TY - JOUR
T1 - Lectin-like oxidized low-density lipoprotein receptor 1 and matrix metalloproteinase expression in ruptured and unruptured multiple dissections of distal middle cerebral artery
T2 - case report.
AU - Saito, Atsushi
AU - Fujimura, Miki
AU - Inoue, Takashi
AU - Shimizu, Hiroaki
AU - Tominaga, Teiji
PY - 2010/7
Y1 - 2010/7
N2 - Oxidized low-density lipoprotein receptor 1 (LOX1) is a critical factor for atherosclerosis in a variety of vascular diseases; however, its major role in cerebral arterial dissecting aneurysm is unclear. We present a case of remarkable contrast of LOX1 expression in ruptured and unruptured multiple middle cerebral artery dissections and discuss the correlation of LOX1 with matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). A 59-year-old woman presented with subarachnoid hemorrhage associated with left temporal subcortical hematoma. Emergent cerebral angiography demonstrated aneurysmal dilatation at the origin of the left anterior temporal artery (ATA) and occlusion on the distal side of ATA. Infectious aneurysm was excluded. Intraoperative findings showed ruptured dissection of the left ATA and unruptured aneurysmal dilatation of another temporal branch of the left M1 portion. Both lesions were trapped by clips and resected. Histopathological examination confirmed that both ruptured and unruptured aneurysmal dilatations were diagnosed as arterial dissections. Immunohistochemical examination demonstrated remarkable expressions of LOX1, MMP-2, and MMP-9 in hypertrophic media outside the intima in ruptured dissection, on the other hand, those expressions in the intima and inside hypertrophic media in the unruptured dissection. This is the first report to reveal immunohistochemical findings of LOX1 and MMPs in multiple dissections of MCA. The contrast localization of LOX1 and MMPs might contribute to the fragility of the arterial wall layer of ruptured/unruptured arterial dissections.
AB - Oxidized low-density lipoprotein receptor 1 (LOX1) is a critical factor for atherosclerosis in a variety of vascular diseases; however, its major role in cerebral arterial dissecting aneurysm is unclear. We present a case of remarkable contrast of LOX1 expression in ruptured and unruptured multiple middle cerebral artery dissections and discuss the correlation of LOX1 with matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). A 59-year-old woman presented with subarachnoid hemorrhage associated with left temporal subcortical hematoma. Emergent cerebral angiography demonstrated aneurysmal dilatation at the origin of the left anterior temporal artery (ATA) and occlusion on the distal side of ATA. Infectious aneurysm was excluded. Intraoperative findings showed ruptured dissection of the left ATA and unruptured aneurysmal dilatation of another temporal branch of the left M1 portion. Both lesions were trapped by clips and resected. Histopathological examination confirmed that both ruptured and unruptured aneurysmal dilatations were diagnosed as arterial dissections. Immunohistochemical examination demonstrated remarkable expressions of LOX1, MMP-2, and MMP-9 in hypertrophic media outside the intima in ruptured dissection, on the other hand, those expressions in the intima and inside hypertrophic media in the unruptured dissection. This is the first report to reveal immunohistochemical findings of LOX1 and MMPs in multiple dissections of MCA. The contrast localization of LOX1 and MMPs might contribute to the fragility of the arterial wall layer of ruptured/unruptured arterial dissections.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00701-009-0560-6
DO - 10.1007/s00701-009-0560-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 19936607
AN - SCOPUS:79952116462
VL - 152
SP - 1235
EP - 1240
JO - Acta Neurochirurgica
JF - Acta Neurochirurgica
SN - 0001-6268
IS - 7
ER -