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Lijnen, H.R. et al.

Lijnen, Soloway, Collen,

Tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinases-1 impairs arterial neointima formation after vascular injury in mice.

The hypothesis that tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1 (TIMP-1) plays a role in neointima formation was tested with the use of a vascular injury model in wild-type (TIMP-1(+/+)) and TIMP-1-deficient (TIMP-1(-/-)) mice. The neointimal area at 1 to 3 weeks after electric injury of the femoral artery was significantly higher in TIMP-1(-/-) as compared with TIMP-1(+/+) mice (0.012+/-0. 0015 versus 0.0033+/-0.0008 mm(2) at 1 week, P<0.005). The medial areas were comparable, resulting in intima/media ratios that were significantly larger in TIMP-1(-/-) as compared with TIMP-1(+/+) arteries (1.2+/-0.22 versus 0.39+/-0.08 at 1 week, P<0.005). Nuclear cell counts in cross-sectional areas of the intima of the injured region were higher in TIMP-1(-/-) as compared with TIMP-1(+/+) arteries (138+/-15 versus 69+/-8 at 1 week, P<0.005). Immunocytochemical analysis revealed that alpha-actin-positive smooth muscle cells (SMCs) at 2 weeks after injury were more abundant in the intima of TIMP-1(-/-) arteries than in that of TIMP-1(+/+) arteries, whereas after 3 weeks the intimal cell population consisted mainly of SMCs in both genotypes. In in vitro scrape-wounding assays, SMCs of TIMP-1(-/-) mice migrated faster than those of TIMP-1(+/+) mice. Zymography of arterial extracts revealed a higher active matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 level at 1 to 3 weeks after injury in TIMP-1(-/-) arteries, whereas active MMP-9 was only detected in TIMP-1(-/-) arteries at 1 week after injury. These data are compatible with a role of TIMP-1 in the impairment of SMC migration and neointima formation after vascular injury, as a result of inhibition of MMP activity.[1]

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Tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinases-1 impairs arterial neointima formation after vascular injury in mice. Lijnen, H.R., Soloway, P., Collen, D. Circ. Res. (1999) [Pubmed]

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