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Suljič A, Hočevar A, Jurčić V, Bolha L. Evaluation of Arterial Histopathology and microRNA Expression That Underlie Ultrasonography Findings in Temporal Arteries of Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24021572. [PMID: 36675088 PMCID: PMC9866408 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24021572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2022] [Revised: 12/23/2022] [Accepted: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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The aim of this study was to assess the interrelation between vascular ultrasonography (US) findings, histopathological data, and the expression of selected dysregulated microRNAs (miRNAs) in giant cell arteritis (GCA). The study included data on the clinical parameters, US measurements, and temporal artery biopsies (TABs) of 46 treatment-naïve patients diagnosed with GCA and 22 age-matched non-GCA patient controls. We performed a comprehensive comparative and correlation analysis along with generation of receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves to ascertain the diagnostic performance of US examination parameters and selected miRNAs for GCA diagnosis. We showed significant differences in the US-measured intima-media thickness of the temporal arteries, the presence of a halo sign, and the presence of luminal stenosis between GCA-positive/TAB-positive, GCA-positive/TAB-negative, and non-GCA patients. Correlation analysis revealed significant associations between several histopathological parameters, US-measured intima-media thickness, and the halo sign. We found that the significant overexpression of miR-146b-5p, miR-155-5p, miR-511-5p, and miR-21-5p, and the under-expression of the miR-143/145 cluster, miR-30a-5p, and miR-125a-5p, coincides and is associated with the presence of a halo sign in patients with GCA. Notably, we determined a high diagnostic performance of miR-146b-5p, miR-21-3p, and miR-21-5p expression profiles in discriminating GCA patients from non-GCA controls, suggesting their potential utilization as putative biomarkers of GCA. Taken together, our study provides an insight into the US-based diagnostic evaluation of GCA by revealing the complex interrelation of clearly defined image findings with underlying vascular immunopathology and altered arterial tissue-specific miRNA profiles.
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- Alen Suljič
- Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Institute of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Institute of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Emamifar A, Ellingsen T, Hermann AP, Hess S, Gerke O, Ahangarani Farahani Z, Syrak Hansen P, Jensen Hansen IM, Thye-Rønn P. Prognostic impacts of glucocorticoid treatment in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis. Sci Rep 2021; 11:6220. [PMID: 33737697 PMCID: PMC7973518 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-85857-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2020] [Accepted: 03/05/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Identifying comorbidities in polymyalgia rheumatica/giant cell arteritis (PMR/GCA) is crucial for patients' outcomes. The present study aimed to evaluate the impact of the inflammatory process and glucocorticoid treatment on aortic arterial stiffness and body composition in PMR/GCA. 77 patients with newly diagnosed PMR/GCA were treated with oral glucocorticoids and followed for 40 weeks. Aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV) was measured at baseline and during the follow-up period and compared to the results of temporal artery biopsy (TAB) and 18F-FDG PET/CT. Body composition was assessed by total body DXA at baseline and the end of the study. Of 77 patients (49 (63.6%) female, mean of age: (71.8 ± 8.0)), 64 (83.1%) had pure PMR, 10 (13.0%) concomitant PMR and GCA, and 3 (3.9%) pure GCA. Compared to baseline values, aortic PWV was initially decreased at week 16 (p = 0.010) and remained lower than baseline at week 28 (p = 0.002) and week 40 (p < 0.001), with no association with results of TAB and 18F-FDG PET/CT. Aortic PWV was significantly associated with age, male gender, left systolic and diastolic blood pressure, right diastolic blood pressure, and CRP. Total bone mineral content (BMC) was decreased in both genders (p < 0.001), while fat mass (FM) was significantly increased (p < 0.001). However, lean body mass did not significantly change during the study. Changes in FM were correlated with cumulative prednisolone dose (rho: 0.26, p = 0.031). Glucocorticoid treatment of patients with PMR/GCA had several prognostic impacts. Arterial stiffness was decreased due either to the treatment or a reduction in the inflammatory load. Additionally, treatment led to changes in body composition, including a decrease in BMC and FM excess.
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- Amir Emamifar
- Department of Clinical Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
- Diagnostic Center, Svendborg Hospital, OUH, Baagøes Allé 15, 5700, Svendborg, Denmark.
- Department of Rheumatology, Svendborg Hospital, OUH, Svendborg, Denmark.
- OPEN, Odense Patient Data Explorative Network, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
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- Rheumatology Research Unit, Odense University Hospital and University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Department of Endocrinology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Hospital of Southwest Jutland, Esbjerg, Denmark
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Research Unit of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Diagnostic Center, Svendborg Hospital, OUH, Baagøes Allé 15, 5700, Svendborg, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Diagnostic Center, Svendborg Hospital, OUH, Baagøes Allé 15, 5700, Svendborg, Denmark
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Grossman C, Yassin N, Avivi C, Bornstein G, Ben-Zvi I, Barshack I. Cytokine expression in temporal arteries: comparative analysis between patients with biopsy-positive giant cell arteritis, biopsy-negative giant cell arteritis and biopsy-negative without arteritis. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2019; 37 Suppl 117:122-129. [PMID: 31162032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Accepted: 05/02/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate whether expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines in the temporal artery may aid in differentiating biopsy-negative giant cell arteritis (GCA) patients from those with a negative biopsy without arteritis. METHODS We investigated cytokine expression in temporal artery biopsy (TAB) of 54 consecutive patients: 17 with biopsy-positive GCA, 17 with biopsy-negative GCA, and 20 biopsy-negative without arteritis. We compared the expression rate of the following cytokines among these 3 groups of patients: interleukin-6 (IL-6), osteopontin (OPN), COX-2, and TNF-α. RESULTS IL-6 was expressed in 13 (76%) patients with biopsy-positive GCA, 0 patients in biopsy-negative GCA, and 1(5%) patient with biopsy-negative without arteritis (p<0.05). OPN was expressed in 17 (100%) patients with biopsy-positive GCA, 2 (12%) patients with biopsy-negative GCA, and 0 patients with biopsy-negative without arteritis (p<0.05). Cox-2 was expressed in 16 (94%) patients with biopsy-positive GCA, 0 patients with biopsy-negative GCA, and 3 (15%) patients with biopsy-negative without arteritis (p<0.05). TNF- α was expressed in 17 (100%) patients with biopsy-positive GCA, 14 (82%) patients with biopsy-negative GCA, and 8 (40%) patients with biopsy-negative without arteritis (p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS IL-6, COX-2 and OPN are significantly more expressed in the presence of a positive TAB compared to a negative TAB. TNF-α is significantly more expressed in GCA patients compared to non-GCA patients. Thus, TNF-α expression may suggest a diagnosis of GCA despite a negative TAB. Further larger studies are needed to confirm these findings.
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- Chagai Grossman
- Department of Internal Medicine F and the Rheumatology Unit, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat Gan, affiliated to Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
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- Department of Pathology, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat Gan, affiliated to Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
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- Department of Internal Medicine B, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, affiliated to Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
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- Department of Internal Medicine F and the Rheumatology Unit, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat Gan, affiliated to Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
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- Department of Pathology, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat Gan, affiliated to Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
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Pipitone N, Muratore F, Tamagnini I, Cavazza A, Cimino L, Boiardi L, Restuccia G, Croci S, Bonacini M, Salvarani C. Interleukin-6 expression in inflamed and non-inflamed temporal arteries from patients with giant cell arteritis. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2019; 37 Suppl 117:98-103. [PMID: 31025922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2018] [Accepted: 11/15/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate whether interleukin-6 expression in the temporal arteries could be a more sensitive marker of active inflammation compared to the presence of an inflammatory infiltrate. METHODS Sixty-three formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded temporal artery biopsies performed between 2009 and 2012 from 32 patients with biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis, 8 patients with a negative biopsy but with a final diagnosis of giant cell arteritis, and 23 controls (patients with an initial clinical suspicion of giant cell arteritis in whom an alternative diagnosis subsequently was made) were examined. Biopsy specimens showing a transmural inflammatory infiltrate were considered positive for giant cell arteritis. Immunochemistry was performed to detect interleukin-6 in the temporal artery specimens. Slides of temporal artery biopsies were independently assessed by five readers. Interleukin-6 expression was graded as 0 (absent), 1 (mild), 2 (moderate) and 3 (marked). We considered anti-IL-6 staining positive if staining was of grade 2 or 3. RESULTS Temporal artery biopsies specimens from patients with biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis, biopsy-negative giant cell arteritis and controls were positive for anti-interleukin-6 staining in 59%, 13% and 48% of cases, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Interleukin-6 expression does not increase the sensitivity of temporal artery biopsy in patients with giant cell arteritis who have morphologically uninflamed arteries.
