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Migration Behavior of Human Smooth Muscle Cells Cultivated from Restenotic and Primary Lesions

Richard Brandl

Department of Vascular Surgery, Technical University of Munich

Peter Carl Maurer

Department of Vascular Surgery, Technical University of Munich

Berthold Höfling

Department of Internal Medicine I, Klinikum Großhadern, University of Munich, Germany

Gerhard Bauriedel

Department of Internal Medicine I, Klinikum Großhadern, University of Munich, Germany

Subintimal smooth muscle cell (SMC) migration is considered an essential determinant of arteriosclerosis and neointimal formation. In this study, a cell culture model was estab lished to characterize migration activity of SMCs originating from restenotic and primary lesions. Plaques from symptomatic stenoses of 32 patients (19 men, 13 women; 4 carotid, 17 peripheral, 11 coronary lesions) were removed by percutaneous atherectomy or direct operative approach. Ten patients suffered from recurrent stenosis. Cell cultures were established by explantation of tissue samples. By indirect immunofluorescence microscopy, SMCs were shown to be the predominant cell type of all advanced lesions irrespective of their origin. The spontaneous cellular motility of SMCs was analyzed in vitro by means of a computer-assisted observation system. Cells of all groups exhibited random motility. SMC migratory velocity was found to be significantly (P < 0.001) greater in cells from restenotic lesions than in those from primary plaques. In conclusion, migration behavior of human SMCs originating from arteriosclerotic lesions may be quan tified in vitro as a functional determinant characterizing restenotic versus primary lesions.

Angiology, Vol. 46, No. 11, 973-980 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/000331979504601101
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