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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LUNG CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY
卷 288, 期 5, 页码 L849-L859出版社
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00294.2004
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altitude; atrial natriuretic peptide; endothelial cell permeability; tumor necrosis factor-alpha; lipopolysaccharide
Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) has been shown to reduce hypoxia-induced pulmonary vascular leak in vivo, but no explanation of a mechanism has been offered other than its vasodilatory and natriuretic actions. Recently, data have shown that ANP can protect endothelial barrier functions in TNF-alpha-stimulated human umbilical vein endothelial cells. Therefore, we hypothesized that ANP actions would inhibit pulmonary vascular leak by inhibition of TNF-alpha secretion and F-actin formation. Bovine pulmonary microvascular (MVEC) and macrovascular endothelial cell (LEC) monolayers were stimulated with hypoxia, TNF-alpha, or bacterial endotoxin (LPS) in the presence or absence of ANP, and albumin flux, NF-kappa B activation, TNF-alpha secretion, p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), and F-actin (stress fiber) formation were assessed. In Transwell cultures, ANP reduced hypoxia-induced permeability in MVEC and TNF-alpha-induced permeability in MVEC and LEC. ANP inhibited hypoxia and LPS increased NF-kappa B activation and TNF-alpha synthesis in MVEC and LEC. Hypoxia decreased activation of p38 MAPK in MVEC but increased activation of p38 MAPK and stress fiber formation in LEC; TNF-alpha had the opposite effect. ANP inhibited an activation of p38 MAPK in MVEC or LEC. These data indicate that in endothelial cell monolayers, hypoxia activates a signal cascade analogous to that initiated by inflammatory agents, and ANP has a direct cytoprotective effect on the pulmonary endothelium other than its vasodilatory and natriuretic properties. Furthermore, our data show that MVEC and LEC respond differently to hypoxia, TNF-alpha-stimulation, and ANP treatment.
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