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Difference in proangiogenic potential of systemic and pulmonary endothelium: role of CXCR 2

Difference in proangiogenic potential of systemic and pulmonary endothelium: role of CXCR 2 The systemic vasculature in and surrounding the lung is proangiogenic, whereas the pulmonary vasculature rarely participates in neovascularization. We studied the effects of the proangiogenic ELR+ CXC chemokine MIP-2 (macrophage inflammatory protein-2) on endothelial cell proliferation and chemotaxis. Mouse aortic, pulmonary arterial, and lung microvascular endothelial cells were isolated and subcultured. Proliferation ( 3 Hthymidine uptake) and migration (Transwell chemotaxis) were evaluated in each cell type at baseline and upon exposure to MIP-2 (1–100 ng/ml) without and with exposure to hypoxia (24 h)-reoxygenation. Baseline proliferation did not vary among cell types, and all cells showed increased proliferation after MIP-2. Aortic cell chemotaxis increased markedly upon exposure to MIP-2; however, neither pulmonary artery nor lung microvascular endothelial cells responded to this chemokine. Assessment of CXCR 2 , the G protein-coupled receptor through which MIP-2 signals, displayed no baseline difference in mRNA, protein, or cell surface expression among cell types. Exposure to hypoxia increased expression of CXCR 2 of aortic endothelial cells only. Additionally, aortic cells, compared with pulmonary cells, showed significantly greater protein and activity of cathepsin S, a proteolytic enzyme important for cell motility. Thus the combined effects of increased cathepsin S activity, providing increased motility and enhanced CXCR 2 expression after hypoxia, both contribute to the proangiogenic phenotype of systemic arterial endothelial cells. angiogenesis; cathepsin S; hypoxia-reoxygenation; macrophage inflammatory protein-2 Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: E. M. Wagner, Johns Hopkins Asthma and Allergy Center, Div. of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, 5501 Hopkins Bayview Circle, Baltimore, MD 21224 (E-mail: wagnerem@jhmi.edu ) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png AJP - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology The American Physiological Society

Difference in proangiogenic potential of systemic and pulmonary endothelium: role of CXCR 2

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The American Physiological Society
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Copyright © 2011 the American Physiological Society
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1040-0605
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1522-1504
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10.1152/ajplung.00370.2004
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15722378
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Abstract

The systemic vasculature in and surrounding the lung is proangiogenic, whereas the pulmonary vasculature rarely participates in neovascularization. We studied the effects of the proangiogenic ELR+ CXC chemokine MIP-2 (macrophage inflammatory protein-2) on endothelial cell proliferation and chemotaxis. Mouse aortic, pulmonary arterial, and lung microvascular endothelial cells were isolated and subcultured. Proliferation ( 3 Hthymidine uptake) and migration (Transwell chemotaxis) were evaluated in each cell type at baseline and upon exposure to MIP-2 (1–100 ng/ml) without and with exposure to hypoxia (24 h)-reoxygenation. Baseline proliferation did not vary among cell types, and all cells showed increased proliferation after MIP-2. Aortic cell chemotaxis increased markedly upon exposure to MIP-2; however, neither pulmonary artery nor lung microvascular endothelial cells responded to this chemokine. Assessment of CXCR 2 , the G protein-coupled receptor through which MIP-2 signals, displayed no baseline difference in mRNA, protein, or cell surface expression among cell types. Exposure to hypoxia increased expression of CXCR 2 of aortic endothelial cells only. Additionally, aortic cells, compared with pulmonary cells, showed significantly greater protein and activity of cathepsin S, a proteolytic enzyme important for cell motility. Thus the combined effects of increased cathepsin S activity, providing increased motility and enhanced CXCR 2 expression after hypoxia, both contribute to the proangiogenic phenotype of systemic arterial endothelial cells. angiogenesis; cathepsin S; hypoxia-reoxygenation; macrophage inflammatory protein-2 Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: E. M. Wagner, Johns Hopkins Asthma and Allergy Center, Div. of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, 5501 Hopkins Bayview Circle, Baltimore, MD 21224 (E-mail: wagnerem@jhmi.edu )

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AJP - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology – The American Physiological Society

Published: Jun 1, 2005

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