Effects of erythropoietin on matrix remodeling and the expressions of MMPs and TIMP-4 after myocardial infarction in rats
- VernacularTitle:红细胞生成素对大鼠心肌梗死后间质重塑及MMPs、TIMP-4表达的影响
- Author:
Rui XIANG
;
Kanghua MA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
erythropoietin;
myocardial infarction;
extracellular matrix remodeling;
matrix metalloproteinases
- From:
Medical Journal of Chinese People's Liberation Army
1981;0(04):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the effects of erythropoietin(EPO) on extracellular matrix remodeling and the expressions of matrix metalloproteinase(MMPs) and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-4(TIMP-4) after myocardial infarction in rats.Methods Eighty male SD rats were randomly divided into four groups:sham operation(SH) group,sham operation and drug(SHE) group,myocardial infarction(MI) group,and myocardial inferct and erythropoietin(MIE) group.Myocardial infarction in MI group and MIE group was reproduced by ligation of a branch of left anterior descending coronary artery.Hematocrit,echocardiography,capillary density,infarct area,fibrosis and collagen volume fraction were tested,and MMP-2,MMP-9 and TIMP-4 were measured by immunohistochemistry at 1-week and 6-week after myocardial infraction.Results One week after myocardial infraction,the protein expressions of MMP-2 and MMP-9 in MI and MIE groups were significantly higher than that in SH and SHE group(P0.05).Six weeks after myocardial infraction,echocardiography revealed that the left ventricular end-diastolic dimension(LVDd),left ventricular end-systolic dimension(LVDs),left ventricular end-diastolic volume(LVEDV) and left ventricular end-systolic volume(LVESV) were significantly increased,and left ventricular ejection fraction(LVEF) and left ventricular fractional shortening(LVFS) were significantly decreased in MI and MIE groups compared with those in SH and SHE groups(P
