Journal
ACTA PHARMACOLOGICA SINICA
Volume 32, Issue 12, Pages 1483-1490Publisher
ACTA PHARMACOLOGICA SINICA
DOI: 10.1038/aps.2011.141
Keywords
nerve growth factor; mesenchymal stem cells; angiogenesis; PI3K/Akt signaling pathway; TrkA; p75 neurotrophin receptor
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30670868, 30770887, 30770887/H0220]
- Qianjiang Talent Scheme Foundation of Zhejiang Province [2009R10069]
- Key Lab of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Zhejiang Province [ZK23812]
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Aim: To investigate whether nerve growth factor (NGF) induced angiogenesis of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and the underlying mechanisms. Methods: Bone marrow MSCs were isolated from femors or tibias of Sprague-Dawley rat, and cultured. The cells were purified after 3 to 5 passages, seeded on Matrigel-coated 24-well plates and treated with NGF. Tube formation was observed 24 h later. Tropomyosin-related kinase A (TrkA) and p75NTR gene expression was examined using PCR analysis and flow cytometry. Growth curves were determined via cell counting. Expression of VEGF and pAkt/Akt were analyzed with Western blot. Results: NGF (25, 50, 100 and 200 mu g/L) promoted tube formation of MSCs. The tubular length reached the maximum of a 2.24-fold increase, when the cells were treated with NGF (50 mu g/L). NGF (50 mu g/L) significantly enhanced Akt phosphorylation. Pretreatment with the specific PI3K inhibitor LY294002 (10 mu mol/L) blocked NGF-stimulated Akt phosphorylation, tube formation and angiogenesis. NGF (25-200 mu g/L) did not affect the expression of TrkA and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), but significantly suppressed the expression of p75NTR. NGF (50 mu g/L) markedly increased the proliferation of MSCs. Conclusion: NGF promoted proliferation of MSCs and activated the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway, which may be responsible for NGF induction of MSC angiogenesis.
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