TY - JOUR
T1 - Acidosis inhibits endothelial cell apoptosis and function and induces basic fibroblast growth factor and vascular endothelial growth factor expression
AU - D'Arcangelo, Daniela
AU - Facchiano, Francesco
AU - Barlucchi, Laura Maria
AU - Melillo, Guido
AU - Illi, Barbara
AU - Testolin, Lucia
AU - Gaetano, Carlo
AU - Capogrossi, Maurizio C.
PY - 2000/2/18
Y1 - 2000/2/18
N2 - Endothelial cells are exposed to an acidotic environment in a variety of pathological and physiological conditions. However, the effect of acidosis on endothelial cell function is still largely unknown, and it was evaluated in the present study. Bovine aortic endothelial cells (BAECs) were grown in bicarbonate buffer equilibrated either with 20% CO2 (pH 7.0, acidosis) or 5% CO2 (pH 7.4, control). Acidosis inhibited BAEC proliferation in 10% FCS, whereas by day 7 in serum-free medium, cell number was 3-fold higher in acidotic cells than in control cells. Serum deprivation enhanced BAEC apoptosis, and apoptotic cell death was markedly inhibited by acidosis. Additionally, acidosis inhibited FCS-stimulated migration in a modified Boyden chamber assay and FCS-stimulated differentiation into capillary-like structures on reconstituted basement membrane proteins. Conditioned media from BAECs cultured for 48 hours either at pH 7.0 or pH 7.4 enhanced BAEC proliferation and migration at pH 7.4, and both effects were more marked with conditioned medium from BAECs grown in acidotic than in control conditions. Acidosis enhanced vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) mRNA expression as well as bFGF secretion, and a blocking bFGF antibody inhibited enhanced BAEC migration in response to conditioned medium from acidotic cells. These results show that acidosis protects endothelial cells from apoptosis and inhibits their proangiogenic behavior despite enhanced VEGF and bFGF mRNA expression and bFGF secretion.
AB - Endothelial cells are exposed to an acidotic environment in a variety of pathological and physiological conditions. However, the effect of acidosis on endothelial cell function is still largely unknown, and it was evaluated in the present study. Bovine aortic endothelial cells (BAECs) were grown in bicarbonate buffer equilibrated either with 20% CO2 (pH 7.0, acidosis) or 5% CO2 (pH 7.4, control). Acidosis inhibited BAEC proliferation in 10% FCS, whereas by day 7 in serum-free medium, cell number was 3-fold higher in acidotic cells than in control cells. Serum deprivation enhanced BAEC apoptosis, and apoptotic cell death was markedly inhibited by acidosis. Additionally, acidosis inhibited FCS-stimulated migration in a modified Boyden chamber assay and FCS-stimulated differentiation into capillary-like structures on reconstituted basement membrane proteins. Conditioned media from BAECs cultured for 48 hours either at pH 7.0 or pH 7.4 enhanced BAEC proliferation and migration at pH 7.4, and both effects were more marked with conditioned medium from BAECs grown in acidotic than in control conditions. Acidosis enhanced vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) mRNA expression as well as bFGF secretion, and a blocking bFGF antibody inhibited enhanced BAEC migration in response to conditioned medium from acidotic cells. These results show that acidosis protects endothelial cells from apoptosis and inhibits their proangiogenic behavior despite enhanced VEGF and bFGF mRNA expression and bFGF secretion.
KW - Acidosis
KW - Apoptosis
KW - Endothelium
KW - Growth factors
KW - Ischemia
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M3 - Article
C2 - 10679483
AN - SCOPUS:0033963979
VL - 86
SP - 312
EP - 318
JO - Circulation Research
JF - Circulation Research
SN - 0009-7330
IS - 3
ER -