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* Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Innsbruck; and
Institute for General and Experimental Pathology, University of Innsbruck, Medical School, Innsbruck
1Correspondence: Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Rennweg 10, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria. E-mail: Qingbo.Xu{at}oeaw.ac.at
The present study was designed to investigate whether apoptosis occurs in early-stage vein grafts and to determine the mechanisms by which mechanical stress contributes to apoptosis in vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs). Apoptosis in vessel walls of mouse vein grafts was confirmed by morphological changes and by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP-biotin nick end labeling (TUNEL). TUNEL+ cells in vein grafts 1, 4, and 8 wk postoperatively was 13%, 29%, and 21%, respectively, and apoptosis occurred mainly in veins grafted to arteries, remaining unchanged in vein-to-vein grafts. When mouse, rat, and human arterial SMCs were cultured on a flexible membrane and subjected to cyclic strain stress, apoptosis was observed in a time- and strength-dependent manner. All three types of SMCs showed apoptotic death as confirmed by TUNEL, propidium iodide, and annexin V staining. To further study the signal pathways leading to apoptosis, activities of p38, a subfamily of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs), were determined. Mechanical stress resulted in p38 MAPK activation, reaching high levels within 8 min. SB 202190, a specific inhibitor for p38 MAPKs, prevented SMC apoptosis in response to mechanical stress. SMC lines stably transfected with a dominant negative rac, an upstream signal transducer, or overexpressing MAPK phosphatase-1, a negative regulator for MAPKs, completely inhibited mechanical stress stimulated p38 activation and abolished mechanical stress-induced apoptosis. Thus, we provide solid evidence that one of the earliest events in venous bypass grafts is apoptosis, in which mechanical stress-induced p38-MAPK activation is responsible for transducing signals leading to apoptosis.—Mayr, M., Li, C., Zou, Y., Huemer, U., Hu, Y., Xu, Q. Biomechanical stress-induced apoptosis in vein grafts involves p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases.
Key Words: MAPKs • smooth muscle cell • propidium iodide • cytokine
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