Journal
ATHEROSCLEROSIS
Volume 201, Issue 2, Pages 281-288Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2008.02.014
Keywords
Hypoxia; Activating transcription factor 3; Mitogen-activated protein kinase; Nitric oxide; Reactive oxygen species; Matrix metalloproteinase-2
Funding
- National Science Council [NSC95-2321-B-001-006, NSC96-2752-13-001-001-PAE]
- Wan Fang Hospital [94TMU-WFH-08]
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Endothelial cells (ECs) play an important role in hypoxia-induced vascular disorders. We investigated the acute hypoxia electron endothelial expression of activating transcription factor 3 (ATF3), a stress-inducible transcription factor playing significant roles in cellular responses to stress. Bovine aortic ECs were subjected to acute hypoxia (1%O-2, pO(2) = 8 mmHg) and ATF3 expression was examined. ECs exposed to hypoxia transiently induced ATF3 expression. A transient increase in the activation of C-Jun-NH2-terminal kinase (JNK) and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) in ECs was observed: however. only ECs pretreated with a specific inhibitor to JNK Suppressed the hypoxia-induced ATF3 expression. ECs exposed to acute hypoxia transiently increased endothelial nitric oxide (eNOS) activity. Pre-treating ECs with,I specific inhibitor to eNOS (L-NAME) or PI3-kinase significantly inhibited the hypoxia-induced JNK activation and ATF3 expression. ATF3 induction has been shown to inhibit matrix metalloproteinase-2) (MMP-2) expression. Consistently, ECs exposed to hypoxia attenuated the MMP-2 expression. This hypoxia-attenuated MMP-2 expression can be rescued by pre-treating ECs with an inhibitor of eNOS. These results suggest that the ATF3 induction by acute hypoxia is mediated by nitric oxide and the JNK pathway in ECs. Our findings provide a Molecular basis for the mechanism in which ECs respond to acute hypoxia. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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