Abstract:
:Estrogen induces endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) migration and proliferation, which may serve as a potential target for coronary artery disease, but the mechanisms are unclear. We hypothesized that estrogen receptors (ERs) and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) signaling pathway, which represent particularly important roles of action for estrogen, may contribute to estrogen-induced EPCs migration and proliferation. Bone marrow mononuclear cells (MNCs) were cultured in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM) supplemented with growth factors as previously described. A total of 87.32+/-5.13% of adherent cells showed uptake of acetylated low-density lipoprotein and lectin binding. Immunostaining and fluorescence activated cell sorting confirmed the endothelial progenitor phenotype. RT-PCR, immunocytochemistry staining and Western blot demonstrated expression of ERs. Exposure to 17beta-estradiol significantly improved EPCs migration and proliferation. Those effects were blocked by pretreatment with the pharmacological PI3K blockers LY294002 (1 h, 10 micromol/L) and ICI-182780 (1 h, 10 micromol/L), a specific estrogen receptor antagonist, which show involvement of estrogen receptors and PI3K pathway. These results suggest that estrogen induces EPCs migration and proliferation via ERs and PI3K pathway which provided a novel insight and treatment strategy of vascular biology.
journal_name
Microvasc Resjournal_title
Microvascular researchauthors
Zhao X,Huang L,Yin Y,Fang Y,Zhao J,Chen Jdoi
10.1016/j.mvr.2007.02.009subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-01-01 00:00:00pages
45-52issue
1eissn
0026-2862issn
1095-9319pii
S0026-2862(07)00024-6journal_volume
75pub_type
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journal_title:Microvascular research
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doi:10.1016/j.mvr.2007.12.002
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journal_title:Microvascular research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1006/mvre.1999.2208
更新日期:2000-01-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1016/j.mvr.2016.04.001
更新日期:2016-07-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1006/mvre.2001.2341
更新日期:2001-11-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1016/j.mvr.2019.103928
更新日期:2020-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Microvascular research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mvr.2004.08.003
更新日期:2004-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Microvascular research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mvr.2015.04.007
更新日期:2015-07-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1016/j.mvr.2018.12.005
更新日期:2019-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Microvascular research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mvr.2014.02.007
更新日期:2014-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.mvr.2009.12.004
更新日期:2010-05-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1016/j.mvr.2015.08.007
更新日期:2015-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Microvascular research
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更新日期:1983-07-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2018-05-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1006/mvre.1996.0047
更新日期:1996-09-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1006/mvre.1996.0016
更新日期:1996-03-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1016/j.mvr.2018.12.002
更新日期:2019-05-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1999-01-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1016/j.mvr.2008.03.003
更新日期:2008-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Microvascular research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.mvr.2008.06.003
更新日期:2008-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1006/mvre.1994.1028
更新日期:1994-05-01 00:00:00