Monocyte Chemotactic Protein 1 (MCP-1) Is a Mitogen for Cultured Rat Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

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The involvement of inflammatory mechanisms in the progression of atherosclerosis has recently been suggested. Monocyte chemotactic protein 1 (MCP-1) is a soluble protein which is implicated in acute and chronic inflammatory processes, including atherosclerosis. We evaluated the effect of human recombinant MCP-1 on the in vitro proliferation of rat vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). Incubation of VSMCs with MCP-1 (50-200 ng/ml) in the presence of 0.5% FCS significantly increased cell proliferation, [<sup>3</sup>H]-thymidine incorporation and the proliferative S fraction, measured by flow cytometry, compared to control cells. The proliferative effect of MCP-1 was specific, as shown by inhibition with a rabbit polyclonal serum to MCP-1. Moreover, the mitogenic effect of MCP-1 was significantly inhibited by downregulation of protein kinase C (PKC) activity and by incubation with H-7, a protein kinase inhibitor, suggesting the involvement of the PKC system. Verapamil, a Ca<sup>2+</sup> channel blocker, also reduced the stimulatory effect of MCP-1 on cell proliferation. This study demonstrates that MCP-1 does not merely have a chemotactic activity, but also a mitogenic effect on cultured rat VSMCs.

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Journal ID (publisher-id): JVR

Journal ID (nlm-ta): J Vasc Res

Journal ID (doi): 10.1159/issn.1018-1172

Title: Journal of Vascular Research

Publisher: S. Karger AG

ISSN (Print): 1018-1172

ISSN (Electronic): 1423-0135

Publication date Subscription-year: 1997

Publication date (Print): 1997

Publication date (Electronic): 24 September 2008

Volume: 34

Issue: 1

Pages: 58-65

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^aIstituto di Medicina Interna, ^bIstituto di Immunologia, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università di Chieti, and ^cLaboratory of Vascular and Tumor Cell Biology, Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, Santa Maria Imbaro, Chieti, Italy

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Publisher ID: 159202 Other ID: J Vasc Res 1997;34:58–65

DOI: 10.1159/000159202

PubMed ID: 9075826

SO-VID: 55cfef82-94da-4bd5-8197-370bc35ec78b

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Date received : 01 February 1996

Date accepted : 17 September 1996

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Pages: 8

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