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- Nicolo Pipitone
- Rheumatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy.
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- Rheumatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine; University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Pathology Unit, Department of Oncology, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Pathology Unit, Department of Oncology, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Ophthalmology Unit, Department of Surgery, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Rheumatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Rheumatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Clinical Immunology, Allergy and Advanced Biotechnologies, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Clinical Immunology, Allergy and Advanced Biotechnologies, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Rheumatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine; University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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Zerbini A, Muratore F, Boiardi L, Ciccia F, Bonacini M, Belloni L, Cavazza A, Cimino L, Moramarco A, Alessandro R, Rizzo A, Parmeggiani M, Salvarani C, Croci S. Increased expression of interleukin-22 in patients with giant cell arteritis. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2018; 57:64-72. [PMID: 28968695 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kex334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Objectives GCA is characterized by arterial remodelling driven by inflammation. IL-22 is an attractive cytokine which acts at the crosstalk between immune and stromal cells. We hypothesized that IL-22 might be induced in GCA and might be involved in disease pathogenesis. Methods Patients subjected to temporal artery biopsies (TABs) naïve from therapy were enrolled: 27 biopsy-proven GCA, 8 biopsy-negative GCA, 21 biopsy-negative non-GCA patients. Expression of IL-22 was determined in TABs by immunohystochemistry, in plasma by ELISA, in peripheral blood mononuclear cells by real-time PCR and flow cytometry. Effects of IL-22 on viability and gene expression of primary cultures obtained from TABs were also evaluated. Results Inflamed TABs from GCA patients showed a higher expression of IL-22 and IL-22 specific receptor subunit (IL-22R1) than non-inflamed TABs. IL-22 was expressed in infiltrating immune cells and spindle shaped cells, IL-22R1 was expressed in endothelial cells. Patients with biopsy-proven GCA showed increased levels of IL-22 in plasma than patients with biopsy-negative GCA, without GCA and healthy subjects. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells from GCA patients expressed higher IL-22 transcript than healthy subjects. After stimulation in vitro with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate and ionomycin, the frequencies of Th22 and IL-22+ CD4+ lymphocytes were similar between patients with and without GCA. Treatment with IL-22 of primary cultures obtained from TABs increased cell viability under stress conditions and expression of B-cell activating factor. Conclusion IL-22 is increased in patients with GCA and affects viability and gene expression of arterial cells, supporting a potential role in disease pathogenesis.
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- Alessandro Zerbini
- Unit of Clinical Immunology, Allergy and Advanced Biotechnologies, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia
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- Department of Surgery, Medicine, Dentistry and Morphological Sciences with interest in Transplant, Oncology and Regenerative Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena
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- Unit of Rheumatology, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia
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- Dipartimento Biomedico di Medicina Interna e Specialistica, Sezione di Reumatologia, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo
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- Unit of Clinical Immunology, Allergy and Advanced Biotechnologies, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia
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- Unit of Clinical Immunology, Allergy and Advanced Biotechnologies, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia
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- Unit of Ophthalmology, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia
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- Unit of Ophthalmology, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia
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- Dipartimento di Biopatologia e Biotecnologie Mediche e Forensi, Università degli studi di Palermo
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- Dipartimento di Oncoematologia, Sezione di Anatomia Patologica, Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedali riuniti Villa Sofia Cervello, Palermo, Italy
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- Unit of Clinical Immunology, Allergy and Advanced Biotechnologies, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia
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- Department of Surgery, Medicine, Dentistry and Morphological Sciences with interest in Transplant, Oncology and Regenerative Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena
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- Unit of Clinical Immunology, Allergy and Advanced Biotechnologies, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia
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Nagatoshi A, Ueda M, Ueda A, Tasaki M, Inoue Y, Ma Y, Masuda T, Mizukami M, Matsumoto S, Kosaka T, Kawano T, Ito T, Ando Y. Serum amyloid P component: A novel potential player in vessel degeneration in CADASIL. J Neurol Sci 2017; 379:69-76. [PMID: 28716282 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.05.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2016] [Revised: 04/24/2017] [Accepted: 05/16/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL), granular osmiophilic material (GOM) may play some roles in inducing cerebrovascular events. To elucidate the pathogenesis of CADASIL, we used laser microdissection and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry to analyze cerebrovascular lesions of patients with CADASIL for GOM. The analyses detected serum amyloid P component (SAP), annexin A2, and periostin as the proteins with the largest increase in the samples, which also demonstrated NOTCH3. For the three proteins, anti-human SAP antibody had the strongest reaction in the lesions where the anti-human NOTCH3 antibody showed positive staining. Moreover, immunofluorescence staining with the two antibodies clearly showed co-localization of SAP and NOTCH3. mRNA analyses indicated no positive SAP expression in the brain materials, which suggested that the source of SAP found in the GOM was only the liver. A solid phase enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay confirmed the binding of SAP with NOTCH3. Serum SAP concentrations were neither up-regulated nor down-regulated in CADASIL patients, when compared with those in control subjects. SAP may play an important role in GOM formation although precise mechanisms remain to be elucidated.
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- Akihito Nagatoshi
- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan; Department of Morphological and Physiological Sciences, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 862-0976, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan
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- Department of Pathology and Experimental Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan.
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Rehak Z, Vasina J, Ptacek J, Kazda T, Fojtik Z, Nemec P. PET/CT in giant cell arteritis: High 18F-FDG uptake in the temporal, occipital and vertebral arteries. Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol 2016; 35:398-401. [PMID: 27177856 DOI: 10.1016/j.remn.2016.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2016] [Revised: 03/14/2016] [Accepted: 03/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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18F-FDG PET/CT imaging is useful in patients with fever of unknown origin and can detect giant cell arteritis in extracranial large arteries. However, it is usually assumed that temporal arteries cannot be visualized with a PET/CT scanner due to their small diameter. Three patients with clinical symptoms of temporal arteritis were examined using a standard whole body PET/CT protocol (skull base - mid thighs) followed by a head PET/CT scan using the brain protocol. High 18F-FDG uptake in the aorta and some arterial branches were detected in all 3 patients with the whole body protocol. Using the brain protocol, head imaging led to detection of high 18F-FDG uptake in temporal arteries as well as in their branches (3 patients), in occipital arteries (2 patients) and also in vertebral arteries (3 patients).
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- Z Rehak
- Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET Center, Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute and Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic; Regional Center for Applied Molecular Oncology (RECAMO), Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute, Brno, Czech Republic; Department of Comprehensive Cancer Care, Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute and Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET Center, Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute and Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic; Center of Molecular Imaging, International Clinical Research Center (ICRC), St. Anne's University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Department of Medical Physics and Radiation Protection, University Hospital, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute and Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Rheumatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine - Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Brno and Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Rheumatology Unit, 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, St. Anne's University Hospital Brno and Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
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Babu RA, Paul P, Purushottam M, Srinivas D, Somanna S, Jain S. Differential expression levels of collagen 1A2, tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 4, and cathepsin B in intracranial aneurysms. Neurol India 2016; 64:663-70. [PMID: 27381111 DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.185350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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AIMS Intracranial aneurysms (IAs) express a variety of differentially expressed genes when compared to the normal artery. The aim of this study was to evaluate the expression level of a few genes in the aneurysm wall and to correlate them with various clinicoradiological factors. MATERIALS AND METHODS The mRNA level of collagen 1A2 (COL1A2), tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 4 (TIMP4), and cathepsin B (CTSB) genes were studied in 23 aneurysmal walls and 19 superficial temporal arteries harvested from 23 patients undergoing clipping of IAs, by real-time polymerase chain reaction method. RESULTS The mean fold change of COL1A2 gene between the aneurysm sample and the superficial temporal artery (STA) sample was 2.46 ± 0.12, that of TIMP4 gene was 0.31 ± 0, and that of CTSB gene was 31.47 ± 39.01. There was a positive correlation of TIMP4 expression level with maximum diameter of aneurysm (P = 0.008) and fundus of aneurysm (P = 0.012). The mean fold change of CTSB of patients who had preoperative hydrocephalus in the computed tomogram (CT) scan of the head at admission was 56.16 and that of the patients who did not have hydrocephalus was 13.51 (P = 0.008). The mean fold change of CTSB of patients who developed fresh postoperative deficits or worsening of the preexisting deficits was 23.64 and that of the patients who did not develop was 42.22 (P = 0.039). CONCLUSIONS COL1A2 gene and CTSB genes were overexpressed, and TIMP4 gene was underexpressed in the aneurysmal sac compared to STA and their expression levels were associated with a few clinicoradiological factors.
