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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-3-22
pubmed:abstractText
Our previous study revealed that the coxsackievirus and adenovirus receptor (CAR) is a homophilic cell adhesion molecule and may function as a sensor of cell-cell interactions in the brain and damaged heart. In this study, we investigated if CAR expression is involved in the formation of neointimal hyperplasia using a balloon injury model of rat carotid artery. Cultured vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) from rat aorta were also studied. CAR antigen was constitutively detected in the endothelial cells (ECs) but not in SMCs before injury. On Day 5 after balloon injury, CAR was expressed strongly in the first layer of medial SMCs. Neointimal hyperplasia was observed on Day 7, and strong expressions of CAR concomitantly with proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) were obvious in the neointimal SMCs, while CAR in medial SMCs disappeared. The expression of CAR mRNA reached a peak on Day 7 and declined gradually to the basal levels. When the ECs regenerated on Day 14, CAR antigen was observed in the ECs but disappeared in the neointima. CAR together with PCNA was expressed abundantly in the proliferating SMCs in vitro and diminished in cells grown to a confluent state. The abundant expression of CAR in the neointima may facilitate an adenoviral gene therapy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1054-8807
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
79-84
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15033156-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15033156-Carotid Arteries, pubmed-meshheading:15033156-Carotid Artery Injuries, pubmed-meshheading:15033156-Cell Adhesion Molecules, pubmed-meshheading:15033156-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:15033156-Endothelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:15033156-Enterovirus, pubmed-meshheading:15033156-Hyperplasia, pubmed-meshheading:15033156-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:15033156-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15033156-Microscopy, Confocal, pubmed-meshheading:15033156-Muscle, Smooth, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:15033156-Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen, pubmed-meshheading:15033156-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:15033156-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:15033156-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:15033156-Receptors, Virus, pubmed-meshheading:15033156-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:15033156-Tunica Intima, pubmed-meshheading:15033156-Tunica Media
pubmed:articleTitle
Expression of coxsackievirus and adenovirus receptor in neointima of the rat carotid artery.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Cardiology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, l-754 Asahimachi-dori, Niigata 951-8510, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't