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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2018

Early growth response factor-1 DNA enzyme 1 inhibits the formation of abdominal aortic aneurysm in rats.

Shi Wang, Haipeng Dong, Chengwei Liu, Guichao Xu, Xinhua Hu, Yichuan Fan, Liting Chen

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Article in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Shi WangDepartment of Stomatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jiamusi University, Jiamusi, Heilongjiang 154002, P.R. China.
Haipeng DongDepartment of Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Beihua University, Jilin City, Jilin 132000, P.R. China.
Chengwei LiuDivision of Vascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jiamusi University, Jiamusi, Heilongjiang 154002, P.R. China.
Guichao XuDivision of Vascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jiamusi University, Jiamusi, Heilongjiang 154002, P.R. China.
Xinhua HuDepartment of Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110000, P.R. China.
Yichuan FanDepartment of Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110000, P.R. China.
Liting ChenDepartment of Emergency, Affiliated Hospital of Beihua University, Jilin City, Jilin 132000, P.R. China.
First Affiliated Hospital of Jiamusi University · CNBeihua University · CNChina Medical University · CN

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Abstract

The aim of the present study was to characterize the effects of early growth response factor-1 DNA enzyme (EDRz) in a rat abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) model to determine the mechanism by which EDRz inhibits AAA and affects the formation of AAA by regulating the activity of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and MMP-9. EDRz was transfected into the abdominal aorta of rats using the jetPRIME transfection reagent following infusion with elastase. Fluorescent microscopy, hematoxylin and eosin staining, ultrastructural analysis, reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction, western blotting and immunohistochemical analysis were performed to characterize the response to EDRz. The EDRz group showed minimal aneurysm formation when compared with the control group, with significantly lower aortic diameter expansion (2.5±0.1 vs. 3.5±0.1 mm; P<0.05). Early growth response factor 1 (Egr-1) mRNA and protein levels were significantly decreased in the EDRz group, as expected. The decrease in Egr-1 was accompanied by decreases in the mRNA and protein levels of MMP-2 and MMP-9 (P<0.05). Transfection of the Egr-1 specific synthetic DNA enzyme EDRz significantly reduced AAA following elastase infusion in rats, at least in part due to the decreased expression of downstream MMP-2 and MMP-9.

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abdominal aortic aneurysmearly growth response factor 1 DNA enzymeelastasematrix metalloproteinases

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