Reduced vasorin enhances angiotensin II signaling within the aging arterial wall

The glycosylated protein vasorin physically interacts with the transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-β1) and functionally attenuates its fibrogenic signaling in the vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) of the arterial wall. Angiotensin II (Ang II) amplifies TGF-β1 activation in the VSMCs of the arterial wall with aging. In this study, we hypothesized that a reduced expression of the protein vasorin plays a contributory role in magnifying Ang II-associated fibrogenic signaling in the VSMCs of the arterial wall with aging. The current study shows that vasorin mRNA and protein expression were significantly decreased both in aortic wall and VSMCs from old (30 mo) vs. young (8 mo) FXBN rats. Exposing young VSMCs to Ang II reduced vasorin protein expression to the levels of old untreated cells while treating old VSMCs with the Ang II type AT1 receptor antagonist Losartan upregulated vasorin protein expression up to the levels of young. The physical interaction between vasorin and TGF-β1 was significantly decreased in old vs. young VSMCs. Further, exposing young VSMCs to Ang II increased the levels of matrix metalloproteinase type II (MMP-2) activation and TGF-β1 downstream molecules p-SMAD-2/3 and collagen type I production up to the levels of old untreated VSMCs, and these effects were substantially inhibited by overexpressing vasorin. Administration of Ang II to young rats (8 mo) for 28 days via an osmotic minipump markedly reduced the expression of vasorin. Importantly, vasorin protein was effectively cleaved by activated MMP-2 both in vitro and in vivo. Administration of the MMP inhibitor, PD 166793, for 6 mo to young adult (18 mo) via a daily gavage markedly increased levels of vasorin in the aortic wall. Thus, reduced vasorin amplifies Ang II profibrotic signaling via an activation of MMP-2 in VSMCs within the aging arterial wall.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Oncotarget - 9(2018), 43 vom: 05. Juni, Seite 27117-27132

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pintus, Gianfranco [VerfasserIn]
Giordo, Roberta [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yushi [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Wanqu [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Soo Hyuk [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Li [VerfasserIn]
Ni, Leng [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Telljohann, Richard [VerfasserIn]
McGraw, Kimberly R [VerfasserIn]
Monticone, Robert E [VerfasserIn]
Ferris, Chloe [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Lijuan [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Mingyi [VerfasserIn]
Lakatta, Edward G [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aging
Arterial remodeling
Collagen
Journal Article
VSMC
Vasorin

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Date Revised 20.11.2019

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.18632/oncotarget.25499

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM285744720