scholarly journals Use of a Mouse Model and Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells to Investigate the Effect of Arsenic Exposure on Vascular Endothelial Function and the Associated Role of Calpains

2019 ◽  
Vol 127 (7) ◽  
pp. 077003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhihui Cai ◽  
Yanqing Zhang ◽  
Yutian Zhang ◽  
Xiaofeng Miao ◽  
Shu Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endothelial Cells ◽  
Mouse Model ◽  
Endothelial Function ◽  
Umbilical Vein ◽  
Arsenic Exposure ◽  
Vascular Endothelial ◽  
Vascular Endothelial Function ◽  
Human Umbilical Vein ◽  
Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells

scholarly journals Effect of melatonin on EGF- and VEGF-induced monolayer permeability of HUVECs

2019 ◽  
Vol 316 (5) ◽  
pp. H1178-H1191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ling Yang ◽  
Yujie Zhang ◽  
Yadong Ma ◽  
Jun Du ◽  
Luo Gu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endothelial Cells ◽  
Growth Factor ◽  
Vascular Permeability ◽  
Tyrosine Phosphorylation ◽  
Umbilical Vein ◽  
Vascular Endothelial ◽  
Phosphatidylinositol 3 Kinase ◽  
Human Umbilical Vein ◽  
Monolayer Permeability ◽  
Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells

Melatonin is a natural hormone involved in the regulation of circadian rhythm, immunity, and cardiovascular function. In the present study, we focused on the mechanism of melatonin in the regulation of vascular permeability. We found that melatonin could inhibit both VEGF- and EGF-induced monolayer permeability of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) and change the tyrosine phosphorylation of vascular-endothelial (VE-)cadherin, which was related to endothelial barrier function. In addition, phospho-AKT (Ser473) and phospho-ERK(1/2) played significant roles in the regulation of VE-cadherin phosphorylation. Both the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/AKT inhibitor LY49002 and MEK/ERK inhibitor U0126 could inhibit the permeability of HUVECs, but with different effects on tyrosine phosphorylation of VE-cadherin. Melatonin can influence the two growth factor-induced phosphorylation of AKT (Ser473) but not ERK(1/2). Our results show that melatonin can inhibit growth factor-induced monolayer permeability of HUVECs by influencing the phosphorylation of AKT and VE-cadherin. Melatonin can be a potential treatment for diseases associated with abnormal vascular permeability. NEW & NOTEWORTHY We found that melatonin could inhibit both EGF- and VEGF-induced monolayer permeability of human umbilical vein endothelial cells, which is related to phosphorylation of vascular-endothelial cadherin. Blockade of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/AKT and MEK/ERK pathways could inhibit the permeability of human umbilical vein endothelial cells, and phosphorylation of AKT (Ser473) might be a critical event in the changing of monolayer permeability and likely has cross-talk with the MEK/ERK pathway.

scholarly journals The role of miR-146a on NF-κB expression level in human umbilical vein endothelial cells under hyperglycemic condition

2016 ◽  
Vol 117 (07) ◽  
pp. 376-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Kamali ◽  
E. Salmani Korjan ◽  
E. Eftekhar ◽  
K. Malekzadeh ◽  
F. Ghadiri Soufi
Keyword(s):  
Endothelial Cells ◽  
Umbilical Vein ◽  
Expression Level ◽  
Human Umbilical Vein ◽  
Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells

MODULATION of PROSTACYCLIN PRODUCTION BY HUMAN UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS WITH ECGF/HEPARIN MEDIUM : ROLE OF CELLULAR DENSITY AT CONFLUENCE

1987 ◽  
Author(s):  
O BOUTHERIN-FALSON ◽  
N BLAES
Keyword(s):  
Endothelial Cells ◽  
Endothelial Cell ◽  
Growth Factor ◽  
Umbilical Vein ◽  
Calf Serum ◽  
Lower Amount ◽  
Endothelial Cell Proliferation ◽  
Human Umbilical Vein ◽  
Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells

Prostacyclin (PGI2) is a major product of arachidonic acid metabolism in vascular endothelial cells. In addition to the role of exogenous agents, its production could be modulated by culture conditions : proliferative state, medium renewal, subcultivation... The use of endothelial cell growth factor (ECGF) associated with heparin has been shown to improve human endothelial cell proliferation. Here we report that human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) grown in that medium produce less prostacyclin than without growth factor.HUVEC were cultured in RPMI-199 1:1 + 20% fetal calf serum, added or not with ECGF (Bovine hypothalamus extract BTI Cambridge, 24 ug/ml) and heparin (from porcine intestinal mucosa, Signa, 90 ug/ml). After 4 days in culture, medium was removed and replaced by Tyrode Hepes buffer and basal production was measured after 20 min. Cells were then submitted to 5 min thrombin to assess PGI2 production in stimulated conditions. PGI2 production was estimated by specific radioimmunoassay for 6 keto PGFjalpha. For each point, cell number in the culture was counted after Trypsin EDTA treatment. In the present study, cells grown in ECGF-heparin medium produce lower amount of PGI2, compared to heparin or control medium. This result was observed in both basal and stimulated conditions. For each medium (ECGF-heparin, heparin, control), correlations between PGI2 production per cell and log cell density were shown to be significantly negative.These observations suggest that ECGF effect on PGI2 production could be a consequence of its growth factor activity, notably by the fact that it leads to an endothelial monolayer made of more numerous cells. Since it is now suggested by a number of clinical observations that PGI2 is rather produced in pathological conditions, culture models showing a weak production of PGI2 appear in that connection doser to the physiological conditions.

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