• Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, P. R. China;
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Objective To observe the expression of integrin αVβ3 in vascular endothelium cultured in vitro at different time points under different level of shear stress. Methods(1)We established a vascular culture system in vitro which could provide steady flow with different level of shear stress, and tested the flow stability when loading different level of shear stress. (2) A total of 50 rabbits were randomly divided into low shear stress group (5 dyn/cm2, n=25)and normal shear stress group(20 dyn/cm2, n=25). Rabbits in each group were further randomly divided into five different time points as 2 h, 4 h, 8 h, 16 h and 24 h(n=5 at each time point). The descending aorta of rabbits were harvested and cultured in the vascular culture system in vitro under different level of shear stress. The expression sites and intensity of αVβ3-Integrin in vascular endothelium were examined at 5 different time points in both groups by immunohistochemical staining. Results The vascular culture system in vitro was stable in providing laminar flow with different level of shear stress required for the experiment. Vascular endothelium expressions of αVβ3-Integrin in the low shear stress group were in high level at all the 5 time points and reached its summit at 16 h, when the mean optical density(MOD)value was (1.995±0.194)×10-2. In the normal shear stress group, the MOD value decreased time-dependently at the 5 time points. The MOD values at 2 h (0.059±0.005)×10-2 and 4 h(0. 049±0.002)×10-2 were significantly higher than those at other time points (P< 0.05). The αVβ3-Integrin MOD values of the low shear stress group were significantly higher than those of the normal shear stress group at all the 5 respective time points (P=0.000). Conclusion Low shear stress can significantly promote the expression of αVβ3-Integrin while normal shear stress decreases the expression of αVβ3-Integrin in vascular endothelium cultured in vitro.

Citation: MENG Wei,XIAO Zhenghua,ZHANG Eryong .. Expression of Integrin-αVβ3 in Vascular Endothelium Cultured in Vitro Under Different Level of Shear Stress. Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2012, 19(2): 172-176. doi: Copy