Lysophosphatidylcholine upregulates the level of heparin-binding epidermal growth factor-like growth factor mRNA in human monocytes.

AUTOR(ES)

Nakano, T

RESUMO

Lysophosphatidylcholine is increased in the plasma of hypercholesterolemic patients, is a component of oxidatively modified low-density lipoprotein, and, as such, may play an important role in atherosclerosis. Here we demonstrate that in human monocytes, lysophosphatidylcholine increases the level of mRNA encoding the heparin-binding epidermal growth factor-like growth factor (HB-EGF), a potent smooth muscle mitogen. Lysophosphatidylcholine treatment also enhances the release of heparin-binding mitogenic activity by these cells in culture. The anti-inflammatory glucocorticoid dexamethasone inhibits the upregulation of HB-EGF mRNA induced by either lysophosphatidylcholine or bacterial lipopolysaccharide in cultured monocytes. However, the responses induced by lysophosphatidylcholine and by lipopolysaccharide differ in their kinetics. In addition, the response to lysophosphatidylcholine is resistant to the action of cycloheximide, whereas the response to lipopolysaccharide is not, suggesting that the activation mechanisms induced by these two stimuli are different. Since a nuclear run-on assay showed no effect of lysophosphatidylcholine on the transcription of the HB-EGF gene, we speculate that lysophosphatidylcholine may increase the level of HB-EGF mRNA by altering the processing or degradation of primary or mature transcripts. Lysophosphatidylcholine enhancement of monocyte production of HB-EGF may represent an important result of the interactions among oxidized low-density lipoprotein and monocyte-derived macrophages and may play a role in initiation of smooth muscle proliferation in atherogenesis.

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