The vascular disease involves imbalanced function of the blood vessels. Risk factors playing a role in development of impaired vessel functions will be briefly discussed. In ischemia/reperfusion (I/R), ischemic hypoxia is one of the cardinal risk factors of restenosis. Various insults are shown to initiate the phenotype switch of VSMCs. The pathological process, leading to activated inflammatory process, complement activation, and release of growth factors, initiate the proliferation of VSMCs in the media and cause luminal narrowing and impaired vascular function. The review summarizes the alteration process and demonstrates some of the clinical genetic background showing the role of complement and the genotypes of mannose-binding lectin (MBL2). Those could be useful markers of carotid restenosis after stent implantation. Gene therapy and therapeutic angiogenesis is proposed for therapy in restenosis. We suggest a drug candidate (iroxanadine), which ensures a noninvasive treatment by reverse regulation of the highly proliferating VSMCs and the disturbed function of ECs.

2008-03-01·Stroke1区 · 医学

Reverse Regulation of Endothelial Cells and Myointimal Hyperplasia on Cell Proliferation by a Heatshock Protein-Coinducer After Hypoxia

1区 · 医学

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作者: Denes, Laszlo ; Bori, Zoltan ; Nagy, Zoltan ; Entz, Laszlo ; Csonka, Eva

Background and Purpose— Myointimal hyperplasia (MIH) cells are related to permanent upregulated proliferation as tumor-like cells. The aim of this study is to assess whether treatment of cells after hypoxia by Iroxanadine heat-shock protein (HSP-coinducer) predicts recovery through cell proliferation. Methods— Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) and brain capillary endothelial cells (HBEC) were isolated from human origin and MIH-cells from early carotid restenosis after surgery. Cell proliferation was quantified by bromuridine (BrdU) incorporation after hypoxia/reoxygenation. HSP72 and cyclin-dependent kinase (CDKN1A) mRNA expression was assessed by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and cell cycle distribution by flow cytometry (FACS) analysis. Results— After hypoxia/reoxygenation, the proliferation of MIH-cells increased, whereas endothelial cells decreased (MIH: 0.266±0.016 versus 0.336±0.024; P <0.05; HBEC: 1.249±0.10 versus 0.878±0.11; P <0.05). Whereas augmented proliferation of MIH-cells was reduced (40% to 45%) by HSP-coinducer, diminished HBEC proliferation increased (46.2%). Stress-activated-protein-kinase (SAPK)p38-dependent cell cycle redistribution was generated by an increase in HSP72 and CDKN1A mRNA levels in MIH-cells. Conclusions— The 2 key players of early restenosis (MIH, EC) were oppositely regulated and correspondingly after treatment by HSP-coinducer reverse recovered. Drug candidate may have therapeutic potential in (re)restenosis.

2004-12-01·Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences2区 · 生物学

Pharmacological attenuation of apoptosis in reoxygenated endothelial cells

2区 · 生物学

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作者: A. E. Kabakov ; K. R. Budagova ; P. Csermely ; D. S. Latchman ; Y. V. Malyutina

BRX-235 (Iroxanadine), a novel drug developed by Biorex (Hungary), was previously characterized as a vasculoprotector against atherosclerosis, an activator of p38 kinase, and an enhancer of stress-responsive heat shock protein (Hsp) expression. The present data demonstrate that BRX-235 may improve survival of vascular endothelial cells (ECs) following ischemia/reperfusion stress. ECs cultured from human umbilical veins were exposed to hypoxia/reoxygenation to mimic ischemia/reperfusion. Caspase activation and apoptosis were monitored in the reoxygenated cells. Addition of BRX-235 (0.1-1 microM) to culture medium prior to hypoxia or at start of reoxygenation significantly reduced the caspase-dependent apoptosis. The cytoprotection conferred by the pre-hypoxic drug administration was sensitive to quercetin and seems to be based on enhanced Hsp accumulation in stressed ECs. In the case of post-hypoxic drug administration, the cytoprotection was strongly inhibited by SB202190 and SB203580 and appears to be associated with enhanced p38 kinase activation in reoxygenated ECs.

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