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.

NOTA: Todos os métodos mostrados neste protocolo ter sido aprovado pelo Comitê de Uso e Cuidado Animal Institucional. 1. Preparação da Tabela cirúrgico <ol><li> Configure a almofada de aquecimento com recirculação de água quente sobre a mesa cirúrgica, sob o microscópio de dissecação. Coloque a placa de base de aço inoxidável para a almofada de aquecimento. Coloque um pano absorvente estéril na placa de base e almofada de aquecimento. </li><li> Organizar instrumentos cirúrgicos estéreis sobre um pano absorvente estéril adjacente. Reunir duas pinças de ponta fina ângulo, duas pinças anguladas, três pinça hemostática, dois fios retratores, pequenas tesouras cirúrgicas, micro-tesoura, fio uma angioplastia (diâmetro de 0,15 polegadas) e três segmentos de sutura 6.0 seda de 6 polegadas . </li><li> Dobre a rodada final do fio de angioplastia para coincidir com a curvatura da artéria femoral. Isso tornará mais fácil para avançar o fio durante a cirurgia. </li></ol> 2. Preparação deRato para Cirurgia <ol><li> Anestesiar um rato por inalação contínua de 2,5% de isoflurano. Certifique-se de monitorar o status do animal durante todo o procedimento. Realizar um teste pitada do pé do mouse para confirmar que ele está totalmente anestesiado. Certifique-se de que o animal não se mover quando o teste do beliscão é administrada. </li><li> Aplique uma pomada lubrificante para os olhos do animal para evitar a dessecação. Fixe o animal em decúbito dorsal para a almofada absorvente usando fita cirúrgica. Continue a administração de 2,5% de isoflurano via nariz cone. </li><li> Usar um creme depilatório, retire a pele da perna e do abdômen para a mid-line. Lavar a pele com água. Depilação pode ser realizada um dia antes da cirurgia. Note-se que o tratamento com o creme excessiva pode levar a irritação da pele. </li><li> Imediatamente antes da cirurgia, aplica povidona-iodo na área depilada com um aplicador de ponta de algodão para esterilizar a pele. Lavar a pele depilada com etanol 70% e secocom um cotonete estéril. Repita 3 vezes. </li><li> Administrar uma dose pré-operatória de 5 mg / kg de carprofeno, por injecção subcutânea. </li></ol> 3. Isolamento da Artéria Femoral <ol><li> Com uma tesoura pequena cirurgia, fazer uma incisão curva na pele sobre a artéria femoral. Sem rodeios dissecar e proteger os tecidos circundantes com afastadores fixadores retrator magnética para localizar a artéria femoral. Umedeça os tecidos periodicamente, utilizando solução salina para irrigação Aplicar soro fisiológico usando um aplicador de algodão estéril. </li><li> Isolar a artéria femoral com a pinça. Separe cuidadosamente o nervo do feixe vascular usando uma pinça de ponta fina. Evite punção da veia, e não danificar o nervo. Empurre o nervo longe do pacote para evitar estimulá-lo. </li><li> Suavemente separar a veia femoral a partir da artéria femoral, localizando a bifurcação femoral. A região da bifurcação é especialmente difícil para dissecar. </li><li> Posterior à bifurcação, um laço de sutura de seda 6.0 sob a artéria femoral e seguro com uma pinça hemostática. Esta sutura proximal será utilizada para restringir o fluxo de sangue na artéria. NOTA: Há uma ligeira variação nos laços ao executar o método de ligação em relação ao método de cauterização (veja a Figura 1 e Figura 2). </li><li> Distalmente à bifurcação, malha 6,0 sutura de seda por baixo da artéria femoral e seguro com uma pinça hemostática. Este distais auxiliares de sutura no posicionamento da artéria. </li><li> Loop duas suturas sob o ramo muscular da artéria femoral, pré-amarrá-los e prenda com uma pinça hemostática. Lembre-se de umedecer os tecidos com solução salina. Se a realização do método cautério de lesão fio, apenas uma sutura