Frontiers of Medicine
>> 2009,
Volume 3,
Issue 2
doi:
10.1007/s11684-009-0021-x
Mechanism of vascular endothelial growth factor on the prevention of restenosis after angioplasty
Department of Internal Cardiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
Available online: 2009-06-05
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To evaluate the mechanism of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) on the prevention of restenosis after angioplasty, the recombinant adenovirus vector containing hVEGF cDNA was constructed and transfected into vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) . The conditioned medium containing VEGF was collected 72 h after the infection. Then, the VSMC and human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) were divided into control group, H O -treated group and H O +VEGF-treated group to observe the proliferation and apoptosis by water soluble tetrazolium (WST-1) method, nick end labeling (TUNEL) and flow cytometry (FCM). Compared with the control and H O +VEGF-treated groups, the absorbance ( ) value of HUVEC was decreased, and apoptosis of HUVEC was significantly increased in H O -treated group. The changes of value and apoptosis of VSMC were contrary to those of HUVEC. H O could stimulate the proliferation of VSMC and induce the apoptosis of HUVEC, inhibit the proliferation of HUVEC and the apoptosis of VSMC and induce restenosis. VEGF could inhibit the effect of H O on HUVEC and VSMC and prevent restenosis. These results offered further theoretical evidence for VEGF on the prevention of restenosis after angioplasty.
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