title: IGF-1 regulates migration and angiogenesis of human endothelial cells.
abstract: Recent studies revealed favorable para- and/or autocrine effects of IGF-1 in the pathogenesis of diabetic complications. On the other hand, hyperglycemia is a risk factor for the development of diabetic vascular complications. In this study we examined the effects of high glucose and/or IGF-1 on cell migration and angiogenesis (tubular formation) by using human endothelial cells (EC) in vitro. First we examined cell migration by the two-chamber method. Chronic treatment with a high concentration of D-glucose strongly stimulated the cell migration, which was mimicked by PMA, a protein kinase C (PKC) agonist. The cell migration was also induced by IGF-1. The glucose-induced cell migration was blocked by PKC inhibitor, H7. IGF-1-induced cell migration was not blocked by PD98059, MAPK/ERK kinase (MEK) inhibitor or wortmannin, a phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinase inhibitor. Next we examined the effects of high glucose and/or IGF-1 on the tubular formation of EC. The tubular formation was induced only when the cells were exposed to a combination of high glucose and IGF-1. The tubular formation was blocked by MEK inhibitor and PI 3-kinase inhibitor but not by PKC inhibitor. These results indicate that hyperglycemia and IGF-1, respectively, stimulate the EC migration, and tubular formation is induced by a combination of IGF-1 and hyperglycemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geriatrics, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shigematsu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamauchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iijima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aizawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hashizume
mesh_terms: D000730:Androstadienes / Q000494:pharmacology; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002867:Chromones / Q000494:pharmacology; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000494:pharmacology; D005947:Glucose / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009025:Morpholines / Q000494:pharmacology; D018919:Neovascularization, Physiologic / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000077191:Wortmannin
chemical_list: D000730:Androstadienes; D002867:Chromones; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D005419:Flavonoids; D009025:Morpholines; C085911:2-(4-morpholinyl)-8-phenyl-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D005947:Glucose; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; C093973:2-(2-amino-3-methoxyphenyl)-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one; D000077191:Wortmannin