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ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY
卷 20, 期 3, 页码 624-628出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.20.3.624
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diabetic macroangiopathy; osteopontin; platelet-derived growth factor; vascular smooth muscle cells
We have previously reported that high glucose stimulates osteopontin (OPN) expression through protein kinase C-dependent pathways as well as hexosamine pathways in cultured rat aortic smooth muscle cells. The finding prompted us to study in vivo expression of OPN in diabetes mellitus. In the present: study, we found by immunohistochemistry that medial layers of the carotid arteries of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats and the forearm arteries of diabetic patients stained positively for OPN antibodies, whereas the staining from arteries of control rats and nondiabetic patients was negative. We also found that OPN stimulated the migration and enhanced platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-mediated DNA synthesis of cultured rat aortic smooth muscle cells. OPN and PDGF synergistically activated focal adhesion kinase as well as extracellular signal-regulated kinase; this finding seems to explain the OPN-induced enhancement of PDGF-mediated DNA synthesis. Taken together, our present results raise a possibility that OPN plays a role in the development of diabetic vascular complications.
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