Pentoxifylline decreases the activity of the nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor protein 3 pathway : potential role for preventing arteriovenous fistula stenosis

PURPOSE: This study aimed to determine the effect of pentoxifylline (PTX) on the nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome pathway and its role in preventing arteriovenous fistula (AVF) failure.

METHODS: Vein samples were collected from AVF failure patients and from patients who underwent surgical AVF as a control. The expressions of CD34 and NLRP3 in AVF tissues were detected by immunohistochemistry and Western blotting. Arteriovenous fistula rat models were established by the end-to-end anastomosis of the common carotid artery and external jugular vein. The AVF models were divided into the following groups: AVF, AVF + PTX, AVF + uraemia and AVF + uraemia + PTX. Six weeks after surgery, the AVF tissues in each group were collected to detect the expressions of CD34, NLRP3, caspase-1 and interleukin (IL)-1β by immunohistochemistry, Western blotting and real-time polymerase chain reaction.

RESULTS: The expressions of NLRP3 and CD34 in human AVF failure tissues were significantly higher than those in normal veins (p < 0.001), indicating that NLRP3 was upregulated in patients with AVF failure. In our animal study, the veins in the AVF + uraemia group exhibited heavy hyperplasia, and the boundary between the media and the adventitia was not clear. However, PTX alleviated this hyperplasia. Compared with the AVF models, the AVF + uraemia models had much higher expressions of NLRP3, caspase-1, IL-1β and CD34 (p < 0.001). However, PTX had the opposite effect against uraemia on the NLRP3 inflammasome pathway at both the gene and protein levels.

CONCLUSIONS: Our findings provide new insights that show that PTX can decrease the activity of the NLRP3 inflammasome pathway in AVF models. Pentoxifylline has the potential as a drug for preventing intimal hyperplasia and AVF failure.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

Enthalten in:

The journal of vascular access - 25(2024), 2 vom: 14. März, Seite 566-575

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Feng, Tao [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Zejun [VerfasserIn]
Pan, Congqing [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Pei [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Arteriovenous fistula
Caspase-1
Caspases
EC 3.4.22.-
IL-1β
Inflammasomes
Journal Article
NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein
NLRP3
Pentoxifylline
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Date Completed 14.03.2024

Date Revised 14.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1177/11297298221124730

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM347187048