PTEN overexpression attenuates angiogenic processes of endothelial cells by blockade of endothelin-1/endothelin B receptor signaling

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• 作者：Hsiao-Mei Kuo^a ; ^b ; ¹ ; Chun-Yao Lin^c ; ¹ ; Hing-Chung Lam^d ; Pey-Ru Lin^b ; ^e ; Hoi-Hung Chan^a ; ^f ; Jui-Cheng Tseng^g ; Cheuk-Kwan Sun^h ; Te-Fa Hsuⁱ ; Chia-Ching Wu^j ; Chao-Yuh Yang^k ; Ching-Mei Hsu^a ; ^{chingmei@mail.nsysu.edu.tw} ; Ming-Hong Tai^a ; ^b ; ^l ; ^{minghongtai@gmail.com}
• 关键词：AV ; arteriovenous ; PTEN ; phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome ten ; ET-1 ; endothelin-1 ; ETBR ; endothelin B receptor ; eNOS ; endothelial nitric oxide synthase ; VEGF ; vascular endothelial growth factor
• 刊名：Atherosclerosis
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：28_00219150
• 类别：med
• 出版时间：April, 2012
• 卷：221
• 期：2
• 页码：341-349
• 文件大小：1130 K

摘要

Arteriovenous (AV) graft is frequently used as vascular access in hemodialysis patients. However, clotting or thrombosis of AV grafts often occurs and requires surgical removal. At present, the molecular pathogenesis underlying thrombosis of AV graft is not clear. The PTEN/Akt signaling has been implicated in the pathogenesis of vascular diseases. In this study, elevated PTEN expression and concomitant Akt inactivation was observed in endothelium of atherosclerotic brachial arteries from hemodialysis patients. To investigate whether PTEN upregulation affects endothelial function, adenovirus-mediated PTEN (Ad-PTEN) overexpression was performed in aorta rings and cultured endothelial cells. It was found that PTEN overexpression potently inhibited the microvessel sprouting in aorta rings and the angiogenic activities of endothelial cells including migration and tube formation. On the contrary, PTEN knockdown by RNA interference promoted the endothelial migration and reversed the Ad-PTEN-induced inhibition of endothelial migration. Expression analysis showed that PTEN overexpression attenuated the expression of endothelin-1 (ET-1) and endothelin B receptor (ETBR) in endothelial cells at transcriptional levels. However, exogenous ET-1 supply only partially reversed the PTEN-induced inhibition of migration and tube formation. This was delineated due to that PTEN overexpression also perturbed endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) activation and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) release. In summary, PTEN upregulation induces endothelial dysfunction by attenuating the availability and signaling of multiple angiogenic pathways in endothelial cells, thereby may contribute to thrombosis of AV graft.