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Hypertension. 2009
Published online before print February 16, 2009, doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.128140
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Submitted on December 25, 2008
Revised on January 19, 2009

Attenuation of Cuff-Induced Neointimal Formation by Overexpression of Angiotensin II Type 2 Receptor-Interacting Protein 1

Teppei Fujita; Masaki Mogi; Li-Juan Min; Jun Iwanami; Kana Tsukuda; Akiko Sakata; Hideki Okayama; Masaru Iwai; Clara Nahmias; Jitsuo Higaki; and Masatsugu Horiuchi*

From the Departments of Molecular Cardiovascular Biology and Pharmacology (T.F., M.M., L-J.M., J.I., K.T., A.S., M.I., M.H.) and Integrated Medicine and Informatics (H.O., J.H.), Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan; and the Institut Cochin (C.N.), Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: horiuchi{at}m.ehime-u.ac.jp.

Abstract—Recently we have cloned angiotensin II type 2 receptor–interacting protein 1 (ATIP1) as a novel protein that interacts specifically with the C-terminal tail of the angiotensin II type 2 receptor; however, the pathophysiological roles of ATIP1 in vascular remodeling are still unknown. Here, we generated ATIP1-transgenic (ATIP1-Tg) mice expressing mouse ATIP1 and investigated the role of ATIP1 in vascular remodeling using these transgenic mice. ATIP1-Tg mice exhibited no significant difference in blood pressure compared with wild-type (WT) mice. Angiotensin II type 2 receptor mRNA expression in the femoral artery was increased in injured femoral arteries, reaching a peak at 7 days after operation in WT mice, and a similar result of angiotensin II type 2 receptor expression was observed in ATIP1-Tg mice. In ATIP1-Tg mice, neointimal formation of the femoral artery 14 days after cuff placement was significantly smaller than that in WT mice. 5-Bromo-2'-deoxyuridine incorporation was significantly reduced in the injured arteries of ATIP1-Tg mice compared with WT mice. In ATIP1-Tg mice, superoxide anion production and the expression of a proinflammatory cytokine, tumor necrosis factor-{alpha}, were markedly attenuated. Moreover, cell proliferative signaling, such as extracellular signal-regulated kinase phosphorylation, was significantly attenuated in ATIP1-Tg mice compared with WT mice. Taken together, these results suggest that ATIP1 plays an important role in cuff-induced vascular remodeling in mice.


Key words: ATIP1 • vascular remodeling • cell proliferation • oxidative stress • ERK