title: Antisense-inhibition of plasma membrane Ca2+ pump induces apoptosis in vascular smooth muscle cells.
abstract: The effect of antisense oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) of plasma membrane Ca(2+)-pumping ATPase (PMCA) on rat aortic vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) in primary culture was examined. More than 80% of the PMCA expressed in cultured VSMCs was the PMCA-1B subtype. Exposed to antisense ODNs against PMCA-1, not only the expression of the PMCA protein but also mRNA of PMCA-1B was diminished in a concentration-dependent manner. Extracellular Na(+)-independent (45)Ca(2+) efflux catalyzed via PMCA was inhibited with antisense ODNs. Both the resting and ionomycin- or ATP-stimulated levels of intracellular Ca(2+) were increased by antisense ODNs. Furthermore, prolonged treatment with antisense ODNs caused apoptosis in VSMCs. The occurrence of apoptosis was inhibited by FK506, a potent immunosuppressant. These results demonstrate that the PMCA was specifically inhibited by antisense ODNs and suggest that PMCA plays an important role in regulation of intracellular Ca(2+) concentrations, especially at the resting condition to prevent an occurrence of apoptosis that may be induced through the activation of calcineurin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sasamura
authors.forename: Ken-Ichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: Miwa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shiratori
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Motomura
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohizumi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000166:cytology; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000502:physiology*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D008297:Male; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D020320:Oligoribonucleotides, Antisense / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D020320:Oligoribonucleotides, Antisense; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D002118:Calcium