Myocardial and Peripheral Ischemia Causes an Increase in Circulating Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein-A in Non-atherosclerotic, Non-heparinized Pigs

Lasse Bach Steffensen, Christian Bo Poulsen, Jeong Shim, Marie Bek, Kevin Jacobsen, Cheryl A Conover, Jacob Fog Bentzon, Claus Oxvig

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Abstract

The usefulness of circulating pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A) as a biomarker for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is widely debated. We used the pig as a model to assess PAPP-A dynamics in the setting of myocardial ischemia. Induction of myocardial ischemia by ligation of the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery caused a systemic rise in PAPP-A. However, the ischemic myocardium was excluded as the source of PAPP-A. Interestingly, induction of ischemia in peripheral tissues by ligation of the left femoral artery caused a systemic rise in PAPP-A originating from the left hind limb. This is the first study to demonstrate PAPP-A elevations in the absence of atherosclerosis or heparin during myocardial ischemia. Our findings thus add to the current discussion of the usefulness of PAPP-A as a biomarker for ACS.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftJournal of Cardiovascular Translational Research
Vol/bind8
Nummer9
Sider (fra-til)528-535
Antal sider8
ISSN1937-5387
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2015

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