title: Inhibitory effect of acetylsalicylic acid on matrix metalloproteinase - 2 activity in human endothelial cells exposed to high glucose.
abstract: Matrix metalloproteinases play a major role in the process of angiogenesis, an important feature of diabetes complications, cancer or rheumatoid arthritis. High glucose concentrations were reported to augment metalloproteinase-2 secretion in some cell types. In the present study we investigated the influence of acetylsalicylic acid on metalloproteinase- 2 secretion and expression in endothelial cells cultured for one week in high glucose conditions (25 mM and 33 mM). Metalloproteinase-2 activity was evidenced by gel zymography, the protein was identified by Western blotting, and the gene expression was quantitated by RT-PCR. The results indicated a marked inhibitory effect of acetylsalicylic acid at gene expression level (approximately 43%) and also at secretion level in samples of conditioned media (approximately 30%) and cellular homogenates (approximately 70%). This may suggest that acetylsalicylic acid could have a beneficial effect in preventing the angiogenic process that appears in diabetes complications.
authors.affiliation: Nicolae Simionescu Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology, Extracellular Matrix Laboratory, Bucharest, Romania. manuela.nicolae@icbp.ro
authors.forename: Manuela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nicolae
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tircol
authors.forename: Dorin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Alexandru
mesh_terms: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000494:pharmacology; D001241:Aspirin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002460:Cell Line; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned / Q000494:pharmacology; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D005780:Gelatin / Q000737:chemistry; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D005947:Glucose / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D020778:Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic; D012313:RNA / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013778:Tetrazolium Salts / Q000494:pharmacology; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned; D013778:Tetrazolium Salts; D013844:Thiazoles; D012313:RNA; D005780:Gelatin; D020778:Matrix Metalloproteinase 2; C022616:thiazolyl blue; D005947:Glucose; D001241:Aspirin