Abstract
Purpose: Adenosine plays an important role in the pathogenesis of homocysteine-associated vascular complications. Methods: This study examined the effects of dipyridamole, an inhibitor for nucleoside transport, on impaired angiogenic processes caused by homocysteine and adenosine in human cardiovascular endothelial cell line (EAhy926). Results: The results showed that dipyridamole restored the extracellular adenosine and intracellular S-adenosylhomocysteine concentrations disrupted by the combination of homocysteine and adenosine. Dipyridamole also ameliorated the impaired proliferation, migration and formation of capillary-like tubes of EAhy926 cells caused by the combination of homocysteine and adenosine. Mechanism analysis revealed that dipyridamole induced the phosphorylation of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MEK) and extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERK) and its effect on cell growth was attenuated by the MEK inhibitor, U0126. Conclusion: Dipyridamole protected against impaired angiogenesis caused by homocysteine and adenosine, at least in part, by activating the MEK/ERK signalling pathway, and this could be associated with its effects in suppressing intracellular S-adenosylhomocysteine accumulation. Novelty of the Work: This is the first paper showing that nucleoside transport inhibition by dipyridamole reduced impaired angiogenic process caused by homocysteine and adenosine.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2015 |
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Kam, A., Razmovski-Naumovski, V., Zhou, X., Troung, J., & Chan, K. (2015). Nucleoside Transport Inhibition by Dipyridamole Prevents Angiogenesis Impairment by Homocysteine and Adenosine. Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences. https://europepmc.org/article/MED/26670373