title: Delayed replication of human umbilical vein endothelial cells in high glucose is corrected by L-tyrosine.
abstract: Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) cultured in high glucose exhibit delayed replication and colchicine-resistant microtubules. Tubulin dysfunction and stabilization, brought about by acetylation of the NH2-terminal residues, loss of the C-terminal tyrosine and binding of microtubular-associated proteins (MAPs) may be involved in the above phenomenon. The effects of L-tyrosine on HUVEC replication in high glucose were tested and the hypothesis that non-enzymatic glycosylation might impair tubulin depolymerization was also checked by growing the cells in the presence of L-glucose, which binds to intracellular proteins but remains metabolically inactive. After 18 days in culture, the number (mean +/- SEM, n = 7) of HUVEC grown in 28.0 mmol/l D-glucose (435.7 +/- 59.1 x 10(3)) was lower than in 5.6 mmol/l D-glucose (818.3 +/- 75.2 x 10(3)), p < 0.0001. The addition of L-tyrosine 1.7 mmol/l corrected such growth inhibition (623.3 +/- 81.7 x 10(3)), p < 0.0001 vs. D-glucose 28.0 mmol/l, but the cells recovered were less numerous than in physiological glucose alone (p = 0.016). The addition of L-tyrosine to D-glucose 5.6 mmol/l (731.0 +/- 63.2 x 10(3)) did not modify the cell number significantly. HUVEC in extra L-glucose (687.4 +/- 72.0 x 10(3)) were less numerous than in 5.6 mmol/l D-glucose, p = 0.028, but more than in D-glucose 28 mmol/l, p < 0.0001, and were not modified by the addition of L-tyrosine (729.4 +/- 67.1 x 10(3)). HUVEC grown in physiologic and high glucose exhibited specific immunofluorescence for acetylated tubulin and MAPs.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Clinica Medica B, Università di Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: La Selva
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chiara
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Muccini
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Beltramo
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Molinatti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Porta
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Molinatti
mesh_terms: D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D013997:Time Factors; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014471:Umbilical Veins
chemical_list: D014443:Tyrosine; D005947:Glucose