期刊
BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
卷 272, 期 1, 页码 182-185出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.2753
关键词
homocysteine; atherosclerosis; PAI-1; tPA; vascular endothelial cells; vascular smooth muscle cells; TGF beta; TNF alpha
In order to elucidate the relationship between homocysteine and the fibrinolytic system, we examined the effect of homocysteine on plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) and tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) gene expression and protein secretion in cultured human vascular endothelial and smooth muscle cells in vitro. PAI-1 mRNA and secreted protein levels were both enhanced by homocysteine in a dose dependent manner, with significant stimulation of PAI-1 secretion observed at concentrations greater than 0.5 mM homocysteine. In contrast, secretion and mRNA expression of tPA were not significantly altered by homocysteine stimulation. Secretion of TGF beta (transforming growth factor beta) and TNF alpha (tumor necrosis factor alpha), possible regulators of PAI-1 expression and secretion, were not stimulated by treatment with 1.0 mM homocysteine. These results suggests that hyperhomocysteinemia-induced atherosclerosis and/or thrombosis may be caused by homo cysteine-induced stimulation of PAI-1 gene expression and secretion in the vasuculatures by a mechanism independent from paracrine-autocrine activity of TGF beta and TNF alpha. (C) 2000 Academic Press.
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