Carvedilol inhibits tumor necrosis factor-α-induced endothelial transcription factor activation, adhesion molecule expression, and adhesiveness to human mononuclear cells

Jaw Wen Chen, Feng Yen Lin, Yung Hsiang Chen, Tao Cheng Wu, Yuh Lien Chen, Shing Jong Lin

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Abstract

Objective - We tested the hypothesis that carvedilol, a β-adrenoceptor and α-adrenoceptor antagonist with potent antioxidant property, could inhibit tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α)-induced endothelial adhesiveness to human mononuclear cells (MNCs), an early sign of atherogenesis. Methods and Results -Circulating MNCs were isolated from the peripheral blood of healthy subjects. Compared with control condition, pretreatment of carvedilol (10 μmol/L for 18 hours) or probucol (5 μmol/L for 18 hours), but not propanolol, prazosin, or both propanolol and prazosin significantly decreased TNF-α-stimulated adhesiveness of cultured human aortic endothelial cells (HAECs) to MNCs. Carvedilol inhibited TNF-α-stimulated endothelial vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) and E-selectin (66.0±2.0% and 55.60±1.0% of control, P

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2075-2081
Number of pages7
JournalArteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
Volume24
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2004
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Antioxidant
  • Atherosclerosis
  • Carvedilol
  • Cell adhesion molecules
  • Endothelium

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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