title: O-acylated heparin derivatives with low anticoagulant activity decrease proliferation and increase alpha-smooth muscle actin expression in cultured arterial smooth muscle cells.
abstract: Selectively O-acylated derivatives of various glycosaminoglycans were prepared and tested in vitro for their anticoagulant activity and their antiproliferative effect on rat and rabbit smooth muscle cells. When O-acylation (butyrylation or hexanoylation) had been performed on periodate-depolymerized heparin fragments having very low anticoagulant activity, the antiproliferative potency was markedly increased (IC50 = 2 and 1 micrograms/ml respectively, versus 31 micrograms/ml for starting compound) without an increase in anticoagulant activity. The antiproliferative activity was related to the degree of acylation. The O-acylated derivatives of heparin fragments were also very active in reversing the de-differentiation of smooth muscle cell in culture, as estimated by the increase in the expression of alpha-smooth muscle actin and alpha-smooth muscle actin mRNA.
authors.affiliation: Centre Choay, Gentilly, France.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bârzu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Desmoulière
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Herbert
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Level
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Herault
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petitou
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lormeau
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gabbiani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pascal
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000215:Acylation; D000818:Animals; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006025:Glycosaminoglycans / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D006493:Heparin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D006025:Glycosaminoglycans; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D006493:Heparin