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Macrophage secretory products selectively stimulate dermatan sulfate proteoglycan production in cultured arterial smooth muscle cells.

Abstract
Arterial dermatan sulfate proteoglycan has been shown to increase with atherosclerosis progression, but factors responsible for this increase are unknown. To test the hypothesis that smooth muscle cell proteoglycan synthesis may be modified by macrophage products, pigeon arterial smooth muscle cells were exposed to the media of either cholesteryl ester-loaded pigeon peritoneal macrophages or a macrophage cell line P388D1. Proteoglycans radiolabeled with [35S]sulfate and [3H]serine were isolated from culture media and smooth muscle cells and purified following precipitation with 1-hexadecylpyridinium chloride and chromatography. Increasing concentrations of macrophage-conditioned media were associated with a dose-response increase in [35S]sulfate incorporation into secreted proteoglycans, but there was no change in cell-associated proteoglycans. Incorporation of [3H]serine into total proteoglycan core proteins was not significantly different (5.2 X 10(5) dpm and 5.5 X 10(5) disintegrations per minute (dpm) in control and conditioned media-treated cultures, respectively), but selective effects were observed on individual proteoglycan types. Twofold increases in dermatan sulfate proteoglycan and limited degradation of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan were apparent based on core proteins separated by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). Immunoinhibition studies indicated that interleukin-1 was involved in the modulation of proteoglycan synthesis by macrophage-conditioned media. These data provide support for the role of macrophages in alteration of the matrix proteoglycans synthesized by smooth muscle cells and provide a mechanism to account for the reported increased dermatan sulfate/chondroitin sulfate ratios in the developing atherosclerotic lesion.
AuthorsI J Edwards, W D Wagner, R T Owens
JournalThe American journal of pathology (Am J Pathol) Vol. 136 Issue 3 Pg. 609-21 (Mar 1990) ISSN: 0002-9440 [Print] United States
PMID2316626 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
Chemical References
  • Cholesterol Esters
  • Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans
  • Culture Media
  • Glycosaminoglycans
  • Proteoglycans
  • Sulfur Radioisotopes
  • dermatan sulfate proteoglycan
  • Dermatan Sulfate
  • Chondroitin
Topics
  • Animals
  • Aorta (cytology)
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Cholesterol Esters (analysis, pharmacology)
  • Chondroitin (analogs & derivatives)
  • Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans (analysis, metabolism)
  • Columbidae
  • Culture Media (analysis, pharmacology)
  • Dermatan Sulfate (analysis, metabolism)
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Glycosaminoglycans (metabolism)
  • Macrophages (metabolism)
  • Muscle, Smooth, Vascular (cytology, metabolism)
  • Peritoneal Cavity (cytology)
  • Proteoglycans (metabolism)
  • Sulfur Radioisotopes (metabolism)

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