Nitric oxide promotes proliferation and plasminogen activator production by coronary venular endothelium through endogenous bFGF
Nitric oxide promotes proliferation and plasminogen activator production by coronary venular endothelium through endogenous bFGF
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DOI:
10.1161/01.res.80.6.845
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发表时间:
1997-06-01
影响因子:
20.1
通讯作者:
Presta, M
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作者:
Ziche, M;Parenti, A;Presta, M
We reported previously that NO is responsible for the angiogenesis produced by endothelium-dependent vasodilating peptides. To investigate the mechanisms by which NO controls angiogenesis, NO was assessed for the ability to affect cell proliferation and upregulation of urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) induced by basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) when added exogenously to or when produced endogenously by coronary venular endothelial cells (CVECs). The treatment of the cells with the NO donor sodium nitroprusside (NaNp) induced uPA upregulation and cell proliferation, which were prevented by anti-bFGF antibodies. Similarly, the NO-dependent mitogenic activity of the vasodilating peptide substance P (SP) was blocked by anti-bFGF antibodies, thus implicating endogenous bFGF in the NO-induced response. NaNp and SP induced bFGF expression as measured by Western blot analysis of CVEC extracts and by differential reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction of bFGF mRNA. SP-induced upregulation of bFGF was prevented by the NO synthase inhibitor N-omega-monomethyl-L-arginine. We conclude that NO promotes cell proliferation and uPA upregulation in CVECs by inducing endogenous bFGF and that this pathway mediates the angiogenetic response to the vasoactive neuropeptide SP. This signaling paradigm may provide an important link between shear rate, NO, bFGF, and coronary angiogenesis.