title: Adiponectin promotes revascularization of ischemic muscle through a cyclooxygenase 2-dependent mechanism.
abstract: Adiponectin is a fat-derived plasma protein that has cardioprotective roles in obesity-linked diseases. Because cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) is an important modulator of endothelial function, we investigated the possible contribution of COX-2 to adiponectin-mediated vascular responses in a mouse hind limb model of vascular insufficiency. Ischemic insult increased COX-2 expression in endothelial cells of wild-type mice, but this induction was attenuated in adiponectin knockout mice. Ischemia-induced revascularization was impaired in mice in which the Cox-2 gene is deleted in Tie2-Cre-expressing cells. Adenovirus-mediated overexpression of adiponectin enhanced COX-2 expression and revascularization of ischemic limbs in control mice, but not in targeted Cox-2-deficient mice. In cultured endothelial cells, adiponectin protein increased COX-2 expression, and ablation of COX-2 abrogated the adiponectin-stimulated increases in endothelial cell migration, differentiation, and survival. Ablation of calreticulin (CRT) or its adaptor protein CD91 diminished adiponectin-stimulated COX-2 expression and endothelial cell responses. These observations provide evidence that adiponectin promotes endothelial cell function through CRT/CD91-mediated increases in COX-2 signaling. Thus, disruption of the adiponectin-COX-2 regulatory axis in endothelial cells could participate in the pathogenesis of obesity-related vascular diseases.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Cardiology Section, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, 715 Albany Street, W611, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohashi
authors.forename: Noriyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ouchi
authors.forename: Kaori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Higuchi
authors.forename: Tomo-o
authors.initials: TO
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: Harvey R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Herschman
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kihara
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Walsh
mesh_terms: D052242:Adiponectin / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000378:metabolism; D037282:Calreticulin / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006614:Hindlimb / Q000098:blood supply; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000378:metabolism*; D026503:Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein-1; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000502:physiology*; D018919:Neovascularization, Physiologic; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D000081082:Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt / Q000378:metabolism; D011973:Receptors, LDL; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins
chemical_list: D052242:Adiponectin; D015703:Antigens, CD; D037282:Calreticulin; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D026503:Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein-1; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D000081082:Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D011973:Receptors, LDL; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; C486645:Lrp1 protein, mouse