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(Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. 1997;17:2326-2332.)
© 1997 American Heart Association, Inc.

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Effect of Phosphorothioated Oligonucleotides on Neointima Formation in the Rat Carotid Artery

Dissecting the Mechanism of Action

M. R. Bennett; V. Lindner; D. DeBlois; M. A. Reidy; ; S. M. Schwartz

From the Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash.

Correspondence to Dr Martin Bennett, Unit of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Department of Medicine, Level 5, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK. E-mail mrb{at}mole.bio.cam.ac.uk

Abstract Several studies have shown that single-dose administration of agents that inhibit medial cell replication, such as antisense oligonucleotides to cell replication genes, can inhibit neointima formation after arterial injury. However, the precise mechanism of action of these agents is unknown. We analyzed the effect of phosphorothioated oligonucleotides delivered periadventitially on the response to injury in the balloon-injured rat carotid artery. Antisense oligonucleotides to c-myc suppressed medial replication 2 days after injury, but this effect was not present at 4 or 14 days. Endothelial cell proliferation was not affected by antisense oligonucleotides. There was, however, a significant suppression of intimal area and intima/media ratio at 14 days and an increase in lumen area in the antisense-treated group. Indeed, an increase in the number of medial cells at 14 days in the antisense group indicated that most of the effect of the agent was due to the suppression of cell migration. No effect was noted on expression of two genes, osteopontin and tropoelastin, used as markers of modulation of smooth muscle cells to a "neonatal" phenotype at 4 days after injury. Because no effect on cell proliferation could be demonstrated after 2 days, our data indicate that an early effect of the antisense agent mediates its longer-term effects. We suggest that this effect may be due to the suppression of migration of medial smooth muscle cells rather than the suppression of medial or intimal cell proliferation.

Key Words: restenosis • antisense oligonucleotides • c-myc • migration

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