Platelets stimulate aortic smooth muscle cell migration in vitro. Involvement of 12-l-hydroxy-5,8,10,14-eicosatetraenoic acid

Junko Nakao, Toshiro Ooyama, Wen Chang Chang, Sei itsu Murota, Hajime Orimo

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Abstract

The migration of rat aortic smooth muscle cells was measured in modified Boyden chambers. Smooth muscle cells were motile in vitro and their migration was stimulated (time- and dose-dependently) by a platelet-derived factor. Treatment of platelets with indomethacin resulted in a significant increase in smooth muscle cell migration, whereas treatment with 5,8,11,14-eicosatetraenoic acid inhibited it. Purified 12-l-hydroxy-5,8,10,14-eicosatetraenoic acid at a very low concentration (6 × 10-15-6 ×-13 g/ml) significantly stimulated smooth muscle cell migration. The locomotion induced by 12-l-hydroxy-5,8,10,14-eicosatetraenoic acid was chemokinetic. These findings point to the physiological importance of a platelet 12-lipoxygenase product of arachidonic acid in the early phase of atherosclerosis.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)143-150
Number of pages8
JournalAtherosclerosis
Volume43
Issue number2-3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 1982
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • 12-l-Hydroxy-5,8,10,14-eicosatetraenoic acid
  • Atherosclerosis
  • Chemokinesis
  • Platelet
  • Smooth muscle cell migration

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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