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  • Title: Mechanisms of TGF-beta1-induced intimal growth: plasminogen-independent activities of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 and heterogeneous origin of intimal cells.
    Author: Otsuka G, Stempien-Otero A, Frutkin AD, Dichek DA.
    Journal: Circ Res; 2007 May 11; 100(9):1300-7. PubMed ID: 17431190.
    Abstract:
    Transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta(1) is a potent stimulator of intimal growth. We showed previously that TGF-beta(1) stimulates intimal growth through early upregulation of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) and, subsequently, PAI-1-dependent increases in cell migration and matrix accumulation. We also showed that PAI-1 negatively regulates TGF-beta(1) expression in the artery wall. Here we use plasminogen-deficient mice to test whether TGF-beta(1)-stimulated, PAI-1-dependent intimal growth and PAI-1 suppression of TGF-beta(1) expression are mediated through inhibition of plasminogen activation by PAI-1. We also use lineage tracing to investigate the origin of cells in TGF-beta(1)-induced intimas. Surprisingly, both TGF-beta(1)-induced, PAI-1-dependent intimal growth and PAI-1 suppression of TGF-beta(1) expression are independent of plasminogen. Moreover, approximately 50% of cells that migrate into the intima of TGF-beta(1)-overexpressing arteries carry a smooth muscle lineage marker, <1% carry a bone marrow lineage marker, and the remaining cells carry neither marker. Therefore, PAI-1 stimulates intimal growth and suppresses TGF-beta(1) expression through activities other than inhibition of plasminogen activation. In addition, contrary to widely held models, our results do not support a role for plasmin (or thrombospondin) in TGF-beta(1) activation in the artery wall. Further identification of the molecular targets through which PAI-1 stimulates intimal formation and suppresses TGF-beta(1) expression in the artery wall may reveal new approaches for inhibiting intimal formation. Our studies also discount bone marrow as an important source from which TGF-beta(1) recruits intimal cells and suggest instead that TGF-beta(1) induces substantial cell migration either from the adventitia or from an extravascular, but nonhematopoietic source.
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