| First Author | Gandhi C | Year | 2012 |
| Journal | Blood | Volume | 120 |
| Issue | 26 | Pages | 5224-30 |
| PubMed ID | 22983446 | Mgi Jnum | J:192128 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:5464068 | Doi | 10.1182/blood-2012-06-440255 |
| Citation | Gandhi C, et al. (2012) ADAMTS13 deficiency exacerbates VWF-dependent acute myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury in mice. Blood 120(26):5224-30 |
| abstractText | Epidemiologic studies suggest that elevated VWF levels and reduced ADAMTS13 activity in the plasma are risk factors for myocardial infarction. However, it remains unknown whether the ADAMTS13-VWF axis plays a causal role in the pathophysiology of myocardial infarction. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that ADAMTS13 reduces VWF-mediated acute myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury in mice. Infarct size, neutrophil infiltration, and myocyte apoptosis in the left ventricular area were quantified after 30 minutes of ischemia and 23.5 hours of reperfusion injury. Adamts13(-/-) mice exhibited significantly larger infarcts concordant with increased neutrophil infiltration and myocyte apoptosis compared with wild-type (WT) mice. In contrast, Vwf(-/-) mice exhibited significantly reduced infarct size, neutrophil infiltration, and myocyte apoptosis compared with WT mice, suggesting a detrimental role for VWF in myocardial I/R injury. Treating WT or Adamts13(-/-) mice with neutralizing Abs to VWF significantly reduced infarct size compared with control Ig-treated mice. Finally, myocardial I/R injury in Adamts13(-/-)/Vwf(-/-) mice was similar to that in Vwf(-/-) mice, suggesting that the exacerbated myocardial I/R injury observed in the setting of ADAMTS13 deficiency is VWF dependent. These findings reveal that ADAMTS13 and VWF are causally involved in myocardial I/R injury. |
