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The authors would like to acknowledge support through the American Heart Association (10SDG2630139), the Welch Foundation and through the NIH Director&#8217;s New Innovator Grant (1DP2 OD008716-01). The authors would like to thank the services provided by the ICMB (Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology) core facility and TherapeUTex at University of Texas at Austin.

注：このプロトコルに示されているすべてのメソッドは、施設内動物管理使用委員会によって承認されている。 手術台の調製<ol><li>解剖顕微鏡下で、手術台に温水を循環させるとともに加熱パッドを設定します。加熱パッド上にステンレス鋼製基板を置きます。ベースプレートと加熱パッド上の無菌吸収パッドを配置します。 </li><li>隣接無菌の吸収パッド上の無菌手術器具を配置します。傾斜した先の細いピンセット2対の角度付き鉗子二対の三止血鉗子つ開創ワイヤ、小さな外科用ハサミ、マイクロ剪刀つ血管形成ワイヤ（0.15インチ径）と6.0絹縫合糸の3~6インチのセグメントを集める。 </li><li>大腿動脈の曲に合わせて血管形成術線のラウンド終了を曲げる。これは、簡単に手術中にワイヤーを前進させるために行います。 </li></ol>の調製手術のためのマウス<ol><li> 2.5％のイソフルランの連続吸入により、マウスを麻酔。手順を通して、動物の状態を監視するようにしてください。それは完全に麻酔をかけていることを確認するために、マウスの足のピンチテストを実行します。ピンチ試験を投与した場合、動物が動かないことを確認してください。 </li><li>乾燥を防ぐために、動物の目に潤滑軟膏を適用します。サージカルテープを使用して吸収パッドに仰臥位で動物を固定します。ノーズコーンを経由して、2.5％イソフルランを投与し続けます。 </li><li>脱毛クリームを使用して、ミッドラインに足と腹部から毛を取り除く。水で十分に皮膚を洗い流す。脱毛は、手術の前に一日に行うことができる。クリームとの過度の治療は皮膚刺激につながる可能性があることに注意してください。 </li><li>すぐに手術の前に、皮膚を滅菌するために綿棒で脱毛した領域にポビドンヨードを適用します。 70％エタノールで脱毛し皮膚を洗い流すとドライ無菌の綿棒を持つ。 3回繰り返します。 </li><li>皮下注射を介してのカルプロフェン5mg / kgの術前投与量を投与する。 </li></ol>大腿動脈の3.絶縁<ol><li>小さな外​​科用ハサミを使用して、大腿動脈上の皮膚に湾曲した切開する。ぶっきらぼうに大腿動脈を見つけるために開創磁気リトラクター固定器を使用して周囲の組織を解剖し、固定します。無菌の綿棒を使用して生理食塩水を適用する灌漑用生理食塩水を使用して定期的に組織を湿らせます。 </li><li>ピンセットを用いて大腿動脈を分離します。静かに先の細いピンセットを用いて維管束から神経を分離する。静脈穿刺避け、神経を損傷しない。それを刺激避けるために離れてバンドルから神経を押してください。 </li><li>静かに大腿分岐の位置を、大腿動脈から大腿静脈を分離する。分岐部の領域を解剖するのが特に困難である。 </li><li> P分岐、ループ6.0絹の大腿動脈の下で縫合し、止血剤との安全にosterior。この近位の縫合糸は、動脈内の血流を制限するために使用される。 注：焼灼法に対するライゲーション法を行う際関係に若干のばらつきがある（ 図1及び図2を参照）。 </li><li>分岐部の遠位に、ループ6.0絹の大腿動脈の下で縫合し、止血剤で固定します。動脈の位置で、この遠位縫合糸を支援します。 </li><li>大腿動脈の筋肉の枝の下にループ2本の縫合糸は、それらを事前にタイや止血剤で固定します。生理食塩水で組織を湿らすることを忘れないでください。ワイヤ傷害の焼灼法を実施した場合、唯一のループ付き縫合糸は、筋枝に必要である。 </li></ol>大腿動脈ワイヤ傷害の4.性能<ol><li>近位縫合糸を引いて、大腿動脈への血流を制限します。少し遠位hemostを引っ張るATと止血動脈切開のためのサイトを公開するために枝を固定する。その周りに縫合糸を結びつけることによって筋肉の枝を結紮。 注：上向きの動脈をリフティングすると、より効果的に一人で水平に引っ張っよりも血流を制限します。 </li><li> 2本の縫合糸の間にメスで小枝を切除。マイクロはさみを使用して、分岐部の側枝に動脈切開を行う。マイクロハサミを安定させるための手術テープのロールにバランスのとれた鉗子を使用してください。 </li><li>先の細いピンセットを用いて動脈切開の存在を確認。静かに鉗子で動脈切開の開口部を持ち上げる。鉗子を用いて動脈切開にワイヤーの丸い端部を導入する。ワイヤの前進を容易にするために、シリンジを用いて領域にリドカインの1つまたは2つの滴を加える。 </li><li>ワイヤーは、近位縫合糸に到達すると、縫合糸を解放し、ワイヤの前進を妨げることができないように調整する。それをさらに進めることができないまでワイヤーを挿入します。目の先端電子線は鼠径靭帯の領域に停止する必要があります。 </li><li>ワイヤーは1分間大腿動脈に残るようにします。