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- R Arun Babu
- Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Chen H, Zheng D, Ambadapadi S, Davids J, Ryden S, Samy H, Bartee M, Sobel E, Dai E, Liu L, Macaulay C, Yachnis A, Weyand C, Thoburn R, Lucas A. Serpin treatment suppresses inflammatory vascular lesions in temporal artery implants (TAI) from patients with giant cell arteritis. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0115482. [PMID: 25658487 PMCID: PMC4319900 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2014] [Accepted: 11/24/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Giant cell arteritis (GCA) and Takayasu’s disease are inflammatory vasculitic syndromes (IVS) causing sudden blindness and widespread arterial obstruction and aneurysm formation. Glucocorticoids and aspirin are mainstays of treatment, predominantly targeting T cells. Serp-1, a Myxomavirus-derived serpin, blocks macrophage and T cells in a wide range of animal models. Serp-1 also reduced markers of myocardial injury in a Phase IIa clinical trial for unstable coronary disease. In recent work, we detected improved survival and decreased arterial inflammation in a mouse Herpesvirus model of IVS. Here we examine Serp-1 treatment of human temporal artery (TA) biopsies from patients with suspected TA GCA arteritis after implant (TAI) into the aorta of immunodeficient SCID (severe combined immunodeficiency) mice. TAI positive for arteritis (GCApos) had significantly increased inflammation and plaque when compared to negative TAI (GCAneg). Serp-1 significantly reduced intimal inflammation and CD11b+ cell infiltrates in TAI, with reduced splenocyte Th1, Th17, and Treg. Splenocytes from mice with GCApos grafts had increased gene expression for interleukin-1beta (IL-1β), IL-17, and CD25 and decreased Factor II. Serp-1 decreased IL-1β expression. In conclusion, GCApos TAI xenografts in mice provide a viable disease model and have increased intimal inflammation as expected and Serp-1 significantly reduces vascular inflammatory lesions with reduced IL-1β.
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- Hao Chen
- Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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- Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Viron Therapeutics, London, Ontario, Canada
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Lozano E, Segarra M, García-Martínez A, Hernández-Rodríguez J, Cid MC. Imatinib mesylate inhibits in vitro and ex vivo biological responses related to vascular occlusion in giant cell arteritis. Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 67:1581-8. [PMID: 17584806 DOI: 10.1136/ard.2007.070805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Ischaemic complications occur in 15-20% of patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA). The aim of our study was to explore the effect of mesenchymal growth factors expressed in GCA lesions on myointimal cell responses related to the development of intimal hyperplasia and vessel occlusion. METHODS We developed a method to obtain primary human temporal artery derived myointimal cells (HTAMCs) based on the culture of temporal artery sections on Matrigel. RESULTS Among the factors tested (platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-AB, fibroblast growth factor (FGF)-2, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), epidermal growth factor (EGF), transforming growth factor (TGF)beta, chemokine (C-C motif) ligand (CCL)2, interleukin (IL)6 and IL1beta), PDGF exhibited the strongest activity in inducing HTAMC proliferation and migration. As assessed by protein array, immunoassay and quantitative real-time reverse transcriptase (RT)-PCR, PDGF stimulated matrix proteins (collagen I, collagen III and fibronectin) as well as CCL2 and angiogenin production by HTAMCs. Imatinib mesylate inhibited PDGF-mediated activation of signalling pathways (Src, extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and Akt phosphorylation) related to cell motility and survival, efficiently resulting in inhibition of PDGF-induced HTAMC responses. Myointimal cell outgrowth from cultured temporal artery sections from patients with GCA, where multiple interactions take place, was also efficiently reduced by imatinib. CONCLUSION Among several mediators produced in GCA, PDGF has the highest vaso-occlusive potential. PDGF may also contribute to disease perpetuation by stimulating the production of angiogenic factors (angiogenin) and chemoattractants (CCL2). Imatinib mesylate strongly inhibits PDGF-mediated responses, suggesting a therapeutic potential to limit vascular occlusion and ischaemic complications in large vessel vasculitis.
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- E Lozano
- Vasculitis Research Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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Verheggen R, Werner I, Lücker A, Brüss M, Göthert M, Kaumann AJ. 5-Hydroxytryptamine-induced contraction of human temporal arteries coexpressing 5-HT2A receptors and wild-type or variant (Phe124Cys) 5-HT1B receptors: increased contribution of 5-HT1B receptors to the total contractile amplitude in arteries from Phe124Cys heterozygous individuals. Pharmacogenet Genomics 2006; 16:601-7. [PMID: 16847428 DOI: 10.1097/01.fpc.0000220564.52348.63] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Expression studies of the rare Phe124Cys sequence variant of the human 5-HT1B receptor in HEK293 cells demonstrated that 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) and sumatriptan had both three times higher binding affinity and agonist potency at the variant receptor than wild-type receptor. We examined whether in-vivo expression of the variant compared to the wild-type Phe/Phe genotype at codon 124 of the 5-HT1B receptor in human temporal arteries modifies their agonist-induced contraction. METHODS Rings of arteries, coexpressing 5-HT1B and 5-HT2A receptors, from 98 patients undergoing neurosurgery were set up to measure contraction. Blood sample genotyping was performed by PCR using a mutagenic primer which induces a NheI restriction site in the Cys but not in the Phe allele. RESULTS Three patients exhibited the Cys/Phe genotype, probably yielding coexpression of both the 124Phe and the 124Cys 5-HT1B receptors. In 95 Phe/Phe patients, exclusively the 124Phe receptor was expressed. The contractile potencies of 5-HT and sumatriptan were not significantly different in arteries from Cys/Phe or Phe/Phe individuals. The 5-HT1B receptor-selective antagonist SB224289 was five-fold more potent in blocking the effects of 5-HT in arteries from three Cys/Phe than from 30 Phe/Phe individuals (P < 0.03). The fraction of 5-HT effects via 5-HT1B receptors, related to the total contractile amplitude via 5-HT1B and 5-HT2A receptors, was enhanced from 0.42 +/- 0.03 in 88 Phe/Phe individuals to 0.75 +/- 0.10 in three Cys/Phe individuals (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Although the potency of 5-HT1B receptor agonists does not differ between arteries from Phe/Phe and Cys/Phe individuals, the contribution of 5-HT1B receptors to the mediation of the effects of 5-HT is increased in Cys/Phe individuals.
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Owing to the diverse applications of the temporalis muscle in reconstructive surgery, the study of its arterial supply is becoming an issue of great importance nowadays. The material of the present study consisted of 44 specimens, four obtained from two stillbirths and 40 dissected from 20 embalmed cadavers after injecting the external carotid artery with lead oxide solution. Direct branches from the second part of the maxillary artery and the middle temporal artery proved to be constantly furnishing the muscle from its superficial and deep surfaces. The muscular branch of the middle temporal artery supplied the middle and posterior thirds of the superficial surface and the posterior third of the medial surface of the muscle. The superficial temporal artery participated in supplying the muscle from its lateral surface, while the anterior and posterior deep temporal arteries lay deep to the anterior and the middle thirds of the muscle, respectively. The temporal branches of the middle meningeal artery anastomosed with the deep temporal arteries, thereby contributing to the supply of the temporalis muscle. An arterial pedicle arising from the third part of the maxillary artery constituted an additional supply in 9.1% of the specimens, providing an additional arterial pedicle for temporalis-muscle-flap elevation.
