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Vascular Biology

Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein-4 Protease Produced by Smooth Muscle Cells Increases in the Coronary Artery After Angioplasty

Presented in part at Endo 2000, Toronto, Canada, June 21–25, 2000.

Antoni Bayes-Genis; Robert S. Schwartz; Debra A. Lewis; Michael T. Overgaard; Michael Christiansen; Claus Oxvig; Khalid Ashai; David R. Holmes, Jr; Cheryl A. Conover

From the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases (A.B.-G., R.S.S., D.A.L., K.A., D.R.H.) and Endocrine Research Unit (C.A.C.), Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minn; the Institute of Molecular and Structural Biology (M.T.O., C.O.), IMSB, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark; the Department of Clinical Biochemistry (M.C.), Statens Serum Institute, Aarhus, Denmark.

Correspondence to Robert S. Schwartz, MD, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St, SW, Rochester, MN 55905. E-mail schwartzr{at}mayo.edu

Abstract—Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I stimulates vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) migration and proliferation, which are fundamental to neointimal hyperplasia in postangioplasty restenosis. IGF-I action is modulated by several high-affinity IGF binding proteins (IGFBPs). IGFBP-4 is the predominant IGFBP produced by VSMCs and is a potent inhibitor of IGF-I action. However, specific IGFBP-4 proteases can cleave IGFBP-4 and liberate active IGF-I. In this study, we document IGFBP-4 protease produced by human and porcine coronary artery VSMCs in culture as pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A). This was shown by a distinctive IGFBP-4 cleavage pattern, specific inhibition of IGFBP-4 protease activity with PAPP-A polyclonal antibodies, and immunorecognition of PAPP-A by monoclonal antibodies. Furthermore, we found a 2-fold increase in IGFBP-4 protease activity in injured porcine VSMC cultures in vitro (P<0.05). We also evaluated IGFBP-4 protease/PAPP-A expression in vivo after coronary artery balloon injury. Twenty-five immature female pigs underwent coronary overstretch balloon injury, and vessels were examined at defined time points after the procedure. Abundant PAPP-A expression was observed in the cytoplasm of medial and neointimal cells 7, 14, and 28 days after angioplasty (P<0.01 vs control). The highest PAPP-A labeling indices were located in the neointima (36.1±2.1%) and the media (31.7±1.2%) 28 days after injury. Western blot analysis confirmed increased PAPP-A in injured vessels. PAPP-A, a regulator of IGF-I bioavailability through proteolysis of IGFBP-4, is thus expressed by VSMCs in vitro and in restenotic lesions in vivo. These results suggest a possible role for PAPP-A in neointimal hyperplasia.


Key Words: insulin-like growth factor • binding protein proteases • restenosis




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