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  • Title: Reactive oxygen species mediate TGF-beta1-induced plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 upregulation in mesangial cells.
    Author: Jiang Z, Seo JY, Ha H, Lee EA, Kim YS, Han DC, Uh ST, Park CS, Lee HB.
    Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun; 2003 Oct 03; 309(4):961-6. PubMed ID: 13679067.
    Abstract:
    Transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1) promotes tissue fibrosis by upregulating genes encoding extracellular matrix proteins and by increasing the synthesis of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1). TGF-beta1 induces cellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) and PAI-1 promoter region has binding sites for redox sensitive transcription factors. We, therefore, hypothesized that TGF-beta1-induced upregulation of PAI-1 is ROS-dependent. Using cultured glomerular mesangial cells, we confirmed that TGF-beta1 induces cellular ROS, upregulates PAI-1 mRNA and protein expression, and suppresses plasmin activity. We further demonstrated that H(2)O(2) stimulates PAI-1 expression and suppresses plasmin activity and that N-acetylcysteine effectively reverses TGF-beta1- and H(2)O(2)-induced changes in PAI-1 expression and plasmin activity. Basal as well as TGF-beta1- and H(2)O(2)-induced PAI-1 expression was upregulated by depletion of intracellular GSH. The present data demonstrate that TGF-beta1-induced PAI-1 in mesangial cells is ROS-dependent and imply that cellular ROS may be potential therapeutic targets in glomerular fibrosis.
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