Elaboration of type-1 plasminogen activator inhibitor from adipocytes - A potential pathogenetic link between obesity and cardiovascular disease
Elaboration of type-1 plasminogen activator inhibitor from adipocytes - A potential pathogenetic link between obesity and cardiovascular disease
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DOI:
10.1161/01.cir.93.1.106
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发表时间:
1996-01-01
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37.8
通讯作者:
Fujii, S
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作者:
Lundgren, CH;Brown, SL;Fujii, S
Background Obesity is known to predispose to attenuated fibrinolysis attributable to increased concentrations in plasma of type-1 plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI-1), the primary physiological inhibitor of endogenous fibrinolysis. PAI-1 is present in neointimal vascular smooth muscle cells and lipid-laden macrophages.Methods and Results The present study was designed to determine whether PAI-1 expression occurs in adipose tissue as well, thereby potentially contributing to increased cardiovascular risk associated with obesity. 3T3-L1 preadipocytes were differentiated into adipocytes by exposing them to isobutylxanthine (0.5 mmol/L) and dexamethasone (0.25 mu mol/L) over 7 days and incubated for 24 hours with transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta), known to augment PAI-1 synthesis in several cell types and to be released from platelets when they are activated. TGF-beta increased PAI-1 activity in the conditioned media of the 3T3-L1-derived cells in a concentration-dependent fashion without significantly affecting cell proliferation. Western blotting and immunoprecipitation of S-35-labeled PAI-1 showed that the increased PAI-1 activity paralleled increased PAI-1 protein. Northern blotting showed that increased PAI-1 mRNA preceded increased accumulation of PAI-1 activity and protein in the conditioned media. Furthermore TGF-beta (10 ng/g body wt) administered in vivo increased PAI-1 activity in mouse plasma and PAI-1 mRNA expression in mouse adipose tissue.Conclusions Increased plasma PAI-1 activity in obese human subjects may result from PAI-1 release from an increased mass of adipose tissue, particularly in association with thrombosis and elaboration of TGF-P from platelet oc-granules into the circulation. The increased PAI-I may exacerbate vascular disease by shifting the balance between thrombosis and thrombolysis toward thrombosis and consequently exposing luminal surfaces of vessels to mitogens associated with microthrombi over protracted intervals.