Vascular endothelial growth factor up-regulates the expression of intracellular adhesion molecule-1 in retinal endothelial cells via reactive oxygen species, but not nitric oxide

被引:30
作者
Zhang Xiao-ling [1 ]
Wen Liang [1 ]
Chen Yan-jiong [2 ]
Zhu Yi [3 ]
机构
[1] Xi An Jiao Tong Univ, Sch Med, Affiliated Hosp 1, Dept Ophthalmol, Xian 710061, Shaanxi, Peoples R China
[2] Xi An Jiao Tong Univ, Sch Med, Dept Immunol & Microbiol, Xian 710061, Shaanxi, Peoples R China
[3] Peking Univ, Hlth Sci Ctr, Dept Physiol & Pathophysiol, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
vascular endothelial growth factor; intercellular adhesion molecule-1; reactive oxygen species; endothelial nitric oxide synthase; phosphatidylinositol; 3-kinase; NF-KAPPA-B; DIABETIC-RETINOPATHY; SYNTHASE; PERMEABILITY; ACTIVATION; MIGRATION; ANGIOGENESIS; KINASE; GENE; PROLIFERATION;
D O I
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2009.03.019
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Background The vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is involved in the initiation of retinal vascular leakage and nonperfusion in diabetes. The intracellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) is the key mediator of the effect of VEGFs on retinal leukostasis. Although the VEGF is expressed in an early-stage diabetic retina, whether it directly up-regulates ICAM-1 in retinal endothelial cells (ECs) is unknown. In this study, we provided a new mechanism to explain that VEGF does up-regulate the expression of ICAM-1 in retinal ECs. Methods Bovine retinal ECs (BRECs) were isolated and cultured. Immunohistochemical staining was performed to identify BRECs. The cultured cells were divided into corresponding groups. Then, VEGF (100 ng/ml) and other inhibitors were used to treat the cells. Cell lysate and the cultured supernatant were collected, and then, the protein level of ICAM-1 and phosphorylation of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) were detected using Western blotting. Griess reaction was used to detect nitric oxide (NO). Results Western blotting showed that the VEGF up-regulated the expression of ICAM-1 protein and increased phosphorylation of the eNOS in retinal ECs. Neither the block of NO nor protein kinase C (PKC) altered the expression of ICAM-1 or the phosphorylation of eNOS. The result of the Western blotting also showed that inhibition of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) or reactive oxygen species (ROS) significantly reduced the expression of ICAM-1. Inhibition of PI3K also reduced phosphorylation of eNOS. Griess reaction showed that VEGF significantly increased during NO production. When eNOS was blocked by L-NAME or PI3K was blocked by LY294002, the basal level of NO production and the increment of NO caused by VEGF could be significantly decreased. Conclusion ROS-NO coupling in the retinal endothelium may be a new mechanism that could help to explain why VEGF induces ICAM-1 expression and the resulting leukostasis in diabetic retinopathy.
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