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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 293: C1824-C1833, 2007. First published October 3, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00385.2007
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VASCULAR BIOLOGY

Atherosclerosis-prone hemodynamics differentially regulates endothelial and smooth muscle cell phenotypes and promotes pro-inflammatory priming

Nicole E. Hastings,1,2,4 Michael B. Simmers,1,2,4 Oliver G. McDonald,3 Brian R. Wamhoff,1,2,3,4 and Brett R. Blackman1,2,4

1Department of Biomedical Engineering, 2Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, 3Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, and 4Laboratory of Atherogenesis, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

Submitted 24 August 2007 ; accepted in final form 3 October 2007

Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease that preferentially forms at hemodynamically compromised regions of altered shear stress patterns. Endothelial cells (EC) and smooth muscle cells (SMC) undergo phenotypic modulation during atherosclerosis. An in vitro coculture model was developed to determine the role of hemodynamic regulation of EC and SMC phenotypes in coculture. Human ECs and SMCs were plated on a synthetic elastic lamina and human-derived atheroprone, and atheroprotective shear stresses were imposed on ECs. Atheroprone flow decreased genes associated with differentiated ECs (endothelial nitric oxide synthase, Tie2, and Kruppel-like factor 2) and SMCs (smooth muscle {alpha}-actin and myocardin) and induced a proinflammatory phenotype in ECs and SMCs (VCAM-1, IL-8, and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1). Atheroprone flow-induced changes in SMC differentiation markers were regulated at the chromatin level, as indicated by decreased serum response factor (SRF) binding to the smooth muscle {alpha}-actin-CC(a/T)6GG (CArG) promoter region and decreased histone H4 acetylation. Conversely, SRF and histone H4 acetylation were enriched at the c-fos promoter in SMCs. In the presence of atheroprotective shear stresses, ECs aligned with the direction of flow and SMCs aligned more perpendicular to flow, similar to in vivo vessel organization. These results provide a novel mechanism whereby modulation of the EC phenotype by hemodynamic shear stresses, atheroprone or atheroprotective, play a critical role in mechanical-transcriptional coupling and regulation of the SMC phenotype.

endothelial cells; smooth muscle cells; coculture; shear stress; phenotypic modulation


Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: B. R. Blackman, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Univ. of Virginia, PO Box 800759, Charlottesville, VA 22908 (e-mail: bblackman{at}virginia.edu)




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