Overexpression of inducible nitric oxide synthase by neointimal smooth muscle cells

Circulation Research
Z Q Yan, Göran K Hansson

Abstract

The formation of a neointima represents an important repair mechanism in response to vascular injury. It is associated with the expression of a specific set of genes by the intimal smooth muscle cells. Recently, expression of the inducible isoform of NO synthase (iNOS) has been identified in injured arteries during neointimal formation, suggesting that intimal SMCs have a unique mechanism for regulating NO production. Therefore, we have analyzed the expression of iNOS in intimal SMCs. Although first expressed in the media within 1 day after injury, iNOS was confined to neointimal smooth muscle cells at 1 to 2 weeks after injury. Isolated intimal SMCs were found to consistently reexpress iNOS in reaction to proinflammatory mediators. This was associated with a 5- to 8-fold higher output of NO in comparison with SMCs derived from the media of uninjured arteries. Western blot and Northern blot analyses likewise revealed that the high production of NO by intimal SMCs was due to overexpression of iNOS. Moreover, the same stimuli induced a higher transcriptional activity in intimal than in medial SMCs, as detected by transfection of a reporter gene under the iNOS promoter. Induction of iNOS led to a reduced proliferation in both medi...Continue Reading

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