title: Enhanced expression of osteopontin in human diabetic artery and analysis of its functional role in accelerated atherogenesis.
abstract: We have previously reported that high glucose stimulates osteopontin (OPN) expression through protein kinase C-dependent pathways as well as hexosamine pathways in cultured rat aortic smooth muscle cells. The finding prompted us to study in vivo expression of OPN in diabetes mellitus. In the present study, we found by immunohistochemistry that medial layers of the carotid arteries of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats and the forearm arteries of diabetic patients stained positively for OPN antibodies, whereas the staining from arteries of control rats and nondiabetic patients was negative. We also found that OPN stimulated the migration and enhanced platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-mediated DNA synthesis of cultured rat aortic smooth muscle cells. OPN and PDGF synergistically activated focal adhesion kinase as well as extracellular signal-regulated kinase; this finding seems to explain the OPN-induced enhancement of PDGF-mediated DNA synthesis. Taken together, our present results raise a possibility that OPN plays a role in the development of diabetic vascular complications.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan. mtakemo@intmed02.m.chiba-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takemoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yokote
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shigematsu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kon
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uede
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mori
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D000077214:Becaplermin; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000378:metabolism; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000378:metabolism; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000378:metabolism; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000378:metabolism*; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D051417:Focal Adhesion Kinase 1; D051416:Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D005542:Forearm / Q000098:blood supply; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008833:Microcirculation / Q000502:physiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology*; D053495:Osteopontin; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D020574:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012795:Sialoglycoproteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D014157:Transcription Factors; D050807:ets-Domain Protein Elk-1
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C494114:Elk1 protein, rat; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D020574:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis; C506895:SPP1 protein, human; D012795:Sialoglycoproteins; C506897:Spp1 protein, rat; D014157:Transcription Factors; D050807:ets-Domain Protein Elk-1; D053495:Osteopontin; D000077214:Becaplermin; D004247:DNA; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D051417:Focal Adhesion Kinase 1; D051416:Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; C496050:PTK2 protein, human; C496052:Ptk2 protein, rat; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases