Effect of Nitric Oxide on DNA Replication Induced by Angiotensin II in Rat Cardiac Fibroblasts

Our previous in vivo studies (Hou et al. J Clin Invest. 1995;96:2469-2477.) demonstrated that chronic inhibition of nitric oxide synthase led to an exaggerated response to relatively low doses of angiotensin II, resulting in a rapid and marked cardiac fibrosis. To examine further the importance of a...

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Published in:Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. 1979) Tex. 1979), 1997-11, Vol.30 (5), p.1035-1040
Main Authors: Takizawa, Toshikazu, Gu, Miaofen, Chobanian, Aram V, Brecher, Peter
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Angiotensin II - pharmacology
Animals
Animals, Newborn
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiology. Vascular system
Cardiopathies: etiologic forms (general aspects and miscellaneous)
Cells, Cultured
Cyclic GMP - analogs & derivatives
Cyclic GMP - pharmacology
DNA Replication - drug effects
DNA Replication - physiology
DNA-Binding Proteins - genetics
Early Growth Response Protein 1
Enzyme Inhibitors - pharmacology
Fibroblasts - drug effects
Fibroblasts - metabolism
Heart
Immediate-Early Proteins
Medical sciences
Myocardium - cytology
Myocardium - metabolism
Nitric Oxide - pharmacology
Nitroprusside - pharmacology
Penicillamine - analogs & derivatives
Penicillamine - pharmacology
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos - genetics
Rats
RNA, Messenger - metabolism
S-Nitroso-N-Acetylpenicillamine
Thymidine - antagonists & inhibitors
Thymidine - metabolism
Transcription Factors - genetics
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Summary:Our previous in vivo studies (Hou et al. J Clin Invest. 1995;96:2469-2477.) demonstrated that chronic inhibition of nitric oxide synthase led to an exaggerated response to relatively low doses of angiotensin II, resulting in a rapid and marked cardiac fibrosis. To examine further the importance of angiotensin II in inducing cardiac fibrosis and the possibility that nitric oxide serves as a modulator of the proliferative effects of angiotensin II, we used cultured rat cardiac fibroblasts to study the interrelationships between these substances. Angiotensin II induced a delayed DNA synthetic response in quiescent cells that occurred 30 hours after exposure to the hormone. The most pronounced effect of angiotensin II on thymidine uptake occurred 36 to 42 hours after the addition to cells. This response was inhibited in a dose-dependent manner by the addition of either S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine or sodium nitroprusside, each a source of nitric oxide. The nitric oxide donor was most effective in reducing thymidine incorporation when added 12 hours after angiotensin II, whereas the metabolite N-acetylpenicillamine had no effect at any time. The inhibitory effect of S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine was mimicked by 8-bromoguanosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate but not by 8-bromoadenosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate. Nitric oxide donors did not appear to inhibit the induction of c-fos, Egr-1, or other immediate-early genes in response to angiotensin II. The results suggest that nitric oxide affects the cell cycle following the transition into G1 and modulates the proliferation of fibroblasts during cardiac fibrosis induced by angiotensin II. (Hypertension. 1997;30:1035-1040.)
ISSN:0194-911X
1524-4563
DOI:10.1161/01.HYP.30.5.1035