High glucose induces alteration of gap junction permeability and phosphorylation of connexin-43 in cultured aortic smooth muscle cells

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Kuroki, T [1 ]
Inoguchi, T
Umeda, F
Ueda, F
Nawata, H
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[1] Kyushu Univ, Fac Med, Dept Internal Med 3, Higashi Ku, Fukuoka 812, Japan
[2] Nippon Shinyaku Co Ltd, Res Labs, Kyoto 601, Japan
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10.2337/diabetes.47.6.931
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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Gap junction is thought to have a crucial role in maintaining tissue homeostasis. We examined the effect of a high glucose level on gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC) activity in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) using the fluorescent dye transfer method. After a 48-h incubation with 22 mmol/l glucose thigh glucose level), GJIC activity of VSMCs was significantly reduced compared with incubation with 5.5 mmol/l glucose (normal glucose level) (P < 0.05). Treatment of the cells with 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA; 5 x 10(-8) mol/l), a protein kinase C (PKC) activator, for 1 h also reduced GJIC activity (P < 0.01). In addition, treatment of the cells with calphostin C, a specific PKC inhibitor, for 3 h completely restored the GJIC activity inhibited by the high glucose level, Western blot analysis showed that connexin 43 (Cx43), which is the major functional protein of gap junction, is present in multiphosphorylated forms: a nonphosphorylated form (PO) and phosphorylated forms (P1, P2, and P3). Incubation of VSMCs with a high glucose level significantly increased the density ratio of P3/P0 compared with a normal glucose level (P < 0.05). Similarly, treatment of the cells with TPA significantly increased the P3/P0 ratio compared with controls (P < 0.01). In addition, the increase in the P3/P0 density ratio induced by a high glucose level was restored to the control level by both staurosporine and calphostin C. These results suggest that the high glucose level induced the inhibition of GJIC activity in cultured VSMCs through excessive phosphorylation of Cx43, mediated by PKC activation. This may contribute to the development of the macroangiopathy associated with diabetes.
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