傷つけると大腿動脈の内皮をdenude 10回を1分後に、後退させソーイング運動ワイヤを前進させる。あまり重症の怪我のために、ワイヤは動脈の内と外に引っ張られたり、わずか1分間の動脈にワイヤーを残している回数を減少させる。 </li><li>ゆっくりとワイヤーを撤回。ワイヤーの丸い端が近位縫合糸を経過すると、近位縫合糸を引くことによって動脈への流れを制限する。完全にワイヤーを撤回。 </li></ol> 5.筋肉支店を連結<ol><li>筋肉の枝に残っている縫合糸を締めます。これは動脈切開からの出血防止します。筋肉の枝に流れを戻し、血液がそこから漏れていないことを確認。筋肉の枝に縫合糸から端をトリミング。 </li></ol> 6.代替方法：ローカライズされたカウ動脈切開のクタリゼーション注：別のアプローチは、筋肉枝のライゲーションを回避し、より大きなメイン大腿動脈を通して血管アクセスを可能にするために取ることができる。 <ol><li> 4.1から出発して、近位縫合糸を引くことにより大腿動脈への流れを制限する。遠位縫合糸と動脈切開（ 図1と図2）のためのサイトを公開するために少し筋肉の枝を固定して縫合糸を引き出します。 </li><li>マイクロはさみを使用して、大腿動脈と筋肉の枝の分岐点での動脈切開を行う。切開は、動脈の側で行われる場合には、焼灼するのがより容易であり得る。マイクロハサミを安定させるための手術テープのロールにバランスのとれた鉗子を使用してください。 </li><li>焼灼の成功をテストするには、近位の縫合糸を緩めて大腿動脈への流れを復元する。出血が動脈切開から発生する場合は、焼灼を繰り返します。焼灼が成功した場合、血流が再され動脈切開の遠位に格納されている。 </li><li>ワイヤーを紹介し、4章で説明したように、ワイヤ傷害を行う。 </li><li>大腿動脈への血流を制限し続ける。少なくとも6インチ離れてマウスから先の細い焼灼を熱し。焼灼先端が冷えると、切開を閉じるために動脈切開の側面を軽くそれを適用する。 </li><li>焼灼の成功をテストするには、近位の縫合糸を緩めて大腿動脈への流れを復元する。出血が動脈切開から発生する場合は、焼灼を繰り返します。焼灼が成功した場合、血流が動脈切開の遠位に復元される。一時的な近位および遠位の関係を削除します。 </li></ol>血管周囲ドラッグデリバリーパッチの7。移植<ol><li>血管周囲の薬剤パッチの作成​​11以前の研究で、または類似の方法を用いて説明したように作成することができる。無菌のハサミを使用して薬物送達パッチのバリア領域の角を鈍ら</li><li>薬物送達パットを配置動脈に直面して薬物放出側に負傷した大腿動脈の上にCH。必要に応じて、パッチの位置を改善するために鉗子を使用しています。 </li></ol> 8.創傷閉鎖と回復<ol><li>正方形の結び目からなるシンプルな中断された縫合糸で傷口を閉じます。不連続縫合糸は、動物が縫合糸を削除しようとする場合には、創傷閉鎖を延長。 </li><li>麻酔をオフにして、セットアップから動物を削除する。動物が温暖化パッド上に回復することを許可する。 </li><li>マウスの回復を監視し続ける。それは閉じたままであることを確実にするために、毎日切開部位を確認してください。手術後の痛みの治療のために、2日間カルプロフェンの5〜10mg / kgの皮下注射、手術後12時間ごとに、その後12時間ごとに管理する。痛みは最初の2日間を超えて継続した場合、さらに鎮痛薬の指示のために獣医師に相談してください。 </li></ol>組織学9.収穫大腿動脈<ol><li>手術後28日目に、マウスに、二酸化炭素の安楽死を行う。 NOTE：二酸化炭素の適切な流量は毎分室10〜30％を置換する必要があり、使用されるチャンバーのサイズに応じて変化するであろう。横隔膜と心臓穿刺の切断が安楽死の二法として行われるべきである。 </li><li>サージカルテープを使用して仰臥位でマウスを固定します。最初の外科的切開が行われた大腿動脈、上の切開を行います。 </li><li>負傷した動脈と対側脚から無傷の動脈の両方のために、ぶっきらぼうに解剖し、大腿動脈を見つけるためにリトラクターと磁気リトラクター固定器を使用して周囲の組織に固定します。灌漑用の生理食塩水を使用して定期的に組織を湿らせます。無菌の綿棒を使用して生理食塩水を適用します。動脈を損傷しないように注意してください。 </li><li>大腿動脈は腹部大動脈元動脈切開部位から単離された後に、ワンセグを結ぶ動脈切開の元のサイトの近くに絹縫合のメント。この縫合糸は、大腿動脈の最遠位端を特定し、試料の取り扱いを容易にするのに役立ちます。 </li><li>大腿動脈を切除するためのマイクロ解剖ハサミを使用する。縫合糸の1切開遠位てください。腹部大動脈の横に、大腿動脈の反対側の端に他の切開を行います。 </li><li>生理食塩水を含有するガラスシャーレに切除された動脈を転送します。過剰結合組織や脂肪を除去するためにさらに動脈を解剖。静かに生理食塩水ですすぐことによって内腔から血液を除去する。 </li><li> 10％緩衝ホルマリンのバイアルに動脈を転送します。穏やかに48時間揺らしながら4℃でバイアルに保管してください。 </li><li>それは組織学のために処理されるまで保存するために、70％エタノールに固定動脈を転送します。 </li><li>パラフィンブロックとセクション染色のためのブロックの中で動脈を埋め込みます。 </li><li>傷害および内膜HYPの程度を評価するために組織化学的および免疫化学染色を行いますerplasia。 注：代表的な結果のために、我々は、弾性層板や他の動脈のコンポーネントを視覚化するために、核および全体的な形態またはモバットのペンタクロム染色を可視化するためにヘマトキシリン​​およびエオシンを使用していました。 </li></ol>

