title: Profile of differentially expressed genes in blood vessels and blood cells of hyperlipidemia rats using suppression subtractive hybridization.
abstract: Platelets, macrophages, endothelial cells, and smooth muscle cells can all contribute to atherosclerosis. To investigate the molecular events leading to atherosclerosis involving platelets, macrophages, endothelial cells, and smooth muscle cells, we carried out suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) to generate a profile of genes overexpressed in the aorta and blood cells in high fat diet rats. From 85 random SSH-cDNA clones, we have screened 23 clones by Northern blotting, which were scored as overexpressed in the aorta and blood cells in high fat diet rats compared to normal diet rats. Sequencing showed that the gene corresponded to the known gene in the public databases, previously shown to be overexpressed in atherosclerosis, heparin-binding epidermal growth factor (EGF)-like growth factor (HB-EGF), and local production was seen in vascular smooth muscle and endothelial cells by RT-PCR and Western blotting. These results show that SSH provides a very efficient means to produce a profile of differentially expressed genes in atherosclerosis. The identified gene may provide novel points of therapeutic intervention and pathophysiological mechanisms in atherosclerosis.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Department of Biology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, P R. China.
authors.forename: Xinping
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jiang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Hongqi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Huo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000378:metabolism*; D001773:Blood Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D004036:Diet, Atherogenic; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000235:genetics; D020224:Expressed Sequence Tags; D005260:Female; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling / Q000379:methods*; D066257:Heparin-binding EGF-like Growth Factor; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008297:Male; D036103:Nanotechnology; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: C587885:Hbegf protein, rat; D066257:Heparin-binding EGF-like Growth Factor; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor