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Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor (bFGF) Regulates the Expression of the CC Chemokine Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 (MCP-1) in Autocrine-Activated Endothelial Cells
From the Cell Biology Laboratory, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of Göttingen Medical School, Germany; and the Department of Surgery, Maine Medical Center Research Institute, South Portland (V.L.).
Correspondence to Dr Hellmut G. Augustin, Cell Biology Laboratory, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of Göttingen Medical School, Robert-Koch-Str 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany. E-mail haugust{at}med.uni-goettingen.de
Abstract The CC chemokine monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1 is induced by inflammatory cytokines and acts as a potent regulator of monocyte trafficking. Monocytes adhere preferentially to migrating endothelial cells in vitro and to endothelial cells at the migration front in vivo after aortic balloon denudation injury. Based on these findings, we analyzed MCP-1 expression in migrating and resting bovine aortic endothelial (BAE) cells and identified prominently upregulated levels of MCP-1 expression in migrating BAE cells. Stimulation of resting BAE cells with 5 ng/mL bFGF resulted in a fourfold induction of MCP-1 mRNA expression. The time course of bFGF-induced MCP-1 mRNA expression indicated a rapid and direct stimulation of MCP-1 expression that was detectable 30 minutes after stimulation. Levels of basal MCP-1 expression, as well as upregulated levels of MCP-1 in migrating BAE cells, were downregulated by addition of a neutralizing anti-bFGF monoclonal antibody (1.0 µg/mL). Digestion of conditioned media of resting BAE cells with collagenase led to a dose-dependent induction of MCP-1 expression in resting BAE cells, which was inhibited >50% by addition of neutralizing anti-bFGF antibody. Confirmation of the Northern blot experiments by ELISA-based quantitation of MCP-1 protein levels identified threefold to sixfold higher levels of MCP-1 in the supernatants of bFGF-stimulated BAE cells than in unstimulated resting BAE cells. Finally, analysis of MCP-1 expression by in situ hybridization carried out on en face preparations of aortas demonstrated that MCP-1 expression is dramatically upregulated in regenerating endothelial cells in vivo after balloon denudation. Though not establishing a direct causal relation between the preferential adhesion of monocytes to migrating endothelial cells, these findings strongly suggest that autocrine-activated endothelial cell–derived MCP-1 may play a critical role in recruiting monocytes. They furthermore support the concept that bFGF acts as an autocrine regulator of endothelial cell activity and may imply an involvement of bFGF as a mediator of inflammatory cell trafficking.
Key Words: endothelial cells • chemokines • MCP-1 • bFGF
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