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Cid MC, Hoffman MP, Hernández-Rodríguez J, Segarra M, Elkin M, Sánchez M, Vilardell C, García-Martínez A, Pla-Campo M, Grau JM, Kleinman HK. Association between increased CCL2 (MCP-1) expression in lesions and persistence of disease activity in giant-cell arteritis*. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2006; 45:1356-63. [PMID: 16621921 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kel128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Patients with giant-cell arteritis (GCA) usually respond dramatically to corticosteroid treatment. However, recurrences are frequent and corticosteroid requirements are highly variable among patients. The aim of our study was to identify genes potentially involved in disease persistence. METHODS Gene expression was explored with cDNA arrays in temporal artery biopsies from six GCA patients with relapsing disease and six patients who easily achieved sustained remission. Differentially expressed genes of interest were subsequently analysed by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and immunohistochemistry in temporal artery biopsies from 35 patients with biopsy-proven GCA and nine controls. RESULTS CCL2 (MCP-1) was up-regulated in temporal artery samples from relapsing individuals. In the extended series of patients, CCL2 mRNA concentration in lesions was significantly higher than in controls (31 +/- 15.6 vs 0.44 +/- 0.10, P = 0.0001). In addition, CCL2 was more abundant in patients who experienced two or more relapses during the first year compared with those who endured sustained remission (127 +/- 82 vs 11 +/- 5.5, P = 0.0233) and correlated with the cumulated prednisolone dose (R = 0.533, P = 0.0024). CCL2 mRNA concentration correlated with IL-1beta (R = 0.45, P = 0.02), tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) (R = 0.47, P = 0.013) and IL-6 (R = 0.52, P = 0.0053) mRNA. However, circulating CCL2 determined by ELISA was decreased in patients with strong systemic inflammatory response, suggesting that reduction in circulating CCL2 may reinforce the local gradient in lesions. CONCLUSION Increased CCL2 (MCP-1) expression in lesions is associated with persistence of disease activity in GCA.
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- M C Cid
- Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Clínic, Villarroel 170, Barcelona 08036, Spain.
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Kassam AB, Horowitz M, Chang YF, Peters D. ALTERED ARTERIAL HOMEOSTASIS AND CEREBRAL ANEURYSMS: A MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY STUDY. Neurosurgery 2004; 54:1450-60; discussion 1460-2. [PMID: 15157303 DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000125005.67850.f8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2003] [Accepted: 10/09/2003] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE We hypothesized that patients with intracranial cerebral aneurysms (IAs) harbor a molecular defect in the process responsible for maintaining arterial integrity (arterial homeostasis). In this study, we undertook a preliminary assessment of differential expression of key molecules involved with each phase of homeostasis: arterial flow modulation, arterial tear and repair, and the ensuing extracellular matrix. METHODS Key molecules from each phase of the arterial homeostatic process were selected: prostacyclin-stimulating factor, implicated with arterial flow modulation; PNUT and RAI, involved with tissue repair and arterial remodeling; and Type III collagen and fibronectin, which are key constituents of the extracellular matrix. A small sample of the IA dome was harvested at the time of surgical repair from both ruptured and unruptured domes. Pericranial vascular tissue was harvested from a sample of the superficial temporal artery (STA) or occipital artery from aneurysmal and nonaneurysmal patients undergoing craniotomy for unrelated conditions. Statistical analysis examining expression of each marker was performed initially using dichotomous analysis (presence or absence of expression), followed by an assessment of quantitative differences in expression. Initial analysis was restricted to the pair consisting of dome and STA harvested from each individual patient. This was followed by a pooled analysis in which all domes and STAs were respectively pooled. RESULTS A total of 86 tissue samples were studied, including 24 IA domes, STA samples from 43 aneurysmal patients, and STA samples from 19 nonaneurysmal patients. We found that the degree of prostacyclin-stimulating factor and RAI expression was reduced in ruptured aneurysm domes when compared with STAs from IA patients (odds ratio, 0.26; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.08-0.89; and odds ratio, 0.18; 95% CI, 0.03-0.94, respectively). Type III collagen expression also was reduced among ruptured domes when compared with STA (P = 0.042). These differences were found to be independent of the effects of smoking with adjusted odds ratios of 0.25 (95% CI, 0.08-0.77) and 0.18 (95% CI, 0.04-0.79), respectively, for prostacyclin-stimulating factor and RAI. No statistically significant differences were noted among the unruptured domes. CONCLUSION These preliminary data suggest an impaired ability to express proteins responsible for flow modulation and arterial repair within the ruptured domes when compared with control pericranial tissue. The study generates a hypothesis of impaired arterial homeostasis with a reduced ability to modulate hemodynamic flow with perhaps increased microinjury. This is exacerbated further by an impaired molecular ability to repair the vessel wall, culminating in aneurysm rupture. The study has limitations based on the use of pericranial tissue as the control and the relatively small sample size. Nevertheless, this study suggests that altered arterial homeostasis warrants further investigation in hopes of better understanding IA pathogenesis.
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- Amin B Kassam
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Burke AP, Jarvelainen H, Kolodgie FD, Goel A, Wight TN, Virmani R. Superficial pseudoaneurysms: clinicopathologic aspects and involvement of extracellular matrix proteoglycans. Mod Pathol 2004; 17:482-8. [PMID: 14976536 DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3800060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The distribution of proteoglycans in 21 temporal and two ulnar artery pseudoaneurysms was studied immunohistochemically. A history of trauma was elicited in six cases, and 16 of the lesions were pulsatile. The clinical diagnosis was aneurysm or cyst in 18 patients, possible arteritis in two patients, tumor in one patient, and unknown in the remaining patient. Histologically, there was a prominent myxoid neointimal response in the walls of each interrupted artery. The remnant arterial segment was often inconspicuous. Prominent smooth muscle cell proliferation and granulation tissue response with inflammation led to misdiagnosis of tumor or vasculitis, respectively, in 11 cases. Immunohistochemical staining for proteoglycans demonstrated abundant, diffuse versican in interrupted wall segments. Biglycan was confined to collagenized and vascularized areas. In some portions of medial disruption, in which angiogenesis was prominent, decorin was expressed within endothelial cells of neocapillaries. These findings demonstrate that superficial pseudoaneurysms may be mistaken clinically and pathologically for unrelated entities. The immunohistochemical studies confirm that versican is upregulated in areas of tensile stress. In addition, the presence of endothelial expression of decorin supports the concept of decorin's involvement in angiogenesis.
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- Allen P Burke
- Department of Cardiovascular Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC 20306, USA
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Beutelspacher SC, Serbecic N, Tamaddon F, Mehrabi M, Völcker HE. Immunhistochemischer Nachweis ver�nderter Low-density-Lipoproteine (ox-LDL) in der Gef��wand bei Patienten mit Arteriitis temporalis. Ophthalmologe 2003; 100:955-9. [PMID: 14669031 DOI: 10.1007/s00347-003-0818-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Recent data indicate that lipid peroxidation is implicated in the pathogenesis of giant cell arteritis with a close anatomic relationship between reactive oxygen species and oxidatively injured vascular tissue. PATIENTS AND METHODS Immunohistochemistry utilizing anti-ox-LDL was performed on paraffin sections of isolated temporal arteries obtained from patients (n=23) suspected of having temporal arteritis. Enrichment as well as staining intensity of ox-LDL in vascular tissue was analysed by digital image planimetry. RESULTS Temporal arteries with biopsy proven temporal arteritis (n=11) presented with significantly higher enrichment of ox-LDL in the intima (16.9+/-4.2% vs. 11.25+/-2.3%; p<0.01) and mean (9.6+/-2.4% vs. 6.75+/-1.8%; p<0.01) as compared to healthy controls. Comparable results for the staining intensity were found in the intimal (2.8+/-0.5 eU vs. 1.7+/-0.4 eU; p<0.01) and medial layer (1.55+/-0.5 eU vs. 1.04+/-0.6 eU; p<0.01) of diseased patients compared to controls. CONCLUSIONS Accumulation of ox-LDL in the intimal layer, especially at the intima-media-border, was closely related to disruption of the elastica interna and adjacent vascular tissue, presumably contributing to the underlying process of intimal hyperplasia through unimpeded migration of smooth muscle and accumulation inflammatory cells.
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Churchill CH, Abril A, Krishna M, Callman ML, Ginsburg WW. Jaw claudication in primary amyloidosis: unusual presentation of a rare disease. J Rheumatol 2003; 30:2283-6. [PMID: 14528530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/27/2023]
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We describe two patients with temporal artery biopsy-proven amyloidosis presenting with symptoms of jaw claudication, visual disturbance, and proximal muscle stiffness suggestive of giant cell arteritis (GCA) and polymyalgia rheumatica. At the onset of disease, neither patient had other characteristic symptoms to suggest primary amyloid. We point out similarities between GCA and primary amyloid that can lead to confusion in diagnosis.
