Long-term alcohol consumption increases matrix metalloproteinase-2 activity in rat aorta

doi:10.1016/S0024-3205(99)00381-1

Life Sciences

Volume 65, Issue 13, 20 August 1999, Pages 1395-1402

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Abstract

Altered degradation of extracellular matrix (ECM) underlies vascular remodeling, a hallmark in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases including hypertension and aneurysmal dilatation. Although alcohol is recognized as a risk factor for certain cardiovascular disease states, its role in vascular remodeling has not been completely explored. We studied the effect of chronic alcohol consumption on upregulation of the enzymatic activity of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) as a possible pathway for large vessel remodeling. For this purpose, female rats were placed on one of three diets: a modified Lieber-DeCarli liquid diet containing 35% ethanol-derived calories, a pair-fed liquid diet with ethanol replaced by isocaloric maltose-dextrin, or a standard rat pellet. Weekly blood alcohol concentration averaged 117 ± 7.9 mg/dl for the alcohol-fed rats. At 2, 4, and 72 weeks, aortas were removed and processed for measuring MMPs activity by gelatin zymography. Aortic extracts from rats on long-term (72 weeks), but not the short-term (2 and 4 weeks), alcohol diets showed increased MMP-2 activity. Furthermore, histochemical analysis of the aortas showed distinct disruption of the elastic fibers only in the 72 weeks alcohol-fed rats, compared to the control animals. These observations demonstrate that long-term alcohol consumption up-regulates MMP-2 activity, which is coincident with the alteration of aortic ECM composition through the degradation of vascular elastin components.

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