Published online before print July 13, 2006, doi: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000236203.90331.d0
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Vascular Biology |
ADAM17 Mediates Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Transactivation and Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Hypertrophy Induced by Angiotensin II
From the Cardiovascular Research Center (H.O., S.H., H.S., H.N., K.E., S.E.) and Departments of Physiology (H.O., S.H., H.S., H.N., K.E., S.E.) and Pharmacology (E.B.), Temple University School of Medicine. Philadelphia, Pa; the Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular and Integrative Physiology (P.J.D.), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich; and the Department of Biochemistry (G.D.F.), Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tenn.
Correspondence to Satoru Eguchi, MD, PhD, FAHA, Cardiovascular Research Center, Temple University School of Medicine, 3420 N. Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19140. E-mail seguchi{at}temple.edu
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Background— Angiotensin II (Ang II) promotes growth of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) via epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor (EGFR) transactivation mediated through a metalloprotease-dependent shedding of heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor (HB-EGF). However, the identity of the metalloprotease responsible for this process remains unknown.
Methods and Results— To identify the metalloprotease required for Ang II-induced EGFR transactivation, primary cultured aortic VSMCs were infected with retrovirus encoding dominant negative (dn) mutant of ADAM10 or ADAM17. EGFR transactivation induced by Ang II was inhibited in VSMCs infected with dnADAM17 retrovirus but not with dnADAM10 retrovirus. However, Ang II comparably stimulated intracellular Ca2+ elevation and JAK2 tyrosine phosphorylation in these VSMCs. In addition, dnADAM17 inhibited HB-EGF shedding induced by Ang II in A10 VSMCs expressing the AT1 receptor. Moreover, Ang II enhanced protein synthesis and cell volume in VSMCs infected with control retrovirus, but not in VSMCs infected with dnADAM17 retrovirus.
Conclusion— ADAM17 activated by the AT1 receptor is responsible for EGFR transactivation and subsequent protein synthesis in VSMCs. These findings demonstrate a previously missing molecular mechanism by which Ang II promotes vascular remodeling.
By using vascular smooth muscle cells, we demonstrate that a metalloprotease ADAM17 is responsible for epidermal growth factor receptor transactivation and subsequent protein synthesis induced by angiotensin II. The findings demonstrate a previously missing molecular mechanism by which angiotensin II promotes vascular hypertrophy.
Key Words: AT1 receptor • metalloprotease • HB-EGF • signal transduction
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Angiotensin II (Ang II) and its G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR), Ang II type-1 receptor (AT1), play critical roles in mediating cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension and atherosclerosis. Ang II appears to contribute to vascular remodeling by inducing hypertrophy, hyperplasia, and migration of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs).1–3 It has been shown that Ang II promotes these cellular effects by "trans"-activation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mediated through the AT1 receptor.2,4 Thus, the EGFR transactivation by Ang II leads to the activation of the downstream growth promoting signal transduction in VSMCs.2,4
Intracellular Ca2+ elevation, protein kinase C activation or reactive oxygen species (ROS) production seems to be required for the upstream of EGFR transactivation induced by Ang II through the AT1 receptor.5–7 Recently, the mechanism of EGFR transactivation via several GPCRs has been shown to involve a proteolytic cleavage ("ecto-domain shedding") of a membrane-anchored EGF ligand precursor to release a biologically active growth factor mediated through ADAM (a disintegrin and metalloprotease) family metalloproteases.8,9 Previously, we and others have shown that heparin-binding EGF (HB-EGF) shedding is essential for EGFR transactivation via the AT1 receptor.10–12 However, the identity of the ADAM involved in vascular remodeling induced by Ang II remains unknown. By using retrovirus vectors encoding dominant-negative mutants of ADAMs, here, we demonstrate several lines of evidence indicating that ADAM17 is the metalloprotease required for EGFR transactivation and subsequent VSMC hypertrophy induced by Ang II.
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Reagents
Ang II and EGF were obtained from Sigma and Upstate, respectively. Antibodies selective for Tyr1068-phosphorylated EGFR and Tyr1007/1008-phosphorylated JAK2 were purchased from Biosource International. Antibody against EGFR was purchased from Santa Cruz Biotechnology. Antibodies against ADAM10 and ADAM17 were purchased from Chemicon.
