The nuclear factor kappa-B signaling pathway participates in dysregulation of vascular smooth muscle cells in vitro and in human atherosclerosis.

The Journal of Biological Chemistry
T BourcierP Libby

Abstract

In the lesions of atherosclerosis, vascular smooth muscle cells (SMC) display many functions characteristic of cytokine activation that likely contribute importantly to ongoing inflammation during human atherogenesis. The transcription factor nuclear factor kappa-B (NFkappaB) often mediates the effects of cytokines on target cells, but the identity of Rel family members important in human SMC activation remains uncertain. In vitro, human SMC express multiple Rel family members. Of these, dimers of p65 and p50, but not a putative SMC-Rel, comprise basal and inducible NFkappaB binding activities. SMC express two inhibitor proteins IkappaBbeta and IkappaBalpha. Interleukin-1beta stimulation caused transient loss of IkappaBalpha and a sustained decrease of IkappaBbeta that correlated with increased and persistent levels of p65/p50 protein and binding activity in the nucleus. SMC cultured under serum-free conditions displayed little NFkappaB activity, but addition of serum or platelet-derived growth factor did activate NFkappaB. In situ analyses showed no evidence for basal NFkappaB activity in SMC in vivo as nonatherosclerotic arteries did not contain nuclear p65 or p50 protein. However, the nuclei of intimal SMC within human ather...Continue Reading

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