クボクラ(イシカワ) マユミ   Ishikawa-Kubokura Mayumi
  窪倉(石川) 真由美
   所属   東邦大学  医学部 医学科(大森病院)
   職種   教授
論文種別 原著
言語種別 英語
査読の有無 査読あり
表題 Role of growth hormone signaling pathways in the development of atherosclerosis.
掲載誌名 正式名:Growth hormone & IGF research : official journal of the Growth Hormone Research Society and the International IGF Research Society
掲載区分国外
巻・号・頁 53-54,pp.101334-101334
著者・共著者 Mayumi Ishikawa,Junko Toyomura,Takashi Yagi,Koji Kuboki,Toshisuke Morita,Hitoshi Sugihara,Takahisa Hirose,Shiro Minami,Gen Yoshino
担当区分 筆頭著者
発行年月 2020/07/19
概要 OBJECTIVE: The direct actions of growth hormone (GH) in the development of atherosclerosis are unclear. The goal of this study was to characterize GH-induced changes in expression of signaling pathway elements and other proteins that may be related to atherosclerosis. METHODS: Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) and THP-1, a human acute monocytic leukemia cell line, were stimulated by exposure to 10-9 M or 10-8 M human GH with or without pretreatment with a mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MEK) 1 inhibitor. Levels of transcripts encoding vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM) -1, E-selectin, monocyte chemotactic protein (MCP-1), interleukin (IL) -6, and IL-8 were investigated by reverse transcription (RT) -PCR. For the quantitative adhesion assay, THP-1 cells or human primary monocytes were fluorescently labeled with 3'-O-acetyl-2',7'-bis(carboxyethyl) -4 diacetoxymethyl ester (BCECF/AM). HUVEC treated with human GH were co-incubated with BCECF-labeled THP-1 cells. One hour later, the number of BCECF-labeled THP-1 cells was assessed. An equivalent experiment was performed using BCECF-labeled primary monocytes, and the number of monocytes adhering to HUVEC was counted. RESULTS: Treatment with hGH increased the levels of E-selectin- and VCAM-1-encoding mRNAs in HUVEC. This effect was attenuated by pretreatment with a MEK1 inhibitor. Furthermore, hGH treatment increased adhesion of BCECF-labeled THP-1 cells or primary monocytes to HUVEC, and this effect was attenuated by pretreatment with a MEK1 inhibitor. CONCLUSIONS: VCAM-1 and E-selectin expression was stimulated by GH via the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway, resulting in augmented adhesion of THP-1 cells and monocytes to HUVEC. These data suggested that GH directly stimulates the development of atherosclerosis.
DOI 10.1016/j.ghir.2020.101334
PMID 32721858