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Discoidin Domain-Containing Receptor 2 Is Present in Human Atherosclerotic Plaques and Involved in the Expression and Activity of MMP-2. | LitMetric

Discoidin Domain-Containing Receptor 2 Is Present in Human Atherosclerotic Plaques and Involved in the Expression and Activity of MMP-2.

Oxid Med Cell Longev

Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Ischemic Cardiovascular Diseases & Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Brain Disorders, Institute of Basic and Translational Medicine, Xi'an Medical University, Xi'an 710021, China.

Published: March 2022

Discoidin domain-containing receptor 2 (DDR2) has been suggested to be involved in atherosclerotic progression, but its pathological role remains unknown. Using immunochemical staining, we located and compared the expression of DDR2 in the atherosclerotic plaques of humans and various animal models. Then, siRNA was applied to knock down the expression of DDR2 in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs), and the migration, proliferation, and collagen -induced expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) were evaluated. We found that an abundance of DDR2 was present in the atherosclerotic plaques of humans and various animal models and was distributed around fatty and necrotic cores. After incubation of oxidized low-density lipoprotein (ox-LDL), DDR2 was upregulated in VSMCs in response to such a proatherosclerotic condition. Next, we found that decreased DDR2 expression in VSMCs inhibited the migration, proliferation, and collagen -induced expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). Moreover, we found that DDR2 is strongly associated with the protein expression and activity of MMP-2, suggesting that DDR2 might play a role in the etiology of unstable plaques. Considering that DDR2 is present in the atherosclerotic plaques of humans and is associated with collagen -induced secretion of MMP-2, the clinical role of DDR2 in cardiovascular disease should be elucidated in further experiments.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8702333PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/1010496DOI Listing

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