title: Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and apoptosis in hyperacute and acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: The aim of this study was to determine whether cell proliferation and/or apoptotic cell death occur in hyperacute and acute infarction. Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and apoptosis were investigated in ten autoptic hearts within a few hours of infarction and in three normal hearts as controls. The PCNA Labeling Index (PCNA-LI) ranged from 0 to 3.1 in hyperacute infarction (mean 1.38), from 0.3 to 4 in acute infarction (mean 2.04) and from 0 to 1.2 in controls (mean 0.7). Although the results were not statistically significant, PCNA-LI was higher in acute than in hyperacute myocardial infarctions; and it was higher in hyperacute infarctions than in controls. Regarding apoptosis, the Apoptotic Index (AI) in hyperacute infarctions ranged from 0.7 to 3 (mean 1.78), in acute infarctions from 0.9 to 5 (mean 3.24) and in controls from 0 to 0.4 (mean 0.1). The AI was significantly higher in hyperacute and acute infarctions than in controls (p < 0.05).
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pathology, University of Study of Milan, IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ottaviani
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Lavezzi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Matturri
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017209:Apoptosis; D002455:Cell Division; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020287:In Situ Nick-End Labeling; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D018809:Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018809:Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen