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ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY
卷 20, 期 4, 页码 1020-1026出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.20.4.1020
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apolipoprotein E; smooth muscle cell proliferation; nitric oxide; smooth muscle cell migration
Initial experiments revealed that low concentrations of apolipoprotein (apa) E (0.1 to 5 mu g/mL) were effective in inhibiting platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-directed smooth muscle cell (SMC) migration by 60% to 80%, In contrast, higher concentrations of apoE, at 25 and 50 mu g/mL, were necessary to achieve similar inhibition of PDGF-induced SMC proliferation. The potential role of nitric oxide (NO) in mediating the inhibitory effects of apoE was explored. Results showed that, although 0.1 to 5 mu g/mL of apoE bad no effect on NO production by SMCs, physiological concentrations of apoE (25 to 50 mu g/mL) enhanced NO synthesis by 2-fold in a dose-dependent manner (P<0.001), Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction amplification of RNA obtained from control and apoE-treated SMCs demonstrated a direct role of apoE in activating inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) gene expression. The apoE-induced nitric oxide production was significantly reduced by coincubation of the cells with aminoguanidine or NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (P<0.05) or with antisense iNOS oligodeoxynucleotides (P<0.01). Moreover, the inhibition of iNOS was shown to overcome apoE suppression of PDGF-induced vascular SMC proliferation. However, apoE suppression of PDGF-directed SMC migration was not affected by these treatments. Taken together, these results document that apoE exerts its inhibitory effects on cell proliferation via activation of iNOS, However, apoE inhibition of cell migration is mediated by a mechanism independent of iNOS activation.
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