Role of a molecular variant of rat atrial natriuretic peptide gene in vascular remodeling

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Title:	Role of a molecular variant of rat atrial natriuretic peptide gene in vascular remodeling
Creators Name:	De Paolis, P., Nobili, V., Lombardi, A., Tarasi, D., Barbato, D., Marchitti, S., Ganten, U., Brunetti, E., Volpe, M. and Rubattu, S.
Abstract:	Previous studies in a hypertensive animal model of stroke and in humans showed that mutations of the atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) gene are associated with increased risk of stroke. To elucidate the vascular disease mechanisms that result from structural modifications of the ANP gene, we investigated a coding mutation of the ANP gene in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRsp). This mutation leads to a Gly/Ser transposition in the prosegment of ANP. We found that presence of this mutation is associated with increased immunostaining of ANP in the wall of SHRsp cerebral vessels. The mutation causes a major inhibitory effect on endothelial cell proliferation, as assessed by thymidine incorporation, and on angiogenesis, as determined by an endothelial cell tube formation assay, in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) exposed to ANP/SHRsp. These in vitro findings show that the SHRsp-derived form of ANP has an inhibitory effect on vascular remodeling and they provide further support for a role of the ANP gene in the pathogenesis of cerebrovascular disease in the animal model.
Keywords:	Atrial Natriuretic Peptide, Gene Mutation, Endothelial Proliferation, Angiogenesis, Animals, Rats
Source:	Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science
ISSN:	0091-7370
Publisher:	Association of Clinical Scientists
Volume:	37
Number:	2
Page Range:	135-140
Date:	2007
Official Publication:	http://www.annclinlabsci.org/content/37/2/135.long
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