Removal of heparan sulfate by heparinase treatment inhibits FGF-2-dependent smooth muscle cell proliferation in injured rat carotid arteries
Removal of heparan sulfate by heparinase treatment inhibits FGF-2-dependent smooth muscle cell proliferation in injured rat carotid arteries
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DOI:
10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2004.01.045
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发表时间:
2004-07-01
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5.3
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Wight, TN
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Kinsella, MG;Irvin, C;Wight, TN
Smooth muscle cells (SMC) of the rat carotid arterial media proliferate and migrate in response to injury during the formation of a neointima. The interaction of fibroblast growth factor (FGF-2), which is released at the site of injury, with heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs) is necessary to induce signaling, which elicits an FGF-dependent mitogenic response by arterial smooth muscle cells, and also serves as a mechanism for storage of the growth factor within the extracellular matrix. However, whether these interactions are critical during neointimal formation has not been directly tested. In this study, a model of FGF-2-dependent medial SMC mitogenic response in balloon-injured rat carotid artery was used to test the effect of degradation of vessel wall heparan sulfate on subsequent SMC proliferation. Treatment of balloon-catheterized rat carotid arteries with chondroitin ABC lyase and/or heparin lyases eliminated heparan sulfates in the vessel wall, as determined by immunoperoxidase staining. In contrast, the distribution in the carotid vessel wall of the large core protein of perlecan. a major vessel wall HSPG that binds FGF-2, is not decreased. The effect of glycosaminoglycan digestion in situ on medial SMC proliferation in response to a bolus injection of FGF-2 after injury was determined by measuring the percentage of SMC nuclei that incorporated 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU) 48 h after injury. Enzymatic removal of heparan sulfate reduced BrdU incorporation into medial SMC by 60-70% (P < 0.001) at 48 h after injury. Moreover, pre-incubation of FGF-2 with heparin prior to injection restored SMC replication to the levels present in injured vessels treated with buffer alone (P < 0.01). These experiments indicate that endogenous HSPGs are essential to promote FGF-2-driven medial SMC proliferation following injury, and that heparinase treatment can abrogate FGF-2-dependent responses in vivo. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.