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Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol. · Oct 2000
Comparative StudyOverexpression of truncated IkappaBalpha induces TNF-alpha-dependent apoptosis in human vascular smooth muscle cells.
- H Obara, A Takayanagi, J Hirahashi, K Tanaka, G Wakabayashi, K Matsumoto, M Shimazu, N Shimizu, and M Kitajima.
- Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
- Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol. 2000 Oct 1; 20 (10): 2198-204.
AbstractDysregulation of apoptosis is one of the likely underlying mechanisms of neointimal thickening, a disorder in which proinflammatory cytokines may influence the function of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) and contribute to atherogenesis. One of these cytokines, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), induces 2 possibly conflicting pathways, 1 leading to the activation of nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) and the other leading to caspase-mediated apoptosis. We investigated whether specific inhibition of NF-kappaB affects TNF-alpha-dependent apoptosis in human VSMCs. To inhibit NF-kappaB activation specifically, we constructed a recombinant adenovirus vector expressing a truncated form of the inhibitor protein IkappaBalpha (AdexIkappaBDeltaN) that lacks the phosphorylation sites essential for activation of NF-kappaB. The IkappaBDeltaN was overexpressed by adenoviral infection and was resistant to stimulus-dependent degradation. Electromobility gel shift and luciferase assays demonstrated that overexpression of IkappaBDeltaN inhibited NF-kappaB activation induced by TNF-alpha or interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta). In cells overexpressing IkappaBDeltaN, TNF-alpha dramatically induced apoptosis, whereas IL-1beta had no effect. The induction was suppressed by treatment with a selective inhibitor of the caspase-3 family, Z-DEVD-fmk, and the overexpression of IkappaBDeltaN induced TNF-alpha-mediated caspase-3 and caspase-2 activity. These results indicate that overexpression of IkappaBDeltaN induces TNF-alpha-dependent apoptosis by efficient and specific suppression of NF-kappaB and upregulation of caspase-3 and caspase-2 activity in human VSMCs. Our findings suggest that adenovirus-mediated IkappaBDeltaN gene transfer may be useful in the treatment of disorders associated with inflammatory conditions, such as the response to vascular injury and atherosclerosis.
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