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We have presented a method for performing vascular injury in mice and delivery therapeutic compounds to the injured region through a perivascular cuff. The ligation method for femoral and carotid arteries has been described in conventional methods papers and characterized extensively11-14,19-23 and we present an alternative method for achieving the same vascular injury that is less technically demanding procedure that can often be used in younger mice. One of the chief advantages of the using a mouse wire inju...

Arterial injury and inflammation caused by angioplasty and stent implantation can induce neointimal hyperplasia that contributes to the thickening of the arterial wall, a process known as restenosis.1,2 The formation of restenosis is major mode of failure for interventions such as angioplasty and stenting with bare metal stents.3 Due to recent concerns with the inhibition of vascular healing in arteries treated with drug eluting stents, there is also a need to find compounds that can inhibit restenosis while maintaining vascular healing and re-endothelialization.4-7 In addition, while stents have had success in the coronary vasculature, percutaneous interventions of all types in the peripheral arteries continue to fail at a higher rate due to restenosis.8-10 Mouse models of surgical interventions allow the use of powerful genetic manipulations that can provide mechanistic insight into the mechanisms underlying the failure of clinical therapies and can provide an initial test bed for compounds to inhibit intimal hyperplasia. 
Here, we describe a mouse model of vascular injury that allows the testing of therapeutic compounds to inhibit neointimal hyperplasia and assess whether their effects on re-endothelialization following endothelial denudation. A key challenge in executing vascular injury in mice is the technical skill needed to obtain vascular access and to restore flow to the injured artery following the wire injury. For this reason, simple arterial ligation models have been used to study neointimal hyperplasia in mice that do not require endovascular manipulations but are easier to implement.11 However, this type of surgical model differs substantially from the mechanical and biological aspects of a percutaneous intervention, lacking key aspects including arterial wall stretch, endothelial denudation and luminal blood flow following injury. 
We present two methods for obtaining and closing vascular access for wire injury of the femoral artery in mice. The first technique is the conventional method described by several groups previously and uses vascular access through a side branch of the femoral artery.12-14 This method requires older, larger mice and more surgical skill to implement the endoluminal access through the smaller artery. It also requires the ligation of the muscular branch of the femoral artery following the procedure. The second method we describe uses an arteriotomy in the branch point of the main and side branch and thereby allows for a larger access to the artery for performing wire injury. In this method, the arteriotomy is closed using controlled local cauterization that leaves both branches with blood flow following the procedure. The conventional method is applicable to mice of at least 20 weeks of age while the alternative method can be used in mice of at least 15 weeks of age. In both methods, the wire creates arterial stretch and abrasion leading to injury and endothelial denudation. Following either procedure a perivascular drug delivery patch can be implanted that allows the delivery of compounds to alter the response to injury. The use of the drug delivery patch allows mice to be used as a test bed for new compounds to inhibit restenosis through perivascular therapies.15,16

