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Regulatory role of sphingomyelin metabolites in hypoxia-induced vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  12485605     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Vascular cell adaptive response to hypoxic stress includes enhanced production of sphingomyelin metabolites that regulate cell growth. Here, we examined the vascular smooth muscle (VSM) cell adaptive response to hypoxia (2 and 5% O(2)) and demonstrated that acute (</=16h) hypoxic stress significantly stimulated VSM cell growth compared to cells grown under normoxic (21% O(2)) conditions. This stimulatory effect of hypoxia on VSM cell growth was significantly inhibited by pretreatment of cells with D-erythro-N,N-dimethylsphingosine, an inhibitor of sphingosine kinase. These results suggest a mechanism by which sphingosine 1-phosphate (S-1-P), a promitogenic sphingolipid-derived second messenger, may play a key role in hypoxia-induced VSM cell growth. Supporting this, S-1-P formation was significantly increased in VSM cells subjected to hypoxia. The hypoxia-induced increase in S-1-P level correlated with the decrease in total cellular ceramide content, a sphingolipid metabolite associated with inhibition of cell growth. The activity of sphingomyelinase was also significantly inhibited in hypoxia-treated VSM cells, likely further contributing to a decrease in total intracellular content of ceramide. As a decrease in ceramide content may play a role in hypoxia-induced VSM growth, we next examined the effects of ceramide in VSM cell growth. Elevating intracellular ceramide content through exogenous (C(6)-ceramide) or endogenous (ceramidase inhibition) manipulations led to a decrease in hypoxia-induced VSM cell growth. In contrast, hypoxia-induced VSM cell growth was further enhanced by S-1-P treatment. Together, our study indicates that hypoxia-induced VSM cell growth may be modulated by sphingomyelin metabolism that results in reduction of total intracellular ceramide level with concomitant increase in S-1-P formation.
Authors:
Jong K Yun; Mark Kester
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Archives of biochemistry and biophysics     Volume:  408     ISSN:  0003-9861     ISO Abbreviation:  Arch. Biochem. Biophys.     Publication Date:  2002 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2002-12-17     Completed Date:  2003-01-24     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0372430     Medline TA:  Arch Biochem Biophys     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  78-86     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA. jky1@psu.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Aorta
Cell Division / physiology*
Cell Hypoxia / physiology*
Cells, Cultured
Ceramides / metabolism
Lysophospholipids*
Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / cytology*
Rats
Sphingomyelin Phosphodiesterase / metabolism
Sphingomyelins / metabolism*
Sphingosine / analogs & derivatives*,  metabolism
Thymidine / metabolism
Tritium
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
CA91155/CA/NCI NIH HHS; DK 53715/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS; HL 66371/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Ceramides; 0/Lysophospholipids; 0/Sphingomyelins; 10028-17-8/Tritium; 123-78-4/Sphingosine; 26993-30-6/sphingosine 1-phosphate; 50-89-5/Thymidine; EC 3.1.4.12/Sphingomyelin Phosphodiesterase

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