Effect of simvastatin on intimal proliferation in abdominal aorta of rabbits after stenting / 中国介入心脏病学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To observe the effect of simvastatin on intimal proliferation in abdominal aorta of rabbits after stenting.Methods Thirty male New Zealand white rabbits were allocated into two groups including the control group(n=15)and the treatment group(n=15).All the rabbits were fed on 1.5% high cholesterol diet and underwent ballon injury of abdominal aorta from femoral approach and stents were implanted in the segments with stenosis rate greater than 50%.Rabbits in the treatment group were given simvastatin 5 mg/d after stenting.Neointima proliferation of the stented segments was examined on the 30th day after stenting by histological staining and the expression of P27kip1 and PCNA in each group was also analyzed.Results Histological staining showed that on the 30th day after stenting,the thickness of vessel wall(0.107?0.072 mm vs 0.133?0.047 mm,P=0.006)and the area of neointima(0.975?0.084 mm2 vs 1.350?0.043 mm2,P=0.001)were less in the simvastatin treatment group compared with the control and the rate of lumen loss was less than that of the control(20.460%?2.325% vs 31.020%?1.904%,P=0.002).The expression of P27kip1 in the neointima VSMC cell nuclear was higher(7.149?0.305 vs 2.997?0.310,t=9.551,P