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Effects of osteoprotegerin/TNFRSF11B in two models of abdominal aortic aneurysms

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    • Emina Vorkapic
    • Anne Kunath
    • Dick Wågsäter
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    Affiliations: Division of Drug Research, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, 581 85 Linköping, Sweden
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    Published online on: April 27, 2018
       https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2018.8936
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Abstract

Osteoprotegerin (OPG), additionally termed tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 11B, is produced by vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) and endothelial cells in the vasculature, and its release may be modulated by pro‑inflammatory cytokines, including interleukin‑1β and tumor necrosis factor‑α. The present study investigated the effects of treatment with low‑dose human recombinant OPG on abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) development in mice. Mice were treated with 1 µg human recombinant OPG four times (or vehicle) for 2 weeks prior to inducing AAA. A total of two different models for inducing AAA were used to investigate the hypothesis as to whether OPG is involved in key events of AAA development, using osmotic mini‑pumps with angiotensin II in apolipoprotein‑E (ApoE‑/‑) mice for 28 days or using periaortic application of CaCl2 on the aorta in C57Bl/6J mice for 14 days. OPG was continuously administered during the experimental period. Histological staining using Masson's trichrome, Verhoeff's van‑Gieson and picro‑sirius red, in addition to reverse transcription‑quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis of various markers, were used to analyze phenotypic alterations. Treatment with OPG had no inhibitory effect on AAA development in the angiotensin II model in ApoE‑/‑ mice, which developed suprarenal aneurysms, although it increased vessel wall thickness of the aorta and total collagen in C57Bl/6J mice using the CaCl2 model that induced infrarenal dilation of the aorta. Treatment with OPG did not inhibit aneurysm development and key events, including inflammation, extracellular matrix or VSMC remodeling, in aortas from OPG‑treated mice with periaortic treatment with CaCl2. The results indicated that mice treated with low levels of human recombinant OPG may have a more stable aneurysmal phenotype due to compensatory production of collagen and increased vessel wall thickness of the aorta, potentially protecting the aneurysm from rupture. Further studies investigating rupture models of AAA in addition to using higher levels of OPG are require to verify this speculation. Furthermore, treatment with low levels of OPG in patients with AAA may represent a novel therapeutic strategy for the treatment of AAA as well as attenuate the adverse effects associated with the administration of normal and high dosages of OPG.
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Vorkapic, E., Kunath, A., & Wågsäter, D. (2018). Effects of osteoprotegerin/TNFRSF11B in two models of abdominal aortic aneurysms. Molecular Medicine Reports, 18, 41-48. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2018.8936
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Vorkapic, E., Kunath, A., Wågsäter, D."Effects of osteoprotegerin/TNFRSF11B in two models of abdominal aortic aneurysms". Molecular Medicine Reports 18.1 (2018): 41-48.
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Vorkapic, E., Kunath, A., Wågsäter, D."Effects of osteoprotegerin/TNFRSF11B in two models of abdominal aortic aneurysms". Molecular Medicine Reports 18, no. 1 (2018): 41-48. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2018.8936
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