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murine model of femoral artery wire injury with implantation of a perivascular drug delivery patch

Percutaneous interventions including balloon angioplasty and stenting have been used to restore blood flow in vessels with occlusive vascular disease. While these therapies lead to the rapid restoration of blood flow, these technologies remain limited by restenosis in the case of bare metal stents and angioplasty, or reduced healing and possibly enhanced risk of thrombosis in the case of drug eluting stents. A key pathophysiological mechanism in the formation of restenosis is intimal hyperplasia caused by the activation of vascular smooth muscle cells and inflammation due to arterial stretch and injury. Surgeries that induce arterial injury in genetically modified mice are useful for the mechanistic study of the vascular response to injury but are often technically challenging to perform in mouse models due to the their small size and lack of appropriate sized devices. We describe two approaches for a surgical technique that induces endothelial denudation and arterial stretch in the femoral artery of mice to produce robust neointimal hyperplasia. The first approach creates an arteriotomy in the muscular branch of the femoral artery to obtain vascular access. Following wire injury this arterial branch is ligated to close the arteriotomy. A second approach creates an arteriotomy in the main femoral artery that is later closed through localized cautery. This method allows for vascular access through a larger vessel and, consequently, provides a less technically demanding procedure that can be used in smaller mice. Following either method of arterial injury, a degradable drug delivery patch can be placed over or around the injured artery to deliver therapeutic agents.

ワイヤー損傷後、新生内膜過形成は、時間をかけて開発し、一般的に14〜28日後に検査される。 図3の組織学的結果を示すように、マウスにおける内膜過形成の堅固な生成に、この作業のリードに記載された技術は、無傷の大腿動脈は、無傷の弾性ラメラと通常の厚さ及び外周を実証する。負傷した大腿動脈は、内膜過形成を示し、弾性ラメラが劣化し、後の時点で再内皮のデモ?...

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Murine Model of Femoral Artery Wire Injury with Implantation of a Perivascular Drug Delivery Patch

We describe a surgical technique that produces wire injury in the femoral artery of mice to induce neointimal hyperplasia to serve as a model testing system for the perivascular delivery of therapeutic compounds for the inhibition of restenosis.

血管周囲ドラッグデリバリーパッチの移植に大腿動脈ワイヤ傷害のマウスモデル

Percutaneous interventions including balloon angioplasty and stenting have been used to restore blood flow in vessels with occlusive vascular disease. ...

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17.9K ビュー.  University of Texas at Austin. We describe a surgical technique that produces wire injury in the femoral artery of mice to induce neointimal hyperplasia to serve as a model testing system for the perivascular delivery of therapeutic compounds for the inhibition of restenosis. 

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Programming Stem Cells for Therapeutic Angiogenesis Using Biodegradable Polymeric Nanoparticles

Controlled vascular growth is critical for successful tissue regeneration and wound healing, as well as for treating ischemic diseases such as stroke, heart attack or peripheral arterial diseases. Direct delivery of angiogenic growth factors has the potential to stimulate new blood vessel growth, but is often associated with limitations such as lack of targeting and short half-life in vivo. Gene therapy offers an alternative approach by delivering genes encoding angiogenic factors, but often requires using virus, and is limited by safety concerns. Here we describe a recently developed strategy for stimulating vascular growth by programming stem cells to overexpress angiogenic factors in situ using biodegradable polymeric nanoparticles. Specifically our strategy utilized stem cells as delivery vehicles by taking advantage of their ability to migrate toward ischemic tissues in vivo. Using the optimized polymeric vectors, adipose-derived stem cells were modified to overexpress an angiogenic gene encoding vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). We described the processes for polymer synthesis, nanoparticle formation, transfecting stem cells in vitro, as well as methods for validating the efficacy of VEGF-expressing stem cells for promoting angiogenesis in a murine hindlimb ischemia model.

