Increased p53 gene dosage reduces neointimal thickening induced by mechanical injury but has no effect on native atherosclerosis.

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Increased p53 gene dosage reduces neointimal thickening induced by mechanical injury but has no effect on native atherosclerosis. Abstract Text:

Silvia M ,Leire ,Isabel , Roque, , Fuster,M Teresa Castells,Juana M Flores,Manuel Serrano,Vicente ,

OBJECTIVE: The tumor suppressor p53 regulates cell proliferation and apoptosis, two key processes in the pathogenesis of occlusive vascular disease. Here, we examined the consequences of heightening p53 function on neointimal lesion formation in the setting of atherosclerosis and mechanical injury. METHODS: For this study we employed immunohistopathological characterization of neointimal lesions in atherosclerosis-prone apolipoprotein E-null mice with normal p53 gene dosage (apoE-KO) and carrying a p53 transgene (Super-p53/apoE-KO). We also carried out molecular studies in macrophages and smooth muscle cells (SMCs) obtained from these mice. RESULTS: The p53 transgene conferred p53 gain-of-function in cultured cells and mice. In vitro, survival of irradiated Super-p53 macrophages and femoral SMCs was reduced, but only Super-p53 SMCs exhibited attenuated proliferation. In vivo, whereas the size of spontaneously formed and diet-induced aortic atheromas was indistinguishable in apoE-KO and Super-p53/apoE-KO mice, the latter exhibited attenuated neointimal thickening in mechanically injured femoral artery. In both models, neither apoptosis nor cell proliferation were affected by additional p53 gene dosage when examined in established neointimal lesions. However, at 2 days after mechanical injury when neointimal lesions were not yet formed, cell proliferation was significantly attenuated within medial SMCs of Super-p53/apoE-KO mice. CONCLUSION: Heightening p53 function has differential effects on in vitro proliferation of macrophages (unaffected) versus SMCs (reduced), and on native atherosclerosis (unaffected) versus mechanically induced neointimal thickening (reduced) in apoE-KO mice. The protective effect of p53 in mechanically injured femoral artery coincided with limited medial SMC proliferation at early time points preceding neointima formation, but neither medial nor neointimal cell proliferation was affected in vessels with established occlusive lesions. These findings corroborate p53 gain-of-function as a promising therapeutic strategy to limit post-angioplasty restenosis but not native atherosclerosis.

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SM ,L ,I ,M Roque,JM ,JJ Fuster,MT Castells,JM Flores,M Serrano,V ,

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Increased p53 gene dosage reduces neointimal thickening induced by mechanical injury but has no effect on native atherosclerosis. Journal Published:

PUBLICATION TYPE: Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov

Journal: Cardiovascular research

VOLUME: 75

Page Numbers: 803-12

Journal Abbreviation: Cardiovasc. Res.

ISSN: 0008-6363

DAY: 10

MONTH: 05

YEAR: 2007

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LANGUAGE: eng

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KEYWORDS: Tunica Intima

MESH TERMS: pathology

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AFFILIATION: Vascular Biology Unit, Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia (IBV-CSIC), Spanish Council for Scientific Research, 46010 Valencia, Spain.

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