Blindt, Ruediger and Bosserhoff, Anja-Katrin and Dammers, Julia and Krott, Nicole and Demircan, Lütfü and Hoffmann, Rainer and Hanrath, Peter and Weber, Christian and Vogt, Felix (2004) Downregulation of N-cadherin in the neointima stimulates migration of smooth muscle cells by RhoA deactivation. CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH, 62 (1). pp. 212-222. ISSN 0008-6363
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Objective: The aim of the study was to analyze whether cadherin- and Rho-family GTPases-mediated dynamic rearrangement of cell-cell adhesion play an important role during human arterial smooth muscle cell (haSMC) migration. Methods: Expression patterns of N-cadherin and beta-catenin were analyzed in a domestic pig restenosis model after 14, 28, and 90 days as well as in quiescent and migratory haSMCs in vitro. N-cadherin expression was upregulated by transient sense; downregulation was induced by antisense transfection. For functional inhibition, antibody GC-4 was used. Cell migration was quantified using Boyden chamber assays. Regulation of RhoA GTPase was tested by assessment of RhoA activity. Results: In vivo analysis of N-cadherin expression in a porcine restenosis model revealed downregulation in the neointima after 14 days. After 28 days, N-cadherin expression was slightly restored, while after 90 days, no difference between medial and neointimal expression was detectable. beta-Catenin levels remained unchanged during the whole period. According to the in vivo situation, N-cadherin was significantly downregulated in migratory haSMCs compared to quiescent cells in vitro. After N-cadherin overexpression, haSMC migration was reduced by 87% (P<0.001). By contrast, inhibition of N-cadherin in quiescent haSMCs by GC-4 increased the migratory potential by 87% (P<0.01). In haSMCs overexpressing N-cadherin, a significant upregulation of RhoA activity was demonstrated, while RhoA activity was blocked by GC-4. Conclusions: These results indicate that the regulation of haSMC attachment by N-cadherins is essential for haSMC migration. Modification of N-cadherin expression and activity induces RhoA signaling with relevance for the reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton. (C) 2004 European Society of Cardiology. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | UP-REGULATION; BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY; CORONARY-ARTERIES; ANIMAL-MODEL; EXPRESSION; RESTENOSIS; ADHESION; PROTEINS; GTPASES; PROLIFERATION; adhesion molecules; restenosis; smooth muscle cells |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Pathologie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Jul 2021 04:47 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jul 2021 04:47 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/37768 |
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