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- Christopher H Churchill
- Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, 4500 San Pablo Road, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA
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Kaasinen V, Aalto S, NAgren K, Hietala J, Sonninen P, Rinne JO. Extrastriatal dopamine D(2) receptors in Parkinson's disease: a longitudinal study. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 2003; 110:591-601. [PMID: 12768355 DOI: 10.1007/s00702-003-0816-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Most antiparkinsonian drugs are known to act through central dopamine D(2) receptor agonism. A previous longitudinal positron emission tomography (PET) study has indicated that, in the striatum of Parkinson's disease (PD) patients, dopamine D(2) receptor binding declines at a relatively fast annual rate of 2-4% (compared to the rate of <1%/year in healthy individuals). In the present study, the examination of longitudinal changes in D(2) receptors was extended to extrastriatal brain regions in PD. Eight early PD patients were examined twice with PET, approximately 3 years apart, using a high-affinity extrastriatal D(2)/D(3) receptor tracer, [(11)C]FLB 457. Both the MRI-referenced region-of-interest method and the voxel-based statistical analysis method were used independently in the analysis. Regional D(2)-like availabilities (binding potentials) in the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, the left temporal cortex and the left and right medial thalami were significantly decreased at the second examination by 20-37% (corresponding to an annual decline of 6-11%). Thus, the annual loss of extrastriatal D(2) availability in PD is up to three times faster than the rate previously reported in the putamen. Our longitudinal study shows first evidence concerning cortical D(2) receptor loss in the progression of PD, although it is not possible to distinguish between the effects of the therapy and the disease.
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- V Kaasinen
- Department of Neurology, Turku PES Centre, Turku, Finland.
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Hernández-Rodríguez J, Segarra M, Vilardell C, Sánchez M, García-Martínez A, Esteban MJ, Grau JM, Urbano-Márquez A, Colomer D, Kleinman HK, Cid MC. Elevated production of interleukin-6 is associated with a lower incidence of disease-related ischemic events in patients with giant-cell arteritis: angiogenic activity of interleukin-6 as a potential protective mechanism. Circulation 2003; 107:2428-34. [PMID: 12742994 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.0000066907.83923.32] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Patients with giant-cell arteritis (GCA) who develop a strong acute-phase response are at low risk of disease-related ischemic events. METHODS AND RESULTS To assess the potential protective role of proinflammatory cytokines in the development of ischemic events in GCA, we measured tissue expression (66 individuals) and/or circulating levels (80 individuals) of interleukin (IL)-1beta, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), and IL-6 in patients with biopsy-proven GCA. Tissue expression was determined by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction and immunohistochemistry. Circulating cytokines were determined by enzyme-linked immunoassay. We found that patients with disease-related ischemic events had lower IL-6 mRNA levels (5.9+/-2.1 versus 27.6+/-7.8 relative units, P=0.013), lower IL-6 immunohistochemical expression scores (1.5+/-0.9 versus 2.7+/-1, P=0.001), and lower circulating levels of IL-6 (13.6+/-2.1 versus 24+/-2.4 pg/mL, P=0.002) than patients without ischemic complications. No significant differences were found for either IL-1beta or TNF-alpha. We subsequently investigated direct effects of IL-6 on vessel wall components. We found that IL-6 stimulates endothelial cell proliferation and differentiation into capillary-like structures and induces full angiogenic activity in both ex vivo (aortic ring) and in vivo (chick chorioallantoic membrane) assays. CONCLUSIONS GCA patients with ischemic complications have lower tissue expression and circulating levels of IL-6 than patients with no ischemic events. IL-6 has relevant direct effects on vascular wall components that might be protective: IL-6 activates a functional program related to angiogenesis that may compensate for ischemia in patients with GCA.
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- José Hernández-Rodríguez
- Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Institut d'investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain
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Mohr W. Localization, structure and atomar composition of calcifications in temporal arteries. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2002; 20:875-6; author reply 876. [PMID: 12508789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2023]
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Blain H, Abdelmouttaleb I, Belmin J, Blain A, Floquet J, Guéant JL, Jeandel C. Arterial wall production of cytokines in giant cell arteritis: results of a pilot study using human temporal artery cultures. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2002; 57:M241-5. [PMID: 11909890 DOI: 10.1093/gerona/57.4.m241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a subacute periarteritis predominantly affecting segments of the external carotids of elderly patients. Vasculitic lesions in GCA samples might be characterized by in situ production of cytokines mRNA, indicative of macrophage and T-cell activation. However, whether the cytokine production of vessels with arteritis differs from that of vessels exposed to inflammatory conditions that originate peripheral to the vessel remains unknown. METHODS We investigated cytokine and soluble receptor cytokine production in blood samples and cultures of human temporal arteries from 22 consecutive patients (mean age 77 +/- 6 years) further investigated for possible diagnosis of GCA: 7 patients had GCA and 15 had neither GCA nor vasculitis but had other inflammatory, infectious, or malignant diseases (controls). The production of cytokines and soluble cytokine receptors in the supernatants of cultures of 3-mm segments of temporal artery specimens, before and after lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation (10 ng/ml and 10 microg/ml) and in serum, was quantified using sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). RESULTS Cytokine production by temporal arteries increased significantly and in a dose-dependent manner (p <.01) after LPS stimulation in all patients studied, suggesting that the system is methodologically functional. Despite a large interindividual variation, we found similar differences in cytokine production before and after stimulation by 10 ng/ml and 10 microg/ml LPS between both groups: temporal arteries of GCA patients produced more interleukin (IL)-1beta (p <.05) and IFNgamma (nonsignificant) and less tumor necrosis factor (TNF)alpha (p <.05) and IL-6 (nonsignificant) than temporal arteries of controls. The levels of TNFalpha (p <.05) and IL-6 soluble receptor (p <.05) were significantly lower in GCA patients as compared with controls in blood samples, whereas levels of cytokines in temporal artery and in blood samples were not significantly correlated at the individual level in both groups. CONCLUSIONS The present pilot study, which requires further confirmation on a larger number of well-defined patients with GCA, suggests that a specific arterial cytokine production profile might exist in GCA (high IL-1beta +/- IFNgamma and low TNFalpha), addresses the question of the mechanisms by which IL-1beta and TNFalpha might be differentially regulated at the level of the arterial cell wall, and supports the view that cultures of the temporal artery might be an interesting tool for evaluating the role of cytokines in GCA pathogenesis.
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- Hubert Blain
- Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, University Hospital, Montpellier, France
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Razzaque Z, Pickard JD, Ma QP, Shaw D, Morrison K, Wang T, Longmore J. 5-HT1B-receptors and vascular reactivity in human isolated blood vessels: assessment of the potential craniovascular selectivity of sumatriptan. Br J Clin Pharmacol 2002; 53:266-74. [PMID: 11874390 PMCID: PMC1874302 DOI: 10.1046/j.0306-5251.2001.01536.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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AIMS 5-HT1B-receptor mediated vasoconstriction of cranial arteries is a potential mechanism by which 5-HT1B/1D-receptor agonists such as sumatriptan produce their antimigraine effects. 5-HT1B-receptors exist in other blood vessels which may give rise to unwanted vascular effects. Therefore we examined the distribution of 5-HT1B-receptor immunoreactivity (i.r.) in human blood vessels (including target and nontarget vessels) and confirmed the functionality of this receptor protein, by comparing the vasoconstrictor effects of sumatriptan and 5-HT (the endogenous ligand) in isolated vessels. METHODS Blood vessels (middle meningeal, pial, temporal and uterine arteries and saphenous veins) were obtained from surgical patients (with consent). Sections of the vessels were prepared for routine immunohistochemical studies using specific 5-HT1B- and 5-HT1D-receptor antibodies. For functional studies, ring segments of the vessels were mounted in organ baths for isometric tension recording. RESULTS 5-HT1B-receptor i.r. was detected on the smooth muscle layer in middle meningeal, pial and uterine arteries and in saphenous vein and sumatriptan produced contractions in these vessels with potency values (mean pEC50) of 7.00, 7.08, 6.44 and 6.61, respectively, the magnitude of contraction was greatest in the cranial arteries with Emax values of 100.7, 60.3, 23.0 and 35.9%, respectively (expressed as a percentage of the reference agonist 45 mm KCl). 5-HT1B-receptor i.r. was not detected in temporal artery and sumatriptan had no effect in this artery. 5-HT1D-receptor i.r. was not detected in any of the vessels studied. CONCLUSIONS Sumatriptan can evoke vasoconstriction in antimigraine target vessels and also in nontarget vessels through an action at 5-HT1B-rcceptors. Sumatriptan acts preferentially to cause contraction in human cranial arteries compared with the other blood vessels we examined and this effect is likely to be shared by other drugs of this class.
