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KMID : 0361120030170010001
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Korean Journal of Transplantation
2003 Volume.17 No. 1 p.1 ~ p.6
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Effect of Mycophenolic Acid and Rapamycin on the Proliferation and Collagen Synthesis of the Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell of Rat
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박제현/Je Hyun Park
김명수/하헌주/허규하/강상욱/김혜진/서지연/문장일/김유선/박기일/Myoung Soo Kim/Hun Joo Ha/Kyu Ha Huh/Sang Wook Kang/Hae Jin Kim/Ji Yeon Seo/Jang Il Moon/Yu Seun Kim/Ki Il Park
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Abstract
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PURPOSE: Vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation and extracellular matrix protein accumulation play important roles in chronic allograft vasculopathy. Mycophenolic acid (MPA) or rapamycin (RPM) was reported to inhibit VSMC proliferation in
vitro and in vivo. However, effects of MPA or RPM on collagen synthesis of VSMCs, and the combined effects of MPA and RPM treatment on VSMC proliferation are not yet reported. METHODS: VSMCs isolated from the aorta of Sprague-Dawley rats were cultured
with EMEM supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum and insulin/ transferrin. Growth arrested and synchronized cells were pretreated with test drugs (alone or combination of various concentrations of MPA and RPM) 1 hour before the addition of 10 ng/ml
PDGF. Cell proliferation was assessed by [H(3)]- thymidine incorporation, and collagen synthesis by [H(3)]- proline incorporation. RESULTS: PDGF increased cell proliferation and collagen synthesis by 3.4- and 2.1-fold, respectively, compared to control.
MPA at above 100 nM or RPM at above 1 nM effectively inhibited PDGF-induced cell proliferation and collagen synthesis. The IC(50) of MPA or RPM against PDGF-stimulated cell proliferation was between 100 nM and 1 micro M or between 1 nM and 10 nM,
respectively. The combination of MPA and RPM showed additive effects on PDGF-induced VSMC proliferation in a multiple regression analysis (R(2)=0.508, P＜0.05). CONCLUSION: The present study demonstrated that MPA or RPM significantly inhibited
PDGF-induced VSMC proliferation. These independent phenomena were well maintained as suggested by additive effects after combination treatment. PDGF-induced collagen synthesis was also effectively suppressed by the treatment of MPA or RPM.
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