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JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICINE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
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HINDAWI PUBLISHING CORPORATION
DOI: 10.1155/2012/756426
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30570731, 30871195, 81070653]
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We assessed the role of PGC-1 alpha (PPAR. coactivator-1 alpha) in glucose-induced proliferation, migration, and inflammatory gene expression of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). We carried out phagocytosis studies to assess the role of PGC-1 alpha in transdifferentiation of VSMCs by flow cytometry. We found that high glucose stimulated proliferation, migration and inflammatory gene expression of VSMCs, but overexpression of PGC-1 alpha attenuated the effects of glucose. In addition, overexpression of PGC-1 alpha decreased mRNA and protein level of VSMCs-related genes, and induced macrophage-related gene expression, as well as phagocytosis of VSMCs. Therefore, PGC-1 alpha inhibited glucose-induced proliferation, migration and inflammatory gene expression of VSMCs, which are key features in the pathology of atherosclerosis. More importantly, PGC-1 alpha transdifferentiated VSMCs to a macrophage-like state. Such transdifferentiation possibly increased the portion of VSMCs-derived foam cells in the plaque and favored plaque stability.
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