We describe the method of programming stem cells to overexpress therapeutic factors for angiogenesis using biodegradable polymeric nanoparticles. Processes described include polymer synthesis, transfecting adipose-derived stem cells in vitro, and validating the efficacy of programmed stem cells to promote angiogenesis in a murine hindlimb ischemia model.

生分解性ポリマーナノ粒子を用いた治療的血管形成のためのプログラミング幹細胞

Controlled vascular growth is critical for successful tissue regeneration and wound healing, as well as for treating ischemic diseases such as stroke, ...

生物工学

Osmotic Drug Delivery to Ischemic Hindlimbs and Perfusion of Vasculature with Microfil for Micro-Computed Tomography Imaging

Preclinical research in animal models of peripheral arterial disease plays a vital role in testing the efficacy of therapeutic agents designed to stimulate microcirculation. The choice of delivery method for these agents is important because the route of administration profoundly affects the bioactivity and efficacy of these agents1,2. In this article, we demonstrate how to locally administer a substance in ischemic hindlimbs by using a catheterized osmotic pump. This pump can deliver a fixed volume of aqueous solution continuously for an allotted period of time. We also present our mouse model of unilateral hindlimb ischemia induced by ligation of the common femoral artery proximal to the origin of profunda femoris and epigastrica arteries in the left hindlimb. Lastly, we describe the in vivo cannulation and ligation of the infrarenal abdominal aorta and perfusion of the hindlimb vasculature with Microfil, a silicone radiopaque casting agent. Microfil can perfuse and fill the entire vascular bed (arterial and venous), and because we have ligated the major vascular conduit for exit, the agent can be retained in the vasculature for future ex vivo imaging with the use of small specimen micro-CT3.

We show here the in vivo insertion of an osmotic pump for constant local drug delivery and the creation of hindlimb ischemia in a mouse model. Moreover, the hindlimb vasculature is perfused with Microfil, a silicone radiopaque agent, to prepare for micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) imaging.

マイクロコンピュータ断層撮影イメージング用Microfilで虚血後肢と血管系の灌流に浸透ドラッグデリバリー

Preclinical research in animal models of peripheral arterial disease plays a vital role in testing the efficacy of therapeutic agents designed to ...

医学

A Radio-telemetric System to Monitor Cardiovascular Function in Rats with Spinal Cord Transection and Embryonic Neural Stem Cell Grafts

High thoracic or cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) can lead to cardiovascular dysfunction. To monitor cardiovascular parameters, we implanted a catheter connected to a radio transmitter into the femoral artery of rats that underwent a T4 spinal cord transection with or without grafting of embryonic brainstem-derived neural stem cells expressing green fluorescent protein. Compared to other methods such as cannula insertion or tail-cuff, telemetry is advantageous to continuously monitor blood pressure and heart rate in freely moving animals. It is also capable of long term multiple data acquisitions. In spinal cord injured rats, basal cardiovascular data under unrestrained condition and autonomic dysreflexia in response to colorectal distension were successfully recorded. In addition, cardiovascular parameters before and after SCI can be compared in the same rat if a transmitter is implanted before a spinal cord transection. One limitation of the described telemetry procedure is that implantation in the femoral artery may influence the blood supply to the ipsilateral hindlimb.

We present a protocol for using a radio-telemetric system to record cardiovascular parameters in T4 spinal cord transected rats eight weeks after embryonic brainstem neural stem cell grafting into the lesion site. Telemetry is an advanced technique to accurately evaluate cardiovascular function in conscious freely moving spinal cord injured rats.

ラジオ遠隔測定システムは、脊髄離断および胚性神経細胞移植片幹ラットの心臓血管機能を監視する

High thoracic or cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) can lead to cardiovascular dysfunction. To monitor cardiovascular parameters, we implanted a catheter ...

