Objective To investigate the effect of alltrans retinoic acid (atRA) on proliferative artery disease after heart transplantation. Methods Heterotopic heart transplantation model was established by Ono model with 16 inbred healthy male Wistar rats as donors and 16 SD rats as recipients. The rats were divided into chronic rejection group and atRAtreated group by complete random design, and there were 8 rats in each group. Rats in chronic rejection group were given Cyclosporine A 10 mg/(kg·d) by subcutaneous injection after operation, and those in atRAtreated group were given Cyclosporine A 10 mg/(kg·d) in the same way and atRA 10mg/(kg·d) by gavage. The transplanted hearts of rats were taken out 60 days after the transplantation. HE stain, masson stain and Van Gieson were done to analyze the rejection of transplanted hearts, the degree of vascular stenosis and myocardial fibrosis respectively.Immunohistochemistry was used to test proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA). Results The area of myocardial fibrosis in chronic rejection group was obviously larger than that in atRAtreated group(63.99%±11.91% vs.34.68%±6.34%), and there was significant difference between two groups(t=8.377,P=0.000). The index of vascular stenosis in chronic rejection group was higher than that in atRAtreated group(62.86±17.18 vs. 40.10±8.20). Vascular stenosis in atRAtreated group alleviated significantly, and there was significant difference between two groups(t=3.913, P=0.006). The PCNA positive cells in chronic rejection group were obviously more than that in atRAtreated group(60.17±17.74 vs. 33.96±8.65), and there was significant difference between two groups(t=5.387, P≤0.001). There was a positive correlation between the PCNA positive cell ratio and the index of vascular stenosis(r=0.854, P=0.007). Conclusion Alltrans retinoic acid can inhibit vascular disease after heart transplantation by cell proliferative pathway.
Objective To investigate the effect on expression of c-myc and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) of vein grafts transferred by c-myc antisense oligodeoxynucleotides(ODN) of soluble stent. Methods A rabbit model of common carotid arteries grafted by external jugular veins was constructed in 50 New Zealand rabbits and were randomly divided into five groups, 10 rabbits each group. Control group: no stents ; group 1: soluble stent ; group 2: soluble stent with sense-ODN; group 3: soluble stent with antisense-ODN; group 4.. soluble stent with mismatch-ODN. At 7 d, 28 d and 90 d after surgery, vein grafts were harvested. The expression of c-myc and PCNA were identified by immunochemistry methods. Results At 7d, 28d, 90d after surgery, the expression of c-myc and PCNA of the intima and media of vein grafts in control group, group 1, group 2, group 4 were higher significantly than that in group 3 (P〈0. 01). At 28d, 90d after surgery, the expression of c-myc in five groups were higher than that in the same group at 7d after surgery (P〈0. 01). Conclusion Soluble stent can transfer ODN effectively. C- myc antisense-ODN transferred by soluble stent can inhibit significantly the expression of c-myc and PCNA in the intima and media of vein grafts.