Colie S, Pecher C, Girolami JP, Blaes N. Modulation by bradykinin and nitric oxide of angiotensin II-induced apoptosis in a vascular smooth muscle cell phenotype.
Int Immunopharmacol 2007;
8:231-6. [PMID:
18182232 DOI:
10.1016/j.intimp.2007.09.006]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2007] [Revised: 08/31/2007] [Accepted: 09/02/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
Abstract
There is evidence for a clinical benefit of ACE inhibitors or AT1 antagonists in cardiovascular diseases with deleterious smooth muscle cells (SMC) apoptosis. We have previously shown that angiotensin II (Ang II) induces a phenotype-dependent SMC apoptosis. We asked whether bradykinin (BK) and nitric oxide (NO) could modulate Ang II-induced SMC apoptosis. BK alone did not induce significant apoptosis in either spindle (Sp-SMC) or epithelioid (Ep-SMC) SMC phenotypes cultured in serum reduction, but phenotype-dependently, reduced cell proliferation. Pretreatment with BK partly impaired Ang II-induced reduction of Ep-SMC culture viability and partly prevented apoptotic features. Pretreatment with sodium nitroprusside completely prevented all Ang II-induced deleterious effects in Ep-SMC, i. e. reduction of culture viability, Annexin V binding, nuclear condensation and cell fragmentation. These findings indicate that the BK-NO system may phenotype-dependently modulate SMC survival and in particular may oppose, mostly by NO, Ang II-induction of apoptosis in the Ep-SMC phenotype.
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