Abstract
Platelet-activating factor (PAF) and PAF-like phospholipids are inactivated by PAF-acetylhydrolase (PAF-AH). Using nonhyperlipidemic animals, we tested whether local expression of PAF-AH into injured arteries might induce antithrombotic and antiinflammatory effects.Method and Results- Balloon-injured rabbit carotid arteries were infected at the time of injury with an adenovirus expressing either human plasma PAF-AH (AdPAF-AH) or bacterial beta-galactosidase (AdLacZ) or infused with saline. Seven days later, shear stress-induced thrombosis was observed in all AdLacZ-infected and saline-infused arteries (controls) but eliminated in AdPAF-AH-treated contralateral arteries, even in the presence of epinephrine or an inhibitor of NO production. Injury-induced expression of tissue factor was also significantly suppressed. In AdPAF-AH-treated arteries compared with controls, the expressions of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 and vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 and macrophage infiltration were decreased by 66%, 66%, and 71%, respectively (P<0.01), and intimal area and intima/media ratio were decreased on day 21 by 43% and 52%, respectively (P<0.05). Within 1 week after injury, oxidized lipoproteins (OxLDL) had readily accumulated in the arterial wall. However, this was markedly reduced in the AdPAF-AH-treated arteries. No differences in the titers of autoantibodies to OxLDL or total cholesterol in blood were found between controls and AdPAF-AH-treated rabbits. Our results show for the first time that OxLDL accumulates in arteries in nonhyperlipidemic animals within 1 week after injury and that local expression of PAF-AH reduces this accumulation and exerts antiinflammatory, antithrombotic, and antiproliferative effects without changing the plasma levels of PAF-AH activity or titers of autoantibodies to OxLDL.
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