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      Mechanical stretching of human saphenous vein grafts induces expression and activation of matrix-degrading enzymes associated with vascular tissue injury and repair.

      Experimental and molecular pathology
      Bromodeoxyuridine, metabolism, Cell Division, physiology, Collagenases, Elasticity, Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, Enzyme Activation, Enzyme Precursors, Gelatinases, Humans, Matrix Metalloproteinase 2, Matrix Metalloproteinase 9, Metalloendopeptidases, Organ Culture Techniques, Receptors, Vitronectin, Saphenous Vein, enzymology, injuries, pathology, Stress, Mechanical, Wound Healing

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          After coronary artery bypass surgery, saphenous vein graft occlusion occurs through tissue remodeling. Although a likely trigger, the role of preparative mechanical injury incurred by the graft is not yet understood. We studied the early effects of simple mechanical injury on human saphenous vein grafts by exposing them to longitudinal stretch, a deformation which potentially occurs during surgery. We then maintained ex vivo for up to 7 days matched pairs of experimentally stretched and nonstretched (control) vein segments and examined the expression and activation of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and integrin alphav, molecules implicated in vascular remodeling. At peak expression on day 3, stretched vein secreted 177 +/- 16% active MMP-2 (P < 0.01), 161 +/- 36% (P < 0.05) pro-MMP-9, and contained 206 +/- 18% (P < 0.01) alphav, a receptor for active MMP-2, compared to control. In situ gelatinase activity was present in the intima and adventitia of stretched veins, but not of control, and correlated spatially with expression of alphav. Stretch also increased severalfold cell proliferation (1.27 +/- 0.4 vs. 0.23 +/- 0.05% in control, P < 0.05), as assessed by bromodeoxyuridine incorporation. Furthermore, we found that cell proliferation colocalized with gelatinase activity and alphav in the adventitia. Our results show that a single longitudinal stretch of vein grafts produces significant changes in the expression and activation of key molecules in vascular remodeling. We also found support for the notion that the adventitial layer contributes to vein graft remodeling. Copyright 1999 Academic Press.

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