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Oligodeoxynucleotides directed to early growth response gene-1 mRNA inhibit DNA synthesis in the smooth muscle cell
A Sachinidis1, K B Schulte, Y Ko
1Medizinische Universitäts-Poliklinik, Bonn, Germany.
Abstract:
Vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation plays a central role in the pathophysiology of cardiovascular diseases. The induction of the early growth response gene-1 (egr-1) mRNA is associated with different cellular processes such as cell proliferation. Antisense oligodeoxynucleotides seem to provide a promising new pharmaceutical tool for effective modification of the expression of specific genes. Hence, in the present study, the effect of 15-mer antisense oligodeoxynucleotides (targeted to the initial codon region of the egr-1 mRNA) on the angiotensin II- and platelet-derived growth factor-BB-induced growth promoting effects of aortic smooth muscle cells was evaluated. Angiotensin II- and platelet-derived growth factor-BB induced egr-1 mRNA (3.4 kb) and Egr-1 protein (80 kDa) in a time- and concentration-dependent fashion. No effects of the sense and antisense oligodeoxynucleotides on the agonist-induced elevation of the egr-1 mRNA and on the Egr-1 protein could be demonstrated. However, they effectively inhibited the angiotensin II- and the platelet-derived growth factor-BB-induced DNA synthesis. Our findings provide evidence that the oligodeoxynucleotides inhibit vascular smooth muscle cell growth via nonantisense mechanism(s).
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