Reduced M2 macrophages and adventitia collagen dampen the structural integrity of blood blister–like aneurysms and induce preoperative rerupture

作者：Dingke Wen, Ruiqi Chen, Hao Li, Jun Zheng, Wei Fu, Ziyan Shi, Chao You, Mu Yang, Lu Ma · 发表于：Cell Proliferation · 年份：2021 · DOI：10.1111/cpr.13175 · 被引用次数：15 · 研究领域：Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications、Aortic aneurysm repair treatments、Infectious Aortic and Vascular Conditions

OBJECTIVE: Blood blister-like aneurysms (BBAs) are extremely rare aneurysms. They are predisposed to preoperative rerupture with a high case-fatality rate. Here, we attempt to interrogate the distinct clinicopathology and the histological basis underlying its clinical rerupture. METHODS: Three middle meningeal arteries, 11 BBA (5 reruptured, 6 non-rerupture) and 19 saccular aneurysm samples were obtained for histopathological investigation. Three reruptured BBAs, 3 non-reruptured BBAs and 6 saccular (3 ruptured, 3 unruptured) aneurysms were obtained for quantitative flow cytometry analysis. RESULTS: Compared with true saccular aneurysms, the BBA aneurysm wall lacks arterial stroma cells including CD31+ endothelial cells and α-SMA + smooth muscle cells. Only fibroblasts and adventitial collagen were observed in the BBA aneurysm wall. Meanwhile, BBAs were enriched with infiltrated inflammatory cells, especially polarized macrophages. Based on the rerupture status, those reruptured BBAs showed drastically reduced fibroblasts and adventitia collagen. Moreover, M2-polarized macrophages were observed dominant in BBAs and exhibit repairing cellular functions based on their interplays with arterial fibroblasts. Reduced M2 macrophages and arterial tissue repairing modulation may be responsible for the decreasing collagen synthesis and fibrosis repairment, which potentially dampens the aneurysm integrity and induces BBA aneurysm reruputre. CONCLUSIONS: BBAs poses histopathological feat...