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  • 1
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Keywords: cardiac assist device ; pseudointima ; hemocompatibility ; polyurethanes ; myofibroblast ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: The development of implantable cardiac assist devices for prolonged circulatory support has been impeded by the problem of excessive thrombogenesis on the blood-prosthetic interface, with subsequent embolization. To overcome this obstacle, a ventricular assist device has been developed with textured blood-contacting surfaces to encourage the formation of a tightly adherent, hemocompatible, biological lining. In this study, we applied molecular biological techniques, in conjunction with conventional ultrastructural and biochemical techniques, to characterize the biological linings associated with the blood-contacting surfaces of 11 of these devices, which had been clinically implanted for durations ranging from 21 to 324 days. No clinical thromboembolic events or pump-related thromboembolism occurred. Biological linings developed on the textured surfaces composed of patches of cellular tissue intermingled with areas of compact fibrinous material. In addition, islands of collagenous tissue containing fibroblast-like cells appeared after 30 days of implantation. Many of these cells contained microfilaments with dense bodies indicative of myofibroblasts. RNA hybridization analyses demonstrated that the colonizing cells actively expressed genes encoding proteins for cell proliferation (histones), adhesion (fibronectin), cytoskeleton (actin, vimentin) and extracellular matrix (types I and III collagen). Linings, which never exceeded 150 μm in thickness, remained free of pathological calcification. Textured blood-contacting surfaces induced the formation of a thin, tightly adherent, viable lining which exhibited excellent long-term hemocompatibility.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 0021-9541
    Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Our laboratory has recently demonstrated that 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3(1,25(OH)2D3) rapidly stimulated membrane polyphosphoinositide breakdown and increased intracellular calcium, as well as activated protein kinase C (PKC) in vitamin D-sufficient rat colonocytes. These effects of 1,25(OH)2D3 were, however, lost in vitamin D-insufficient rats and restored by the in vivo repletion of 1,25(OH)2D3. In the present studies we have examined the ability of 1,25(OH)2D3 to stimulate the phosphorylation of colonic membrane proteins in intact D-sufficient cells. In addition, we investigated the effects of vitamin D status on the phosphorylation of these membrane proteins in broken cell preparations. These studies demonstrated that 1,25(OH)2D3 increased the phosphorylation of at least two colonic membrane proteins with apparent molecular weights of 42,000 (pp42) and 48,000 (pp48) in intact cells of vitamin D-sufficient rats. Moreover, in vitamin D-sufficient rats, treatment of colonocytes with 1,25(OH)2D3 or 12-Otertradecanoyl phorbol 13-acetate (TPA), a known activator of PKC, significantly increased the phosphorylation of pp42 and pp48 in broken cell preparations. The kinetics of these phosphorylations in response to 1,25(OH)2D3 were both rapid and transient. In addition, PKC19-36, a specific PKC inhibitor, decreased the phosphorylation of pp42 and pp48, whereas okadaic acid (OA), a type 1 and 2A protein phosphatase inhibitor, further augmented their phosphorylation in response to 1,25(OH)2D3. The isoelectric points of pp42 and pp48 were 5.79 and 5.97, respectively, and both were predominantly phosphorylated on threonine residues. In contrast to our findings in colonocytes from vitamin D-sufficient animals, basal phosphorylation of pp42 and pp48 were increased in membranes prepared from vitamin D-insufficient rats. Moreover, these phosphorylations failed to change in response to 1,25(OH)2D3-treatment of colonocytes from vitamin D-insufficient rats. The basal phosphorylation of each of these proteins was restored to control levels, as was their ability to respond to the direct addition of 1,25(OH)2D3 following the in vivo repletion of vitamin D-insufficient rats with this secosteroid. In summary, we have identified two acidic membrane proteins from rat colonocytes that are phosphorylated in both intact and broken cell preparations in response to 1,25(OH)2D3 treatment, an event modulated by vitamin D status and mediated, at least in part, by PKC. © 1995 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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