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The Apoptotic Effect of Angiotensin II in Human Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 July 2020

E. Ou  and
C. Wei
E. Ou
Affiliation:
Cardiovascular Molecular Research, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201
C. Wei
Affiliation:
Cardiovascular Molecular Research, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201
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Angiotensin II is a potent vasoconstrictor and mitogenic factor. However, the effects of angiotensin II on human vascular smooth muscle cells apoptosis remain controversial. Therefore, the current study was designed to investigate the actions of angiotensin II on human vascular smooth muscle cells apoptosis.

Human saphenous vein was obtained from coronary artery bypass surgery (n=6) and was minced and incubated in the special tissue culture system in the absence or presence of angiotensin II (10-6 to 10-12M) for 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, & 24 hours. These studies were repeated with losartan (10-6M, AT- 1 receptor antagonist) and PD-123319 (10-6M, AT-2 receptor antagonist). To detect the DNA fragmentation, in situ terminal deoxymucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) and DNA agarose gel analyses were performed. An average of 1000 nuclei was analyzed for TUNEL studies.

TUNEL staining and DNA gel analysis demonstrated that angiotensin II increased apoptosis in human vascular smooth muscle cells.

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Apoptosis
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 6 , Issue S2: Proceedings: Microscopy & Microanalysis 2000, Microscopy Society of America 58th Annual Meeting, Microbeam Analysis Society 34th Annual Meeting, Microscopical Society of Canada/Societe de Microscopie de Canada 27th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania August 13-17, 2000 , August 2000 , pp. 636 - 637
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