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Endothelium Derived Nitric Oxide Synthase Negatively Regulates the PDGF-Survivin Pathway during Flow-Dependent Vascular Remodeling
Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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Author | Zhang, Yuanyuan Zhang, Xinbo Rudic, Radu Daniel Bauer, Philip M. Altieri, Dario C. Sessa, William C. |
Copyright Year | 2012 |
Abstract | Chronic alterations in blood flow initiate structural changes in vessel lumen caliber to normalize shear stress. The loss of endothelial derived nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) in mice promotes abnormal flow dependent vascular remodeling, thus uncoupling mechanotransduction from adaptive vascular remodeling. However, the mechanisms of how the loss of eNOS promotes abnormal remodeling are not known. Here we show that abnormal flow-dependent remodeling in eNOS knockout mice (eNOS (-/-)) is associated with activation of the platelet derived growth factor (PDGF) signaling pathway leading to the induction of the inhibitor of apoptosis, survivin. Interfering with PDGF signaling or survivin function corrects the abnormal remodeling seen in eNOS (-/-) mice. Moreover, nitric oxide (NO) negatively regulates PDGF driven survivin expression and cellular proliferation in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells. Collectively, our data suggests that eNOS negatively regulates the PDGF-survivin axis to maintain proportional flow-dependent luminal remodeling and vascular quiescence. |
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DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0031495 |
PubMed reference number | 22355372 |
Journal | Medline |
Volume Number | 7 |
Alternate Webpage(s) | http://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/fe/f4/pone.0031495.PMC3280303.pdf |
Alternate Webpage(s) | http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0031495&type=printable |
Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0031495 |
Journal | PloS one |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | Open |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Article |