(Hypertension. 2000;35:971.)
© 2000 American Heart Association, Inc.
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From The First Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan.
Correspondence to Masakazu Kohno, MD, The First Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, 1-5-7 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8586, Japan.
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Key Words: lysophosphatidylcholines lipoproteins atrial natriuretic factors glomerular mesangium natriuretic peptide, brain
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Natriuretic peptides are a family of hormones that are involved in the control of fluid balance. Atrial and brain natriuretic peptides (ANP and BNP) are 2 members of this family17 18 19 20 that are secreted through the coronary sinus from the heart.21 22 These hormones have peripheral effects on the vasculature and kidney, resulting in vasorelaxation, natriuresis, and diuresis.23 24 25 26 In addition to their vasorelaxant and natriuretic effects, these cardiac peptides have been shown to inhibit proliferation in mesangial cells as well as in vascular SMCs.27 28 29 Furthermore, we have recently shown that natriuretic peptides inhibit oxidized LDLinduced migration of human coronary artery SMCs. However, it is still uncertain whether these natriuretic peptides inhibit oxidized LDL and lyso-PtdChoinduced migration of mesangial cells.
Accordingly, a study was designed to examine the possible effects of human ANP(1-28) and human BNP-32, the major circulating forms of ANP and BNP,19 20 21 22 on oxidized LDL and lyso-PtdChoinduced migration of human mesangial cells.
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Mesangial Cell Cultures
Human mesangial cells were cultured in MsGM
containing 5% FCS, 50 µg/mL gentamicin sulfate, and 50 µg/mL
amphotericin B. The mesangial cells were identified
according to the follow-ing criteria26 29 : (1)
morphology, (2) typical microfilaments seen with transmission
electron microscopy, (3) presence of receptors specific to
angiotensin II (Ang II) and contraction in response to Ang
II, and (4) absence of immunofluorescence with
factor VIII antibody. Cells after passages 3 to 7 were used for the
experiment.
Migration Assay
The migration of mesangial cells was assayed
according to a modification of Boydens chamber method with the use of
microchemotaxis chambers (Neuro Probe Inc) and polycarbonate filters
(Nucleopore Corp), as previously reported.13 30 In this
experiment, polycarbonate filters with 12-µm-diameter pores were
used. In all experiments, type IV collagencoated filters were used.
Migration activity is calculated as the mean number of migrated cells
observed in 4 high-power fields (HPF) and is given as the mean value of
4 measurements.
cGMP Measurement
After preincubation, the cell monolayers were washed twice with
serum-free medium and then stimulated for 30 minutes with varying
concentrations (10-9,
10-8, and 10-7 mol/L) of
natriuretic peptides dissolved in medium that contained
5x10-1 mmol/L 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine.
cGMP levels were determined through radioimmunoassay with a cGMP kit,
as previously described.31
Measurement of Lactate Dehydrogenase and Assessment of
Cytotoxicity
The cytotoxic effects of high concentrations of lyso-PtdCho and
oxidized LDL on human mesangial cells were assessed on the
basis of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release according to a
commercially available method (Sigma Chemical Co) with the procedure
described by Wrobleski and LaDue.32 LDH was measured in
cell culture supernatants after 5 hours of incubation at 37°C in MsGM
with or without varying concentrations of lyso-PtdCho
(10-7, 10-6,
10-5, 10-4, and
5x10-4 mol/L) or oxidized LDL (1, 10, 50, 100,
and 200 µg/mL). Cytotoxicity was expressed as percent LDH activity
present in supernatants of cultured cells compared with total LDH
activity present in 5x105 cells/well
incubated with 1 mL of 1% Triton X-100 for 30
minutes33
Calculations and Statistical Analysis
The statistical significance of differences in the results was
evaluated with 1-way ANOVA, and probability values were obtained with
Scheffés method.34 Values are expressed as
mean±SD.
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Figure 2 shows the concentration- and time-dependent effects of lyso-PtdCho on human mesangial cell migration. Lyso-PtdCho significantly induced migration in a concentration- and time-dependent manner between 10-7 and 10-5 mol/L. In contrast, the migration-stimulatory effects of 10-4 and 5x10-4 mol/L lyso-PtdCho were nonexistent. Lyso-PtdCho at 10-4 and 5x10-4 mol/L appeared to be cytotoxic for human mesangial cells, because these concentrations of lyso-PtdCho clearly caused morphological injury or cell lysis (Figure 3) and a marked increase in LDH release from the cells (Figure 4, top). On the other hand, oxidized LDL did not cause clear morphological injury or cell lysis, at least not at the concentration used in the current experiment, and did not cause a significant increase in LDH release even at the concentration of 200 µg/mL (Figure 4, bottom).
