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ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 33, Issue 9, Pages 2154-2161Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.113.301913
Keywords
blood vessel; extracellular matrix; hydrogen peroxide; Nox4; Poldip2
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- National Institutes of Health [HL38206, HL095070, HL058863, DK074518, HL102167, HL070531]
- National Science Foundation
- Research Service of the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center
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Objective-On the basis of previous evidence that polymerase delta interacting protein 2 (Poldip2) increases reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase 4 (Nox4) activity in vascular smooth muscle cells, we hypothesized that in vivo knockdown of Poldip2 would inhibit reactive oxygen species production and alter vascular function. Approach and Results-Because homozygous Poldip2 deletion is lethal, Poldip2(+/-) mice were used. Poldip2 mRNA and protein levels were reduced by approximate to 50% in Poldip2(+/-) aorta, with no change in p22phox, Nox1, Nox2, and Nox4 mRNAs. NADPH oxidase activity was also inhibited in Poldip2(+/-) tissue. Isolated aortas from Poldip2(+/-) mice demonstrated impaired phenylephrine and potassium chloride-induced contractions, increased stiffness, and reduced compliance associated with disruption of elastic lamellae and excessive extracellular matrix deposition. Collagen I secretion was elevated in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells from Poldip2(+/-) mice and restored by H2O2 supplementation, suggesting that this novel function of Poldip2 is mediated by reactive oxygen species. Furthermore, Poldip2(+/-) mice were protected against aortic dilatation in a model of experimental aneurysm, an effect consistent with increased collagen secretion. Conclusions-Poldip2 knockdown reduces H2O2 production in vivo, leading to increases in extracellular matrix, greater vascular stiffness, and impaired agonist-mediated contraction. Thus, unaltered expression of Poldip2 is necessary for vascular integrity and function.
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