Influence of Angioscopic Vein Graft Preparation on Development of Neointimal Hyperplasia in an Organ Culture Model of Human Saphenous Vein

Abstract

Purpose:

Angioscopy for in situ vein graft preparation has been criticized on the basis that the trauma of instrumentation may predispose to accelerated intimal hyperplasia, jeopardizing patency rates following infrainguinal revascularization. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of angioscopic preparation on endothelial integrity and smooth muscle cell (SMC) behavior in an established organ culture model of human saphenous vein (HSV).

Methods:

HSV was harvested from 12 patients during bypass surgery before and after angioscopic preparation. Endothelial integrity was evaluated by immunohistochemical staining with JC-70 and scanning electron microscopy (SEM); remaining segments of pre-and postangioscopy vein were maintained in culture for 14 days in medium supplemented with 30% fetal calf serum. Viability was confirmed by measurement of tissue adenosine triphosphate on day 14 and thickness of the neointima was measured by computerized image analysis of histologic sections. Monoclonal antibodies to proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) were used as an immunohistochemical marker for proliferating SMCs.

Results:

There was a significant reduction in the percentage staining by JC-70 (71.3% versus 20.4%) in pre- versus postangioscopy vein (p = 0.002 by Wilcoxon's rank test; n = 12). This was supported by SEM images. Despite this, there were no significant differences between the pre- and postangioscopy HSVs after 14 days of culture with respect to neointimal thickness (61 versus 56 μm) and staining with PCNA (4.80 versus 4.08 nuclei per 10 (μm), all according to Wilcoxon's rank test.

Conclusions:

Angioscopic vein graft preparation is associated with endothelial cell loss but does not induce additional neointimal hyperplasia in HSV in vitro. These results suggest that angioscopic manipulation does not alter SMC behavior.

Keywords

angioscopy intimal hyperplasia saphenous vein grafts organ cultures

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