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Table 1 shows the effects on mesangial cell migration of other lysophospholipids that are structurally similar to lyso-PtdCho. When these phospholipids were tested at 2 comparable concentrations, phosphatidylcholine had no significant activity, and lysophosphatidylinositol and lysophosphatidylserine appeared to be less effective than lyso-PtdCho.
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Effects of the PKC Inhibitors on Lyso-PtdCho and
Oxidized LDLInduced Human Mesangial Cell
Migration
The stimulatory effect of lyso-PtdCho (10-5
mol/L) on migration was significantly inhibited by the PKC
inhibitors H 7 and staurosporine (Figures 5A and 5B). These inhibitory
effects of H 7 and staurosporine were relatively
concentration dependent. On the other hand, the PKC
inhibitors did not affect the basal migration.
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The migration-stimulatory effect of oxidized LDL (50 µg/mL) was also significantly inhibited by H 7 (10-6 and 10-5 mol/L) (oxidized LDL alone, 38.2±5.7 cells/4 HPF; oxidized LDL+H 7 at 10-6 mol/L, 28.7±3.2 cells/4 HPF, P<0.05; oxidized LDL+H 7 at 10-5 mol/L, 23.1±2.5 cells/4 HPF, P<0.05) and staurosporine (10-8 and 10-7 mol/L) (oxidized LDL alone, 37.7±4.9 cells/4 HPF; oxidized LDL+staurosporine at 10-8 mol/L, 26.2±2.6 cells/4 HPF, P<0.05; oxidized LDL+staurosporine at 10-7 mol/L, 20.7±2.0 cells/4 HPF, P<0.05).
To confirm the importance of the PKC-dependent mechanism in the stimulation by lyso-PtdCho and oxidized LDL of migration activity, PKC depletion was generated through preincubation with a high dose of phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate (10-7 mol/L) for 24 hours. In PKC-depleted mesangial cells, 10-5 mol/L lyso-PtdCho and 50 µg/mL oxidized LDL failed to stimulate migration (Table 2).
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Effects of ANP and BNP on Lyso-PtdCho and Oxidized LDLInduced
Human Mesangial Cell Migration
To clarify whether the alteration in cell number by oxidized
LDL, lyso-PtdCho, ANP, or BNP modifies the result of migration
response, we examined the effect of these substances on
mesangial cell number for 5- and 10-hour incubations.
However, during the 5- and 10-hour incubations, lyso-PtdCho and
oxidized LDL, as well as ANP(1-28) and BNP-32, did not affect
mesangial cell number under our experimental conditions
(data not shown). Therefore, in our experiments with 5- and
10-hour incubations, proliferation could not have affected the result
of the migration assay.
Figures 6A and 6B show the effects of varying concentrations (10-9, 10-8, and 10-7 mol/L) of human ANP(1-28) and BNP-32 on 10-5 mol/L lyso-PtdCho or 50 µg/mL oxidized LDLinduced mesangial cell migration. Both human ANP(1-28) and human BNP-32 significantly inhibited lyso-PtdCho and oxidized LDLinduced migration at concentrations of 10-8 and 10-7 mol/L. On the other hand, 10-7 mol/L ANP and BNP had no significant effect on nonstimulated mesangial cell migration (baseline, 10.3±2.3 cells/4 HPF; ANP 10-7 mol/L, 9.3±1.9 cells/4 HPF; BNP 10-7 mol/L, 8.5±1.3 cells/4 HPF). ANP and BNP increased cellular cGMP in a concentration-dependent manner (control, 3.3±0.5 pmol/5x105 cells; ANP 10-9 mol/L, 7.3±1.3 pmol/5x105 cells; BNP 10-9 mol/L, 7.0±1.4 pmol/5x105 cells; ANP 10-8 mol/L, 15.5±2.1 pmol/5x105 cells; BNP 10-8 mol/L, 14.8±1.7 pmol/5x105 cells; ANP 10-7 mol/L, 34.8±3.6 pmol/5x105 cells; BNP 10-7 mol/L, 30.8±2.2 pmol/5x105 cells), and these effects paralleled the inhibition of migration.
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To clarify the role of biological receptors on the migration-inhibitory effects of natriuretic peptide, we examined the effects of C-ANF, a specific ligand for ANP-clearance receptors, on lyso-PtdCho and oxidized LDLinduced migration of human mesangial cells. As shown in Table 3, C-ANF could not inhibit lyso-PtdCho and oxidized LDLinduced migration between 10-9 and 10-7 mol/L.
