title: Iloprost down-regulates the expression of the growth regulatory gene Cyr61 in human vascular smooth muscle cells.
abstract: Prostacyclin and its mimetics have repeatedly been shown to act antiatherogenic and to inhibit neointima formation in several animal models of vascular injury. Treatment of human vascular smooth muscle cells with the prostacyclin mimetic iloprost (100 nm) drastically reduces expression of Cyr61, encoding the growth-regulatory cystein-rich angiogenic protein, without affecting the degradation rate of Cyr61 mRNA. Thrombin-induced Cyr61 expression was inhibited completely in the presence of iloprost. It is concluded that vasoprotective actions of prostacyclin in vivo may in part be due to inhibition of expression of the growth regulatory gene Cyr61 at sites of vascular lesions.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Pharmakologie und Klinische Pharmakologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: Svenja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Debey
authors.forename: Lutz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kirchrath
authors.forename: Karsten
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schrör
authors.forename: Jutta
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Meyer-Kirchrath
mesh_terms: D002478:Cells, Cultured; D055515:Cysteine-Rich Protein 61; D015536:Down-Regulation / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D016285:Iloprost / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C501848:CCN1 protein, human; D055515:Cysteine-Rich Protein 61; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D016285:Iloprost