em loop é necessário no ramo muscular. </li></ol> 4. Desempenho da artéria femoral Injury Fio <ol><li> Restringir o fluxo de sangue na artéria femoral, puxando o fio de sutura proximal. Ligeiramente puxar o Hemost distala pinça hemostática e garantir a filial para expor o local para a arteriotomy. Ligadura do ramo muscular amarrando a sutura em torno dele. NOTA: Levantar a artéria para cima vai mais eficaz restringir o fluxo de sangue do que puxar horizontalmente sozinho. </li><li> Sever do pequeno ramo com cautério entre as duas suturas. Usando micro-tesoura, realizar uma arteriotomy no ramo lateral da bifurcação. Use uma pinça balanceada com um rolo de fita cirúrgica para estabilizar os micro-tesoura. </li><li> Confirmar a presença do arteriotomy usando uma pinça de ponta fina. Levante cuidadosamente a abertura do arteriotomy com a pinça. Introduzir a extremidade arredondada do fio no arteriotomy usando uma pinça. Para facilitar o avanço do arame, adicionar uma ou duas gotas de lidocaína à região, utilizando uma seringa. </li><li> Quando o fio atinge o fio de sutura proximal, libertar o fio de sutura e ajustá-lo de modo que ele não pode impedir o avanço do fio. Insira o fio até que ela não pode avançar ainda mais. A ponta do the fio deve parar na região do ligamento inguinal. </li><li> Permitir que o fio de permanecer na artéria femoral para um minuto. Após um minuto, retrair e avançar o fio em um movimento de corte de dez vezes para ferir e desnudar o endotélio da artéria femoral. Para uma lesão de menor gravidade, diminuir o número de vezes que o fio é puxado para dentro e para fora da artéria ou deixar o fio na artéria para apenas 1 min. </li><li> Recolha o fio lentamente. Quando a rodada final do fio passou a sutura proximal, restringir o fluxo na artéria puxando o fio de sutura proximal. Recolha o fio completamente. </li></ol> 5. ligando o Poder Muscular <ol><li> Aperte a sutura restante no ramo muscular. Isto irá prevenir o sangramento do arteriotomy. Retorno de fluxo para o ramo muscular, e confirme que o sangue não está vazando a partir dele. Corte as extremidades das suturas no ramo muscular. </li></ol> 6. Método Alternativo: Localizada Cauzação da arteriotomia NOTA: pode ser tomado Uma abordagem alternativa para evitar a ligadura do ramo muscular e permitir o acesso vascular através da artéria femoral principal maior. <ol><li> A partir de 4.1, para restringir o fluxo na artéria femoral em puxando o fio de sutura proximal. Puxar o fio de sutura distal e segurar fio de sutura ligeiramente o ramo muscular para expor o local para a arteriotomia (Figura 1 e Figura 2). </li><li> Usando micro-tesoura, realizar uma arteriotomy no ponto ramo da artéria femoral eo ramo muscular. Se a incisão é feita na parte lateral da artéria, pode ser mais fácil para cauterizar. Use uma pinça balanceada com um rolo de fita cirúrgica para estabilizar os micro-tesoura. </li><li> Para testar o sucesso da cauterização, para restaurar o fluxo da artéria femoral, soltando a sutura proximal. Se o sangramento ocorre a partir do arteriotomy, repita o cautério. Se o cautério for bem sucedida, o fluxo de sangue será rearmazenado distal à arteriotomia. </li><li> Introduzir o fio e executar a lesão fio conforme descrito no capítulo 4. </li><li> Continuar a restringir o fluxo de sangue na artéria femoral. Aqueça uma cauterização de ponta fina, pelo menos, 6 centímetros de distância do mouse. Como o cautério arrefece, aplicar uma camada fina lado da arteriotomia para fechar a incisão. </li><li> Para testar o sucesso da cauterização, para restaurar o fluxo da artéria femoral, soltando a sutura proximal. Se o sangramento ocorre a partir do arteriotomy, repita o cautério. Se a cauterização é bem sucedido, o fluxo de sangue vai ser restaurada distal à