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Endothelial dysfunction appears in many smoking-related diseases, it is also an important pathophysiological feature. Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) are precursors of endothelial cells and have a crucial effect on the repair and maintenance of endothelial integrity. Sca-1 is not only common in bone marrow-derived hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), but it is also expressed in nonhematopoietic organs by tissue-resident stem and progenitor cells. The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of cigarette smoke extract (CSE) on the function of bone marrow-derived EPCs and the expression level of Sca-1 in EPCs, and also whether the methylation of Sca-1 is involved in EPC dysfunction.    METHODS  We measured EPC capacities including adhesion, secretion and proliferation, the concentration of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) and apoptosis-inducing factor (AIF) in cell culture supernatant, and also Sca-1 expression and promoter methylation in EPCs induced by CSE. Decitabine (Dec) was applied to test whether it could alter the impact caused by CSE.    RESULTS  The adhesion, proliferation and secretion ability of EPCs can be induced to be decreased by CSE  in vitro , accompanied by decreased concentrations of AIF and eNOS in cell culture supernatant and decreased Sca-1 expression in EPCs. In addition, Dec could partly attenuate the impact described above. There were no significant differences in the quantitative analysis of Sca-1 promoter methylation among different groups.    CONCLUSIONS  The decreased Sca-1 expression was related to EPC dysfunction induced by CSE. EPC dysfunction resulting from CSE may be related to methylation mechanism, but not the methylation of Sca-1 promoter.

Cigarette smoke extract affects methylation status and attenuates Sca-1 expression of mouse endothelial progenitor cell <i>in vitro</i>