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Role of Girdin in intimal hyperplasia in vein grafts and efficacy of atelocollagen-mediated application of small interfering RNA for vein graft failure.

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OBJECTIVE:Intimal hyperplasia is a major obstacle to patency in grafted veins. Although migration and proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) pivotally affect the vascular remodeling process, no therapy has been established to prevent intimal hyperplasia of vein grafts. We previously reported that the actin-binding protein Girdin crucially affects arterial remodeling. In this study, we investigated the role of Girdin in venous SMCs and evaluated a therapeutic strategy for vein graft failure in vivo using small interfering RNA (siRNA) that targets Girdin. METHODS:We investigated the relationship between Girdin expression and intimal hyperplasia using a rabbit vein graft model. Vein grafts under low-flow conditions were performed in Japanese White rabbits. For in vitro analyses, we isolated primary venous SMCs from vein graft neointima. siRNA that targets Girdin was mixed with atelocollagen, which stabilizes and releases nucleic acid reagents slowly and is applied perivascularly to the vein grafts at operation. Intimal hyperplasia was evaluated 4 weeks later. RESULTS:In the rabbit model, increased Girdin expression was seen in the neointima after the grafting operation. Using primary venous SMCs, we showed that Girdin is required for rearrangement of the actin cytoskeleton in venous SMCs and that siRNA-mediated Girdin knockdown significantly reduced venous SMC migration and proliferation. Girdin knockdown via perivascular application of siRNA using atelocollagen markedly reduced intimal thickening after the grafting operation. CONCLUSIONS:Depletion of Girdin attenuated venous SMCs migration and proliferation in vitro and intimal hyperplasia in vein grafts in vivo. Our findings suggest that Girdin affects migration and proliferation of vascular SMCs in vein grafts and that controlled release of Girdin siRNA using atelocollagen could be a novel therapeutic strategy for vein graft failure.

journal_name

J Vasc Surg

journal_title

Journal of vascular surgery

authors

Miyachi H,Mii S,Enomoto A,Murakumo Y,Kato T,Asai N,Komori K,Takahashi M

doi

10.1016/j.jvs.2013.06.080

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-08-01 00:00:00

pages

479-489.e5

issue

eissn

0741-5214

issn

1097-6809

pii

S0741-5214(13)01275-5

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Role of Girdin in intimal hyperplasia in vein grafts and efficacy of atelocollagen-mediated application of small interfering RNA for vein graft failure.