title: A Decoy Peptide Targeted to Protein Phosphatase 1 Attenuates Degradation of SERCA2a in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells.
abstract: Neointimal growth in the injured vasculature is largely facilitated by the proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC), which associates with reduced sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA2a) activity. The gene transfer-mediated restoration of the SERCA2a level thus attenuates neointimal growth and VSMC proliferation. We previously reported that a peptide targeted to protein phosphatase 1, ψPLB-SE, normalizes SERCA2a activity in cardiomyocytes. In this study, we found that ψPLB-SE attenuated neointimal growth in balloon-injured rat carotid arteries, and the proliferation and migration of VSMC cultured in high-serum media (synthetic conditions). In parallel, ψPLB-SE inhibited the degradation of SERCA2a in the injured carotid arteries and VSMC under synthetic conditions. The calpain inhibitor MDL28170 also attenuated SERCA2a degradation and VSMC proliferation under synthetic conditions, indicating that calpain degrades SERCA2a. The Ca2+ ionophore A23187 induced SERCA2a degradation in VSMC, which was blocked by either ψPLB-SE or MDL28170. Additionally, ψPLB-SE normalized the cytosolic Ca2+ level in VSMC that was increased by either A23187 or synthetic stimulation. Collectively, these data indicate that ψPLB-SE corrects the abnormal Ca2+ handling by activating SERCA2a, which further protects SERCA2a from calpain-dependent degradation in VSMC. We conclude that ψPLB-SE may form the basis of a therapeutic strategy for vascular proliferative disorders.
authors: College of Life Sciences, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, Korea.
authors: Seung Pil
authors: SP
authors: Jang
authors: Cardiovascular Research Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029, United States of America.
authors: Jae Gyun
authors: JG
authors: Oh
authors: Department of Life Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.
authors: Dong Hoon
authors: DH
authors: Kang
authors: College of Life Sciences, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, Korea.
authors: Ju Young
authors: JY
authors: Kang
authors: Department of Life Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.
authors: Sang Won
authors: SW
authors: Kang
authors: Cardiovascular Research Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029, United States of America.
authors: Roger J
authors: RJ
authors: Hajjar
authors: College of Life Sciences, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, Korea.
authors: Woo Jin
authors: WJ
authors: Park
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002154:Calpain / Q000378:metabolism; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D054645:Protein Phosphatase 1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D059748:Proteolysis / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D053498:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D010446:Peptide Fragments; C582330:psiPLB-SE peptide; D054645:Protein Phosphatase 1; D002154:Calpain; D053498:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases