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FRONTIERS IN CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
Volume 8, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.00774
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transcriptional regulation; vascular endothelial cells; nitric oxide; eNOS; phosphorylation; phosphatase; BRG1; PP2A
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81870326]
- Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD)
- Key Laboratory of Emergency and Trauma (Hainan Medical University), Ministry of Education [KLET-201914, KLET-201915]
- Six Talent Peaks Project in Jiangsu Province
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Vascular endothelial cells contribute to the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases by producing and disseminating angiocrine factors. Nitric oxide (NO), catalyzed by endothelial NO synthase (eNOS), is one of the prototypical angiocrine factors. eNOS activity is modulated by site-specific phosphorylation. We have previously shown that endothelial-specific knockdown of BRG1 inApoe(-/-)mice attenuates the development of atherosclerosis, in which eNOS-dependent NO catalysis plays an antagonizing role. Here we report that attenuation of atherogenesis in mice by BRG1 knockdown was accompanied by partial restoration of NO biosynthesis by 44% in the arteries and a simultaneous up-regulation of eNOS serine 1177 phosphorylation by 59%. Indeed, BRG1 depletion or inhibition ameliorated oxLDL-induced loss of NO bioavailability and eNOS phosphorylation in cultured endothelial cells. Further analysis revealed that BRG1 regulated eNOS phosphorylation and NO synthesis by activating the transcription of protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) structural subunit a (encoded byPR65A). BRG1 interacted with ETS1, was recruited by ETS1 to thePR65Apromoter, and cooperated with ETS1 to activatePR65Atranscription. Finally, depletion of ETS1, similar to BRG1, repressedPR65Ainduction, normalized eNOS phosphorylation, and rescued NO biosynthesis in endothelial cells treated with oxLDL. In conclusion, our data characterize a novel transcriptional cascade that regulates NO bioavailability in vascular endothelial cells.
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