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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-8-12
pubmed:abstractText
Experimental and human organ transplant studies suggest an important role for chemokine (C-C-motif) receptor-5 (CCR5) in the development of acute and chronic allograft rejection. Because early transplant damage can predispose allografts to chronic dysfunction, we sought to identify potential pathophysiologic mechanisms leading to allograft damage by using wild-type and Ccr5-deficient mice as recipients of fully MHC-mismatched heart and carotid-artery allografts. Gene expression in rejecting heart allografts was analyzed 2 and 6 days after transplantation using Affymetrix GeneChips. Microarray analysis led to identification of four metalloproteinase genes [matrix metalloproteinase (Mmp)3, Mmp12, Mmp13 and a disintegrin and metalloprotease domain (Adam)8] with significantly diminished intragraft mRNA expression in Ccr5-deficient mice at day 6. Accordingly, allografts from Ccr5-deficient mice showed less tissue remodeling and hence better preservation of the myocardial architecture compared with allografts from wild-type recipients. Moreover, survival of cardiac allografts was significantly increased in Ccr5-deficient mice. Carotid artery allografts from Ccr5-deficient recipients showed better tissue preservation, and significant reduction of neointima formation and CD3+ T cell infiltration. Ccr5 appears to play an important role in transplant-associated arteriosclerosis that may involve metalloproteinase-mediated vessel wall remodeling. We conclude that early tissue remodeling may be a critical feature in the predisposition of allografts to the development of chronic dysfunction.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/ADAM Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Adam8 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antigens, CD, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Collagenases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cyclosporine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/MMP12 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/MMP13 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Matrix Metalloproteinase 12, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Matrix Metalloproteinase 13, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Matrix Metalloproteinase 3, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Metalloendopeptidases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Mmp13 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, CCR5
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0014-2980
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2004 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
34
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2568-78
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15307189-ADAM Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15307189-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15307189-Antigens, CD, pubmed-meshheading:15307189-Arteriosclerosis, pubmed-meshheading:15307189-Carotid Arteries, pubmed-meshheading:15307189-Collagenases, pubmed-meshheading:15307189-Cyclosporine, pubmed-meshheading:15307189-Heart Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:15307189-Matrix Metalloproteinase 12, pubmed-meshheading:15307189-Matrix Metalloproteinase 13, pubmed-meshheading:15307189-Matrix Metalloproteinase 3, pubmed-meshheading:15307189-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15307189-Metalloendopeptidases, pubmed-meshheading:15307189-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15307189-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:15307189-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:15307189-Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:15307189-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:15307189-Receptors, CCR5, pubmed-meshheading:15307189-Transplantation, Homologous
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Reduced intragraft mRNA expression of matrix metalloproteinases Mmp3, Mmp12, Mmp13 and Adam8, and diminished transplant arteriosclerosis in Ccr5-deficient mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Klinikum der Universität München, Medizinische Poliklinik--Innenstadt, München, Germany. bruno.luckow@med.uni-muenchen.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't