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Biglycan, decorin, and versican protein expression patterns in coronary arteriopathy of human cardiac allograft: distinctness as compared to native atherosclerosis.

BACKGROUND: Histochemical staining has demonstrated previously dramatic deposits of glycosaminoglycans associated with prominent lipid accumulations in thickened vessel walls of allograft coronary arteries. In this study, we characterized the amount, distribution, and types of proteoglycan in the walls of coronary arteries from human cardiac allografts and from native atherosclerotic (NA) controls as part of a strategy to understand the pathogenesis of transplant arteriopathy (TA). METHOD: We used polyclonal rabbit antibodies against human biglycan, decorin, and versican localize the proteoglycan molecules in standardized transverse sections of the proximal left anterior descending and right coronary arteries. Slides were scored in a blinded fashion for intensity of proteoglycan staining (0 to 6+) and for localization in the vessel walls. RESULTS: Unique patterns of proteoglycan distribution were present in TA and NA. Biglycan was particularly prominent in intima and evolving atheromata in severely diseased TA coronary arteries, but not in NA. Decorin was present mainly in adventitia of all vessels and in the intima of NA. Prominent versican accumulation occurred in intima and media of TA coronaries, associated with smooth muscle cells and foam cells. There was a reciprocal pattern of biglycan and decorin staining. Versican colocalized with biglycan. Intimal biglycan and versican deposits were positively correlated to the extent of luminal narrowing in TA. CONCLUSION: The distinctive staining patterns for biglycan, decorin and versican in both native and allograft disease indicate that the synthesis and distribution of these proteoglycans are regulated by different local mechanisms in different atheromatous diseases.[1]

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  1. Biglycan, decorin, and versican protein expression patterns in coronary arteriopathy of human cardiac allograft: distinctness as compared to native atherosclerosis. Lin, H., Wilson, J.E., Roberts, C.R., Horley, K.J., Winters, G.L., Costanzo, M.R., McManus, B.M. J. Heart Lung Transplant. (1996) [Pubmed]
 
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