Journal
ANTIOXIDANTS
Volume 10, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/antiox10091357
Keywords
gossypetin; atherosclerosis; vascular smooth muscle cells; proliferation; migration; cell-cycle; reactive oxygen species
Funding
- Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung City, Taiwan [CSH-2019-C-036]
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In this study, GTIN was found to inhibit VSMCs proliferation and migration, reduce ROS generation, and potentially play a role in controlling atherosclerosis and other cardiovascular diseases.
Gossypetin (GTIN), known as 3,5,7,8,3 ',4 '-hexahydroxyflavone, has been demonstrated to exert anti-atherosclerotic potential against apoptotic injury in oxidized low-density lipoprotein-incubated endothelial cells, and atherosclerotic lesions of cholesterol-fed rabbits. However, the effect and underlying mechanism of GTIN on abnormal vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) proliferation and migration, a major event in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, is still unknown. In this study, non-cytotoxic doses of GTIN abolished the VSMCs A7r5 proliferation and cell-cycle S phase distribution. The GTIN-arrested G0/G1 phase might be performed by increasing the expressions of phosphorylated p53 and its downstream molecules that inhibit the activation of cyclin E/cyclin-dependent kinase (cdk)-2, blocking retinoblastoma protein (Rb) phosphorylation and the subsequent dissociation of Rb/transcription factor E2F1 complex. In addition, the results indicated that GTIN inhibited VSMCs wound-healing and migratory abilities through reducing matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 activity and expression, as well as down-regulating protein kinase B (PKB)/nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappa B) signaling. GTIN also revealed potential in diminishing reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation. These findings suggested the inhibitory effects of GTIN on VSMCs dysfunction could likely lead to the containment of atherosclerosis and other cardiovascular illness.
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