title: Novel Fabrication of MicroRNA Nanoparticle-Coated Coronary Stent for Prevention of Post-Angioplasty Restenosis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  MicroRNA 145 is known to be responsible for cellular proliferation, and its enhanced expression reportedly inhibits the retardation of vascular smooth muscle cell growth specifically. In this study, we developed a microRNA 145 nanoparticle immobilized, hyaluronic acid (HA)-coated stent.
  
  
  METHODS
  For the gene therapy, we used disulfide cross-linked low molecular polyethylenimine as the carrier. The microRNA 145 was labeled with YOYO-1 and the fluorescent microscopy images were obtained. The release of microRNA 145 from the stent was measured with an ultra violet spectrophotometer. The downstream targeting of the c-Myc protein and green fluorescent protein was determined by Western blotting. Finally, we deployed microRNA 145/ssPEI nanoparticles immobilized on HA-coated stents in the balloon-injured external iliac artery in a rabbit restenosis model.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Cellular viability of the nanoparticle-immobilized surface tested using A10 vascular smooth muscle cells showed that MSN exhibited negligible cytotoxicity. In addition, microRNA 145 and downstream signaling proteins were identified by western blots with smooth muscle cell (SMC) lysates from the transfected A10 cell, as the molecular mechanism for decreased SMC proliferation that results in the inhibition of in-stent restenosis. MicroRNA 145 released from the stent suppressed the growth of the smooth muscle at the peri-stent implantation area, resulting in the prevention of restenosis at the post-implantation. We investigated the qualitative analyses of in-stent restenosis in the rabbit model using micro-computed tomography imaging and histological staining.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  MicroRNA 145-eluting stent mitigated in-stent restenosis efficiently with no side effects and can be considered a successful substitute to the current drug-eluting stent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences and BK21 PLUS Center for Creative Biomedical Scientists, Gwangju, Korea.; Heart Research Center, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Korea.
authors.forename: Hui-Lian
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Che
authors.affiliation: Heart Research Center, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Korea.
authors.forename: In-Ho
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.affiliation: Heart Research Center, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Korea.
authors.forename: Kyung Seob
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences and BK21 PLUS Center for Creative Biomedical Scientists, Gwangju, Korea.
authors.forename: Saji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uthaman
authors.affiliation: The Graduate School of Nanoscience and Technology and Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: In Taek
authors.initials: IT
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: The Graduate School of Nanoscience and Technology and Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Haeshin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Center for Self-assembly and Complexicity, Department of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea.
authors.forename: Duhwan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Center for Self-assembly and Complexicity, Department of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea.
authors.forename: Won Jong
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Heart Research Center, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Korea.
authors.forename: Youngkeun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences and BK21 PLUS Center for Creative Biomedical Scientists, Gwangju, Korea.
authors.forename: In-Kyu
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Heart Research Center, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Korea.
authors.forename: Myung-Ho
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Jeong
keywords: Drug-eluting stents; Gene delivery; MicroRNA; Nanoparticle; Restenosis