Effects of brief glucocorticoid exposure on growth of vascular smooth muscle cells in culture |
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Authors: | Y Kawai T Hayashi K Eguchi K Asazuma K Masamura A Iwamuro Y Takano H Tada S Matsukawa I Miyamori |
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Affiliation: | Third Department of Internal Medicine, Fukui Medical University, Matsuokacho, Japan. Kawai@fmsrsa.fukui-med.ac.jp |
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Abstract: | While prolonged exposure of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) to glucocorticoid has been shown to inhibit cell proliferation, the effect of a brief pulse exposure is not known. We studied the short-term effects of pulse exposure to dexamethasone (DEX) on DNA synthesis in cultured VSMC. VSMC were pulsed with DEx for varying time intervals and [3H]thymidine incorporation into cells after 24 h was measured. Exposure to DEX for 24 h decreased [3H]thymidine incorporation, while pulse treatments with DEX from 2 min to 6 h significantly increased [3H]thymidine incorporation. Maximal proliferative effect was observed with a 20-min exposure. The effect of a 20-min pulse was dose-dependent, with the half-maximal dose of DEX being approximately 10(-7) M. A selective glucocorticoid receptor antagonist, RU486, inhibited the proliferative effect of DEx. Concentrated conditioned medium from cells exposed to 10(-6) M DEX increased [3H]thymidine incorporation by other VSMC in a dose-dependent manner. These results suggest that short-term pulse DEX exposure is capable of producing one or more autocrine growth factors in VSMC via a glucocorticoid receptor action. This effect of glucocorticoid pulses may contribute to the pathogenesis of arteriosclerosis and hypertension. |
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