Hyperlipidemia induces vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation involving Wnt/β-catenin signaling

Cell Biology International
Yu ZhuangZhong-Xiang Yuan

Abstract

Hyperlipidemia has been shown to stimulate vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation. Wnt signaling pathway plays a critical role in embryonic development and cell proliferation. In this study, Sprague-Dawley rats fed with high-fat or normal diet for 12 weeks were sacrificed, and the thoracic aorta was harvested to determine wnt3a, β-catenin, T-cell factor 4 (TCF4), and cyclin D1 expressions. VSMC proliferation within thoracic aorta and lipid accumulation within VSMCs were detected. Rat aortic VSMCs were cultured in serum from rats with hyperlipidemia or DKK-1; Wnt3a, β-catenin, TCF4, and cyclin D1 expressions, and cell cycle distribution were determined. The findings demonstrated that increased number of VSMCs, lipid droplets, and vacuoles within thoracic aorta in the high-fat-fed group. Compared with controls, VSMCs from high-fat-fed rats showed higher mRNA expressions of wnt3a, β-catenin, TCF4, and cyclin D1, as well as in VSMCs cultured with hyperlipidemic serum. After 24 h, VSMCs stimulated with hyperlipidemic serum showed significantly increased cell number and S-phase entry compared with cells exposed to normolipidemic serum. These effects were blocked by DKK-1. These results suggest that Wnt/β-catenin signaling p...Continue Reading

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