PMID- 21411099 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20111014 LR - 20171116 IS - 1879-1484 (Electronic) IS - 0021-9150 (Linking) VI - 216 IP - 2 DP - 2011 Jun TI - Hepatocyte growth factor promotes an anti-inflammatory cytokine profile in human abdominal aortic aneurysm tissue. PG - 307-12 LID - 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.02.025 [doi] AB - Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is characterized by the destruction of tissue architecture due to chronic inflammation of unknown etiology. Recent studies have indicated that control of inflammation is a promising therapeutic strategy; however, no established pharmacological intervention is currently available for AAA. We found that hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) was expressed in aneurysmal tissue, and colocalized with von Willebrand factor, the endothelial cell marker, in the most damaged part of the aneurysmal walls. In ex vivo cultures of human AAA tissue, exogenously added HGF in the presence of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) enhanced the secretion of anti-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-10 (IL-10) and suppressed the secretion of proinflammatory monocyte/macrophage chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1). The angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, imidaprilat and perindoprilat, enhanced the secretion of endogenous HGF, augmented the TNF-alpha-induced IL-10 secretion and suppressed MCP-1 secretion from AAA tissue. The ACE inhibitors also augmented the expression of HGF in the presence of bradykinin in human aortic endothelial cells in culture (HAECs). In contrast, HGF secretion was not affected by either an angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT1) antagonist or angiotensin II in AAA tissue or in HAECs. These results suggested that angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors may be useful in controlling chronic inflammation in AAA, partly due to their enhancement of HGF secretion. CI - Copyright (c) 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Shintani, Yusuke AU - Shintani Y AD - Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Japan. FAU - Aoki, Hiroki AU - Aoki H FAU - Nishihara, Michihide AU - Nishihara M FAU - Ohno, Satoko AU - Ohno S FAU - Furusho, Aya AU - Furusho A FAU - Hiromatsu, Shin-ichi AU - Hiromatsu S FAU - Akashi, Hidetoshi AU - Akashi H FAU - Imaizumi, Tsutomu AU - Imaizumi T FAU - Aoyagi, Shigeaki AU - Aoyagi S LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20110224 PL - Ireland TA - Atherosclerosis JT - Atherosclerosis JID - 0242543 RN - 0 (Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Anti-Inflammatory Agents) RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Imidazolidines) RN - 0 (Indoles) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 130068-27-8 (Interleukin-10) RN - 2UV6ZNQ92K (perindoprilat) RN - 67256-21-7 (Hepatocyte Growth Factor) RN - WUU07Y30IA (imidaprilat) SB - IM MH - Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Anti-Inflammatory Agents/metabolism/*pharmacology MH - Aorta/pathology MH - Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal/*metabolism MH - Cytokines/*biosynthesis/metabolism MH - Endothelial Cells/cytology MH - Hepatocyte Growth Factor/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Imidazolidines/pharmacology MH - Indoles/pharmacology MH - Interleukin-10/metabolism MH - Renin-Angiotensin System MH - Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/blood EDAT- 2011/03/18 06:00 MHDA- 2011/10/15 06:00 CRDT- 2011/03/18 06:00 PHST- 2010/08/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2011/02/04 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2011/02/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2011/03/18 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/03/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/10/15 06:00 [medline] AID - S0021-9150(11)00186-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.02.025 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Atherosclerosis. 2011 Jun;216(2):307-12. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.02.025. Epub 2011 Feb 24.