title: Expression of coxsackievirus and adenovirus receptor in neointima of the rat carotid artery.
abstract: Our previous study revealed that the coxsackievirus and adenovirus receptor (CAR) is a homophilic cell adhesion molecule and may function as a sensor of cell-cell interactions in the brain and damaged heart. In this study, we investigated if CAR expression is involved in the formation of neointimal hyperplasia using a balloon injury model of rat carotid artery. Cultured vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) from rat aorta were also studied. CAR antigen was constitutively detected in the endothelial cells (ECs) but not in SMCs before injury. On Day 5 after balloon injury, CAR was expressed strongly in the first layer of medial SMCs. Neointimal hyperplasia was observed on Day 7, and strong expressions of CAR concomitantly with proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) were obvious in the neointimal SMCs, while CAR in medial SMCs disappeared. The expression of CAR mRNA reached a peak on Day 7 and declined gradually to the basal levels. When the ECs regenerated on Day 14, CAR antigen was observed in the ECs but disappeared in the neointima. CAR together with PCNA was expressed abundantly in the proliferating SMCs in vitro and diminished in cells grown to a confluent state. The abundant expression of CAR in the neointima may facilitate an adenoviral gene therapy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, l-754 Asahimachi-dori, Niigata 951-8510, Japan.
authors.forename: Akimitsu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nasuno
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Toba
authors.forename: Takuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ozawa
authors.forename: Haruo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hanawa
authors.forename: Yasser
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Osman
authors.forename: Yuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hotta
authors.forename: Kaori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saigawa
authors.forename: Kiminori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Ryozo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kuwano
authors.forename: Kenichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Yoshifusa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aizawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D020212:Carotid Artery Injuries / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D004770:Enterovirus; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D018809:Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011991:Receptors, Virus / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017539:Tunica Intima / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D017540:Tunica Media / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D018809:Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011991:Receptors, Virus; C085301:adenovirus receptor