Antirestenotic Effects of a Locally Delivered Caspase Inhibitor in a Balloon Injury Model

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Background-The precise role of arterial barotrauma- mediated apoptosis in causing restenosis is unclear. The purpose of this study was to determine if a link exists between angioplasty-mediated medial smooth muscle cell apoptosis and subsequent neointimal hyperplasia. Methods and Results-Bilateral iliac artery angioplasty was performed in 25 male New Zealand White rabbits. Simultaneous with balloon injury, each artery was treated locally with either the caspase inhibitor N-benzyloxycarbonyl-Val-Ala-Asp(Ome)-fluoromethylketone (ZVAD-fmk) or control. In the acute cohort that was survived to 4 hours (n = 10, 7 high dose and 3 low dose), an apoptotic index was calculated using the terminal deoxynucleotidyl TUNEL method. In the intermediate cohort that was survived to 2 weeks (n = 5), luminal reendothelialization was measured via CD-31 staining. In the chronic cohort that was survived to 4 weeks (n = 10), neointimal area was measured. In the acute cohort, there was a 40% reduction in the apoptotic index with high-dose ZVAD-fmk (P = 0.008) and a 33% reduction with low-dose ZVAD-fmk (P = 0.08). At 2 weeks, there was no significant difference in the degree of luminal reendothelialization. However, at 4 weeks, there was a 33% (0.33±0.23 versus 0.22±0.20 mm2) (P<0.005) reduction in neointimal area in ZVAD-fmk-treated arteries. Conclusions-The local delivery of ZVAD-fmk during balloon injury inhibits smooth muscle cell apoptosis. This corresponds to a significant reduction in neointimal proliferation seen at 4 weeks without a significant change in the degree of reendothelialization at 2 weeks.

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Beohar, N., Flaherty, J. D., Davidson, C. J., Maynard, R. C., Robbins, J. D., Shah, A. P., … Bonow, R. O. (2004). Antirestenotic Effects of a Locally Delivered Caspase Inhibitor in a Balloon Injury Model. Circulation, 109(1), 108–113. https://doi.org/10.1161/01.CIR.0000105724.30980.CD

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