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Pretreatment with intraluminal rapamycin nanoparticle perfusion inhibits neointimal hyperplasia in a rabbit vein graft model

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Authors: Kai Liu, Guangqing Cao, Xiquan Zhang, et al

Published Date October 2010 Volume 2010:5 Pages 853 - 860
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJN.S13112

Kai Liu1*, Guangqing Cao1*, Xiquan Zhang1, Ruifang Liu2, Weiwei Zou3, Shuming Wu1
1Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2Anesthesia, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan; 3The School of Pharmaceutical Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China; *Kai Liu and Guangqing Cao contributed equally to this work.

Purpose: Poly lactic-co-glycolic acid nanoparticles (PLGA-NP) are widely used as a biodegradable biomaterial in medicine. Rapamycin-eluting stents have been used for prevention of restenosis during surgery. This study investigated the effect of pretreatment with intraluminal perfusion of carbopol-encapsulated rapamycin-loaded PLGA nanoparticles (RAP-PLGA-NP) on neointimal hyperplasia in a rabbit vein graft model.
Methods: A segment of common carotid artery was replaced with a segment of external jugular vein in 60 rabbits which were then separated into four treatment groups, ie, Group 1, in which vein grafts were pretreated with intraluminal RAP-PLGA-NP perfusion, Group 2 in which vein grafts underwent equivalent empty vehicle (PLGA-NP) perfusion, Group 3, in which vein grafts received no treatment, and Group 4, which served as a sham operation group receiving normal vein contrast. On postoperative day 28, the grafts and normal veins were harvested for histologic examination, flow cytometry analysis, and high-performance liquid chromatography measurement.
Results: Compared with Group 1, the intima of the grafts were thickened, the ratio of intimal area to vessel area increased, and the collagen volume index of the vein grafts increased significantly in Groups 2 and 3. The cell proliferation index in Group 1 (21.11 ± 3.15%) was much lower than that in Group 2 (30.35 ± 2.69%) and in Group 3 (33.86 ± 8.72%). By high-performance liquid chromatography measurement, retention of rapamycin was detected in Group 1 (11.2 ± 0.37 µg/10 mg) 28 days after single drug perfusion.
Conclusion: Pretreatment with intraluminal RAP-PLGA-NP perfusion may inhibit neointimal hyperplasia in vein grafts by penetrating into local tissue and limiting cell proliferation.

Keywords: autograft, stenosis, jugular vein, transplants






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