A Murine Model of Arterial Restenosis: Technical Aspects of Femoral Wire Injury

Cardiovascular disease caused by atherosclerosis is the leading cause of death in the developed world. Narrowing of the vessel lumen, due to atherosclerotic plaque development or the rupturing of established plaques, interrupts normal blood flow leading to various morbidities such as myocardial infarction and stroke. In the clinic endovascular procedures such as angioplasty are commonly performed to reopen the lumen. However, these treatments inevitably damage the vessel wall as well as the vascular endothelium, triggering an excessive healing response and the development of a neointimal plaque that extends into the lumen causing vessel restenosis (re-narrowing). Restenosis remains a major cause of failure of endovascular treatments for atherosclerosis. Thus, preclinical animal models of restenosis are vitally important for investigating the pathophysiological mechanisms as well as translational approaches to vascular interventions. Among several murine experimental models, femoral artery wire injury is widely accepted as the most suitable for studies of post-angioplasty restenosis because it closely resembles the angioplasty procedure that injures both endothelium and vessel wall. However, many researchers have difficulty utilizing this model due to its high degree of technical difficulty. This is primarily because a metal wire needs to be inserted into the femoral artery, which is approximately three times thinner than the wire, to generate sufficient injury to induce prominent neointima. Here, we describe the essential surgical details to effectively overcome the major technical difficulties of this model. By following the presented procedures, performing the mouse femoral artery wire injury becomes easier. Once familiarized, the whole procedure can be completed within 20 min.

The mouse femoral artery wire injury model of restenosis is technically challenging. In this protocol we show the key technical details essential for successfully performing wire injury to induce consistent&#160;neointima for studies of restenosis.

動脈再狭窄のマウスモデル：大腿ワイヤー傷害の技術的な側面

Cardiovascular disease caused by atherosclerosis is the leading cause of death in the developed world. Narrowing of the vessel lumen, due to ...

A Hydrogel Construct and Fibrin-based Glue Approach to Deliver Therapeutics in a Murine Myocardial Infarction Model.

The murine MI model is widely recognized in the field of cardiovascular disease, and has consistently been used as a first step to test the efficacy of treatments in vivo1. The traditional, established protocol has been further fine-tuned to minimize the damage to the animal. Notably, the pectoral muscle layers are teased away rather than simply cut, and the thoracotomy is approached intercostally as opposed to breaking the ribs in a sternotomy, preserving the integrity of the ribcage. With these changes, the overall stress on the animal is decreased. 
Stem cell therapies aimed to alleviate the damage caused by MIs have shown promise over the years for their pro-angiogenic and anti-apoptotic benefits. Current approaches of delivering cells to the heart surface typically involve the injection of the cells either near the damaged site, within a coronary artery, or into the peripheral blood stream2-4. While the cells have proven to home to the damaged myocardium, functionality is limited by their poor engraftment at the site of injury, resulting in diffusion into the blood stream5. This manuscript highlights a procedure that overcomes this obstacle with the use of a cell-encapsulated hydrogel patch. The patch is fabricated prior to the surgical procedure and is placed on the injured myocardium immediately following the occlusion of the left coronary artery. To adhere the patch in place, biocompatible external fibrin glue is placed directly on top of the patch, allowing for it to dry to both the patch and the heart surface. This approach provides a novel adhesion method for the application of a delicate cell-encapsulating therapeutic construct.

This protocol aims to alleviate the limitation of poor cell engraftment for stem cell treatment of myocardial infarctions through the use of a hydrogel system and a fibrin-based glue. With this approach, cell-to-tissue contact post-infarction can be maintained, increasing the therapeutic potential of beneficial agents at the site of injury.

ヒドロゲルは、構築し、マウス心筋梗塞モデルにおける治療薬を送達するためのフィブリンベースの接着剤のアプローチ。

The murine MI model is widely recognized in the field of cardiovascular disease, and has consistently been used as a first step to test the efficacy of ...

Induction of Accelerated Atherosclerosis in Mice: The "Wire-Injury" Model

Atherosclerosis is a proliferative fibro-inflammatory disease developing in the arterial wall, inducing a deficient blood flow or a lack of blood flow. Moreover, by rupture of the defective vascular wall, atherosclerosis induces occlusive thrombus formation, which represents the main cause of myocardial infarction or stroke and the most frequent cause of death. Despite the advances in the cardiovascular field, many questions remain unanswered, and additional basic research is essential to improve our understanding of the molecular mechanisms during atherosclerosis and its effects. Due to limited clinical studies, there is a need for representative animal models recreating atherosclerotic conditions such as neointima formation after stent implantation, balloon angioplasty, or endarterectomy. Since the mouse presents many advantages and is the most frequently used model for studying molecular processes, the current study proposes an invasive procedure of endothelial denudation, also known as the wire-injury model, which is representative of the human condition of neointima formation in arteries after revascularization procedures.

This study describes an invasive procedure for the induction of accelerated atherosclerosis in mice. In comparison to other methods using electric- or cryo-induced injury, mechanical-induced injury mimics the human condition of restenosis after revascularization therapies and is ideal for the study of the molecular mechanisms involved.

マウスにおける加速アテローム性動脈硬化症の誘導:ワイヤー傷害モデル

Atherosclerosis is a proliferative fibro-inflammatory disease developing in the arterial wall, inducing a deficient blood flow or a lack of blood flow. ...

