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Life Sciences 2014-Oct

Echinocystic acid, isolated from Gleditsia sinensis fruit, protects endothelial progenitor cells from damage caused by oxLDL via the Akt/eNOS pathway.

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Povezava se shrani v odložišče
Peng Lai
Yixin Liu

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OBJECTIVE

Our previous studies revealed that echinocystic acid (EA) showed obvious attenuation of atherosclerosis in rabbits fed a high-fat diet. However, the underlying mechanisms remain to be elucidated. Considering the importance of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) in atherosclerosis, we hypothesise that EPCs may be one of the targets for the anti-atherosclerotic potential of EA.

METHODS

After in vitro cultivation, EPCs were exposed to 100 μg/mL of oxidised low-density lipoprotein (oxLDL) and incubated with or without EA (5 and 20 μM) for 48 h. An additional two groups of EPCs (oxLDL+20 μM EA) were pre-treated with either wortmannin, an inhibitor of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway, or nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (l-NAME), an endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS)-specific inhibitor. Assessment of EPC apoptosis, adhesion, migration, and nitric oxide (NO) release was performed using terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labelling (TUNEL) staining, cell counting, caspase-3 activity assay, transwell chamber assay, and Griess reagent, respectively. The protein expression of protein kinase B (Akt) and eNOS was detected using Western blot.

RESULTS

Treatment of EPCs with oxLDL induced significant apoptosis and impaired adhesion, migration, and NO production. The deleterious effects of oxLDL on EPCs were attenuated by EA. However, when EPCs were pre-treated with wortmannin or l-NAME, the effects of EA were abrogated. Additionally, oxLDL significantly down-regulated eNOS protein expression as well as repression of eNOS and Akt phosphorylation.

CONCLUSIONS

The inhibitory effect of oxLDL on Akt/eNOS phosphorylation was attenuated by EA. Taken together, the results indicate that EA protects EPCs from damage caused by oxLDL via the Akt/eNOS pathway.

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