title: The origin of neointimal smooth muscle cells in transplant arteriosclerosis from recipient bone-marrow cells in rat aortic allograft.
abstract: In order to investigate the origin of neointimal smooth muscle cells in transplant arteriosclerosis in rat aortic allograft, sex-mismatched bone marrow transplantation was performed from male Wistar rats to female Wistar rats. Four weeks after transplantation, the aortic transplant model was established by means of micro-surgery in rats. The recipients were divided into 4 groups: female Wistar-female Wistar aortic isografts, female SD female Wistar aortic allografts, male SD-male Wistar aortic allografts, female SD-chimera Wistar aortic allografts. Eight weeks after transplantation, aortic grafts were removed at autopsy and processed for histological evaluation and immunohistochemistry. The results indicated that excessive accumulation of alpha-SMA-positive smooth muscle cells resulted in significant neointima formation and vascular lumen stricture in rat aortic allografts. Neointima assay revealed that the neointimal area and NIA/MA ratio of transplanted artery were significantly increased in all of aortic allograft groups as compared with those in aortic isograft group (P<0.01). Neointimal smooth muscle cells were harvested from cryostat sections of aortic allograft by microdissection method. The Sry gene-specific PCR was performed, and the result showed that a distinct DNA band of 225 bp emerged in the male-male aortic allograft group and chimera aortic allograft group respectively, but not in the female-female aortic allograft group. It was suggested that recipient bone-marrow cells, as the origin of neointimal smooth muscle cells, contributed to the pathological neointimal hyperplasia of aortic allograft and transplant arteriosclerosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China. bioszf@163.com
authors.forename: Zifang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Qichang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shang
authors.forename: Xiaogang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Shu
authors.forename: Siming
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000637:transplantation*; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000473:pathology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017539:Tunica Intima / Q000473:pathology*