Patch Angioplasty in the Rat Aorta or Inferior Vena Cava

Pericardial patches are commonly used in vascular surgery to close vessels. To facilitate studies of the neointimal hyperplasia that forms on the patch, we developed a rat model of patch angioplasty that can be used in either a vein or an artery, creating a patch venoplasty or a patch arterioplasty, respectively. Technical aspects of this model are discussed. The infra-renal IVC or aorta are dissected and then clamped proximally and distally. A 3 mm venotomy or arteriotomy is performed in the infrarenal inferior vena cava or aorta of 6 to 8 week-old Wistar rats. A bovine pericardial patch (3 mm x 1.5 mm x 0.6 mm) is then used to close the site using a 10-0 nylon suture. Compared to arterial patches, venous patches show increased neointimal thickness on postoperative day 7. This novel model of pericardial patch angioplasty can be used to examine neointimal hyperplasia on vascular biomaterials, as well as to compare the differences between the arterial and venous environments.

We have established a model of pericardial patch angioplasty that can be used in either small-diameter veins or arteries. This model can be used to compare venous and arterial neointimal hyperplasia formation.

ラット大動脈または下大静脈内のパッチ血管形成術

Pericardial patches are commonly used in vascular surgery to close vessels. To facilitate studies of the neointimal hyperplasia that forms on the patch, ...

Transplantation of a 3D Bioprinted Patch in a Murine Model of Myocardial Infarction

Testing regenerative properties of 3D bioprinted cardiac patches in vivo using murine models of heart failure via permanent left anterior descending (LAD) ligation is a challenging procedure and has a high mortality rate due to its nature. We developed a method to consistently transplant bioprinted patches of cells and hydrogels onto the epicardium of an infarcted mouse heart to test their regenerative properties in a robust and feasible way. First, a deeply anesthetized mouse is carefully intubated and ventilated. Following left lateral thoracotomy (surgical opening of the chest), the exposed LAD is permanently ligated and the bioprinted patch transplanted onto the epicardium. The mouse quickly recovers from the procedure after chest closure. The advantages of this robust and quick approach include a predicted 28-day mortality rate of up to 30% (lower than the 44% reported by other studies using a similar model of permanent LAD ligation in mice). Moreover, the approach described in this protocol is versatile and could be adapted to test bioprinted patches using different cell types or hydrogels where high numbers of animals are needed to optimally power studies. Overall, we present this as an advantageous approach which may change preclinical testing in future studies for the field of cardiac regeneration and tissue engineering.

This protocol aims to transplant a 3D bioprinted patch onto the epicardium of infarcted mice modeling heart failure. It includes details regarding anesthesia, the surgical chest opening, permanent ligation of the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery and application of a bioprinted patch onto the infarcted area of the heart.

心筋梗塞のマウスモデルにおける3次元バイオプリントパッチの移植

Testing regenerative properties of 3D bioprinted cardiac patches in vivo using murine models of heart failure via permanent left anterior descending (LAD) ...

Implantation of Tissue-Engineered Vascular Graft in Mouse Carotid Artery via Cuff Technique

The development of small-diameter vascular grafts has been a global endeavor, with numerous research groups contributing to this field. Animal experimentation plays a pivotal role in assessing the efficacy and safety of vascular grafts, particularly in the absence of clinical applications. Compared to alternative animal models, the mouse implantation model offers several advantages, including a well-defined genetic background, a mature method for disease model construction, and a straightforward surgical procedure. Based on these advantages, the present study devised a simple cuff technique for the implantation of tissue-engineered vascular grafts in the mouse carotid artery. This technique began with the fabrication of polycaprolactone (PCL) small-diameter vascular grafts via electrostatic spinning, followed by the seeding of macrophages onto the grafts through perfusion adsorption. Subsequently,&#160;the cellularized tissue-engineered vascular grafts were transplanted into the mouse carotid artery using the cuff technique to evaluate patency and regenerative capability. After 30 days of in vivo implantation, vascular patency was found to be satisfactory, with evidence of neo-tissue regeneration and the formation of an endothelial layer within the lumen of the grafts. All data were analyzed using statistical and graphing software. This study successfully established a mouse carotid artery implantation model that can be used to explore the cellular sources of vascular regeneration and the mechanisms of action of active substances. Furthermore, it provides theoretical support for the development of novel small-diameter vascular grafts.

