Effects of Caspase Inhibitor on Angiotensin II-Induced Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Apolipoprotein E–Deficient Mice
- 1 April 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
- Vol. 30 (4), 702-707
- https://doi.org/10.1161/atvbaha.109.200527
Abstract
Objective— The presence of apoptotic markers is a prominent histological feature of abdominal aortic aneurysm. To understand the role of apoptosis in the pathogenesis of this common vascular disease, we tested the effect of the pan-caspase inhibitor quinoline-Val-Asp-difluorophenoxymethylketone (Q-Vd-OPh) on aneurysm formation using a mouse angiotensin II (Ang II) model. Methods and Results— Ang II in apolipoprotein E–deficient mice significantly induced medial cell apoptosis 3 days after infusion at the aortic region, eventually becoming aneurismal. A daily administration of 20 mg/kg per day Q-Vd-OPh starting 6 hours before Ang II infusion reduced aneurysm incidence from 83.3% to 16.7% and maximal aortic diameter from 2.43±0.29 mm to 1.58±0.18 mm. The caspase inhibitor treated mice showed profoundly diminished levels of medial apoptosis and inflammation. In contrast, administration of Q-Vd-OPh starting 7 days after Ang II infusion had no significant impact on aneurysm development. In vitro, media conditi... In vivo administration of the pan-caspase inhibitor profoundly attenuated apoptosis of medial smooth muscle cells, infiltration of macrophages, upregulation of elastase activity, and formation of aneurysm induced by angiotensin II in mice. In vitro studies suggest that apoptotic cells may contribute to vascular inflammation by producing monocyte chemoattractant protein-1.This publication has 28 references indexed in Scilit:
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