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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-6-17
pubmed:abstractText
Arsenic exposure is associated with an increased risk of atherosclerosis and vascular diseases. Although endothelial cells have long been considered to be the primary targets of arsenic toxicity, the underlying molecular mechanism remains largely unknown. In this study, we sought to explore the signaling pathway triggered by sodium arsenite and its implication for endothelial phenotype. We found that sodium arsenite produced time- and dose-dependent decreases in human umbilical vein endothelial cell viability. This effect correlated with the induction of p21Cip1/Waf1 (up to 10-fold), a regulatory protein of cell cycle and apoptosis. We also found that arsenite-stimulated EGF (ErbB1) and ErbB2 receptor transactivation, manifest as receptor tyrosine phosphorylation, appeared to be a proximal signaling event leading to p21Cip1/Waf1 induction, because both pharmacological inhibitors and knockdown of receptors by RNA interference blocked arsenite-induced p21Cip1/Waf1 upregulation. Arsenite-induced activation of JNK and p38 MAPK was distinct, with only JNK as a downstream target of the EGF receptor. Moreover, inhibition of JNK with SP-600125 or dominant negative MKK7 inhibited only p21Cip1/Waf1 induction, whereas the p38 MAPK inhibitor SB-203580 or dominant negative MKK4 inhibited both p21Cip1/Waf1 and p53 induction. Functionally, inhibition of p21Cip1/Waf1 induction prevented endothelial apoptosis due to arsenite treatment. Insofar as endothelial dysfunction promotes vascular disease, these data provide a mechanism for the increased incidence of cardiovascular disease due to arsenite exposure.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Arsenites, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/CDKN1A protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cell Cycle Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Enzyme Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptor, erbB-2, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sodium Compounds, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tumor Suppressor Protein p53, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/sodium arsenite
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0363-6135
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
289
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
H99-H107
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15734884-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:15734884-Arsenites, pubmed-meshheading:15734884-Cell Cycle Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15734884-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:15734884-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:15734884-Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21, pubmed-meshheading:15734884-Endothelium, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:15734884-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:15734884-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:15734884-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15734884-JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:15734884-Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:15734884-Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:15734884-Receptor, erbB-2, pubmed-meshheading:15734884-Sodium Compounds, pubmed-meshheading:15734884-Tumor Suppressor Protein p53, pubmed-meshheading:15734884-Up-Regulation
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
EGF receptor-dependent JNK activation is involved in arsenite-induced p21Cip1/Waf1 upregulation and endothelial apoptosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Evans Memorial Department of Medicine, Boston Univ. School of Medicine, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, 715 Albany St., Rm. W507, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural