Abstract
Objective:Delayed or impaired reendothelialization is a major cause of stent thrombosis in the interventional treatment of coronary heart disease. T cells are involved in neointima formation of injured arteries. However, the regulated mechanism of reendothelialization and the role of CD8 T cell in reendothelialization are unclear.Methods and Results:Immunofluorescence staining showed that CD8 positive cells were increased in wire injured femoral artery of mice. On day 21 after injury, elastin staining showed that knockout of CD8 (CD8-/-) significantly increased intimal thickness and a ratio of intima to media by 1.8 folds and 1.9 folds respectively in injured arteries. Evans blue staining showed that knockout of CD8 delayed the reendothelialization area on day 7 after injury (18.8±0.5% versus 42.1±5.6%, p<0.05). In vitro, a migration assay revealed that CD8-/- T cells co-cultured with WT macrophages significantly inhibited the migration of the endothelial cells (ECs); compared to CD4+ T cells, and CD8+ T cells could promote the ECs migration. Furthermore, real-time PCR analysis showed that knockout of CD8 increased the level of tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) in injured arteries and cytometric bead cytokine array showed that TNF-α was elevated in cultured CD8-/- T cells. Finally, a wound-healing assay showed that recombinant TNF-α significantly inhibited the migration of ECs.Conclusion:Our study suggested that CD8+ T cells could promote the reendothelialization and inhibit the neointima formation after the artery wire injury, and this effect is at least partly dependent on decreasing TNF-α production promoting ECs migration.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | e62001 |
Journal | PloS one |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 2 2013 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General