, Paul and Maffia, Pasquale and Grassia, Gianluca and Di Meglio, Paola and Carnuccio, Rosa and Berrino, Liberato and Ianaro, Angela and Ialenti, Armando (2006) Neutralization of Interleukin-18 inhibits neointimal formation in a rat model of vascular injury. Circulation, 114. pp. 430-437. ISSN 0009-7322
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Background - Studies in humans and animal models suggest that interleukin-18 (IL-18) plays a crucial role in vascular pathologies. IL-18 is a predictor of cardiovascular death in angina and is involved in atherotic plaque destabilization. Higher IL-18 plasma levels also are associated with restenosis after coronary artery angioplasty performed in patients with acute myocardial infarction. We investigated the effective role of IL-18 in neointimal formation in a balloon-induced rat model of vascular injury. Methods and Results - Endothelial denudation of the left carotid artery was performed by use of a balloon embolectomy catheter. Increased expression of IL-18 and IL-18R/ß mRNA was detectable in carotid arteries from days 2 to 14 after angioplasty. The active form of IL-18 was highly expressed in injured arteries. Strong immunoreactivity for IL-18 was detected in the medial smooth muscle cells at days 2 and 7 after balloon injury and in proliferating/migrating smooth muscle cells in neointima at day 14. Moreover, serum concentrations of IL-18 were significantly higher among rats subjected to vascular injury. Treatment with neutralizing rabbit anti-rat IL-18 immunoglobulin G significantly reduced neointimal formation (by 27%; P<0.01), reduced the number of proliferating cells, and inhibited interferon-, IL-6, and IL-8 mRNA expression and nuclear factor-B activation in injured arteries. In addition, in vitro data show that IL-18 affects smooth muscle cell proliferation. Conclusions - These results identify a critical role for IL-18 in neointimal formation in a rat model of vascular injury and suggest a potential role for IL-18 neutralization in the reduction of neointimal development.
| Item type: | Article |
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| ID code: | 3772 |
| Keywords: | angioplasty, balloon, carotid arteries, interleukins, vascular injury, Biology |
| Subjects: | Science > Natural history > Biology |
| Department: | Faculty of Science > Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences |
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| Depositing user: | Strathprints Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Jul 2007 |
| Last modified: | 12 Mar 2012 10:40 |
| URI: | http://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/3772 |
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