Lower levels of Caveolin-1 and higher levels of endothelial nitric oxide synthase are observed in abdominal aortic aneurysm patients treated with simvastatin

• Authors: Karolina Kowalska , Dominika Habrowska-Górczyńska , Christoph Neumayer , Michael Bolliger , Christoph Domenig , Agnieszka Piastowska-Ciesielska , Ihor Huk , Aleksandra Piechota-Polanczyk
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This study was undertaken to verify whether simvastatin modulates Cav-1/eNOS expression, and if this modulation is associated with changes in pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine and Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) level in abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). It is a 1:2 case-control study of non-statin (n=12) and simvastatin-treated patients (n=24) who underwent open AAA repair. Simvastatin treatment decreased Cav-1 (p<0.05) and increased eNOS expression (p<0.01) in the AAA wall. These changes might be dose dependent. The changes in Cav-1 and eNOS were associated with a trend towards decreased IL-6 and IL-17 concentration (p>0.05) and increased IL-10 concentration (p=0.055); however, TLR4 expression was unaffected, suggesting that simvastatin influences Cav-1 and eNOS in the AAA wall by other mechanisms. Simvastatin may modulate Cav-1 and eNOS expression in the aneurysmal wall, indicating a potentially beneficial role for statins in AAA patients.

Keywords

EN

Cav-1; eNOS; abdominal aortic aneurysm; simvastatin

• Journal: Acta Biochimica Polonica
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 65
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 111-118

Dates

published

2018

received

2017-08-23

revised

2018-02-17

accepted

2018-03-01

(unknown)

2018-03-15

Contributors

author

Karolina Kowalska

• Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
• Laboratory of Cell Cultures and Genomic Analysis, Department of Comparative Endocrinology, Medical University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland

author

Dominika Habrowska-Górczyńska

• Laboratory of Cell Cultures and Genomic Analysis, Department of Comparative Endocrinology, Medical University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland

author

Christoph Neumayer

• Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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Michael Bolliger

• Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

author

Christoph Domenig

• Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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Agnieszka Piastowska-Ciesielska

• Laboratory of Cell Cultures and Genomic Analysis, Department of Comparative Endocrinology, Medical University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland

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Ihor Huk

• Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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Aleksandra Piechota-Polanczyk

• Department of Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.18388/abp.2017_2305