PMID: 15224154Jun 30, 2004Paper

Possible involvement of caveolin-1 in the inhibition of endothelin-1 induced proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells by 17beta-estradiol

Sheng li xue bao : [Acta physiologica Sinica]
Zhi TanTing-Huai Wang

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of caveolin-1 in the inhibition of endothelin-1 induced proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) by 17beta-estradiol. In the cultured rat thoracic aortic VSMCs, proliferation of VSMCs was determined by using [(3)H]-thymidine incorporation and the expression of caveolin-1 protein was measured by immunofluorescence assays and Western blotting. The measurement demonstate VSMCs exposed to various concentrations of endothelin-1 (1-100 nmol/L) for 24 h induced an increase in [(3)H]-thymidine incorporation. Pretreament with various concentrations of 17beta-estradiol (0.1-10 nmol/L) for 24 h inhibited the proliferation effect of endothelin-1. Immunofluorescence assays showed that after 24 h treatment of VSMCs with endothelin-1 (100 nmol/L), the expression of caveolin-1 in VSMCs was significantly increased, whereas pretreament with 17beta-estradiol (10 nmol/L) for 24 h inhibited the effect. Western blotting results further proved that endothelin-1 inhibited and 17beta-estradiol increased the expression of caveolin-1 in VSMCs. These results demonstrate that 17beta-estradiol inhibits the VSMCs proliferation induced by endothelin-1, and that the effect of estradiol is pr...Continue Reading

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