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Effects of 8-Bromo-cGMP on Lyso-PtdCho and Oxidized LDLInduced
Mesangial Cell Migration
To elucidate whether the inhibitory effects of ANP and
BNP on lyso-PtdCho and oxidized LDLinduced mesangial
cell migration are causally linked to the increase in cellular cGMP, we
examined the effect of 8-bromo-cGMP on lyso-PtdCho
(10-5 mol/L) and oxidized LDL (50
µg/mL)induced mesangial cell migration. The inhibition
of lyso-PtdCho and oxidized LDLinduced mesangial cell
migration by ANP and BNP could be reproduced by this analog at
concentrations of 10-6 and
10-4 mol/L (Table 4).
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The specific mechanisms of action of oxidized LDL and lyso-PtdCho as chemotactic factors for human mesangial cells at least allow us to conceptualize the possibilities. The PKC inhibitors H 7 and staurosporine inhibited the oxidized LDL and lyso-PtdChostimulated mesangial cell migration. The stimulation of migration by oxidized LDL and lyso-PtdCho is also abolished in the PKC-depleted cells. These results suggest that oxidized LDL and lyso-PtdCho stimulate human mesangial cell migration, at least in part, via a mechanism that probably involves the activation of PKC. On the other hand, lysophosphatidylinositol and lysophosphatidylserine were less effective than lyso-PtdCho. However, the precise structural specificity of lyso-PtdCho that has such an effect on human mesangial cell migration remains to be clarified at this time.
Next, we showed that human ANP(1-28) and BNP-32 strongly
inhibited oxidized LDL and lyso-PtdChoinduced migration of human
mesangial cells in a concentration-dependent manner. In
fact, 50 µg/mL oxidized LDL and 10-5 mol/L
lyso-PtdChostimulated mesangial cell migration was
significantly inhibited by ANP and BNP at concentrations of
10-8 to 10-7 mol/L.
Although human ANP(1-28) and human BNP-32 are the major circulating
forms of ANP and BNP,19 20 21 22 respectively, the normal
plasma concentrations (
10-11 to
10-10 mol/L) are much lower than those of
synthetic natriuretic peptides that inhibited
mesangial cell migration in the present study. However,
plasma ANP and BNP concentrations were found to be high in patients
with various renal diseases or severe hypertension.21 22
Furthermore,
10% of cardiac output delivered to 1 kidney and a high
density of ANP-A receptors are expressed in glomerular
mesangial cells.23 These observations may
suggest the possibility that elevated plasma ANP and BNP concentrations
in patients with renal diseases or severe hypertension may
represent a compensatory mechanism that tends to offset further
progression of glomerulosclerosis through the
inhibition of mesangial cell migration. However, it remains
to be clarified whether ANP and BNP have
physiological roles as modulators of
mesangial cell migration, because high concentrations of
ANP and BNP are required to inhibit the lyso-PtdCho and oxidized LDL
effects on mesangial cell migration.
In the present study, ANP and BNP did not inhibit the basal migration activity of nonstimulated human mesangial cells. Furthermore, in a trypan blue exclusion test, dead cells stained with trypan blue were not found 5 hours after treatment with 10-7 mol/L ANP or BNP. Therefore, it is likely that the observed migration-inhibitory effect of natriuretic peptides was not a result of cytotoxicity or diminished cell viability.
We have obtained some evidence for a causal link between cGMP production and the inhibition of mesangial cell migration after stimulation with oxidized LDL and lyso-PtdCho. First, ANP and BNP increased cGMP levels, and these effects paralleled the inhibition of migration. Second, a cGMP analog, 8-bromo-cGMP. significantly inhibited oxidized LDL and lyso-PtdChostimulated migration. Third, C-ANF, a specific ligand for ANP clearance receptors,40 could not significantly inhibit oxidized LDL and lyso-PtdChoinduced migration. These results suggest that cardiac natriuretic peptides inhibit oxidized LDL and lyso-PtdChoinduced migration, at least in part, through a cGMP-dependent process and that the biological rather than the clearance ANP receptor may be involved in this effect. Recently, nitric oxide is shown to inhibit Ang IIinduced migration of rat aortic SMCs in part via a cGMP-dependent mechanism.41 This finding may support our hypothesis. However, further studies are necessary to elucidate the involvement of cGMP and its related systems in the inhibition by natriuretic peptides of oxidized LDL or lyso-PtdChoinduced migration of human mesangial cells.
In summary, our present findings suggest that oxidized LDL and its major phospholipid component, lyso-PtdCho, stimulate human mesangial cell migration, at least in part, via a PKC-dependent process and that ANP and BNP can inhibit this stimulated migration, probably through a cGMP-dependent process. Taken together with an antimitogenic effect29 of ANP and BNP on glomerular mesangial cells, migration inhibition by these natriuretic peptides may exert an important beneficial effect that tends to lessen the severity of hypercholesterolemia-induced glomerular damage that involves mainly the mesangium.
| Acknowledgments |
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Received September 10, 1999; first decision October 14, 1999; accepted November 19, 1999.
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