Pu Yang1, Michael S Hong1, Chunhua Fu1, Bradley M Schmit1, Yunchao Su2, Scott A Berceli3, Zhihua Jiang4. 1. Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, United States. 2. Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States. 3. Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, United States; The Malcom Randall VAMC, Gainesville, FL, United States. 4. Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, United States. Electronic address: jiangzh@surgery.ufl.edu.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: With the diverse origin of neointimal cells, previous studies have documented differences of neointimal cell lineage composition across models, but the animal-to-animal difference has not attracted much attention, although the cellular heterogeneity may impact neointimal growth and its response to therapeutic interventions. METHODS: R26R(+);Myh11-CreER(+), and R26R(+);Scl-CreER(+) mice were used to attach LacZ tags to the preexisting smooth muscle cells (SMCs) and endothelial cells (ECs), respectively. Neointimal lesions were created via complete ligation of the common carotid artery (CCA) and transluminal injury to the femoral artery (FA). RESULTS: LacZ-tagged SMCs were physically relocated from media to neointima and changed to a dedifferentiated phenotype in both CCA and FA lesions. The content of SMCs in the neointimal tissue, however, varied widely among specimens, ranging from 5 to 70% and 0 to 85%, with an average at low levels of 27% and 29% in CCA (n = 15) and FA (n = 15) lesions, respectively. Bone marrow cells, although able to home to the injured arteries, did not differentiate fully into SMCs after either type of injury. Preexisting ECs were located in the subendothelial region and produced mesenchymal marker α-actin, indicating endothelial-mesenchymal transition (EndoMT); however, EC-derived cells represented only 7% and 3% of the total neointimal cell pool of CCA (n = 7) and FA (n = 7) lesions, respectively. ECs located on the luminal surface exhibited little evidence of EndoMT. CONCLUSION: Neointimal hyperplasia proceeds with a wide range of variation in its cellular composition between individual lesions. Relative to ECs, SMCs are major contributors to the lesion-to-lesion heterogeneity in neointimal cell lineage composition.
BACKGROUND: With the diverse origin of neointimal cells, previous studies have documented differences of neointimal cell lineage composition across models, but the animal-to-animal difference has not attracted much attention, although the cellular heterogeneity may impact neointimal growth and its response to therapeutic interventions. METHODS:R26R(+);Myh11-CreER(+), and R26R(+);Scl-CreER(+) mice were used to attach LacZ tags to the preexisting smooth muscle cells (SMCs) and endothelial cells (ECs), respectively. Neointimal lesions were created via complete ligation of the common carotid artery (CCA) and transluminal injury to the femoral artery (FA). RESULTS: LacZ-tagged SMCs were physically relocated from media to neointima and changed to a dedifferentiated phenotype in both CCA and FA lesions. The content of SMCs in the neointimal tissue, however, varied widely among specimens, ranging from 5 to 70% and 0 to 85%, with an average at low levels of 27% and 29% in CCA (n = 15) and FA (n = 15) lesions, respectively. Bone marrow cells, although able to home to the injured arteries, did not differentiate fully into SMCs after either type of injury. Preexisting ECs were located in the subendothelial region and produced mesenchymal marker α-actin, indicating endothelial-mesenchymal transition (EndoMT); however, EC-derived cells represented only 7% and 3% of the total neointimal cell pool of CCA (n = 7) and FA (n = 7) lesions, respectively. ECs located on the luminal surface exhibited little evidence of EndoMT. CONCLUSION: Neointimal hyperplasia proceeds with a wide range of variation in its cellular composition between individual lesions. Relative to ECs, SMCs are major contributors to the lesion-to-lesion heterogeneity in neointimal cell lineage composition.
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