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Activation of vascular smooth muscle parathyroid hormone receptor inhibits Wnt/beta-catenin signaling and aortic fibrosis in diabetic arteriosclerosis.


ABSTRACT: Vascular fibrosis and calcification contribute to diabetic arteriosclerosis, impairing Windkessel physiology necessary for distal tissue perfusion. Wnt family members, upregulated in arteries by the low-grade inflammation of "diabesity," stimulate type I collagen expression and osteogenic mineralization of mesenchymal progenitors via beta-catenin. Conversely, parathyroid hormone (PTH) inhibits aortic calcification in low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR)-deficient mice fed high fat diabetogenic diets (HFD).We sought to determine the impact of vascular PTH receptor (PTH1R) activity on arteriosclerotic Wnt/beta-catenin signaling in vitro and in vivo. We generated SM-caPTH1R transgenic mice, a model in which the constitutively active PTH1R variant H223R (caPTH1R) is expressed only in the vasculature.The caPTH1R inhibited Wnt/beta-catenin signaling, collagen production, and vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation and calcification in vitro. Transgenic SM-caPTH1R;LDLR(+/-) mice fed HFD develop diabesity, with no improvements in fasting serum glucose, cholesterol, weight, body composition, or bone mass versus LDLR(+/-) siblings. SM-caPTH1R downregulated aortic Col1A1, Runx2, and Nox1 expression without altering TNF, Msx2, Wnt7a/b, or Nox4. The SM-caPTH1R transgene decreased aortic beta-catenin protein accumulation and signaling in diabetic LDLR(+/-) mice. Levels of aortic superoxide (a precursor of peroxide that activates pro-matrix metalloproteinase 9 and osteogenic signaling in vascular smooth muscle cells) were suppressed by the SM-caPTH1R transgene. Aortic calcification, collagen accumulation, and wall thickness were concomitantly reduced, enhancing vessel distensibility.Cell-autonomous vascular smooth muscle cell PTH1R activity inhibits arteriosclerotic Wnt/beta-catenin signaling and reduces vascular oxidative stress, thus limiting aortic type I collagen and calcium accrual in diabetic LDLR-deficient mice.

SUBMITTER: Cheng SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2913587 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Activation of vascular smooth muscle parathyroid hormone receptor inhibits Wnt/beta-catenin signaling and aortic fibrosis in diabetic arteriosclerosis.

Cheng Su-Li SL   Shao Jian-Su JS   Halstead Linda R LR   Distelhorst Kathryn K   Sierra Oscar O   Towler Dwight A DA  

Circulation research 20100520 2


<h4>Rationale</h4>Vascular fibrosis and calcification contribute to diabetic arteriosclerosis, impairing Windkessel physiology necessary for distal tissue perfusion. Wnt family members, upregulated in arteries by the low-grade inflammation of "diabesity," stimulate type I collagen expression and osteogenic mineralization of mesenchymal progenitors via beta-catenin. Conversely, parathyroid hormone (PTH) inhibits aortic calcification in low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR)-deficient mice fed hi  ...[more]

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