Inhibition of plasminogen activators or matrix metalloproteinases prevents cardiac rupture but impairs therapeutic angiogenesis and causes cardiac failure

S Heymans, A Luttun, D Nuyens, G Theilmeier, E Creemers, L Moons, G D Dyspersin, J P Cleutjens, M Shipley, A Angellilo, M Levi, O Nübe, A Baker, E Keshet, F Lupu, J M Herbert, J F Smits, S D Shapiro, M Baes, M BorgersD Collen, M J Daemen, P Carmeliet*

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Abstract

Cardiac rupture is a fatal complication of acute myocardial infarction lacking treatment. Here, acute myocardial infarction resulted in rupture in wild-type mice and in mice lacking tissue-type plasminogen activator, urokinase receptor, matrix metalloproteinase stromelysin-1 or metalloelastase. Instead, deficiency of urokinase-type plasminogen activator (u-PA-/-) completely protected against rupture, whereas lack of gelatinase-B partially protected against rupture. However, u-PA-/- mice showed impaired scar formation and infarct revascularization, even after treatment with vascular endothelial growth factor, and died of cardiac failure due to depressed contractility, arrhythmias and ischemia. Temporary administration of PA inhibitor-1 or the matrix metalloproteinase-inhibitor TIMP-1 completely protected wild-type mice against rupture but did not abort infarct healing, thus constituting a new approach to prevent cardiac rupture after acute myocardial infarction.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1135-42
Number of pages8
JournalNature Medicine
Volume5
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 1999

Keywords

  • Animals
  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation
  • Cardiac Output, Low/etiology
  • Cell Movement
  • Collagenases/metabolism
  • Gene Transfer Techniques
  • Heart Rupture/etiology
  • Leukocytes/cytology
  • Matrix Metalloproteinase 3/genetics
  • Matrix Metalloproteinase 9
  • Metalloendopeptidases/antagonists & inhibitors
  • Mice
  • Mice, Mutant Strains
  • Myocardial Infarction/complications
  • Neovascularization, Physiologic/drug effects
  • Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1/genetics
  • Plasminogen Activators/genetics
  • Plasminogen Inactivators/therapeutic use
  • Protease Inhibitors/therapeutic use
  • Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1/genetics

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