[The role of YIGSR and RGD peptides in regulating fenestrae of sinusoidal endothelial cells].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the effects of Tye-Ile-Gly-Ser-Arg (YIGSR) and Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) polypeptides on the fenestrae of the liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (SECs).


METHODS
By in situ collagenase perfusion and two-step percoll gradient centrifugation, SECs were isolated from normal Wistar rats and cultured on collagen type I or laminin-coated coverslips. The population of SECs fenestrae and their diameters were observed using scanning electron microscopical technique; and the synthesis of collagen type IV in SECs was assessed by radio-immunoassay (RIA).


RESULTS
The average number of fenestrae and their diameter in the SECs cultured on laminin-coated coverslips were significantly lower than those on collagen type I-coated coverslips. After the treatment with YIGSR pentapeptides (50 micrograms/ml) and RGD tripeptides (50 micrograms/ml) together for 48 hrs, the number and diameters of fenestrae in the SECs that grew on laminin-coated coverslips increased markedly. Meanwhile, the YIGSR and RGD peptides could significantly decrease the synthesis of collagen type IV in SECs that grew on laminin-coated coverslips.


CONCLUSIONS
The results suggested that the YIGSR and RGD polypeptides may have an important role in regulating the morphology and function of SECs.
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Lab of Department of Internal Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital, WCUMS, Chengdu 610041, China.
Huang
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Peng
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Xiao
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Wang
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D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D024141:Collagen Type IV / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004727:Endothelium / Q000166:cytology; D007728:Kupffer Cells / Q000166:cytology; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology*; D008297:Male; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
D024141:Collagen Type IV; D009842:Oligopeptides; C081571:tyrosyl-isoleucyl-glycyl-seryl-arginine; C047981:arginyl-glycyl-aspartic acid