title: Selective induction of heparin-binding epidermal growth factor-like growth factor by methylglyoxal and 3-deoxyglucosone in rat aortic smooth muscle cells. The involvement of reactive oxygen species formation and a possible implication for atherogenesis in diabetes.
abstract: Methylglyoxal (MG) and 3-deoxyglucosone (3-DG), reactive dicarbonyl metabolites in the glyoxalase system and glycation reaction, respectively, selectively induced heparin-binding epidermal growth factor (HB-EGF)-like growth factor mRNA in a dose- and time-dependent manner in rat aortic smooth muscle cells (RASMC). A nuclear run-on assay revealed that the dicarbonyl may regulate expression of HB-EGF at the transcription level. The dicarbonyl also increased the secretion of HB-EGF from RASMC. However, platelet-derived growth factor, another known growth factor of smooth muscle cells (SMC), was not induced by both dicarbonyls. The dicarbonyl augmented intracellular peroxides prior to the induction of HB-EGF mRNA as judged by flow cytometric analysis using 2',7'-dichlorofluorescin diacetate. N-Acetyl-L-cysteine and aminoguanidine suppressed both dicarbonyl-increased HB-EGF mRNA and intracellular peroxide levels in RASMC. DL-Buthionine-(S, R)-sulfoximine increased the levels of 3-DG-induced HB-EGF mRNA. Furthermore, hydrogen peroxide alone also induced HB-EGF mRNA in RASMC. These results indicate that MG and 3-DG induce HB-EGF by increasing the intracellular peroxide levels. In addition, the pretreatment with 12-O-tetra-decanoylphorbol-13-acetate failed to alter dicarbonyl-induced HB-EGF mRNA expression in RASMC, suggesting that the signal transducing mechanism is not mediated by protein kinase C. Since HB-EGF is known as a potent mitogen for smooth muscle cells and is abundant in atherosclerotic plaques, the induction of HB-EGF by MG and 3-DG, as well as the concomitant increment of intracellular peroxides, may trigger atherogenesis during diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Osaka University Medical School, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565, Japan.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Che
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Asahi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kaneto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Okado
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Higashiyama
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
mesh_terms: D000111:Acetylcysteine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D001161:Arteriosclerosis; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003513:Cycloheximide / Q000494:pharmacology; D003609:Dactinomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects*; D006146:Guanidines / Q000494:pharmacology; D006493:Heparin / Q000378:metabolism; D066257:Heparin-binding EGF-like Growth Factor; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D007700:Kinetics; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010545:Peroxides / Q000378:metabolism; D011765:Pyruvaldehyde / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D006146:Guanidines; C587885:Hbegf protein, rat; D066257:Heparin-binding EGF-like Growth Factor; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D010545:Peroxides; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D003609:Dactinomycin; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D011765:Pyruvaldehyde; D006493:Heparin; D003513:Cycloheximide; D003847:Deoxyglucose; C016350:3-deoxyglucosone; C004479:pimagedine; D000111:Acetylcysteine