Cell Culture
Rat aortic VSMCs were isolated and subcultured as described previously.5 Cells at &80% confluence in culture wells (passage 6 to 12) were made quiescent by incubation with serum-free medium for 2 to 3 days. A10 VSMCs were obtained from American Type Culture Collection and subcultured as described previously.13
Retroviral Infection
Catalytically inactive/dominant negative ADAM17 (dnADAM17), in which Glu406 was replaced with Ala, and dnADAM10, in which Glu385 was replaced with Ala, were cloned into the pBM-IRES-PURO retroviral vector.14 Retrovirus was infected to VSMCs as previously described.15
Immunoblotting
Immunoblotting was performed as previously described.5,16
Intracellular Ca2+ Measurements
Intracellular Ca2+ was measured as described previously by using fura2 as an indicator.15,17
HB-EGF Shedding Assay
Forty-eight hours after transfection of plasmids encoding rat AT1 receptor and HB-EGF-ALP plasmid,15,18 A10 VSMCs were stimulated by Ang II for 60 minutes. The HB-EGF-ALP secreted into the medium was assessed as described previously.19
Protein Assay
Protein assay to estimate protein synthesis was performed as previously described.20
Cell Volume Measurement
Quiescent VSMCs in 6 well plates were stimulated with Ang II (100 nmol/L) for 72 hours. The cells were washed with Hanks balanced salt solution and trypsinized. Cell volume was measured by a coulter counter (Beckmancoulter).
Statistical Analysis
Data were analyzed by using the Student t test. The mean±SEM was determined with a significance level of P<0.05. In VSMCs, immunoblotting (n=3 to 4) and Ca2+ measurement (n=4) were performed in different passages from 2 distinct cell lines. Protein assays (n=4) were performed in separate wells in different passages, and the cell volume measurements (n=3) were performed in separate plates from the same cell lines/passages. In A10 cells, HB-EGF shedding assays were performed with n=3 in separate wells.
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To examine the role of ADAMs in mediating EGFR transactivation induced by Ang II in VSMCs, the cells were infected with retrovirus encoding dnADAM10 or dnADAM17. Over-expression of dnADAM10 and dnADAM17 by retroviral transduction and expression of endogenous ADAMs were confirmed by antibodies toward ADAM10 or ADAM17, respectively. Ang II stimulation for 2 minutes resulted in marked phosphorylation of the EGFR at Tyr1068 in control VSMCs, whereas it was completely inhibited by the transduction of dnADAM17, but not by dnADAM10. JAK2 phosphorylation induced by Ang II was not affected by any of these infections (Figure 1A). In addition, Ang II induced comparable intracellular Ca2+ elevation, both in the peak and sustained phase, in dnADAM10 and dnADAM17 VSMCs (Figure 1B). Moreover, EGF equally activated EGFR in VSMCs infected with control vector retrovirus, dnADAM17 retrovirus and dnADM10 retrovirus (Figure 1C).
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P<0.05 compared with the stimulated control.To examine whether ADAM17 is required for HB-EGF shedding induced by Ang II, we performed a reporter assay using HB-EGF-AP chimera vector, an established assay for HB-EGF shedding.18 Because of the technical difficulty of multiple gene transfection in primary cultured VSMCs, this experiment was done in a cell line, A10 VSMC. A10 VSMCs permanently infected with retrovirus encoding dnADAM17 or its control empty vector were further transfected with plasmids encoding AT1 receptor and HB-EGF-ALP. Ang II-induced HB-EGF shedding was markedly inhibited in the cells infected with dnADAM17 compared to the control cells (Figure 1D). These data suggest that ADAM17 is the metalloprotease required for EGFR transactivation via HB-EGF shedding induced by Ang II in VSMCs. However, the contribution of ADAM10 to HB-EGF shedding was not evaluated in A10 VSMCs because of the inability of selected cells to sufficiently over-express dnADAM10. The differences in gene transfection and expression observed between A10 cells and primary VSMCs likely reflect, in part, the distinct origins of the 2 cell types.
