title: Relationship between mevalonate pathway and arterial myocyte proliferation: in vitro studies with inhibitors of HMG-CoA reductase.
abstract: The role of mevalonate and its products (isoprenoids) in the control of cellular proliferation was examined by investigating the effect of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors (vastatins) on growth and on cholesterol biosynthesis of cultured arterial myocytes (SMC). Simvastatin (S) and fluvastatin (F), but not pravastatin (P), decreased the rate of growth of rat vascular SMC. The inhibition, evaluated as cell number, was dose-dependent with IC50 values of 2.8 and 2.2 microM for S and F, respectively; P (1-500 microM) was inactive. The inhibition of cell growth induced by 3.5 microM S (70% decrease) was prevented completely by the addition of 100 microM mevalonate, partially (70-85%) by the addition of 10 microM geraniol, 10 microM farnesol and 5 microM geranylgeraniol, but not by the addition of squalene, confirming the specific role of isoprenoid metabolites in regulating cell proliferation. All the tested vastatins inhibited the incorporation of [14C]acetate into cholesterol but P had 800 times lower potency than S and F. Similar results were obtained in SMC from human femoral artery. At least 80% inhibition of cholesterol synthesis was necessary to induce a decrease in SMC proliferation. To further investigate the relationship between cholesterol synthesis and cell growth, two enantiomers of F were investigated. The enantiomer more active on HMG-CoA reductase was 70- and 1.6-fold more potent on arterial myocyte proliferation than its antipode and the racemic mixture, respectively.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pharmacological Sciences, University of Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Corsini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mazzotti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Raiteri
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Soma
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gabbiani
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fumagalli
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Paoletti
mesh_terms: D000080462:Acyclic Monoterpenes; D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000166:cytology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004224:Diterpenes / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005204:Farnesol / Q000494:pharmacology; D005229:Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated / Q000494:pharmacology; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D000077340:Fluvastatin; D006801:Humans; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors; D007211:Indoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D008148:Lovastatin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D008798:Mevalonic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D017035:Pravastatin / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D019821:Simvastatin; D013185:Squalene / Q000494:pharmacology; D013729:Terpenes / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000080462:Acyclic Monoterpenes; D004224:Diterpenes; D005229:Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors; D007211:Indoles; D013729:Terpenes; D005204:Farnesol; D000077340:Fluvastatin; D013185:Squalene; D002784:Cholesterol; D008148:Lovastatin; D019821:Simvastatin; C017338:geranylgeraniol; D017035:Pravastatin; C007836:geraniol; D008798:Mevalonic Acid