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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-7-2
pubmed:abstractText
Pyrrolidinedithiocarbamate (PDTC) and N-acetylcysteine (NAC) have been used as antioxidants to prevent apoptosis in lymphocytes, neurons, and vascular endothelial cells. We report here that PDTC and NAC induce apoptosis in rat and human smooth muscle cells. In rat aortic smooth muscle cells, PDTC induced cell shrinkage, chromatin condensation, and DNA strand breaks consistent with apoptosis. In addition, overexpression of Bcl-2 suppressed vascular smooth muscle cell death caused by PDTC and NAC. The viability of rat aortic smooth muscle cells decreased within 3 h of treatment with PDTC and was reduced to 30% at 12 h. The effect of PDTC and NAC on smooth muscle cells was not species specific because PDTC and NAC both caused dose-dependent reductions in viability in rat and human aortic smooth muscle cells. In contrast, neither PDTC nor NAC reduced viability in human aortic endothelial cells. The use of antioxidants to induce apoptosis in vascular smooth muscle cells may help prevent their proliferation in arteriosclerotic lesions.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Acetylcysteine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antioxidants, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Chromatin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Culture Media, Serum-Free, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Epidermal Growth Factor, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fibroblast Growth Factor 2, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Insulin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Pyrrolidines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Thiocarbamates, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/pyrrolidine dithiocarbamic acid
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
16
pubmed:volume
271
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3667-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8631978-Acetylcysteine, pubmed-meshheading:8631978-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8631978-Antioxidants, pubmed-meshheading:8631978-Aorta, pubmed-meshheading:8631978-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:8631978-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:8631978-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:8631978-Chromatin, pubmed-meshheading:8631978-Culture Media, Serum-Free, pubmed-meshheading:8631978-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:8631978-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:8631978-Endothelium, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:8631978-Epidermal Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:8631978-Fibroblast Growth Factor 2, pubmed-meshheading:8631978-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8631978-Insulin, pubmed-meshheading:8631978-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:8631978-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8631978-Muscle, Smooth, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:8631978-PC12 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:8631978-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8631978-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2, pubmed-meshheading:8631978-Pyrrolidines, pubmed-meshheading:8631978-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:8631978-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:8631978-Thiocarbamates, pubmed-meshheading:8631978-Time Factors
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Induction of apoptosis by pyrrolidinedithiocarbamate and N-acetylcysteine in vascular smooth muscle cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Cardiovascular Biology Laboratory and the Department of Molecular and Cellular Toxicology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't