PubMed: 22954673

Title
Heme modulates smooth muscle cell proliferation and migration via NADPH oxidase: a counter-regulatory role for heme oxygenase system.
Journal
Atherosclerosis
Volume
224
Issue
None
Pages
394-400
Date
2012-10-01
Authors
Arruda MA | Assreuy J | Barcellos-de-Souza P | Barja-Fidalgo C | Moraes JA | Nascimento-Silva V | Rodrigues G | Silva SV

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In VSMC pretreated with the ERK-2 inhibitor PD98059 (10 mM), migration induced by heme was partially inhibited (Fig. 3A) and heme proliferative effect on VSMC was impaired (Fig. 3B).

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Fig. 4 shows that the inhibition of HO activity by both, SnPP (Fig. 4A) or ZnPP (Fig. 4B), potentiates the effect of heme on VSMC proliferation.

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Additionally, it was observed that inhibition of HO-1 by ZnPP induced a further increase in hemeinduced ROS production (Fig. 4C), suggesting that activation of HO system attenuates the NADPHox-dependent activation of VSMC induced by heme.

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Heme effects were shown to be redoxsensitive, since the antioxidant Trolox (100 mM) abrogated heme-induced VSMC migration and proliferation (Fig. 1C,D).

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Corroborating recent studies that showed heme as an inductor of ROS generation via NADPHox in neutrophils, macrophages and in VSMC [7,8,19], the pretreatment of cells with DPI (10 mM), a NADPHox inhibitor [20], prevented heme-induced ROS production in A7r5 VSMC (Fig. 2A).

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Moreover, DPI strongly inhibited heme-induced VSMC migration (Fig. 2B) and blunted the proliferative capability of heme-treated VSMC that reached levels below the controls. (Fig. 2C), indicating that heme effects on VSMC migration and proliferation are modulated by NADPHox.

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As can be observed in Fig. 1, heme has a potent chemotactic activity on VSMC (Fig. 1A), and is also a potent inducer of VSMC proliferation (Fig. 1B).

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Accordingly, Fig. 2A shows that heme (10 mM) induces a strong ROS production after 1 h of incubation with VSMC.

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On the other hand, heme induced HO-1 expression in VSMC (Suppl. Fig. 2).

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Among the redox-sensitive molecules, ERK-2, a member of MAPK family, is of crucial importance to VSMC proliferation and migration [21].

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