Response of plasma matrix metalloproteinases and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases to stent-graft surgery for descending thoracic aortic aneurysms.
OBJECTIVE
The role of matrix metalloproteinases and their tissue endogenous inhibitors has been documented in abdominal aortic aneurysms, but few articles have investigated their role after thoracic aortic aneurysm treatment. Our report investigates matrix metalloproteinases and tissue endogenous inhibitor-1 plasmatic changes in patients who have undergone endovascular aneurysm repair for descending thoracic aortic aneurysms and assesses their clinical significance.


METHODS
Thirty-two patients with thoracic aortic aneurysms who underwent endovascular aneurysm repair were compared with 25 healthy volunteers. Plasma matrix metalloproteinase-3/matrix metalloproteinase-9 and tissue endogenous inhibitor-1 values were determined by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay method at a predetermined time interval.


RESULTS
The preoperative levels of matrix metalloproteinases in the endovascular aneurysm repair group were 3-fold and 2-fold higher than those in the control group (P < .001 and .02, respectively). Matrix metalloproteinase values normalized after endovascular aneurysm repair, whereas patients experiencing endoleaks had higher matrix metalloproteinase values and matrix metalloproteinase-9/tissue endogenous inhibitor-1 ratio compared with the control group (P = .003, < .001, and = .02, respectively, at 1-month follow-up). These values normalized with the resolution of the endoleak.


CONCLUSIONS
Plasma matrix metalloproteinase values are increased in patients with thoracic aortic aneurysms, along with reduced tissue endogenous inhibitor-1 expression. Successful endovascular aneurysm repair results in values normalization, whereas high levels persist in patients with endoleaks. The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay test is a simple and reliable technique that is useful to assess the efficacy of endovascular aneurysm repair and to detect endoleaks.
Monaco
Mario
M
Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy. mario.monaco@unina.it
Stassano
Paolo
P
Di Tommaso
Luigi
L
Iannelli
Gabriele
G
D000368:Aged; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D019278:Matrix Metalloproteinase 3 / Q000097:blood*; D020780:Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 / Q000097:blood*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000097:blood; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D015607:Stents; D019715:Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1 / Q000097:blood*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D019715:Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1; D019278:Matrix Metalloproteinase 3; D020780:Matrix Metalloproteinase 9