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Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 293: L583-L590, 2007. First published June 22, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00321.2006
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Plexiform-like lesions and increased tissue factor expression in a rat model of severe pulmonary arterial hypertension

R. James White,1,2 David F. Meoli,1,2 Robert F. Swarthout,1,2 Dara Y. Kallop,1,2 Irfan I. Galaria,2 Jennifer L. Harvey,2 Christine M. Miller,2 Burns C. Blaxall,2 Carla M. Hall,3 Richard A. Pierce,3 Carlyne D. Cool,4 and Mark B. Taubman2

1Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and 2Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York; 3Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri; and 4Department of Pathology, National Jewish Center, Denver, Colorado

Submitted 20 August 2006 ; accepted in final form 12 June 2007

Severe pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) occurs in idiopathic form and in association with diverse diseases. The pathological hallmarks are distal smooth muscle hypertrophy, obliteration of small pulmonary arteriole lumens, and disorganized cellular proliferation in plexiform lesions. In situ thrombosis is also observed. A detailed understanding of the disease progression has been hampered by the absence of an animal model bearing all the pathological features of human disease. To create a model with these characteristics, we gave young (200-g) rats monocrotaline 1 wk following left pneumonectomy; controls with vehicle treatment or sham operation were also studied. In experimental rats, pulmonary arteries had distal smooth muscle hypertrophy and proliferative perivascular lesions. The lesions had a plexiform appearance, occurred early in disease development, and were composed of cells expressing endothelial antigens. Three-dimensional microangiography revealed severe vascular pruning and disorganized vascular networks. We found that expression of tissue factor (TF), the membrane glycoprotein that initiates coagulation, facilitates angiogenesis, and mediates arterial injury in the systemic circulation, was increased in the pulmonary arterioles and plexiform-like lesions of the rats. TF was also heavily expressed in the vessels and plexiform lesions of humans with pulmonary arterial hypertension. We conclude that plexiform-like lesions can be reproduced in rats, and this model will facilitate experiments to address controversies about the role of these lesions in PAH. Increased TF expression may contribute to the prothrombotic diathesis and vascular cell proliferation typical of human disease.

vascular biology; monocrotaline; neointimal formation; angiography


Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: R. J. White, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Univ. of Rochester, 601 Elmwood Ave., Box 692, Rochester, NY (e-mail: Jim_White{at}urmc.rochester.edu)




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