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- Z Razzaque
- Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories, Neuroscience Research Centre, Eastwick Road, Harlow, Essex, CM20 2QR, UK
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Peng S, Westermark GT, Näslund J, Häggqvist B, Glennert J, Westermark P. Medin and medin-amyloid in ageing inflamed and non-inflamed temporal arteries. J Pathol 2002; 196:91-6. [PMID: 11748647 DOI: 10.1002/path.1014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Small amyloid deposits commonly occur along the internal elastic lamina of the temporal artery. In temporal artery biopsies from 22 patients with histological signs of giant cell arteritis and 25 without, amyloid deposits were found in 14 and 21 biopsies, respectively. Two specific peptide antisera show that this amyloid is identical to the recently identified medin-amyloid in the ageing aorta. On immunoelectron microscopy, the amyloid appeared topographically closely related to the elastic material. Furthermore, fragmented elastic material was often immunolabelled for medin and found to be engulfed by giant cells. Medin is an internal fragment of the larger precursor lactadherin and is presumably formed by specific enzymatic cleavage events. In situ hybridization showed that lactadherin is expressed locally by smooth muscle cells of the temporal artery. Given the potential role of lactadherin as a mediator for the adhesion of cells, including macrophages, to other cells or surfaces, lactadherin or its fragment medin may be important in the inflammatory process in giant cell arteritis.
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- Siwei Peng
- Department of Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Rimenti G, Blasi F, Cosentini R, Moling O, Pristerà R, Tarsia P, Vedovelli C, Mian P. Temporal arteritis associated with Chlamydia pneumoniae DNA detected in an artery specimen. J Rheumatol 2000; 27:2718-20. [PMID: 11093461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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Temporal arteritis is a clinical manifestation of giant cell arteritis. The etiology of this disease is still unknown. Sudden onset and wide variations of incidence are reported in different parts of the world. Acute onset is often associated with flu-like symptoms, indicating that infectious factors probably act as precipitating agents. We describe a 72-year-old man referred to our department in January 1999 for unremitting fever and temporal arteritis associated with Chlamydia pneumoniae infection.
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- G Rimenti
- Infectious Disease Department, Ospedale di Bolzano, Italy
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AIM To determine the frequency of skip lesions in an unselected series of temporal artery biopsies and compare the results with other series. METHODS The study was a retrospective review of 102 consecutive temporal artery biopsies taken in a five year period (1992-1997) in one large hospital. RESULTS 35 cases (34.3%) showed evidence of active cranial vasculitis with pathological evidence of inflammation of the intima or media, with or without giant cells. Three of these cases (8.5%) showed apparent skip lesions: normal intima, media, and adventitia in one segment while in other segments there was clear evidence of active vasculitis. Immunocytochemical stains for leucocyte common antigen (LCA) and CD15 were helpful in identifying the absence of intimal or medial inflammatory cell infiltrates within skip lesions. Skip lesions have been described in up to 28.3% of cases in some series, while others have not found evidence of skip lesions or have identified them in a much smaller percentage of cases. CONCLUSIONS In this series skip lesions were relatively rare, accounting for 8.5% of cases of active vasculitis. The degree of inflammation in temporal arteritis is discontinuous. Immunostaining for inflammatory cells, for example LCA and CD15, may be helpful in identifying the presence of an inflammatory cell infiltrate in skip lesion segments of the temporal artery.
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- D N Poller
- Department of Pathology, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, UK.
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Serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) is a powerful technique that can be used for global analysis of gene expression. Its chief advantage over other methods is that SAGE does not require prior knowledge of the genes of interest and provides quantitative and qualitative data of potentially every transcribed sequence in a particular tissue or cell type. Furthermore, SAGE can quantify low-abundance transcripts and reliably detect relatively small differences in transcript abundance between cell populations. However, SAGE demands high input levels of mRNA which are often unavailable, particularly when studying human disease. To overcome this limitation, we have developed a modification of SAGE that allows detailed global analysis of gene expression in extremely small quantities of tissue or cultured cells. We have called this approach 'SAGE-Lite'. This technique was used for the global analysis of transcription in samples of normal and pathological human cerebrovasculature to study the molecular pathology of intracranial aneurysms. These samples, which are obtained during operative surgical repair, are typically no bigger than 1 or 2 mm and yield <100 ng of total RNA. In addition, we show that SAGE-Lite allows simple and rapid isolation of long cDNAs from short (15 bp) SAGE sequence tags.
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- D G Peters
- Department of Human Genetics, School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
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Petursdottir V, Nordborg E, Moraghebi N, Persson M, Nordborg C. Estrogen receptors in giant cell arteritis. An immunocytochemical, western blot and RT-PCR study. Clin Exp Rheumatol 1999; 17:671-7. [PMID: 10609065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a chronic form of vasculitis which predominantly affects women over 50 years of age. The aim of this study was to analyse the presence of estrogen receptor alpha (ER) in the temporal arteries of patients with GCA. METHODS Inflamed temporal artery biopsies from 43 GCA patients were stained with monoclonal antibodies to two different segments of the ER and compared with non-inflamed arteries from age- and sex-matched controls who had not received a clinical diagnosis of GCA. The protein that was extracted from 4 GCA-positive biopsies and 4 non-GCA controls was analysed using the Western blot method with a monoclonal antibody to ER. Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis using primer pairs specific to ER-cDNA was performed on the total RNA from 4 GCA-positive biopsies and 4 non-GCA controls. RESULTS The inflamed arteries expressed distinct cytoplasmic immunoreactivity to ER in activated mononuclear inflammatory cells and in giant cells. Biopsies from GCA patients and controls displayed cytoplasmic ER positivity in smooth muscle cells. Western blot analysis revealed two bands corresponding to approximately 64 and 54 kDa, respectively, in the inflamed arteries and controls. In the inflamed biopsies and non-GCA controls, RT-PCR analysis revealed a strong band corresponding to approximately 670 bp, as expected, and a weaker band corresponding to approximately 440 bp. CONCLUSION In inflamed arteries from GCA patients, smooth muscle cells, activated mononuclear inflammatory cells and giant cells express cytoplasmic ER. Non-inflamed control arteries also express cytoplasmic ER in smooth muscle cells. The accumulation of cytoplasmic ER may suggest the involvement of estrogen not only in GCA but also in normal vascular aging. The results justify further investigations into the pathogenetic roles of estrogen metabolism in GCA.
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MESH Headings
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Blotting, Western
- Female
- Giant Cell Arteritis/genetics
- Giant Cell Arteritis/metabolism
- Giant Cell Arteritis/pathology
- Humans
- Immunoenzyme Techniques
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/pathology
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Receptors, Estrogen/genetics
- Receptors, Estrogen/metabolism
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Temporal Arteries/metabolism
- Temporal Arteries/pathology
- Tunica Media/metabolism
- Tunica Media/pathology
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- V Petursdottir
- Department of Pathology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden.
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Recently a new type of proteins modulating the pharmacological profile of the calcitonin receptor-like receptor (CRLR) were identified. The receptor-activity-modifying proteins (RAMPs) were shown to be essential for the expression of a functional CRLR and furthermore the RAMPs seemed to modify ligand selectivity of CRLR: coexpression of CRLR and RAMP1 resulted in a CGRP1 type of receptor while an adrenomedullin receptor resulted when CRLR and RAMP2 were coexpressed. In the present study significant molecular expression of CRLR concomitant with RAMP1, 2 and 3 were demonstrated in human meningeal, cerebral and temporal arteries by use of reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reactions (RT-PCR). These findings support previous studies demonstrating functional CGRP1 receptors in human cranial arteries. Furthermore the present study suggests the potential for functional adrenomedullin receptors in human cranial arteries.
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- A Sams
- Department of Pharmacology, The Royal Danish School of Pharmacy, Copenhagen.
