The molecular mechanism of actinomycin D in preventing neointimal formation in rat carotid arteries after balloon injury

C. H. Wu, J. S. Pan, W. C. Chang, J. S. Hung, Simon J.T. Mao

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摘要

The pathological mechanism of restenosis is primarily attributed to excessive proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells (SMC). Actinomycin D has been regarded as a potential candidate to prevent balloon injury-induced neointimal formation. To explore its molecular mechanism in regulating cell proliferation, we first showed that actinomycin D markedly reduced the SMC proliferation via the inhibition of BrdU incorporation at 80 nM. This was further supported by the G1-phase arrest using a flowcytometric analysis. Actinomycin D was extremely potent with an inhibitory concentration IC 50 at 0.4 nM, whereas the lethal dose LD50 was at 260 μM. In an in vivo study, the pluronic gel containing 80 nM and 80 μM actinomycin D was applied topically to surround the rat carotid adventitia; the thickness of neointima was substantially reduced (45 and 55%, respectively). The protein expression levels of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), focal adhesion kinase (FAK), and Raf were all suppressed by actinomycin D. Extracellular signal-regulated kinases (Erk) involved in cell-cycle arrest were found to increase by actinomycin D. These observations provide a detailed mechanism of actinomycin D in preventing cell proliferation thus as a potential intervention for restenosis.

原文英語
頁(從 - 到)503-512
頁數10
期刊Journal of Biomedical Science
12
發行號3
DOIs
出版狀態已發佈 - 5月 2005
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ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 生物化學(醫學)
  • 藥學(醫學)
  • 分子生物學
  • 臨床生物化學
  • 內分泌學、糖尿病和代謝
  • 細胞生物學

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