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ArticleJournal of cardiovascular pharmacology2014

Effects of recombinant human type I pancreatic elastase on human atherosclerotic arteries.

Steven K Burke, Karen Macdonald, Emma Moss, David Bunton, Barry Starcher, Marco D Wong, Kimberly S Bland, F Nicholas Franano

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Article in Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Steven K Burke*Research and Development, Proteon Therapeutics, Inc, Waltham, MA; †Biopta Ltd, Glasgow, United Kingdom; and ‡University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX.
Karen Macdonald
Emma Moss
David Bunton
Barry Starcher
Marco D Wong
Kimberly S Bland
F Nicholas Franano
Ribon Therapeutics (United States) · USThe University of Texas at Tyler · US

Funding

TISSUE DISTRIBUTION FOR RARE DISEASE RESEARCHU42RR006042 · NCRR · NATIONAL DISEASE RESEARCH INTERCHANGE · PI LONSDALE, JOHN T · 1991 to 2011
$16.5M
NCRR NIH HHS 5 U42 RR006042NCRR NIH HHS U42 RR006042
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

rationaleAt physiologic pressures, elastic fibers constrain artery diameter. Local treatment of atherosclerotic arteries with PRT-201, a recombinant type I elastase, could result in fragmentation and removal of elastin fibers and increased vessel diameter.

objectiveTo investigate the use of PRT-201 as a treatment for human atherosclerotic arteries. METHODS AND

resultsArteries were harvested from donor legs amputated due to severe peripheral artery disease or from recently deceased persons who donated their bodies to science. Three- to four-centimeter artery segments were studied on a perfusion myograph to obtain baseline diameter data. After treatment with PRT-201 3.6 mg/mL or saline for 30 minutes myography was repeated. PRT-201 treatment resulted in an increase in vessel diameter across a range of transmural pressures. Average anterior tibial artery diameter increased by 0.78 ± 0.21 mm (27% ± 12%), whereas average posterior tibial artery diameter increased by 0.58 ± 0.30 mm (21% ± 11%), both P < 0.001. Elastin content as measured by desmosine radioimmunoassay was reduced by approximately 50%, P < 0.001.

conclusionsThe results suggest that PRT-201 treatment of atherosclerotic peripheral arteries in patients could increase artery diameter, and thus luminal area, possibly alleviating some of the symptoms of peripheral artery disease.

Indexed as

AgedAged, 80 and overAtherosclerosisCarrier ProteinsElastic TissueElastinFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMyographyPancreatic ElastasePeripheral Arterial DiseasePilot ProjectsRecombinant ProteinsTibial ArteriesCarrier Proteinscholesterol-binding proteinElastinPancreatic ElastaseRecombinant Proteins

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PMID25490419
PMCPMC4272232
OpenAlexW1994744671

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