The EGFR transactivation induced by Ang II has been implicated in VSMC hypertrophy.4,21 Therefore, we have examined whether ADAM17 activation is required for VSMC protein synthesis induced by Ang II. Ang II increase intracellular protein amount after 72 hours in control VSMCs. However, both basal and Ang II-stimulated protein synthesis were markedly inhibited in VSMCs infected with dnADAM17 retrovirus (Figure 2A). In control VSMCs, Ang II also enhanced cell volume, whereas it was markedly inhibited by dnADAM17 over-expression (Figure 2B). The discrepancy between the basal responses of the cell volume measurement and the protein assay may involve distinct evaluation methodologies or inhibition of basal protein synthesis without decreasing the basal cell volume. In addition, Ang II did not affect VSMC proliferation under these experimental conditions.20 These data suggest that ADAM17 activation is specifically required for hypertrophic responses in VSMCs stimulated by Ang II.
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In the present study, we have demonstrated an essential role of ADAM17 for EGFR transactivation and subsequent cell hypertrophy induced by Ang II in VSMCs. Although >30 members of ADAMs exist in mammals, only 4 ADAMs, ADAM10, 12, 15 and 17, have thus far been demonstrated to mediate EGFR transactivation by a limited number of GPCRs.9 In cardiac myocytes, ADAM12 has been shown to mediate EGFR transactivation induced by phenylphrine. In this same study, a metalloprotease inhibitor blocked EGFR transactivation and subsequent hypertrophic responses by Ang II,18 but no direct evidence was shown to demonstrate the involvement of ADAM12 in Ang II-induced EGFR transactivation. Recently, the requirement of ADAM17 for EGFR transactivation by Ang II was shown by us15 and others,22 although these findings were limited to established cell lines. Therefore, to our knowledge this is the first report identifying the ADAM responsible for mediating EGFR transactivation by Ang II in its well recognized target, VSMCs. Our findings are in line with a recent report demonstrating the requirement of ADAM17 in renal tissue remodeling induced by Ang II by using a pharmacological inhibitor.23
Although there are multiple EGFR ligands, HB-EGF has been intensively reported to be the key EGFR ligand responsible for EGFR transactivation induced by Ang II in various cells including VSMCs.10–12 This mechanism is shared in VSMCs stimulated by other GPCR agonists, thrombin24 and catecholamine.25 Our data presented here further support the importance of ADAM17 in the HB-EGF shedding in VSMCs. Similarly, ADAM17 appears to be the metalloprotease required for HB-EGF shedding induced by Ang II in COS7 and ACHN cells.15,22
As we previously demonstrated, second messengers such as elevation of intracellular Ca2+ and ROS production seem to be involved in the activation process of ADAM17 by the AT1 receptor.15 In addition to these second messengers and ADAM17, multiple upstream components have been reported to participate in EGFR transactivation by Ang II.2,6,7,26 However, the relationships between these distinct signal transduction components still remain unclear. Because ADAM phosphorylation27,28 seems to be required for the activation of certain ADAM, it is possible that the upstream components may converge on an ADAM kinase that regulates ADAM17 activity. The phosphorylation of ADAM17 may further lead to a particular protein-protein interaction required for the activation. In fact, ADAM interacting adaptor proteins29,30 appear to be required for HB-EGF shedding induced by Ang II. Alternatively, ROS could directly activate ADAM17 by oxidizing electrophilic thiol groups critical for ADAM17 activity.9 In addition, it should be noted that ADAM17 cleaves several distinct substrates including ligand precursors and receptors raising the strong possibility that Ang II further uses ADAM17 to regulate downstream signal transduction beyond the EGFR transactivation thus far recognized.8,9 Therefore, future studies need to be conducted on the mechanism for ADAM17 activation by AT1 and the significance of subsequent downstream signaling events.
Both EGFR transactivation and HB-EGF production have been recently implicated in cardiovascular diseases.2 In addition to Ang II, it is quite likely that other cardiovascular risk factors may mediate their pathologic responses via ADAM family metalloproteases.2 Therefore, we propose that ADAM17 could be a novel therapeutic target toward vascular remodeling associated with cardiovascular diseases.
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Sources of Funding
This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health grants HL076770 (S.E.), DK59778 (P.J.D.), DK63363 (P.J.D.), HL076575 (G.D.F.), Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America (P.J.D.), and funds from Tonohata Co, Ltd (S.E.) and Kisyu Hosokawa Co, Ltd (S.E.).
Disclosures
None.
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Original received May 18, 2006; final version accepted June 23, 2006.
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