Delivery of a matrix metalloproteinase-responsive hydrogel releasing TIMP-3 after myocardial infarction: effects on left ventricular remodeling.
Despite the improvements in time and approach to early reperfusion in acute coronary syndromes occur, culminating myocardial injury in myocardial infarction (MI) remains a common event. Despite the multifactorial process, the imbalance between the induction of proteolytic pathways, such as matrix metalloproteinases ( MMPs) and endogenous tissu e inhibitors Ovine Recombinant Proteins of metalloproteinases (TIMPs), have been shown to contribute to this process. In this study, a full-length recombinant TIMP-3 protein (rTIMP-3) are packed in a specially formulated hyaluronic acid (HA) based hydrogel containing MMP-cleavable peptide cross-links, which affects the level of rTIMP- 3 release of the HA gel , Effects of local delivery of MMP-sensitive HA this gel (HAMMPS) alone and contains rTIMP-3 (HAMMPS / rTIMP-3) examined in terms of the natural history of post-MI remodeling. Pigs were randomized to one of the following three distinct groups: MI and injection of saline (MI /...