title: Immortalization of human aortic smooth muscle cells with origin-minus simian virus 40 DNA.
abstract: We established two cell lines of human smooth muscle cells (SMC) by transfection of cells from the aortic intima and aortic media with origin-minus simian virus 40 (ori-minus SV40) DNA. Ori-minus SV40 DNA very efficiently immortalized human smooth muscle cells in culture. Proteins that these cell lines produced included type I, III, IV, and V collagens, fibronectin, and human matrix metalloproteinases (MMP)-1 (tissue collagenase), -2 ("type IV collagenase"), and -3 (stromelysin). The protein production in these cell lines generally mimicked that of normal SMC, but the immortalization stimulated the cell line of medial SMC to produce excessive MMP-2 and to secrete MMP-9 (92-kDa gelatinase). However, since these cell lines did not show a fully malignant phenotype, we concluded that, in addition to the degradation of extracellular matrix macromolecules, including basement membrane components by MMP-2, -3, and/or -9, some additional factors must be involved for the malignancy of fully transformed cells and that these immortalized human aortic SMC, which share many characteristics with normal SMC, will prove useful to study the role(s) of metalloproteinases in atherosclerosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Murahashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sasaguri
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohuchida
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kakita
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morimatsu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000952:Antigens, Polyomavirus Transforming / Q000032:analysis; D001011:Aorta; D002461:Cell Line, Transformed; D003094:Collagen / Q000096:biosynthesis; D017364:Collagenases / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D005353:Fibronectins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D006801:Humans; D020781:Matrix Metalloproteinase 1; D019278:Matrix Metalloproteinase 3; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008819:Mice, Nude; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000209:etiology; D010641:Phenotype; D013539:Simian virus 40 / Q000235:genetics*; D014162:Transfection; D014410:Tumor Stem Cell Assay; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000952:Antigens, Polyomavirus Transforming; D004279:DNA, Viral; D005353:Fibronectins; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; D003094:Collagen; D017364:Collagenases; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases; D019278:Matrix Metalloproteinase 3; D020781:Matrix Metalloproteinase 1