Here, a protocol is presented for the implantation of a tissue-engineered vascular graft into the mouse carotid artery using the cuff technique, providing a suitable animal model for investigating vascular tissue regeneration mechanisms.

カフ法 による マウス頸動脈への組織改変血管移植片の移植

The development of small-diameter vascular grafts has been a global endeavor, with numerous research groups contributing to this field. Animal ...

Multiphoton Intravital Imaging for Monitoring Leukocyte Recruitment during Arteriogenesis in a Murine Hindlimb Model

Arteriogenesis strongly depends on leukocyte and platelet recruitment to the perivascular space of growing collateral vessels. The standard approach for analyzing collateral arteries and leukocytes in arteriogenesis is ex vivo (immuno-) histological methodology. However, this technique does not allow the measurement of dynamic processes such as blood flow, shear stress, cell-cell interactions, and particle velocity. This paper presents a protocol to monitor in vivo processes in growing collateral arteries during arteriogenesis utilizing intravital imaging. The method described here is a reliable tool for dynamics measurement and offers a high-contrast analysis with minimal photo-cytotoxicity, provided by multiphoton excitation microscopy. Prior to analyzing growing collateral arteries, arteriogenesis was induced in the adductor muscle of mice by unilateral ligation of the femoral artery.
After the ligation, the preexisting collateral arteries started to grow due to increased shear stress. Twenty-four hours after surgery, the skin and subcutaneous fat above the collateral arteries were removed, constructing a pocket for further analyses. To visualize blood flow and immune cells during in vivo imaging, CD41-fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) (platelets) and CD45-phycoerythrin (PE) (leukocytes) antibodies were injected intravenously (i.v.) via a catheter placed in the tail vein of a mouse. This article introduces intravital multiphoton imaging as an alternative or in vivo complementation to the commonly used static ex vivo (immuno-) histological analyses to study processes relevant for arteriogenesis. In summary, this paper describes a novel and dynamic in vivo method to investigate immune cell trafficking, blood flow, and shear stress in a hindlimb model of arteriogenesis, which enhances evaluation possibilities notably.

The recruitment of leukocytes and platelets constitutes an essential component necessary for the effective growth of collateral arteries during arteriogenesis. Multiphoton microscopy is an efficient tool for tracking cell dynamics with high spatio-temporal resolution in vivo and less photo-toxicity to study leukocyte recruitment and extravasation during arteriogenesis.

マウス後肢モデルにおける動脈形成中の白血球動員モニタリングのための多光子生体内イメージング

Arteriogenesis strongly depends on leukocyte and platelet recruitment to the perivascular space of growing collateral vessels. The standard approach for ...

血管周囲ドラッグデリバリーパッチの移植に大腿動脈ワイヤ傷害のマウスモデル

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動脈再狭窄のマウスモデル：大腿ワイヤー傷害の技術的な側面

ヒドロゲルは、構築し、マウス心筋梗塞モデルにおける治療薬を送達するためのフィブリンベースの接着剤のアプローチ。

マウスにおける加速アテローム性動脈硬化症の誘導:ワイヤー傷害モデル

ラット大動脈または下大静脈内のパッチ血管形成術

心筋梗塞のマウスモデルにおける3次元バイオプリントパッチの移植

カフ法によるマウス頸動脈への組織改変血管移植片の移植

マウス後肢モデルにおける動脈形成中の白血球動員モニタリングのための多光子生体内イメージング

血管周囲ドラッグデリバリーパッチの移植に大腿動脈ワイヤ傷害のマウスモデル

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生分解性ポリマーナノ粒子を用いた治療的血管形成のためのプログラミング幹細胞

マイクロコンピュータ断層撮影イメージング用Microfilで虚血後肢と血管系の灌流に浸透ドラッグデリバリー

ラジオ遠隔測定システムは、脊髄離断および胚性神経細胞移植片幹ラットの心臓血管機能を監視する

動脈再狭窄のマウスモデル：大腿ワイヤー傷害の技術的な側面

ヒドロゲルは、構築し、マウス心筋梗塞モデルにおける治療薬を送達するためのフィブリンベースの接着剤のアプローチ。

マウスにおける加速アテローム性動脈硬化症の誘導:ワイヤー傷害モデル

ラット大動脈または下大静脈内のパッチ血管形成術

心筋梗塞のマウスモデルにおける3次元バイオプリントパッチの移植

カフ法 による マウス頸動脈への組織改変血管移植片の移植

マウス後肢モデルにおける動脈形成中の白血球動員モニタリングのための多光子生体内イメージング

カフ法によるマウス頸動脈への組織改変血管移植片の移植