title: Vitamin E binds to specific binding sites and enhances prostacyclin production by cultured aortic endothelial cells.
abstract: We evaluated the effect of d-alpha-tocopherol (vitamin E) on the production of prostacyclin (PGI2) by cultured bovine aortic endothelial cells. Vitamin E at physiological doses significantly enhanced the production of PGI2 by aortic endothelial cells when added to the culture simultaneously with histamine, the Ca2+ ionophore A23187 (A23187), plasma-derived serum (PDS), or arachidonic acid. This effect was found to occur in a time- and dose-dependent manner, and the maximal enhancement was produced by 9.28 microM of vitamin E for 1 h incubations. Significantly lower amounts of lipid peroxides were measured in endothelial cells stimulated by 10% PDS with 9.28 microM of vitamin E than in those stimulated without vitamin E for over 24 h, although the stimulation during the initial 1 to 12 h period did not have a significant effect on lipid peroxide formation in cultured aortic endothelial cells. We also demonstrated that bovine aortic endothelial cells have specific binding sites for [3H]vitamin E that exhibited time- and temperature-dependent saturability. At 4 degrees C, the nonspecific binding was 8-12% of the total binding, and the specific binding reached equilibrium by 2 h. Specific binding increased with the concentration of [3H]vitamin E and became saturated at concentrations between 1.5 microM and 2.0 microM per 2.0 x 10(5) cells. Raising the unlabeled vitamin E concentration from 97.7 nM to 1,000 microM reduced the specific binding of 2.0 microM [3H]vitamin E.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kunisaki
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Umeda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inoguchi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nawata
mesh_terms: D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis; D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000502:physiology; D002417:Cattle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D011464:Epoprostenol / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007700:Kinetics; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014810:Vitamin E; D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha; D011464:Epoprostenol