Title
Increased infiltration of Chlamydophila pneumoniae in the vessel wall of human veins after perfusion
Author
Kupreishvili, K.
ter Weeme, M.
Morré, S.A.
van den Brule, A.J.C.
Huybregts, M.A.J.M.
Quax, P.H.A.
ten Velden, J.
van Hinsbergh, V.W.M.
Stooker, W.
Eijsman, L.
Niessen, H.W.M.
TNO Kwaliteit van Leven
Publication year
2008
Abstract
Background: Several studies have suggested an association between Chlamydophila pneumoniae (Cp) infection and atherosclerosis. A recent study detected Cp DNA in the saphenous vein of 12% of all patients before bypass grafting and in 38% of failed grafts. We used a system in which human veins were perfused with autologous blood under arterial pressure. Materials and methods: Veins were surplus segments of saphenous veins of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) patients. Vein grafts were perfused with the blood of the same patient after CABG procedures. Veins were analysed for Cp-specific membrane protein using immunohistochemical and PCR analysis. Veins were analysed before and after perfusion (up to 4 h). The number of Cp positive cells was then quantified in the vein layers. Results: Cp protein was detected within macrophages only. In non-perfused veins, Cp was present in the adventitia in 91% of all patients, in the circular (64%) and longitudinal (23%) layer of the media. No positivity was found in the intima. Perfusion subsequently resulted in a significant increase of Cp positive cells within the circular layer of the media that, however, differed strongly between different patients. Cp DNA was not detected by PCR in those specimens. Conclusion: Cp protein was present in 91% of veins, but the number of positive cells differed remarkably between patients. Perfusion of veins resulted in increased infiltration of Cp into the circular layer. These results may point to a putative discriminating role of Cp with respect to graft failure between different patients. © 2008 The Authors.
Subject
Health
Chlamydophila pneumoniae (Cp)
Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)
Saphenous vein
DNA
membrane protein
adventitia
arterial pressure
article
blood autotransfusion
blood vessel wall
bypass surgery
cell infiltration
Chlamydophila pneumoniae
coronary artery bypass graft
human
human tissue
immunohistochemistry
macrophage
perfusion
polymerase chain reaction
priority journal
saphenous vein
vein
vein graft
Chlamydia Infections
Chlamydophila pneumoniae
Coronary Artery Bypass
Coronary Artery Disease
DNA, Bacterial
Humans
Models, Biological
Perfusion
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Saphenous Vein
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2362.2008.01961.x
TNO identifier
240895
ISSN
0014-2972
Source
European Journal of Clinical Investigation, 38 (7), 462-468
Document type
article