Abstract:
:The transcription factor nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) plays a pivotal role in the coordinated transactivation of cytokine and adhesion molecule genes involved in endothelial activation. Although recent reports have documented the contribution of NF-kappaB to apoptosis, it is still controversial. Especially, the role of NF-kappaB in endothelial apoptosis is largely unknown. Hypoxia significantly induced human aortic endothelial cell death and apoptosis in a time-dependent manner (P<0.01), accompanied by NF-kappaB activation. Decrease in total cell number and increase in apoptotic cells induced by hypoxia were significantly attenuated by NF-kappaB decoy, but not by scrambled decoy, oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) (P<0.01). Increase in DNA fragmentation induced by hypoxia was also significantly inhibited by NF-kappaB decoy ODNs as compared with scrambled decoy ODNs (P<0.01). Moreover, transfection of NF-kappaB decoy ODNs resulted in a significant decrease in caspase-3-like activity, which is a common pathway for apoptosis, compared with scrambled decoy ODNs. Importantly, transfection of NF-kappaB decoy ODNs significantly increased protein of bcl-2, an inhibitor of apoptosis, and did not alter bax, a promoter of apoptosis, thereby resulting in a significant increase in the ratio of bcl-2 to bax (P<0.01). bcl-2 mRNA was also decreased by hypoxia, whereas transfection of NF-kappaB decoy ODNs significantly attenuated decrease in bcl-2 mRNA. These results demonstrate that activation of NF-kappaB by hypoxia induced endothelial apoptosis in a bcl-2-dependent manner. The importance of NF-kappaB in endothelial apoptosis was confirmed by the observation that pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate, a potent NF-kappaB inhibitor, prevented endothelial apoptosis, caspase 3-like activity, and bcl-2 downregulation induced by hypoxia. To test this hypothesis in vivo, we transfected NF-kappaB decoy ODNs into rat intact carotid artery after reperfusion injury. Reperfusion injury was associated with a significant increase in endothelial apoptosis at 24 hours, whereas NF-kappaB decoy ODN treatment markedly decreased terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL)-positive endothelial cells at 24 hours after reperfusion (P<0.01). Here, using synthetic double-stranded DNA with high affinity for NF-kappaB as a decoy approach, we demonstrated that activation of NF-kappaB by hypoxia caused aortic endothelial cell death and apoptosis through the suppression of bcl-2. NF-kappaB-mediated endothelial apoptosis induced by hypoxia may be involved in the pathogenesis of endothelial dysfunction observed in cardiovascular ischemic diseases.
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Circ Resjournal_title
Circulation researchauthors
Matsushita H,Morishita R,Nata T,Aoki M,Nakagami H,Taniyama Y,Yamamoto K,Higaki J,Yasufumi K,Ogihara Tdoi
10.1161/01.res.86.9.974subject
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2000-05-12 00:00:00pages
974-81issue
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0009-7330issn
1524-4571journal_volume
86pub_type
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