(Circulation. 2000;101:1372.)
© 2000 American Heart Association, Inc.
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Expression of Angiotensin II and Interleukin 6 in Human Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaques
Potential Implications for Inflammation and Plaque Instability
From the Department of Cardiology (B.S., E.S., D.H.-K., P.T.K., H.D.) and Department of Cardiovascular Surgery (W.H.), Medizinische Hochschule, Hannover, Germany; Wihuri Research Institute (A.H., M.K.), Helsinki, Finland; and the Division D’Hypertension (J.N.), Centre Hospitaliaire Universitaire Vaudois, Suissse.
Correspondence to Helmut Drexler, MD, Department of Cardiology, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl Neuberg Strasse 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany. E-mail Drexler.Helmut{at}MH-Hannover.de
Background—Patients with an activated renin-angiotensin system (RAS) or genetic alterations of the RAS are at increased risk of myocardial infarction (MI). Administration of ACE inhibitors reduces the risk of MI, and acute coronary syndromes are associated with increased interleukin 6 (IL-6) serum levels. Accordingly, the present study evaluated the expression of angiotensin II (Ang II) in human coronary atherosclerotic plaques and its influence on IL-6 expression in patients with coronary artery disease.
Methods and Results—Immunohistochemical colocalization of Ang II, ACE, Ang II type 1 (AT1) receptor, and IL-6 was examined in coronary arteries from patients with ischemic or dilated cardiomyopathy undergoing heart transplantation (n=12), in atherectomy samples from patients with unstable angina (culprit lesion; n=8), and in ruptured coronary arteries from patients who died of MI (n=13). Synthesis and release of IL-6 was investigated in smooth muscle cells and macrophages after Ang II stimulation. Colocalization of ACE, Ang II, AT1 receptor, and IL-6 with CD68-positive macrophages was observed at the shoulder region of coronary atherosclerotic plaques and in atherectomy tissue of patients with unstable angina. Ang II was identified in close proximity to the presumed rupture site of human coronary arteries in acute MI. Ang II induced synthesis and release of IL-6 shortly after stimulation in vitro in macrophages and rat smooth muscle cells.
Conclusions— Ang II, AT1 receptor, and ACE are expressed at strategic sites of human atherosclerotic coronary arteries, suggesting that Ang II is produced primarily by ACE within coronary plaques. The observation that Ang II induces IL-6 and their colocalization with the AT1 receptor and ACE is consistent with the notion that the RAS may contribute to inflammatory processes within the vascular wall and to the development of acute coronary syndromes.
Key Words: interleukins • angiotensin • angina • myocardial infarction • arteries • receptors
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