Project description:Laminar shear stress due to constant blood flow is known to play a critical role in maintaining vascular health. In contrast, endothelial cell senescence appears to be closely associated with the incidence of vascular disorder. In an attempt to identify functional biomarkers for age-related vascular health/disease, the present study investigated differential gene expression of young and senescent human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) under static and laminar shear stress. We used a cDNA microarray method to compare gene expression profiles of young and senescent HUVECs under static and laminar shear stress conditions. Experiment Overall Design: Senescent cells were prepared by continuous subculture in vitro, and a cone-and-plate device was used to impose laminar shear stress onto cells. Young and senescent cells were exposed to laminar shear stress or maintained under static conditions. Total mRNA was extracted and gene expression profiles were analyzed by cDNA microarray.
Project description:Many studies have characterised the effect of normal laminar shear stress (LSS) on endothelial responses, however elevated shear stress, as would be experienced overlying a stenotic plaque, has not been studied in depth. Therefore we used transcriptomics and related functional analyses to compare cells exposed to laminar shear stress at 15 or 75 dynes/cm2 for 24 hours (LSS15-normal or LSS75-high shear stress). Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC n=4 per flow condition from different batches of pooled donor HUVEC p2) were cultured for 24 hours on gelatin coated slides under laminar shear stress of either 15 dynes/cm2 or 75 dynes/cm2 (LSS15 or LSS75) to assess the effect of high shear stress on endothelial cells. Total RNA was obtained using Qiagen kit and array analysis performed by Service XS (Leiden, Netherlands).
Project description:Laminar shear stress due to constant blood flow is known to play a critical role in maintaining vascular health. In contrast, endothelial cell senescence appears to be closely associated with the incidence of vascular disorder. In an attempt to identify functional biomarkers for age-related vascular health/disease, the present study investigated differential gene expression of young and senescent human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) under static and laminar shear stress. We used a cDNA microarray method to compare gene expression profiles of young and senescent HUVECs under static and laminar shear stress conditions. Keywords: stress response, age state analysis
Project description:Laminar shear stress (LSS) suppresses endothelial inflammation and protects the arteries from atherosclerosis. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are powerful regulators of vascular homeostasis and atherosclerosis; however, their roles in mediating the effects of LSS remain unexplored. To identify the changes in circRNA expression patterns after shear stress stimulation, we conducted circRNA microarray analysis using RNA extracted from HUVECs cultured for 24 h under static or LSS conditions.
Project description:The goal of this study was to identify gene signatures in HUVECs exposed to atheroprone low laminar shear stress (LSS) or atheroprotective high laminar shear stress (HSS). The obtained data was used to verify that HSS and LSS application induces gene expression patterns similar to more complex pulsatile and oscillatory flow, respectively.
Project description:Many studies have characterised the effect of normal laminar shear stress (LSS) on endothelial responses, however elevated shear stress, as would be experienced overlying a stenotic plaque, has not been studied in depth. Therefore we used transcriptomics and related functional analyses to compare cells exposed to laminar shear stress at 15 or 75 dynes/cm2 for 24 hours (LSS15-normal or LSS75-high shear stress).
Project description:Many studies have characterized the results of shear stress changes on cultured endothelial cells in different bioreactor systems. However it is still unclear how an invasive intervention like stent procedure may influence the transcriptional response of endothelium. To study the simultaneous effects of shear stress changes and stent application on endothelial gene expression, we have used an experimental apparatus of laminar flow bioreactor (LFB) system with human cultured endothelial cells exposed or not exposed to stent procedure with different flow conditions. Microarray analysis was evaluated in each experimental protocol. HUVECs (2nd and 5th passage) covered on Thermanox slides were submitted to static, low and physiological (0, 1, 5 and 10 dyne/cm2) shear stress in absence (AS) or presence (PS) of stent in LFB system for 24h. Affymetryx analysis has been performed in duplicate by Consortium for Genomic Technologies (Cogentech; Milan, Italy)
Project description:Giantsos-Adams2013 - Growth of glycocalyx
under static conditions
This model is described in the article:
Heparan Sulfate Regrowth
Profiles Under Laminar Shear Flow Following Enzymatic
Degradation.
Giantsos-Adams KM, Koo AJ, Song S,
Sakai J, Sankaran J, Shin JH, Garcia-Cardena G, Dewey CF.
Cell Mol Bioeng 2013 Jun; 6(2):
160-174
Abstract:
The local hemodynamic shear stress waveforms present in an
artery dictate the endothelial cell phenotype. The observed
decrease of the apical glycocalyx layer on the endothelium in
atheroprone regions of the circulation suggests that the
glycocalyx may have a central role in determining
atherosclerotic plaque formation. However, the kinetics for the
cells' ability to adapt its glycocalyx to the environment have
not been quantitatively resolved. Here we report that the
heparan sulfate component of the glycocalyx of HUVECs increases
by 1.4-fold following the onset of high shear stress, compared
to static cultured cells, with a time constant of 19 h.
Cell morphology experiments show that 12 h are required
for the cells to elongate, but only after 36 h have the
cells reached maximal alignment to the flow vector. Our
findings demonstrate that following enzymatic degradation,
heparan sulfate is restored to the cell surface within
12 h under flow whereas the time required is 20 h
under static conditions. We also propose a model describing the
contribution of endocytosis and exocytosis to apical heparan
sulfate expression. The change in HS regrowth kinetics from
static to high-shear EC phenotype implies a differential in the
rate of endocytic and exocytic membrane turnover.
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Project description:Giantsos-Adams2013 - Growth of glycocalyx
under static conditions
This model is described in the article:
Heparan Sulfate Regrowth
Profiles Under Laminar Shear Flow Following Enzymatic
Degradation.
Giantsos-Adams KM, Koo AJ, Song S,
Sakai J, Sankaran J, Shin JH, Garcia-Cardena G, Dewey CF.
Cell Mol Bioeng 2013 Jun; 6(2):
160-174
Abstract:
The local hemodynamic shear stress waveforms present in an
artery dictate the endothelial cell phenotype. The observed
decrease of the apical glycocalyx layer on the endothelium in
atheroprone regions of the circulation suggests that the
glycocalyx may have a central role in determining
atherosclerotic plaque formation. However, the kinetics for the
cells' ability to adapt its glycocalyx to the environment have
not been quantitatively resolved. Here we report that the
heparan sulfate component of the glycocalyx of HUVECs increases
by 1.4-fold following the onset of high shear stress, compared
to static cultured cells, with a time constant of 19 h.
Cell morphology experiments show that 12 h are required
for the cells to elongate, but only after 36 h have the
cells reached maximal alignment to the flow vector. Our
findings demonstrate that following enzymatic degradation,
heparan sulfate is restored to the cell surface within
12 h under flow whereas the time required is 20 h
under static conditions. We also propose a model describing the
contribution of endocytosis and exocytosis to apical heparan
sulfate expression. The change in HS regrowth kinetics from
static to high-shear EC phenotype implies a differential in the
rate of endocytic and exocytic membrane turnover.
This model is hosted on
BioModels Database
and identified by:
MODEL1609100001.
To cite BioModels Database, please use:
BioModels Database:
An enhanced, curated and annotated resource for published
quantitative kinetic models.
To the extent possible under law, all copyright and related or
neighbouring rights to this encoded model have been dedicated to
the public domain worldwide. Please refer to
CC0
Public Domain Dedication for more information.