Dose-dependent activation of antiapoptotic and proapoptotic pathways by ethanol treatment in human vascular endothelial cells: differential involvement of adenosine

The Journal of Biological Chemistry
Jie LiuGeorge Kunos

Abstract

Moderate but not heavy drinking has been found to have a protective effect against cardiovascular morbidity. We investigated the effects of ethanol (EtOH) treatment on the cell survival-promoting phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt pathway in cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC). Exposure of cells to 2-20 mm EtOH resulted in rapid (<10 min) induction of Akt phosphorylation that could be prevented by pertussis toxin or the PI3K inhibitors wortmannin and LY294002. Among the downstream effectors of PI3K/Akt, p70S6 kinase, glycogen synthase kinase 3alpha/beta, and IkappaB-alpha were phosphorylated, the latter resulting in 3-fold activation of NF-kappaB. EtOH also activated p44/42 mitogen-activated protein kinase in a PI3K-dependent manner. Low concentrations of EtOH increased endothelial nitric-oxide synthase activity, which could be blocked by transfection of HUVEC with dominant-negative Akt, implicating the PI3K/Akt pathway in this effect. The adenosine A1 receptor antagonist 1,3-dipopylcyclopentylxanthine prevented the phosphorylation of Akt observed in the presence of EtOH, adenosine, or the A1 agonist N(6)-cyclopentyladenosine. Incubation of HUVEC with 50-100 mm EtOH resulted in mitochondrial permeabili...Continue Reading

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