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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 283: C422-C428, 2002. First published April 18, 2002; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00577.2001
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Vol. 283, Issue 2, C422-C428, August 2002

High glucose inhibits apoptosis in human coronary artery smooth muscle cells by increasing bcl-xL and bfl-1/A1

Hiroya Sakuma, Mayumi Yamamoto, Mie Okumura, Toshihiro Kojima, Takako Maruyama, and Keigo Yasuda

Third Department of Internal Medicine, Gifu University School of Medicine, Gifu 500-8705, Japan

Cardiovascular disease is a serious complication in diabetic patients. To elucidate the precise mechanisms of atherosclerosis in diabetic patients, the effects of high glucose concentration (25 mM) on apoptosis regulation and bcl-2 family protein expression in human coronary artery smooth muscle cells (CASMC) were examined. Treatment with a high level of glucose (25 mM) caused a significant decrease in apoptosis in CASMC compared with the same cells treated with a physiologically normal glucose concentration (5.5 mM) (23.9 ± 2.4% vs. 16.5 ± 1.8%; P < 0.01). With respect to apoptosis regulation, treatment of CASMC with high glucose concentration markedly increased mRNA expressions of bcl-xL and bfl-1/A1 compared with cells treated with normal glucose. High glucose induced phosphorylation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI 3-K) and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)1/2 along with bcl-xL and bfl-1/A1 upregulation. These results suggest that high glucose suppresses apoptosis via upregulation of bcl-xL and bfl-1/A1 levels through PI 3-K and ERK1/2 pathways in CASMC. High glucose-induced increase in the expression of antiapoptotic proteins may be important in the development of atherosclerosis in diabetic patients.

diabetes mellitus; atherosclerosis; apoptosis; vascular smooth muscle cells


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