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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-8-26
pubmed:abstractText
Intermedin (IMD) is a newly discovered peptide closely related to adrenomedullin. We recently reported that IMD gene delivery prevented kidney damage and capillary loss in a rat model of chronic renal injury. In this study, we evaluated the role of IMD in angiogenesis in the ischemic hindlimb. Adenovirus containing human IMD or control adenovirus (Ad.Null) was injected into the adductor muscles of rats immediately after femoral artery ligation. The expression of human IMD was detected in the skeletal muscle 5 days after the viral injection. Blood perfusion in the ischemic hindlimb was monitored by laser-Doppler imaging from 1 to 3 wk after gene delivery. When compared with animals receiving Ad.Null, those with IMD gene transfer resulted in a time-dependent increase in blood perfusion. IMD gene delivery also increased capillary and arteriole density in ischemic hindlimb, identified by anti-CD-31 and alpha-smooth muscle actin immunostaining. Angiogenesis promoted by IMD was confirmed by increased capillary formation and hemoglobin content in Matrigel implants containing IMD peptide in mice. In cultured endothelial cells, IMD induced cell migration and tube formation, and these effects were blocked by the inhibition of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), Akt, nitric oxide (NO) synthase (NOS), vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 (VEGFR-2), and anti-IMD-neutralizing antibody. IMD was found to increase the phosphorylation of ERK, Akt, and endothelial NOS, as well as to augment NO formation, VEGF, and VEGFR-2 synthesis. Taken together, these results indicate that IMD enhances angiogenesis through ERK, Akt/NOS/NO, and VEGF/VEGFR-2 signaling pathways and raises the potential of IMD gene or peptide administration in the modulation of endothelial dysfunction.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1522-1539
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
297
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
H1040-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-24
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19592612-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19592612-Arterioles, pubmed-meshheading:19592612-Capillaries, pubmed-meshheading:19592612-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:19592612-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:19592612-Collagen, pubmed-meshheading:19592612-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:19592612-Drug Combinations, pubmed-meshheading:19592612-Endothelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:19592612-Femoral Artery, pubmed-meshheading:19592612-Gene Transfer Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:19592612-Hindlimb, pubmed-meshheading:19592612-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19592612-Ischemia, pubmed-meshheading:19592612-Laminin, pubmed-meshheading:19592612-Laser-Doppler Flowmetry, pubmed-meshheading:19592612-Ligation, pubmed-meshheading:19592612-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19592612-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:19592612-Muscle, Skeletal, pubmed-meshheading:19592612-Neovascularization, Physiologic, pubmed-meshheading:19592612-Peptide Hormones, pubmed-meshheading:19592612-Proteoglycans, pubmed-meshheading:19592612-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:19592612-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:19592612-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:19592612-Umbilical Veins
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Intermedin is a new angiogenic growth factor.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425-2211, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural