PMID: 7544542Aug 1, 1995Paper

Constitutive NOS expression in cultured endothelial cells is elevated by fluid shear stress

The American Journal of Physiology
V RanjanS L Diamond

Abstract

The role of chronic fluid shear stress on endothelial constitutive nitric oxide synthase (cNOS) levels may have an important role in vessel diameter control. We subjected primary human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) or bovine aortic endothelial cells (BAEC, passages 2-14) to steady laminar shear stress. In both cell types, the intracellular level of cNOS was elevated within 3 h of flow exposure at 25 dyn/cm2 and remained elevated at 6 and 12 h of flow exposure, compared with stationary controls, as indicated by digital immunofluorescence microscopy. Shear stress exposure for 6 h caused a 2.2 +/- 0.3- and 2.8 +/- 0.3-fold elevation of cNOS protein levels in BAEC (n = 3, P < 0.01) and HUVEC (n = 3, P < 0.01), respectively, in the presence or absence of 1 microM dexamethasone. Dexamethasone suppresses induction of the inducible NOS gene, indicating that cNOS was elevated by fluid shear stress. Flow exposure at 4 dyn/cm2 caused no enhancement of cNOS levels in either cell type. The flow induction of the cNOS protein levels was not blocked by preincubation of BAEC with 100-400 microM of NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester, indicating that flow-induced NO (or guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate) was not involved in the elevat...Continue Reading

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