Endothelin-1 down-regulates the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor-A associated with osteoprogenitor proliferation and differentiation.
Bone
; 34(2): 288-96, 2004 Feb.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-14962807
ABSTRACT
Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is implicated in the signaling between vascular endothelial cells (VECs) and osteoblasts during bone development, remodeling and repair. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) also plays an important role in these intercellular interactions. Our objectives were to identify which specific VEGF isoforms were produced during osteoblastic proliferation and differentiation and to determine the effects of ET-1 on VEGF mRNA and protein production by osteoblastic cells. Semiquantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and ELISA were used to evaluate VEGF mRNA isoform expression and protein synthesis at different stages of ET-1-induced osteoblastic differentiation in fetal rat calvaria (FRC) osteoblastic cells. Three VEGF mRNA isoforms were identified corresponding to VEGF(120), VEGF(164) and VEGF(188). Predominant isoforms VEGF(120) and VEGF(164) had a bimodal expression that increased in the early proliferation and late mineralization phases. ET-1 stimulated osteoblastic proliferation and differentiation, but surprisingly, ET-1 down-regulated VEGF mRNA and protein expression and sustained the down-regulation over time in long-term cultures. Time course studies showed that ET-1 inhibited VEGF mRNA expression after incubation for 3 h in 7- and 14-day FRC cell cultures. Similarly, ET-1 inhibited VEGF protein secretion by 5.8- and 2.8-fold in 7- and 14-day FRC cells, respectively. VEGF-A protein secretion was inhibited by ET-1 in a dose-dependent manner with a maximal effect at 10(-7) M. This study supports a novel inhibitory role for ET-1 on VEGF synthesis in osteoblastic cells as a feedback mechanism in the temporal and spatial coupling of angiogenesis to bone formation and resorption.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Osteoblastos
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Osteoclastos
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Diferenciação Celular
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Endotelina-1
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Fator A de Crescimento do Endotélio Vascular
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Bone
Assunto da revista:
METABOLISMO
/
ORTOPEDIA
Ano de publicação:
2004
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Canadá