title: Suppressive effect and mechanism of saxatilin, a disintegrin from Korean snake (Gloydius saxatilis), in vascular smooth muscle cells.
abstract: RGD-peptides can inhibit the binding of ligands to certain beta3 integrins, alphaIIbbeta3 and alphavbeta3, both of which are involved in neointimal hyperplasia that contributes to atherosclerosis and restenosis of arterial walls. Saxatilin, a disintegrin from a Korean snake (Gloydius saxatilis), interacts with integrins alphaIIbbeta3 and alphavbeta3. It suppressed the adhesion of human coronary artery smooth muscle cells (HCASMCs) to vitronectin with an IC(50) of 2.5 microM, and growth factor (PDGF-BB or bFGF)-induced proliferation was inhibited at an IC(50) of 25 microM. Saxatilin disassembled the actin cytoskeleton of focal adhesion and induced cell detachment. This disassembly of focal adhesion in saxatilin-treated HCASMCs involved caspase-induced paxillin degradation. Saxatilin temporally phosphorylated FAK and ERKs and affected the cell cycle of HCASMCs by increasing CDK inhibitors (p21 and p27) and reducing cyclins (D1/2 and E). These results may have significant implications for integrin antagonistic therapy used for the treatment of atherosclerosis and restenosis.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Research Institute and Department of Medical Sciences, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 120-729, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Young-Doug
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Sohn
authors.forename: Kil-Sang
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Sae-Ah
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Hee-Jin
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Sung
authors.forename: Kyu-Won
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Kwak
authors.forename: Sung-Yu
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Doo-Sik
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kwang-Hoe
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Chung
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000187:drug effects; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D019483:Disintegrins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D048049:Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D051416:Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology*; D032389:Myocytes, Smooth Muscle / Q000187:drug effects*; D012910:Snake Venoms / Q000737:chemistry; D017819:Viperidae / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D019483:Disintegrins; D012910:Snake Venoms; C459080:saxatilin; D051416:Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D048049:Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases