title: Hypoxia stimulates the autocrine regulation of migration of vascular smooth muscle cells via HIF-1alpha-dependent expression of thrombospondin-1.
abstract: The migration of vascular smooth muscle cells from the media to intima and their subsequent proliferation are critical causes of arterial wall thickening. In atherosclerotic lesions increases in the thickness of the vascular wall and the impairment of oxygen diffusion capacity result in the development of hypoxic lesions. We investigated the effect of hypoxia on the migration of human coronary artery smooth muscle cells (CASMCs) via HIF-1alpha-dependent expression of thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1). When the cells were cultured under hypoxic conditions, mRNA and protein levels of TSP-1, and mRNA levels of integrin beta(3) were increased with the increase in HIF-1alpha protein. DNA synthesis and migration of the cells were stimulated under the conditions, and a neutralizing anti-TSP-1 antibody apparently suppressed the migration, but not DNA synthesis. The migration was also inhibited by RGD peptide that binds to integrin beta(3). Furthermore, the migration was completely suppressed in HIF-1alpha-knockdown cells exposed to hypoxia, while it was significantly enhanced in HIF-1alpha-overexpressing cells. These results suggest that the hypoxia induces the migration of CASMCs, and that the migration is elicited by TSP-1 of which induction is fully dependent on the stabilization of HIF-1alpha, in autocrine regulation. Thus we suggest that HIF-1alpha plays an important role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathological Biochemistry, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Misasagi, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto 607-8414, Japan. mayuko@mb.kyoto-phu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Mayuko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Osada-Oka
authors.forename: Takako
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akiba
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sato
mesh_terms: D000906:Antibodies / Q000494:pharmacology; D019898:Autocrine Communication / Q000187:drug effects; D018955:CD36 Antigens / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015687:Cell Hypoxia / Q000187:drug effects; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000187:drug effects; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D051795:Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit / Q000378:metabolism*; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology*; D032389:Myocytes, Smooth Muscle / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D013816:Thermodynamics; D019700:Thrombospondin 1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D013936:Thymidine / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors; D014316:Tritium
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D018955:CD36 Antigens; D051795:Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit; D009842:Oligopeptides; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D019700:Thrombospondin 1; D014316:Tritium; C047981:arginyl-glycyl-aspartic acid; D013936:Thymidine