arteriotomia. Retire o proximal temporária e laços distais. </li></ol> 7. Implantação de perivascular Drogas patch Entrega <ol><li> Criar um remendo perivascular droga pode ser criado como descrito em estudos anteriores 11 ou utilizando métodos semelhantes. Blunt os cantos da região a barreira do patch entrega da droga usando uma tesoura esterilizada </li><li> Coloque o pat entrega da drogach para a artéria femoral feridos com o lado de libertação de droga voltado para a artéria. Se necessário, utilize uma pinça para melhorar a posição do patch. </li></ol> 8. Wound Encerramento e Recuperação <ol><li> Fechar a ferida com uma sutura interrompida simples consistindo de nós quadrados. Uma sutura descontínua prolonga o fechamento da ferida em caso de o animal tenta remover o fio de sutura. </li><li> Desligue a anestesia e retirar o animal do set up. Permitir que o animal possa recuperar na almofada de aquecimento. </li><li> Continue a acompanhar a recuperação do mouse. Verifique o local da incisão a cada dia para garantir que permanece fechado. Para o tratamento de dor pós-cirúrgica, administrar uma injecção subcutânea de 5 mg / kg de carprofeno cada 12 horas após a cirurgia e, em seguida, a cada 12 h durante 2 dias. Se a dor continua para além dos primeiros dois dias, consulte um veterinário para obter instruções sobre mais medicação para dor. </li></ol> 9. Artérias colheita femoral para Histologia <ol><li> Aos 28 dias pós-cirurgia, realizar o dióxido de carbono a eutanásia no mouse. NOTA: O caudal adequado de dióxido de carbono deve deslocar 10-30% da câmara por minuto e irá variar dependendo do tamanho da câmara usada. Corte do diafragma e punção cardíaca deve ser realizada como um método secundário de eutanásia. </li><li> Fixe o mouse na posição em decúbito dorsal com fita cirúrgica. Faça uma incisão sobre a artéria femoral, onde a incisão cirúrgica inicial foi feito. </li><li> Para tanto a artéria feridos ea artéria ileso da perna contralateral, sem rodeios dissecar e garantir tecidos circundantes com afastadores e fixadores retrator magnéticos para localizar a artéria femoral. Umedeça os tecidos periodicamente, utilizando solução salina para a irrigação. Aplicar soro fisiológico usando um aplicador de algodão estéril. Tome cuidado para não danificar a artéria. </li><li> Após a artéria femoral foi isolada a partir do local da arteriotomia original para a aorta abdominal, amarrar um segmento de fio de seda perto do local original do arteriotomy. Esta sutura vai ajudar a identificar a extremidade mais distai da artéria femoral e facilitar a manipulação da amostra. </li><li> Usando a tesoura micro-dissecação para extirpar a artéria femoral. Faça uma incisão distal à sutura. Adicione outro incisão na extremidade oposta da artéria femoral, ao lado da aorta abdominal. </li><li> Transferir a artéria excisada para uma placa de Petri de vidro contendo solução salina. Dissecção da artéria mais para remover o excesso de tecido conjuntivo ou de gordura. Remova cuidadosamente o sangue do lúmen por lavagem com soro fisiológico. </li><li> Transfira a artéria de um frasco de formol a 10% tamponado. Armazenar o frasco a 4 ° C com agitação suave durante 48 horas. </li><li> Transferir a artéria fixada a 70% de etanol, para armazenar até ser processado para histologia. </li><li> Incorporar a artéria em blocos de parafina e secção dos blocos para a coloração. </li><li> Execute coloração histoquímica e immunochemical para avaliar a extensão da lesão e da íntima hyperplasia. NOTA: Para obter os resultados representativos, usamos Hematoxilina e Eosina para visualizar os núcleos e morfologia geral ou Pentachrome mancha de um Movat visualizar a lamelas elásticas e outros componentes arteriais. </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.

