TY - JOUR
T1 - Genomic analysis of smooth muscle cells in 3-dimensional collagen matrix.
AU - Li, Song
AU - Lao, Jianmin
AU - Chen, Benjamin P C
AU - Li, Yi shuan
AU - Zhao, Yihua
AU - Chu, Julia
AU - Chen, Kuang Den
AU - Tsou, Tsui Chun
AU - Peck, Konan
AU - Chien, Shu
PY - 2003/1
Y1 - 2003/1
N2 - The proliferation, differentiation, and protein synthesis of vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) play important roles in vascular remodeling. Here, we compared the genetic programming and signaling of SMCs in collagen matrix as a three-dimensional (3-D) environment and on a two-dimensional (2-D) surface. By using DNA microarrays with 9600 genes, we showed that 77 genes were expressed more than twofold and 22 genes were less than one-half in 3-D matrix, when compared with the 2-D condition. The higher expression level of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1 (p21) in 3-D matrix suggests that p21 may be responsible for the lower proliferation rate in 3-D matrix. The expression level of collagen I was higher in 3-D matrix, suggesting that SMCs in 3-D matrix have increased matrix synthesis. In addition, SMCs in 3-D matrix had less stress fibers and focal adhesions, and a lower level of tyrosine phosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase (FAK). Overexpression of FAK attenuated the expression of p21 and collagen I in 3-D matrix, suggesting that FAK functions as a molecular switch for cell cycle regulation and matrix synthesis. The information generated in this study helps to elucidate the molecular basis of the modulation of SMC phenotypes by the extracellular matrix.
AB - The proliferation, differentiation, and protein synthesis of vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) play important roles in vascular remodeling. Here, we compared the genetic programming and signaling of SMCs in collagen matrix as a three-dimensional (3-D) environment and on a two-dimensional (2-D) surface. By using DNA microarrays with 9600 genes, we showed that 77 genes were expressed more than twofold and 22 genes were less than one-half in 3-D matrix, when compared with the 2-D condition. The higher expression level of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1 (p21) in 3-D matrix suggests that p21 may be responsible for the lower proliferation rate in 3-D matrix. The expression level of collagen I was higher in 3-D matrix, suggesting that SMCs in 3-D matrix have increased matrix synthesis. In addition, SMCs in 3-D matrix had less stress fibers and focal adhesions, and a lower level of tyrosine phosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase (FAK). Overexpression of FAK attenuated the expression of p21 and collagen I in 3-D matrix, suggesting that FAK functions as a molecular switch for cell cycle regulation and matrix synthesis. The information generated in this study helps to elucidate the molecular basis of the modulation of SMC phenotypes by the extracellular matrix.
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U2 - 10.1096/fj.02-0256fje
DO - 10.1096/fj.02-0256fje
M3 - Article
C2 - 12475912
AN - SCOPUS:0037264813
SN - 0892-6638
VL - 17
SP - 97
EP - 99
JO - The FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
JF - The FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
IS - 1
ER -