TRANSFORMING GROWTH-FACTOR-BETA-1 INDUCES APOPTOTIC CELL-DEATH IN CULTURED HUMAN UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL-CELLS WITH DOWN-REGULATED EXPRESSION OF BCL-2

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TSUKADA, T [1 ]
EGUCHI, K [1 ]
MIGITA, K [1 ]
KAWABE, Y [1 ]
KAWAKAMI, A [1 ]
MATSUOKA, N [1 ]
TAKASHIMA, H [1 ]
MIZOKAMI, A [1 ]
NAGATAKI, S [1 ]
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[1] NAGASAKI UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT INTERNAL MED 1,NAGASAKI 852,JAPAN
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10.1006/bbrc.1995.1766
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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Transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) is a potent growth inhibitor of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC). We investigated whether apoptosis is involved in the TGF-beta 1 mediated HUVEC growth inhibition. Using immunofluorescence microscopy and staining by propidium iodide, we showed HUVEC treated with TGF-beta 1 contained characteristic apoptotic nuclei with condensation of chromatin. FAGS analysis demonstrated that the number of cells with hypodiploid DNA contents were increased in HUVEC treated with TGF-beta 1. The DNA fragmentation assay exhibited typical ladder formation in TGF-beta 1-treated HUVEC. Using Western blot analysis, the expression of bcl-2 on HUVEC was down-regulated by TGF-beta 1-treatment. These findings suggest that TGF-P1 regulates the growth of HUVEC by inducing apoptosis accompanied with down-regulation of bcl-2 expression. (C) 1995 Academic Press, Inc.
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