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1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 stimulates vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation through a VEGF-mediated pathway

Kidney international, 2006-04, Vol.69 (8), p.1377-1384 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2006 International Society of Nephrology ;2006 INIST-CNRS ;Copyright Nature Publishing Group Apr 2006 ;ISSN: 0085-2538 ;EISSN: 1523-1755 ;DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5000304 ;PMID: 16557229 ;CODEN: KDYIA5

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Title:
1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 stimulates vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation through a VEGF-mediated pathway
Author: Cardús, A. ; Parisi, E. ; Gallego, C. ; Aldea, M. ; Fernández, E. ; Valdivielso, J.M.
Subjects: Actins - metabolism ; Animals ; Aorta, Abdominal - cytology ; Biological and medical sciences ; Blotting, Western ; Calcitriol - pharmacology ; Calcitriol - therapeutic use ; calcitriol smooth muscle ; Cell Proliferation - drug effects ; Disease Models, Animal ; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay ; Flow Cytometry ; Fluorescent Antibody Technique ; Gene Expression Regulation - drug effects ; Ki-67 Antigen - metabolism ; Kidney Failure, Chronic - drug therapy ; Kidneys ; Medical sciences ; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular - cytology ; Nephrectomy ; Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases ; Organ Culture Techniques ; proliferation chronic kidney disease ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Urinary system involvement in other diseases. Miscellaneous ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A - metabolism
Is Part Of: Kidney international, 2006-04, Vol.69 (8), p.1377-1384
Description: Atherosclerosis is a complex process characterized by an increase in the wall thickness owing to the accumulation of cells and extracellular matrix between the endothelium and the smooth muscle cell wall. This process is associated with different pathologies and it is accelerated in patients with chronic renal failure. In these patients, decreased synthesis of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25(OH)2D3) leads to secondary complications, like hyperparathyroidism, and treatment with 1,25(OH)2D3 is a common practice. The effect of 1,25(OH)2D3 on vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) calcification has been widely studied, but the role of 1,25(OH)2D3 on VSMC proliferation remains obscure. We have analyzed the effects of 1,25(OH)2D3 in the proliferation of VSMC. We found that 1,25(OH)2D3 (5–100 nM) induces a dose-dependent increase in VSMC proliferation in quiescent cells and in cells stimulated to grow. This increase in proliferation is achieved by shortening the G1 phase. The effect of 1,25(OH)2D3 on VSMC proliferation is mediated by an increase of the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF), as the inhibition of VEGF activity totally blunted the 1,25(OH)2 D3-induced VSMC proliferation. We found this increase in proliferation in vitro, ex vivo in aortic rings incubated with 1,25(OH)2D3, and in vivo in animals with a model of chronic renal failure (5/6 nephrectomy) treated with 1,25(OH)2D3 (1 μg/kg three times a week for 8 weeks). Thus, we conclude that 1,25(OH)2D3 induces increases in VSMC proliferation through an increase on VEGF expression.
Publisher: New York, NY: Elsevier Inc
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0085-2538
EISSN: 1523-1755
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5000304
PMID: 16557229
CODEN: KDYIA5
Source: MEDLINE
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1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 stimulates vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation through a VEGF-mediated pathway

2006 International Society of Nephrology ;2006 INIST-CNRS ;Copyright Nature Publishing Group Apr 2006 ;ISSN: 0085-2538 ;EISSN: 1523-1755 ;DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5000304 ;PMID: 16557229 ;CODEN: KDYIA5

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