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16711162

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-5-22
pubmed:abstractText
Vascular calcification is highly correlated with atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease and is a significant predictor of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Studies in mice indicate a genetic contribution to this dystrophic extra osseous calcification. We sought to elaborate a method to induce dystrophic arterial calcification in mice and further examine the pathogenetical mechanisms involved in the phenotype. We established a method of freeze-thaw injury of the infrarenal aorta producing a limited tissue necrosis and histologically investigated the occurrence of dystrophic calcification within the aortic wall 1, 3 and 7 days after injury in C57BL/6 (a mouse strain shown to be resistant to dystrophic cardiac calcification after injury) and C3H/He (susceptible to dystrophic cardiac calcification). C57BL/6 mice exhibited no dystrophic calcification at all within the vessel wall upon injury of the infrarenal aorta (0/5 mice 1 day after injury and 0/10 animals 7 days after injury). By contrast C3H/He mice displayed a remarkable extent of calcification mainly present within the media of the infrarenal aorta which was evident as early as 24 h (three out of five animals 1 day after injury) and reached its maximum extent 7 days after injury (10 out of 10 animals at the seventh postoperative day, p<0.001 compared to C57BL/6 mice). Upon immuno-histological analysis calcification was accompanied by the occurrence of certain bone-matrix associated proteins. Osteopontin and Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2/4 expression was detected co-localized with the calcified lesions. Our results demonstrate that freeze-thaw injury of the infrarenal aorta is a sufficient method to induce dystrophic arterial calcification in mice. We present evidence that the occurrence of arterial calcification in C3H/He mice seems to be actively regulated by certain bone-matrix associated proteins.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0940-9602
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
188
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
235-42
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Arterial calcification in mice after freeze-thaw injury.
pubmed:affiliation
Medizinische Klinik II, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 Lübeck, Germany. lars.doehring@uk-sh.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't