Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shangqiu the First People's Hospital, Shangqiu, Henan Province 476000, China.
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan Province 650118, China.
Toxicol In Vitro. 2019 Apr;56:156-162. doi: 10.1016/j.tiv.2019.01.012. Epub 2019 Jan 21.
Aortic aneurysm (AA) is a common disease that is associated with the proliferation and apoptosis of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). VSMC cells can be directly exposed to environmental endocrine disruptors (EEDs) such as bisphenol A (BPA). However, the effects of BPA on the biological functions of VSMC are not well studied. Our present study found that nanomolar bisphenol A (BPA) can increase the proliferation of VSMC, which was further evidenced by the results that BPA can increase the expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA). The expression of Angiotensin II (Ang II), which is associated with the proliferation and inflammation of VSMCs, was upregulated after BPA treatment. While losartan, an Ang II receptor antagonist, can attenuate BPA induced cell proliferation, suggesting the essential role of Ang II in BPA induced cell proliferation. BPA treatment can also increase the expression of tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) via an Ang II dependent manner. Both estrogen receptor α (ERα) and G protein-coupled estrogen receptor (GPER) can be detected in VSMCs. Blocking the functions of ERα and GPER by their specific inhibitors can attenuate the BPA induced proliferation of VSMCs and expression of Ang II. Consistently, BPA induced expression of TNFα and IL-6 was also attenuated by inhibitors of ERα and GPER. BPA can increase the phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) though GPER. The inhibitor of ERK1/2 can abolish BPA induced upregulation of Ang II. Collectively, our present study suggested that BPA can trigger the proliferation of VSMCs via both ERα and GPER dependent manners.
主动脉瘤(AA)是一种常见疾病,与血管平滑肌细胞(VSMC)的增殖和凋亡有关。VSMC 细胞可以直接暴露于环境内分泌干扰物(EEDs)如双酚 A(BPA)中。然而,BPA 对 VSMC 生物学功能的影响尚未得到很好的研究。我们目前的研究发现,纳米摩尔浓度的双酚 A(BPA)可以增加 VSMC 的增殖,这进一步证明了 BPA 可以增加增殖细胞核抗原(PCNA)的表达。血管紧张素 II(Ang II)的表达与 VSMC 的增殖和炎症有关,在 BPA 处理后上调。而血管紧张素 II 受体拮抗剂氯沙坦可以减弱 BPA 诱导的细胞增殖,表明 Ang II 在 BPA 诱导的细胞增殖中起重要作用。BPA 处理还可以通过 Ang II 依赖的方式增加肿瘤坏死因子 α(TNFα)和白细胞介素 6(IL-6)的表达。雌激素受体 α(ERα)和 G 蛋白偶联雌激素受体(GPER)都可以在 VSMC 中检测到。用它们的特异性抑制剂阻断 ERα 和 GPER 的功能可以减弱 BPA 诱导的 VSMC 增殖和 Ang II 的表达。一致地,BPA 诱导的 TNFα 和 IL-6 的表达也被 ERα 和 GPER 的抑制剂减弱。BPA 可以通过 GPER 增加细胞外信号调节激酶 1/2(ERK1/2)的磷酸化。ERK1/2 的抑制剂可以消除 BPA 诱导的 Ang II 的上调。总之,我们的研究表明,BPA 可以通过 ERα 和 GPER 依赖的方式触发 VSMC 的增殖。