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CIRCULATION JOURNAL
Volume 78, Issue 9, Pages 2317-2324Publisher
JAPANESE CIRCULATION SOC
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-14-0095
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Acetylcholinesterase inhibitor; Angiogenesis; Myogenesis; Peripheral arterial disease
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [21590283, 23590678]
- Smoking Research Foundation
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [23590678, 26670080, 21590283, 25461059, 25460333] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Background: Saving more limbs of patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) from amputation by accelerating angiogenesis in affected limbs has been anticipated for years. We hypothesized that an anti-Alzheimer drug, donepezil (DPZ), can activate angiomyogenic properties of satellite cells, myogenic progenitors, and thus be an additional pharmacological therapy against PAD. Methods and Results: In a murine hindlimb ischemia model, we investigated the angiogenic effects of a clinical dose of DPZ (0.2mg kg(-1) day(-1)) and its combination with cilostazol, a platelet aggregation inhibitor and a conventional therapeutic drug against PAD. The combination therapy most effectively improved skin coldness and most effectively upregulated vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-producing satellite cells in ischemic hindlimbs. Computed tomography revealed that DPZ remarkably attenuated ischemic muscle atrophy and induced super-restoration in affected hindlimbs. The in vitro study with human aortic endothelial cells showed that DPZ or its combination with cilostazol effectively upregulated the expression of pAkt, hypoxia inducible factor-1 alpha, and VEGF protein. Likewise, in primary cultured satellite cells, DPZ, alone or in combination, upregulated the expression of VEGF, interleukin-1 beta, and fibroblast growth factor 2 protein. Conclusions: The present results suggest that a clinical dosage of DPZ accelerates angiomyogenesis by directly acting on both endothelial and satellite cells. Therefore, DPZ is a potential additional choice for conventional drug therapy against PAD.
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