Efficient Suppression of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Expansion in Rats Through Systemic Administration of Statin-Loaded Nanomedicine

Overview

Journal Int J Mol Sci

Publisher MDPI

Specialties Biochemistry
Chemistry
Molecular Biology

Date 2020 Nov 21

PMID 33218045

Citations 7

Authors

Natsumi Fukuhara

Yuto Honda

Nao Ukita

Makoto Matsui

Yutaka Miura

Katsuyuki Hoshina

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Abstract

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a life-threatening disease. However, no systemically injectable drug has been approved for AAA treatment due to low bioavailability. Polymeric micelles are nanomedicines that have the potential to improve therapeutic efficacy by selectively delivering drugs into disease sites, and research has mainly focused on cancer treatments. Here, we developed a statin-loaded polymeric micelle to treat AAAs in rat models. The micelle showed medicinal efficacy by preventing aortic aneurysm expansion in a dose-dependent manner. Furthermore, the micelle-injected group showed decreased macrophage infiltration and decreased matrix metalloproteinase-9 activity in cases of AAA.

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