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Cardiovascular Research 2000 46(1):188-197; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00425-3
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High-glucose-induced nuclear factor {kappa}B activation in vascular smooth muscle cells

Yoshiyuki Hattori*, Sachiko Hattori, Noriyuki Sato and Kikuo Kasai

Department of Endocrinology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Mibu, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan

* Corresponding author. Tel.: +81-282-87-2150; fax: +81-282-86-4632

Objective: Vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) dysfunction plays a role in diabetic macrovasculopathy. This dysfunction may be caused or exacerbated by expression of many of genes potently activated by the transcriptional factor nuclear factor {kappa}B (NF-{kappa}B). We have examined whether culture of VSMCs under high glucose conditions to stimulate the diabetic state can lead to the activation of NF-{kappa}B. Methods: NF-{kappa}B activation was assessed in VSMCs stably transfected with a cis-reporter plasmid containing the NF-{kappa}B binding sites. Results: Within 3-h incubation, high glucose (27.5 or 55 mmol/l) alone induced an increase in NF-{kappa}B activity in VSMCs; this increase was mimicked by mannitol given to deliver the same osmolar stress to the cells. High glucose or mannitol also enhanced TNF{alpha}-stimulated NF-{kappa}B activity. Incubation with high glucose for 48 h followed by stimulation with TNF{alpha} led to a marked potentiation of NF-{kappa}B activation compared with normoglycemic (5.5 mmol/l) VSMCs exposed to TNF{alpha}, while mannitol attenuated this effect. A 48-h incubation with high glucose substantially reduced glutathione (GSH) levels compared with normoglycemic VSMCs, whereas mannitol significantly increased GSH levels. An antioxidant N-acetyl-L-cysteine and a selective protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor GF109203X significantly suppressed the TNF{alpha}-induced NF-{kappa}B activation, and abrogated potentiation of TNF{alpha}-induced NF-{kappa}B activity caused by high glucose (27.5 mmol/l). Conclusion: These results suggest that acutely high glucose causes alterations in osmolarity leading to activation of NF-{kappa}B, but that exposure to high glucose for more prolonged times causes changes in antioxidant defences and activation of PKC, which potentiates cytokine activation of NF-{kappa}B. Further definition of these pathways will help to delineate important signals mediating the aberrant behavior of VSMCs under hyperglycemic/diabetic conditions.

KEYWORDS Vascular smooth muscle cells; Nuclear factor {kappa}B; High glucose; Glutathione; Protein kinase C


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