Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2022, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (4): 579-584.doi: 10.12307/2022.095

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Effectiveness and safety of rapamycin combined with CD133 antibody stent in preventing vascular restenosis

Yang Feng1, Zhao Qian1, Zhang Shixuan2, Zhao Tienan1, Feng Bo3   

  1. 1Central Hospital Affiliated to Shenyang Medical College, Shenyang 110024, Liaoning Province, China; 2Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, Liaoning Province, China; 3First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, Liaoning Province, China 
  • Received:2020-11-18 Revised:2020-11-27 Accepted:2021-01-30 Online:2022-02-08 Published:2021-12-06
  • Contact: Feng Bo, MD, Professor, Doctoral supervisor, First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, Liaoning Province, China
  • About author:Yang Feng, MD, Associate chief physician, Central Hospital Affiliated to Shenyang Medical College, Shenyang 110024, Liaoning Province, China
  • Supported by:
    Science and Technology Fund Project of Shenyang, No. 18-014-4-35 (to YF); Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning, No. 2013021024 (to FB); Doctoral Startup Fund Project of Liaoning Province, No. 201501048 (to YF); Science and Technology Fund Project of Shenyang Medical College, No. 20132039 (to ZQ) 

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Drug eluting stents and endothelium stents for clinical treatment of vascular stenosis can lead to delayed endothelialization and restenosis. The authors’ previous in vitro studies have shown a rapamycin eluting stent combined with CD133 antibody can play a synergistic role to offset delayed endothelialization and intimal hyperplasia due to antiproliferative drugs.
OBJECTIVE: To observe the efficacy of anti-CD133 antibody applied on a rapamycin eluting stent in the minipig coronary artery injury model.
METHODS: Rapamycin-eluting stents, anti-CD133 antibody stents, and anti-CD133 antibody applied on rapamycin-eluting stents were implanted in minipig coronary arteries in the rapamycin group, CD133 antibody group, and rapamycin/CD133 antibody group, respectively. Animal experiments were approved by the Laboratory Animal Ethics Committee of Central Hospital Affiliated to Shenyang Medical College (approval No. 20190017) on March 15, 2019.  
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) There were differences in the endothelialization extent in the three groups at 14 days and 1 month after implantation. The stent endothelial coverage of the rapamycin group was lower than that of the CD133 antibody group and the rapamycin/CD133 antibody group. (2) At 3 and 6 months after implantation, the luminal stenosis rate of the rapamycin group and the rapamycin/CD133 antibody group was lower, but there was obvious inflammation in the surrounding tissues of the rapamycin stent, and the CD133 antibody stent could cause obvious intimal hyperplasia and lumen stenosis. (3) It is suggested that rapamycin combined with CD133 antibody stent can achieve early endothelialization in vivo, promote endothelial cell repair, and reduce the inflammation of surrounding tissues after implantation, and its anti-proliferative effect is similar to that of rapamycin stent within 6 months. 

Key words: biomaterials, coated stents, rapamycin, CD133 antibody, endothelial progenitor cells, endothelialization, restenosis, vascular injury

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