Após lesão fio, hiperplasia neointimal desenvolve ao longo do tempo e normalmente é examinado após 14 a 28 dias. As técnicas descritas neste trabalho levam à geração robusta de hiperplasia da íntima em camundongos como mostra os resultados histológicos na Figura 3. Uma artéria femoral ileso irá demonstrar lamelas elásticas intactas e uma espessura normal e circunferência. Uma artéria femoral ferido irá mostrar hiperplasia da íntima, degradada lamelas elásticas e demonstrar reendoteliza...

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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.

Modelo murino de artéria femoral Injury fio com a implantação de uma droga patch Entrega perivascular

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 visualizações.  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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Mesenteric Artery Contraction and Relaxation Studies Using Automated Wire Myography

Proximal resistance vessels, such as the mesenteric arteries, contribute substantially to the peripheral resistance. These small vessels of between 100-400 &mu;m in diameter function primarily in directing blood flow to various organs according to the overall requirements of the body. The rat mesenteric artery has a diameter greater than 100 &mu;m. The myography technique, first described by Mulvay and Halpern1, was based on the method proposed by Bevan and Osher2. The technique provides information about small vessels under isometric conditions, where substantial shortening of the muscle preparation is prevented. Since force production and sensitivity of vessels to different agonists is dependent on the extent of stretch, according to active tension-length relation, it is essential to conduct contraction studies under isometric conditions to prevent compliance of the mounting wires. Stainless steel wires are preferred to tungsten wires because of oxidation of the latter, which affects recorded responses3.The technique allows for the comparison of agonist-induced contractions of mounted vessels to obtain evidence for normal function of vascular smooth muscle cell receptors.
We have shown in several studies that isolated mesenteric arteries that are contracted with phenylyephrine relax upon addition of cumulative concentrations of extracellular calcium (Ca2+e). The findings led us to conclude that perivascular sensory nerves, which express the G protein-coupled Ca2+-sensing receptor (CaR), mediate this vasorelaxation response. Using an automated wire myography method, we show here that mesenteric arteries from Wistar, Dahl salt-sensitive(DS) and Dahl salt-resistant (DR) rats respond differently to Ca2+e. Tissues from Wistar rats showed higher Ca2+-sensitivity compared to those from DR and DS. Reduced CaR expression in mesenteric arteries from DS rats correlates with reduced Ca2+e-induced relaxation of isolated, pre-contracted arteries. The data suggest that the CaR is required for relaxation of mesenteric arteries under increased adrenergic tone, as occurs in hypertension, and indicate an inherent defect in the CaR signaling pathway in Dahl animals, which is much more severe in DS.
The method is useful in determining vascular reactivity ex vivo in mesenteric resistance arteries and similar small blood vessels and comparisons between different agonists and/or antagonists can be easily and consistently assessed side-by-side6,7,8.

An automated myography method for force measurements in isolated mesenteric arteries is described. It employs a Mulvany-Halpern Auto Dual Wire Myograph 510A to determine responses to phenylephrine and extracellular calcium. The method allows consistent determination of isometric responses to agonists in small vessels of diameters of 60 - 300 &mu;m, independently.

A contração da artéria mesentérica e Estudos Relaxamento Usando Miografia Fio Automated

Proximal resistance vessels, such as the mesenteric arteries, contribute substantially to the peripheral resistance. These small vessels of between ...

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A Murine Model of Stent Implantation in the Carotid Artery for the Study of Restenosis

Despite the considerable progress made in the stent development in the last decades, cardiovascular diseases remain the main cause of death in western countries. Beside the benefits offered by the development of different drug-eluting stents, the coronary revascularization bears also the life-threatening risks of in-stent thrombosis and restenosis. Research on new therapeutic strategies is impaired by the lack of appropriate methods to study stent implantation and restenosis processes. Here, we describe a rapid and accessible procedure of stent implantation in mouse carotid artery, which offers the possibility to study in a convenient way the molecular mechanisms of vessel remodeling and the effects of different drug coatings.

A model of stent implantation in mouse carotid artery is described. Compared to other similar methods, this procedure is very rapid, simple and accessible, offering the possibility to study in a convenient way the vascular wall reaction to different drug-eluting stents and the molecular mechanisms of restenosis.

Um modelo murino de implante de stent na artéria carótida para o Estudo da reestenose

Despite  the considerable progress made in the stent development in the last decades,  cardiovascular diseases remain the main cause of death in western ...

A Murine Model of Myocardial Ischemia-reperfusion Injury through Ligation of the Left Anterior Descending Artery

Acute or chronic myocardial infarction (MI) are cardiovascular events resulting in high morbidity and mortality. Establishing the pathological mechanisms at work during MI and developing effective therapeutic approaches requires methodology to reproducibly simulate the clinical incidence and reflect the pathophysiological changes associated with MI. Here, we describe a surgical method to induce MI in mouse models that can be used for short-term ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury as well as permanent ligation. The major advantage of this method is to facilitate location of the left anterior descending artery (LAD) to allow for accurate ligation of this artery to induce ischemia in the left ventricle of the mouse heart. Accurate positioning of the ligature on the LAD increases reproducibility of infarct size and thus produces more reliable results. Greater precision in placement of the ligature will improve the standard surgical approaches to simulate MI in mice, thus reducing the number of experimental animals necessary for statistically relevant studies and improving our understanding of the mechanisms producing cardiac dysfunction following MI. This mouse model of MI is also useful for the preclinical testing of treatments targeting myocardial damage following MI.

We introduce a surgical method to induce experimental ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury to simulate myocardial infarction (MI) in mouse models that allows for more clarity in positioning of the ligation on the left anterior descending artery (LAD) to increase the reproducibility of MI experiments in mice.

Um modelo murino de isquemia-reperfusão, através da ligadura da artéria Descendente Anterior Esquerda

Acute or chronic myocardial infarction (MI) are cardiovascular events resulting in high morbidity and mortality. Establishing the pathological mechanisms ...

