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  • Title: Adenovirus-mediated gene transfer of C-type natriuretic peptide causes G1 growth inhibition of cultured vascular smooth muscle cells.
    Author: Doi K, Itoh H, Ikeda T, Hosoda K, Ogawa Y, Igaki T, Yamashita J, Chun TH, Inoue M, Masatsugu K, Matsuda K, Ohmori K, Nakao K.
    Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun; 1997 Oct 29; 239(3):889-94. PubMed ID: 9367865.
    Abstract:
    We have proposed the "vascular natriuretic peptide system", in which C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP), the third member of the natriuretic peptide family, can control vascular tone and growth as an endothelium-derived relaxing peptide. We aimed at overexpression of CNP gene in vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) by adenovirus-mediated gene transfer to examine the growth characteristics of SMCs via the augmentation of cGMP production. Rat aortic SMCs infected with Ad.CNP, a replication-deficient adenovirus driving rat CNP cDNA, produced 162 +/- 55 fmol/mL of CNP, which was 4,000 times higher than that produced by endothelial cells. cGMP production was also augmented in Ad.CNP-infected SMCs (2200 +/- 270 fmol/10(4) cells). Accordingly, significant growth inhibition was observed in SMCs infected with Ad.CNP. The flow cytometry analysis revealed that the population of the S and G2 + M phases was reduced by 60% of the control in Ad.CNP-infected SMCs. The gene expression of ANP-B receptor, which is expressed abundantly in SMCs with the synthetic phenotype, was suppressed in Ad.CNP-infected SMCs, while the gene expression of ANP-A receptor, which is expressed predominantly in SMCs with the contractile phenotype, became detectable in Ad.CNP-infected SMCs. In addition, the gene expression of smooth muscle myosin heavy chain-2 (SM-2), which is the molecular marker of highly-differentiated SMCs, was also induced in Ad.CNP-treated SMCs. These results suggest that cGMP cascade activation induces re-differentiation of SMCs. The present study demonstrated that overexpression of CNP induced growth inhibition of SMCs at the G1 phase with possible alteration of the phenotype.
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