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Possible Mechanisms of Collar-Induced Intimal Thickening
From the Division of Pharmacology, University of Antwerp (UIA), B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium (G.R.Y.D.M., D.J.M.V.P., H.B., N.B., A.G.H.), the Division of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Antwerp (UZA), B-2650 Edegem, Belgium (P.V.S., R.B., R.V.), and the Division of Pathology, General Hospital Middelheim, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium (M.M.K.).
Correspondence to G.R.Y. De Meyer, University of Antwerp (UIA), Division of Pharmacology, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium. Email gdemeyer{at}uia.ua.ac.be
Abstract The positioning of a soft silicone collar around the rabbit carotid artery induces intimal thickening. We investigated to which extent occlusion of the vasa vasorum, damage of the perivascular nerve network, and/or changes in blood flow velocity contribute to intimal thickening. To this end, collars with different bores (diameter of inlet and outlet) were positioned around the carotid artery of male rabbits for 14 days. In another experiment, 75% of the wall of fitting collars was removed (open collar). In the midcollar region, the cross-sectional area of the intima reached a maximum (72±14 mm2/1000) when the endings of the collar fitted the artery closely. Removal of the side wall of these fitting collars reduced intimal thickening by 90%. Examination of unoperated carotid arteries never showed penetration of the adventitia or the media by vasa vasorum. The perivascular neuronal network in the region surrounded by a closed or an open collar was almost completely lost as compared with the zones outside the collar. Both the closed and open collar slightly bent the artery and increased the peak systolic velocity, measured with pulsed color Doppler after 6 hours, to a similar extent as compared with the proximal zone outside the collar. After 2 weeks, the peak systolic velocity within both the closed and open collar was partly normalized and was statistically not different from the proximal zone outside the collar. In conclusion, the geometry of the collar influenced the extent of intimal thickening, whereby more intimal thickening was obtained with a collar whose endings fit the carotid artery, rather than with a loose collar. Moreover, a closed structure was essential. The results obtained with the open collar exclude occlusion of vasa vasorum, damage of the perivascular neuronal network, kinking of the artery, and changes in blood flow velocity as major factors in the collar-induced intimal thickening. Our findings are consistent with the possibility that intimal thickening is the consequence of the combination of both vascular injury and hindrance of transmural flow by the collar. The obstruction of transmural fluid transport may then lead to retention of toxic metabolites, and/or cytokines within the segment enclosed by the collar.
Key Words: atherosclerosis • smooth muscle cells • flow cuff • intima
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