A Simple Critical-sized Femoral Defect Model in Mice

While bone has a remarkable capacity for regeneration, serious bone trauma often results in damage that does not properly heal. In fact, one tenth of all limb bone fractures fail to heal completely due to the extent of the trauma, disease, or age of the patient. Our ability to improve bone regenerative strategies is critically dependent on the ability to mimic serious bone trauma in test animals, but the generation and stabilization of large bone lesions is technically challenging. In most cases, serious long bone trauma is mimicked experimentally by establishing a defect that will not naturally heal. This is achieved by complete removal of a bone segment that is larger than 1.5 times the diameter of the bone cross-section. The bone is then stabilized with a metal implant to maintain proper orientation of the fracture edges and allow for mobility. 
Due to their small size and the fragility of their long bones, establishment of such lesions in mice are beyond the capabilities of most research groups. As such, long bone defect models are confined to rats and larger animals. Nevertheless, mice afford significant research advantages in that they can be genetically modified and bred as immune-compromised strains that do not reject human cells and tissue.
Herein, we demonstrate a technique that facilitates the generation of a segmental defect in mouse femora using standard laboratory and veterinary equipment. With practice, fabrication of the fixation device and surgical implantation is feasible for the majority of trained veterinarians and animal research personnel. Using example data, we also provide methodologies for the quantitative analysis of bone healing for the model.

Animal models are frequently employed to mimic serious bone injury in biomedical research. Due to their small size, establishment of stabilized bone lesions in mice are beyond the capabilities of most research groups. Herein, we describe a simple method for establishing and analyzing experimental femoral defects in mice.

Um Defeito modelo simples Critical porte Femoral em Ratos

While bone has a remarkable capacity for regeneration, serious bone trauma often results in damage that does not properly heal. In fact, one tenth of all ...

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.

Um modelo murino de Arterial Restenosis: Aspectos Técnicos do Femoral Injury Fio

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

Murine Model of Intestinal Ischemia-reperfusion Injury

Intestinal ischemia is a life-threatening condition associated with a broad range of clinical conditions including atherosclerosis, thrombosis, hypotension, necrotizing enterocolitis, bowel transplantation, trauma and chronic inflammation. Intestinal ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury is a consequence of acute mesenteric ischemia, caused by inadequate blood flow through the mesenteric vessels, resulting in intestinal damage. Reperfusion following ischemia can further exacerbate damage of the intestine. The mechanisms of IR injury are complex and poorly understood. Therefore, experimental small animal models are critical for understanding the pathophysiology of IR injury and the development of novel therapies.
Here we describe a mouse model of acute intestinal IR injury that provides reproducible injury of the small intestine without mortality. This is achieved by inducing ischemia in the region of the distal ileum by temporally occluding the peripheral and terminal collateral branches of the superior mesenteric artery for 60 min using microvascular clips. Reperfusion for 1 hr, or 2 hr after injury results in reproducible injury of the intestine examined by histological analysis. Proper position of the microvascular clips is critical for the procedure. Therefore the video clip provides a detailed visual step-by-step description of this technique. This model of intestinal IR injury can be utilized to study the cellular and molecular mechanisms of injury and regeneration.

Here we describe the detailed procedure of intestinal ischemia-reperfusion in mice which results in reproducible injury without mortality to encourage the standardization of this technique across the field. This model of intestinal ischemia-reperfusion injury can be utilized to study the cellular and molecular mechanisms of injury and regeneration.

Modelo murino de isquemia-reperfusão

Intestinal ischemia is a life-threatening condition associated with a broad range of clinical conditions including atherosclerosis, thrombosis, ...

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.

Indução de Aterosclerose Acelerada em Camundongos: O Modelo de "Lesão por Fio"

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

Ferric Chloride-induced Canine Carotid Artery Thrombosis: A Large Animal Model of Vascular Injury

Occlusive arterial thrombosis leading to cerebral ischemic stroke and myocardial infarction contributes to ~13 million deaths every year globally. Here, we have translated a vascular injury model from a small animal into a large animal (canine), with slight modifications that can be used for pre-clinical screening of prophylactic and thrombolytic agents. In addition to the surgical methods, the modified protocol describes the step-by-step methods to assess carotid artery canalization by angiography, detailed instructions to process both the brain and carotid artery for histological analysis to verify carotid canalization and cerebral hemorrhage, and specific parameters to complete an assessment of downstream thromboembolic events by utilizing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In addition, specific procedural changes from the previously well-established small animal model necessary to translate into a large animal (canine) vascular injury are discussed.

