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Katsuki, Shunsuke; Matoba, Tetsuya; Nakashiro, Soichi; Sato, Kei; Koga, Jun-ichiro; Nakano, Kaku; Nakano, Yasuhiro; Egusa, Shizuka; Sunagawa, Kenji; Egashira, Kensuke
Circulation (New York, N.Y.), 2014-February-25, Volume: 129, Issue: 8Journal Article
BACKGROUND—Preventing atherosclerotic plaque destabilization and rupture is the most reasonable therapeutic strategy for acute myocardial infarction. Therefore, we tested the hypotheses that (1) inflammatory monocytes play a causative role in plaque destabilization and rupture and (2) the nanoparticle-mediated delivery of pitavastatin into circulating inflammatory monocytes inhibits plaque destabilization and rupture. METHODS AND RESULTS—We used a model of plaque destabilization and rupture in the brachiocephalic arteries of apolipoprotein E–deficient (ApoE) mice fed a high-fat diet and infused with angiotensin II. The adoptive transfer of CCR2Ly-6C inflammatory macrophages, but not CCR2 leukocytes, accelerated plaque destabilization associated with increased serum monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), monocyte-colony stimulating factor, and matrix metalloproteinase-9. We prepared poly(lactic-co-glycolic) acid nanoparticles that were incorporated by Ly-6GCD11b monocytes and delivered into atherosclerotic plaques after intravenous administration. Intravenous treatment with pitavastatin-incorporated nanoparticles, but not with control nanoparticles or pitavastatin alone, inhibited plaque destabilization and rupture associated with decreased monocyte infiltration and gelatinase activity in the plaque. Pitavastatin-incorporated nanoparticles inhibited MCP-1–induced monocyte chemotaxis and the secretion of MCP-1 and matrix metalloproteinase-9 from cultured macrophages. Furthermore, the nanoparticle-mediated anti–MCP-1 gene therapy reduced the incidence of plaque destabilization and rupture. CONCLUSIONS—The recruitment of inflammatory monocytes is critical in the pathogenesis of plaque destabilization and rupture, and nanoparticle-mediated pitavastatin delivery is a promising therapeutic strategy to inhibit plaque destabilization and rupture by regulating MCP-1/CCR2–dependent monocyte recruitment in this model.
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