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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1995;109:2-12
© 1995 Mosby, Inc.

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED HEART DISEASE

Neointima formation is promoted by surgical preparation and inhibited by cyclic nucleotides in human saphenous vein organ cultures

Cardiff, Wales, and Bristol, England

Supported by grants from the British Heart Foundation.

Received for publication Jan. 28, 1994. Accepted for publication May 25, 1994. Address for reprints: Andrew Newby, PhD, Department of Cardiology, University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff CF4 4XN, Wales.

Abstract

Intimal thickening is an important cause of late coronary vein graft occlusion, which no variation of surgical technique or pharmacologic intervention has been shown to reduce. We used a recently developed quantitative organ culture of human saphenous vein to investigate whether surgical preparative injury promotes neointima formation. We also investigated the effects on neointima formation of the lipid-soluble cyclic nucleotide analogs, 8-Br-cyclic adenosine monophosphate and 8-Br-cyclic guanosine monophosphate, and the phosphodiesterase inhibitor, isobutylmethylxanthine. These agents are pharmacologic mimetics of endothelium-derived prostacyclin and nitric oxide, which elevate vascular smooth muscle cyclic adenosine monophosphate and cyclic guanosine monophosphate concentrations, respectively, and may normally suppress neointima formation. Surgical preparation was found to promote intimal thickening and neointimal smooth muscle cell proliferation by 42% and 48%, respectively. 8-Br-cyclic adenosine monophosphate, 8-Br-cyclic guanosine monophosphate, or isobutylmethylxanthine (which elevated endogenous cyclic adenosine monophosphate concentrations) inhibited intimal thickening by 80%, 40%, and 72%, respectively, at a concentration of 0.1 mmol/L. The results imply that surgical techniques that avoid preparative injury and vasodilator drugs that act by elevating cyclic adenosine monophosphate or cyclic guanosine monophosphate concentrations may reduce neointima formation in vein grafts. (J THORACIC CARDIOVASC SURG 1995;109:2-12)

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