Here, we present the modifications necessary to a well characterized and commonly used small animal ferric chloride-induced (FeCl3) carotid artery injury model for use in a large animal vascular injury model. The resulting model can be utilized for pre-clinical trial assessment of both prophylactic and thrombolytic pharmacological and mechanical interventions.

Trombose da artéria carótida canino induzida por cloreto férrico: Um modelo Animal grande de lesão Vascular

Occlusive arterial thrombosis leading to cerebral ischemic stroke and myocardial infarction contributes to ~13 million deaths every year globally. Here, ...

Isometric Contractility Measurement of the Mouse Mesenteric Artery Using Wire Myography

The wire myograph technique is used to assess the contractility of vascular smooth muscles in response to depolarization, GPCR agonists/inhibitors and drugs. It is widely used in many studies on the physiological functions of vascular smooth muscle, the pathogenesis of vascular diseases such as hypertension, and the development of smooth muscle relaxant drugs. The mouse is a widely used model animal with a large pool of disease models and genetically modified strains. We introduced this method to measure the isometric contraction of mouse mesenteric artery in detail. A 1.4-mm segment of mouse mesenteric resistance artery was isolated and mounted on a myograph chamber by passing two steel wires through its lumen. After equilibration and normalization steps, the vessel segment was potentiated by a high-K+ solution twice prior to the contraction assay. As an example of the application of this method in drug development, we measured the relaxant effect of a novel natural substance, neoliensinine, isolated from a Chinese herb, embryos of the lotus seed (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.) on mouse mesenteric arteries. The vessel segments mounted on the myograph chamber were stimulated with a high-K+ solution. When the force tension reached a stable sustained phase, cumulative doses of neoliensinine were added to the chamber. We found that neoliensinine had a dose-dependent relaxant effect on smooth muscle contraction, thus suggesting that it bears potential activity against hypertension. In addition, as the vessel segment can survive at least 4 hours after mounting and maintain contractility induced by the high-K+ solution for many times, we suggest that the wire myograph system may be used for the time-consuming process of drug screening.

The wire myograph technique is used to investigate vascular smooth muscle functions and screen new drugs. We report a detailed protocol for measuring the isometric contractility of the mouse mesenteric artery and for screening new relaxants of vascular smooth muscle.

Medição de contratilidade isométrica da artéria mesentérica Mouse usando fio miografia

The wire myograph technique is used to assess the contractility of vascular smooth muscles in response to depolarization, GPCR agonists/inhibitors and ...

A Rat Carotid Artery Pressure-Controlled Segmental Balloon Injury with Periadventitial Therapeutic Application

Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death and disability worldwide, in part due to atherosclerosis. Atherosclerotic plaque narrows the luminal surface area in arteries thereby reducing adequate blood flow to organs and distal tissues. Clinically, revascularization procedures such as balloon angioplasty with or without stent placement aim to restore blood flow. Although these procedures reestablish blood flow by reducing plaque burden, they damage the vessel wall, which initiates the arterial healing response. The prolonged healing response causes arterial restenosis, or re-narrowing, ultimately limiting the long-term success of these revascularization procedures. Therefore, preclinical animal models are integral for analyzing the pathophysiological mechanisms driving restenosis, and provide the opportunity to test novel therapeutic strategies. Murine models are cheaper and easier to operate on than large animal models. Balloon or wire injury are the two commonly accepted injury modalities used in murine models. Balloon injury models in particular mimic the clinical angioplasty procedure and cause adequate damage to the artery for the development of restenosis. Herein we describe the surgical details for performing and histologically analyzing the modified, pressure-controlled rat carotid artery balloon injury model. Additionally, this protocol highlights how local periadventitial application of therapeutics can be used to inhibit neointimal hyperplasia. Lastly, we present light sheet fluorescence microscopy as a novel approach for imaging and visualizing the arterial injury in three-dimensions.

The rat carotid artery balloon injury mimics the clinical angioplasty procedure performed to restore blood flow in atherosclerotic vessels. This model induces the arterial injury response by distending the arterial wall, and denuding the intimal layer of endothelial cells, ultimately causing remodeling and an intimal hyperplastic response.

Uma lesão de balão segmental controlada por pressão da artéria de rato com aplicação terapêutica periadventicional

Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death and disability worldwide, in part due to atherosclerosis. Atherosclerotic plaque narrows the ...