Stimulation of Tissue Factor Expression in Human Microvascular and Macrovascular Endothelial Cells by Cultured Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells in vitro
- 1 April 1999
- journal article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Journal of Vascular Research
- Vol. 36 (2), 126-132
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000025635
Abstract
The effect of conditioned media obtained from different smooth muscle cells (SMC) on tissue factor (TF) expression in endothelial cells (EC) in vitro was investigated. We could show that conditioned media from cultured human aortic SMC, human umbilical artery SMC or human umbilical vein SMC all resembling the synthetic phenotype of SMC induced TF activity in human umbilical vein EC and human skin microvascular EC in a dose- and time-dependent fashion. This induction was also seen at the level of specific TF mRNA as evidenced by Northern blotting. The TF inducing activity was heat-labile and acid-stable and had an approximate molecular mass of 38 kD. This activity was found to be distinct from known inducers of TF expression in EC such as interleukin-1, tumor necrosis factor-α, bacterial lipopolysaccharide or vascular endothelial growth factor. Such as factor, if released by SMC in vivo, could contribute to the activation of EC under conditions such as when EC are in close contact with SMC of the synthetic (nondifferentiated) phenotype seen in processes like vessel development or neo-intima formation.Keywords
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