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Angiogenesis induced by advanced glycation end products and its prevention by cerivastatin
Author(s) -
Okamoto Tamami,
Yamagishi Shoichi,
Inagaki Yosuke,
Amano Shinjiro,
Koga Kohachiro,
Abe Riichiro,
Takeuchi Masayoshi,
Ohno Shigeaki,
Yoshimura Akihiko,
Makita Zenji
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fj.02-0030fje
Subject(s) - angiogenesis , glycation , advanced glycation end product , vascular endothelial growth factor , rage (emotion) , endocrinology , chemistry , medicine , cancer research , pharmacology , diabetes mellitus , biology , vegf receptors , neuroscience
We previously have found that advanced glycation end products (AGE), senescent macroproteins formed at an accelerated rate in diabetes, arise in vivo not only from glucose but also from reducing sugars. Furthermore, we recently have shown that glyceraldehyde‐ and glycolaldehyde‐derived AGE (glycer‐ and glycol‐AGE) are mainly involved in loss of pericytes, the earliest histopathological hallmark of diabetic retinopathy. However, the effects of these AGE proteins on angiogenesis, another vascular derangement in diabetic retinopathy, remain to be elucidated. In this study, we investigated whether these AGE proteins elicit changes in cultured endothelial cells that are associated with angiogenesis. When human skin microvascular endothelial cells (EC) were cultured with glycer‐AGE or glycol‐AGE, growth and tube formation of EC, the key steps of angiogenesis, were significantly stimulated. The AGE‐induced growth stimulation was significantly enhanced in AGE receptor (RAGE)‐overexpressed EC. Furthermore, AGE increased transcriptional activity of nuclear factor‐κB (NF‐κB) and activator protein‐1 (AP‐1) and then up‐regulated mRNA levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and angiopoietin‐2 (Ang‐2) in EC. Cerivastatin, a hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA reductase inhibitor; pyrrolidinedithiocarbamate; or curcumin was found to completely prevent the AGE‐induced increase in NF–κB and AP‐1 activity, VEGF mRNA up‐regulation, and the resultant increase in DNA synthesis in microvascular EC. These results suggest that the AGE‐RAGE interaction elicited angiogenesis through the transcriptional activation of the VEGF gene via NF‐κB and AP‐1 factors. By blocking AGE‐RAGE signaling pathways, cerivastatin might be a promising remedy for treating patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy.