Zhao Ranzun,Long Xianping,Liu Zhijiang,Sheng Jin,Wang Dongmei,Shi Bei.Effect of calcitonin gene-related peptide on NF-κB expression and neointima formation after artery injury in vivo and in vitro[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2014,36(14):1472-1476.
Zhao Ranzun,Long Xianping,Liu Zhijiang,Sheng Jin,Wang Dongmei,Shi Bei.Effect of calcitonin gene-related peptide on NF-κB expression and neointima formation after artery injury in vivo and in vitro[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2014,36(14):1472-1476.DOI:
Effect of calcitonin gene-related peptide on NF-κB expression and neointima formation after artery injury in vivo and in vitro
Objective To investigate the effects of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) on nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) expression and neointima formation after artery injury through CGRP treatment of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) in vitro and rats with balloon-injured carotid arteries in vivo. Methods Rats with balloon-injured carotid arteries were divided into a control group(n=24) and a CGRP group(n=24). Neointima formation was observed by HE staining. The expression of NF-κB p65 protein in the injured arteries was detected by Western blot. Furthermore
VSMCs were obtained by aortic tissue adherent culture and divided into a control group
an interleukin-1β (IL-1β) group
an IL-1β+CGRP group and an CGRP8-37 (a receptor blocker of CGRP) group (IL-1β+CGRP+CGRP8-37). The expression of phenotypic proteins of VSMCs and NF-κB p65 was detected by Western blotting. Cell proliferation was determined by MTT assay. Results As compared to the control group
both the area of neointima formation at 7 d and 28 d (7 d: 2.09±0.26 vs 3.76±0.33; 14 d: 3.52±0.41 vs 6.38±0.61
P
0.05) and the expression of NF-κB p65 protein at 7 d (
P
0.05) (but not 28 d
P
0.05) significantly reduced in the CGRP group. In in vitro cultured VSMCs
IL-1β induced obvious expression up-regulation of NF-κB p65 along with the expression decrease of SM α-actin (the contractile phenotypic marker of VSMCs) and the expression increase of osteopontin (the synthetic phenotypic marker of VSMCs) (
P
0.05). However
CGRP treatment significantly alleviated the effects of IL-1β-induced up-regulation of NF-κB p65 and induced the down-regulation of osteopontin. Similar results were found by RT-PCR. Also
CGRP significantly inhibited the effect of IL-1β-induced VSMCs proliferation by MTT assay. The use of CGRP8-37 blocked the above-mentioned effects of CGRP on the expression NF-κB p65 and the phenotypic proteins of VSMCs. Conclusion CGRP binds its receptor and subsequently inhibits the activa
tion of NF-κB
and then contributes to the expression of VSMCs differentiation genes
the inhibition of cell proliferation and the reduction of neointima formation
which may be important in the treatment of atherosclerosis and restenosis after angioplasty.