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Jansen-Olesen I, Ottosson A, Cantera L, Strunk S, Lassen LH, Olesen J, Mortensen A, Engel U, Edvinsson L. Role of endothelium and nitric oxide in histamine-induced responses in human cranial arteries and detection of mRNA encoding H1- and H2-receptors by RT-PCR. Br J Pharmacol 1997; 121:41-8. [PMID: 9146885 PMCID: PMC1564650 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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1. Histamine induces relaxation of human cranial arteries. Studies have revealed that the relaxant histamine H1-receptor predominates in human cerebral and the H2-receptor in temporal arteries, while H1- and H2-receptors are of equal importance in the middle meningeal artery. The purpose of the present study was to examine the role of the endothelium and nitric oxide in histamine-induced responses and to show the presence of mRNA encoding H1- and H2-receptors in human cranial arteries. 2. Electrophoresis of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) products from human cerebral, middle meningeal and temporal arteries, demonstrated products corresponding to mRNA encoding both H1- and H2-receptors in arteries with and without endothelium. The amplified PCR products were sequenced and showed 100% homology with the published sequences of these histamine receptors. 3. A sensitive in vitro system was used to study vasomotor responses to histamine. In precontracted cerebral, middle meningeal and temporal arteries with and without endothelium, histamine caused a concentration-dependent relaxation with Imax values between 87% and 81% and pIC50 values between 8.14 and 7.15. In arteries without endothelium the histamine-induced relaxation was significantly less potent (Imax values between 87% and 66% and pIC50 values between 7.01 and 6.67) than in cranial arteries with an intact endothelium. 4. This addition of histamine to arteries without endothelium and pretreated with the histamine H2-antagonist, cimetidine (10(-5) M), caused a concentration-dependent contraction of the cranial arteries with Emax values between 86% and 29% and pEC50 values between 7.53 and 6.77. This contraction was blocked by the histamine H1-receptor antagonist, mepyramine (10(-7) M), and even turned into a relaxation with Imax values between 84% and 14% and pIC50 values between 7.42 and 5.86. 5. The nitric oxide synthase inhibitor NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME, 3 x 10(-5) M) significantly inhibited the relaxant response to histamine in cerebral and temporal arteries (pIC50 values between 7.43 and 7.13). The combined treatment with L-NAME (3 x 10(-5) M) and cimetidine (10(-5) M) caused a further displacement of the concentration-response curve (pIC50 values between 7.14 and 6.57) and decreased the maximum relaxant responses in all three cranial arteries (Imax values between 62% and 39%). 6. In conclusion, this is the first study which show mRNA encoding histamine H1- and H2-receptors in human cranial arteries. The results indicate that histamine-induced relaxation of human cranial arteries is partially mediated via an endothelial H1-receptor coupled to the production of nitric oxide and partially via a H2-receptor associated with the smooth muscle cells. In addition, there is evidence for a contractile H1-receptor in the smooth muscle cells in these arteries.
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MESH Headings
- Cerebral Arteries/drug effects
- Cerebral Arteries/metabolism
- Cerebral Arteries/physiology
- Cimetidine/pharmacology
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Endothelium, Vascular/metabolism
- Endothelium, Vascular/physiology
- Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Histamine/pharmacology
- Histamine/physiology
- Histamine H2 Antagonists/pharmacology
- Humans
- Meningeal Arteries/drug effects
- Meningeal Arteries/metabolism
- Meningeal Arteries/physiology
- Muscle Contraction/drug effects
- Muscle Relaxation/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/physiology
- NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester/pharmacology
- Nitric Oxide/antagonists & inhibitors
- Nitric Oxide/physiology
- Nitric Oxide Synthase/antagonists & inhibitors
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Receptors, Histamine H1/genetics
- Receptors, Histamine H1/metabolism
- Receptors, Histamine H2/genetics
- Receptors, Histamine H2/metabolism
- Temporal Arteries/drug effects
- Temporal Arteries/metabolism
- Temporal Arteries/physiology
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- I Jansen-Olesen
- Department of Biological Sciences, Royal Danish School of Pharmacy, Copenhagen 0, Sweden
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Multhaupt HA, Gåfvels ME, Kariko K, Jin H, Arenas-Elliot C, Goldman BI, Strauss JF, Angelin B, Warhol MJ, McCrae KR. Expression of very low density lipoprotein receptor in the vascular wall. Analysis of human tissues by in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry. Am J Pathol 1996; 148:1985-97. [PMID: 8669483 PMCID: PMC1861641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The recently cloned very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) receptor binds triglyceride-rich, apolipoprotein-E-containing lipoproteins with high affinity. The observation that VLDL receptor mRNA is abundantly expressed in extracts of tissues such as skeletal muscle and heart, but not liver, has led to the hypothesis that this receptor may facilitate the peripheral uptake of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins. However, little information is available concerning the types of cells that express this receptor in vivo. As expression of the VLDL receptor in the vascular wall might have important implications for the uptake and transport of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins, and perhaps facilitate the development of atherosclerosis in hypertriglyceridemic individuals, we used in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry to determine whether VLDL receptor mRNA and protein was expressed in human vascular tissue. We observed expression of the receptor by both endothelial and smooth muscle cells within normal arteries and veins, as well as within atherosclerotic plaques. In the latter, the VLDL receptor was also expressed by macrophage-derived foam cells. The widespread distribution of the VLDL receptor in vascular tissue suggests a potentially important role for this receptor in normal and pathophysiological vascular processes.
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- H A Multhaupt
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, USA
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Wagner AD, Goronzy JJ, Weyand CM. Functional profile of tissue-infiltrating and circulating CD68+ cells in giant cell arteritis. Evidence for two components of the disease. J Clin Invest 1994; 94:1134-40. [PMID: 8083354 PMCID: PMC295180 DOI: 10.1172/jci117428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Macrophages represent a critical component in the inflammatory lesions of giant cell arteritis. By combining immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization, we have analyzed the functional heterogeneity of tissue-infiltrating macrophages in patients with untreated vasculitis. 20% of macrophages in temporal artery tissue synthesized IL-6-specific mRNA and produced IL-6 and IL-1 beta proteins. IL-6 and IL-1 beta production was not limited to CD68+ cells in the lymphoid aggregates but was a feature of CD68+ cells dispersed throughout the tissue. 50% of tissue-infiltrating CD68+ cells synthesized 72-kD type IV collagenase. Only a small subset of CD68+ cells produced cytokines as well as collagenase, indicating functional specialization or distinct differentiation stages of CD68+ cells in the inflamed tissue. Activation of CD68+ cells was not restricted to tissue-infiltrating cells. Expression of IL-6 and IL-1 beta was found in 60-80% of circulating monocytes of patients with untreated giant cell arteritis, whereas collagenase production was restricted to tissue macrophages. IL-6 and IL-1 beta production by the majority of circulating monocytes was a shared feature of patients with giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica but was not found in rheumatoid arthritis. These data suggest that giant cell arteritis has two components of disease, an inflammatory reaction in vessel walls and a systemic activation of monocytes. Systemic monocyte activation can manifest independently without vasculitis as exemplified in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica.
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MESH Headings
- Antigens, CD/analysis
- Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic/analysis
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid/blood
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid/immunology
- Base Sequence
- DNA Primers
- Gene Expression
- Giant Cell Arteritis/blood
- Giant Cell Arteritis/immunology
- Giant Cell Arteritis/pathology
- Humans
- Interleukin-1/biosynthesis
- Interleukin-6/biosynthesis
- Lymphocytes/immunology
- Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Macrophages/immunology
- Macrophages/pathology
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/immunology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/pathology
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymyalgia Rheumatica/blood
- Polymyalgia Rheumatica/immunology
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
- Reference Values
- Temporal Arteries/immunology
- Temporal Arteries/metabolism
- Temporal Arteries/pathology
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- A D Wagner
- Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905
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Okamura T, Enokibori M, Toda N. Neurogenic and non-neurogenic relaxations caused by nicotine in isolated dog superficial temporal artery. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 1993; 266:1416-21. [PMID: 8396635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Nicotine produced a transient contraction followed by biphasic (rapid and slow) relaxations in dog superficial temporal arterial strips denuded of the endothelium. The responses to nicotine were abolished by treatment with hexamethonium. The nicotine-induced contraction was abolished by phentolamine and potentiated by NG-nitro-L-arginine (L-NA), a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor. The slowly developing relaxation was markedly suppressed by indomethacin and tranylcypromine, a prostaglandin I2 synthetase inhibitor, whereas the rapid relaxation was abolished by L-NA. The inhibitory effect of L-NA was reversed by L-, but not D-, arginine. NG-nitro-D-arginine had no effect. Transmural electrical stimulation elicited a transient relaxation in phentolamine-treated arteries. The relaxation was not influenced by indomethacin but was abolished by L-NA and tetrodotoxin. Nicotine increased intracellular cyclic AMP and cyclic GMP in the endothelium-denuded arteries. The increment of cyclic AMP was inhibited by indomethacin but not by L-NA, whereas that of cyclic GMP was not influenced by indomethacin but was abolished by L-NA. It may be concluded that nicotine stimulates the adrenergic and nitroxidergic nerves innervating the temporal arterial wall, resulting in a contraction and a rapidly developing relaxation, respectively; the latter is mediated by cyclic GMP. Potentiation by the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor of the contractile response to nicotine is expected to be a suppression of the relaxation mediated by the nerve-derived nitric oxide. Slow relaxations caused by nicotine appear to be associated with the elevation of cyclic AMP produced possibly by prostaglandin I2, which is released from subendothelial, non-neuronal tissues.
