| Literature DB >> 15358165 |
Lucia Trevisi1, Barbara Visentin, Federico Cusinato, Isabella Pighin, Sisto Luciani.
Abstract
The present study investigates the effect of ouabain on caspase-3 activation in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC). Ouabain (EC(50) 20 nM) reduced caspase-3 activity in HUVEC treated for 24h in a medium deprived of fibroblast growth factor (FGF). Incubation for 5h in the absence of both FGF and serum produced an increase in caspase-3 activity that was completely abolished by 100 nM ouabain. Pretreatment with the phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (PI-3K) inhibitor, wortmannin, prevented the protective effect of ouabain against serum deprivation. Furthermore, Western blotting analysis revealed an increase in phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERK-1 and ERK-2) induced by 100nM ouabain in serum-deprived cells. In accord, pretreatment of HUVEC with PD98059, inhibitor of the ERK pathway, abrogated the effect of ouabain. Our results show that ouabain has an antiapoptotic effect on HUVEC through the activation of PI-3K and ERK dependent pathways.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID： 15358165 DOI： 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.07.027
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun ISSN： 0006-291X Impact factor: 3.575