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- T Okamura
- Department of Pharmacology, Shiga University of Medical Sciences, Ohtsu, Japan
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Mucchiano G, Cornwell GG, Westermark P. Senile aortic amyloid. Evidence for two distinct forms of localized deposits. Am J Pathol 1992; 140:871-7. [PMID: 1562050 PMCID: PMC1886375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Aortic tissues obtained at autopsy were examined from 84 patients (age, 18-96 years). Amyloid deposits were present in the media in 61 of 63 (97%) of the patients above the age of 50. In addition, intimal amyloid deposits were present in 35% of this group. Intimal amyloid differed from medial amyloid both in its morphologic characteristics and its association with atherosclerosis. An antiserum raised to a low molecular weight protein extracted from amyloid fibrils of the aortic media reacted specifically with medial amyloid but did not react with intimal deposits. Neither type of amyloid reacted with anti-ATTR (Senile systemic amyloid), anti-AANF (isolated atrial amyloid), or antisera to other known forms of amyloid. These findings are consistent with the presence of two separate forms of localized amyloid in the aging aorta.
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- G Mucchiano
- Department of Pathology I, University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden
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Ottosson AL, Jansen I, Langemark M, Olesen J, Edvinsson L. Histamine receptors in the isolated human middle meningeal artery. A comparison with cerebral and temporal arteries. Cephalalgia 1991; 11:183-8. [PMID: 1742773 DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-2982.1991.1104183.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The subtypes of histamine receptors mediating dilatation of human meningeal arteries have been tested in vitro, using "selective" antagonists, and compared with cerebral and temporal arteries previously examined. Dilatory responses were tested after preconstriction with prostaglandin F2 alpha. Both mepyramine and cimetidine caused a parallel shift to the right of the histamine concentration-response curve, suggesting the presence of both H1- and H2-receptors. Combined treatment with mepyramine and cimetidine caused further displacement of the concentration-response curve to the right. Schild analysis indicated pA2 values of 6.3 for cimetidine and 9.8 for mepyramine in situations of near complete blockade of either of the receptors. Both H1- and H2-receptors seem of importance for the histamine-induced dilatation in meningeal arteries and neither appear to dominate. The data considered in conjunction with our previous findings support the finding that experimental histamine-induced headache due to vasodilatation is intracranial of origin.
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- A L Ottosson
- Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Lund, Sweden
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Usuki F, Ohtani H, Okadome T, Shinmyozu K, Maruyama I, Sakimoto T, Atsuji M, Osame M. Immunocytochemical study on endothelial markers with the cerebral vessel from a patient with familial moyamoya disease. Thromb Haemost 1991; 65:335-8. [PMID: 1647551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The immunocytochemical study of thrombomodulin (TM), a newly recognized anticoagulant endothelial surface protein, was performed with a surgical specimen of a superficial temporal artery (STA) obtained from a 29-year-old woman with familial moyamoya disease. The staining of TM showed positive immunoreactivity in smaller vessels in the surrounding connective tissue of the specimen, whereas negative in STA. Immunoelectronmicroscopically the luminal plasma membrane of endothelial cells was positive for TM. These staining pattern was the same as that in controls. She concurrently suffered from von Willebrand disease type I, and she had two cerebral hemorrhagic attacks. A quantitative defect of the von Willebrand factor in the endothelium was demonstrated immunocytochemically.
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- F Usuki
- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Japan
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Fischer S, Balslev E. Vascular protein deposits in temporal arteritis with special reference to failure of histological findings. APMIS 1989; 97:1125-32. [PMID: 2482059 DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1989.tb00527.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The object of an immunohistochemical search for vascular protein deposits in temporal arteritis is to assess the diagnostic possibilities in cases which are clinically typical but unconfirmed by biopsy results. In a group of older patients with arteritis, however, vascular aging may give rise to intimal thickening and a broad-spectrum deposition of protein. In an inter- and intra-individual comparison of vascular segments with and without arteritis we, however, found a few protein markers in arteritis which are essentially different from those in vascular aging. The intimal thickening and immune reaction in 9 selected marker proteins were graded 0-2, using the tunica media as reference for both properties. Of the nine proteins studied, alpha-2-macroglobulin was significantly increased, not only in segments affected with arteritis, but also in unaffected segments from the same biopsy as compared with biopsies from patients not suffering from this disease. 79% of patients with biopsy-confirmed arteritis also showed a significantly elevated serum alpha-2-macroglobulin as compared to 27% of those having only changes attributed to aging. In conclusion, immunohistochemical demonstration of deposits in the arterial wall and elevated serum levels of alpha-2-macroglobulin substantiate the clinical suspicion of arteritis in the absence of histological and inflammatory changes.
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- S Fischer
- Department of Pathology, Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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1. The subtypes of histamine-receptors which mediate dilatation of small human temporal arteries have been characterized in vitro using 'selective' agonists and antagonists. 2. Dilatory responses were studied after preconstriction with prostaglandin F2 alpha since contraction was not seen at histamine concentrations up to 10(-4) M. Histamine caused a concentration-related relaxation of cerebral vessels with an IC50 value of 2.8 +/- 0.6 X 10(-7) M. 3. Cimetidine caused a parallel shift to the right of the histamine concentration-response curve whereas mepyramine was without observable effect. This suggests the presence of histamine H2-receptors only. However, combined treatment with mepyramine and cimetidine caused a more marked displacement of the concentration-response curve to the right. Schild analysis indicated that in situations of near complete blockade of the histamine H1-receptor subtypes, simple competitive antagonism at H2-receptors can be revealed with a pA2 value of 6.58 for cimetidine. The apparent pA2 value for mepyramine was 8.58. 4. The 'selective' H1-receptor agonists pyridylethylamine, 2-methylhistamine and thiazolylethylamine, and the H2-receptor agonists dimaprit, impromidine and 4-methylhistamine all mimicked the histamine response, but all except impromidine were less potent than histamine. The order of potency was impromidine greater than thiazolylamine greater than 4-Me-histamine greater than 2-Me-histamine greater than dimaprit greater than pyridylethylamine greater than tele-Me-histamine. 5. These results indicate that the histamine-induced dilatation in small human temporal arteries is mediated by both H1- and H2-receptors and that the latter subtype of histamine receptors predominates.
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- A Ottosson
- Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Lund, Sweden
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In an attempt to obtain immunohistochemical data of use for evaluating the severity and extent of intimal thickening (IT) in normo- and hypertensive patients small-sized arteries were analyzed by the immunoperoxidase staining technique for intimal deposition of albumin, fibrinogen, IgG, IgM and beta-lipoprotein. The material included surgical biopsies from 143 temporal arteries and matched autopsy samples of temporal- and interlobar renal arteries from 33 patients. The intimal protein deposits were found to reflect the presence of IT but not the state of hypertension. comparisons between the matched temporal and renal arteries showed rank correlation regarding IT as well as deposition of fibrinogen, IgG and beta-lipoprotein. However, fibrinogen was the only protein, which also showed congruous mean values for the two different arterial types. We therefore conclude that out of the 5 proteins examined in this study, fibrinogen appears to be the most reliable marker of IT in small-sized arteries.
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- S Fischer
- Department of Pathology, Fredeiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Edvinsson L, Tfelt-Hansen P, Skärby T, Gjerris F, Olesen J. Presence of alpha-adrenoceptors in human temporal arteries. Comparison between migraine patients and controls. Cephalalgia 1983; 3:219-24. [PMID: 6640654 DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-2982.1983.0304219.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Alpha-adrenergic mechanisms have frequently been implied in migraine pathophysiology. We have examined the noradrenaline reactivity of isolated human temporal arteries removed from six migraine sufferers (not during attack) and from six patients without migraine operated for intracranial disorders. Noradrenaline constricted these vessels in a concentration-dependent manner, the response being altered by phentolamine 10(-8) M to 10(-6) M. There was no statistically significant difference between migraine patients and controls with respect to maximal contractile force (Emax) or pD2 (negative logarithm of the concentration eliciting half maximal force). The pA2 value for phentolamine was 8.3 in vessels from controls and 7.6 in arteries from migraine sufferers. The small difference between migraine patients and controls was not statistically significant. We obtained clear evidence of alpha-adrenergic receptors in human temporal arteries but their sensitivity was independent of the migraine disorder.
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