Forkhead Transcription Factors Inhibit Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation and Neointimal Hyperplasia

Abid, M. Ruhul; Yano, Kimihiko; Guo, Shaodong; Patel, Virendra I.; Shrikhande, Gautam; Spokes, Katherine; Ferran, Christiane; Aird, William C.

doi:10.1074/jbc.m502149200

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“…We observed no protective effect of FoxO3a in VSMCs, although it is possible that the protective effect of FoxO3a is only apparent in quiescent cells (40,41). Although overexpression of FoxO3a itself inhibits VSMC proliferation in vitro and neointimal hyperplasia in a balloon carotid arterial injury model, this was associated with increased apoptosis (42,43).…”

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Akt Regulates the Survival of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells via Inhibition of FoxO3a and GSK3

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Bennett

et al. 2008

Journal of Biological Chemistry

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Apoptosis of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) may lead to atherosclerotic plaque instability and rupture, resulting in myocardial infarction, stroke, and sudden death. However, the molecular mechanisms mediating survival of VSMCs in atherosclerotic plaques remain unknown. Although plaque VSMCs exhibit increased susceptibility to apoptosis and reduced expression of the IGF1 receptor (IGF1R) when compared with normal VSMCs, a causative effect has not been established. Here we show that increased expression of the IGF1R can rescue plaque VSMCs from oxidative stress-induced apoptosis, demonstrating that IGF-1 signaling is a critical regulator of VSMC survival. Akt mediates the majority of the IGF1R survival signaling, and ectopic activation of Akt was sufficient to protect VSMCs in vitro. Both IGF1R and phospho-Akt expression were reduced in human plaque (intimal) VSMCs when compared with medial VSMCs, suggesting that Akt mediates survival signaling in atherosclerosis. Importantly, downstream targets of Akt were identified that mediate its protective effect as inhibition of FoxO3a or GSK3 by Akt-dependent phosphorylation protected VSMCs in vitro. We conclude that Akt and its downstream targets FoxO3a and GSK3 regulate a survival pathway in VSMCs and that their deregulation due to a reduction of IGF1R signaling may promote apoptosis in atherosclerosis.Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) 2 is a ubiquitous factor exhibiting pleiotropic effects on different cell types. Stimulation of the IGF1 receptor (IGF1R) initiates signaling pathways involved in cell proliferation, differentiation, transformation, and survival. IGF1R-dependent signaling is crucial for the survival of many cell types including vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). VSMCs are the principle source of collagen and extracellular matrix that maintain the tensile strength of atherosclerotic plaques, and VSMC loss induces multiple features of plaque instability (1). In humans, rupture or erosion of the atherosclerotic plaque underlie the majority of myocardial infarctions, stroke, and sudden death (2). We have previously shown that VSMCs derived from atherosclerotic plaques (pVSMCs) are more sensitive to apoptosis than cells derived from non-diseased vessels (3) and exhibit a defect in IGF1-dependent survival signaling (4). Oxidative stress is increasingly implicated in the development of atherosclerosis (5) and increased oxidative damage, and elevated levels of DNA strand breaks occur in human atherosclerotic plaques (6). Oxidative stress reduces IGF1R expression and induces VSMC apoptosis in culture (7-10). Reduced IGF1R expression is also seen within plaques, suggesting that IGF1R-dependent survival regulates apoptosis in vivo (11,12). However, plaque VSMCs also show increased sensitivity to multiple proapoptotic stimuli, including the tumor suppressor gene P53 and death receptor ligation (13,14). It is therefore not known whether defective IGF1R expression alone is an important cause of reduced survival of pVSMCs.A major downstream effector of IGF1R ...

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Akt Regulates the Survival of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells via Inhibition of FoxO3a and GSK3

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et al. 2008

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“…Previous studies have indicated both p27 and p21 can be regulated through transcriptional mechanisms in endothelial cells (23,74). For instance, the inhibition of FOXO transcription factors with RNA interference has been shown to decrease p27 levels, thereby promoting cell proliferation (1,58). While FAK could theoretically alter the activation of FOXO factors through modulation of phosphatidylinositol-3Ј-kinase (PI 3Ј-kinase) signaling, our data would suggest this is not occurring, as the decrease in p27 mRNA in response to mitogens occurred normally following disruption of FAK signaling.…”

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Focal Adhesion Kinase Controls Cellular Levels of p27/Kip1 and p21/Cip1 through Skp2-Dependent and -Independent Mechanisms

Bryant

Zheng

Pumiglia

2006

Molecular and Cellular Biology

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Endothelial cell proliferation is a critical step in angiogenesis and requires a coordinated response to soluble growth factors and the extracellular matrix. As focal adhesion kinase (FAK) integrates signals from both adhesion events and growth factor stimulation, we investigated its role in endothelial cell proliferation. Expression of a dominant-negative FAK protein, FAK-related nonkinase (FRNK), impaired phosphorylation of FAK and blocked DNA synthesis in response to multiple angiogenic stimuli. These results coincided with elevated cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors (CDKIs) p21/Cip and p27/Kip, as a consequence of impaired degradation. FRNK inhibited the expression of Skp2, an F-box protein that targets CDKIs, by inhibiting mitogen-induced mRNA. The FAK-regulated degradation of p27/Kip was Skp2 dependent, while levels of p21/Cip were regulated independent of Skp2. Skp2 is required for endothelial cell proliferation as a consequence of degrading p27. Finally, knockdown of both p21 and p27 in FRNK-expressing cells completely restored mitogen-induced endothelial cell proliferation. These data demonstrate a critical role for FAK in the regulation of CDKIs through two independent mechanisms: Skp2 dependent and Skp2 independent. They also provide important insights into the requirement of focal adhesion kinase for normal vascular development and reveal novel regulatory control points for angiogenesis.

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“…Furthermore, Ward and colleagues also demonstrated that progestins increased FOXO1 protein levels in endometrial cancer cell lines, specifically through PRB (28), supporting our data. A growth inhibitory effect of FOXO family members has been proposed in other cell types, in particular, in vascular cells (29,30). More recently, a role of the FOXO family as a tumor suppressor has been proposed (31).…”

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Forkhead Transcription Factor FOXO1 is a Direct Target of Progestin to Inhibit Endometrial Epithelial Cell Growth

Kyo

Sakaguchi

Kiyono

et al. 2011

Clinical Cancer Research

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Purpose and experimental design: Despite the therapeutic utility of progestin in invasive and preinvasive endometrial neoplasias, the molecular mechanisms through which it exerts inhibitory effects on endometrial epithelial growth are largely unknown. The aim of the study was to clarify the molecular mechanisms of progestin action to endometrial epithelial cells using originally established in vitro and in vivo treatment models for immortalized and transformed endometrial epithelial cell lines that express progesterone receptor.Results: In this model, progestin effectively inhibited the cell growth, inducing G0/G1 arrest rather than apoptosis without p21/WAF-1 induction. Using DNA microarray analysis, we identified 24 genes whose expression increased more than 10-fold on progestin treatment. Of these genes, we paid special attention to forkhead box transcription factor FOXO1, known as a key gene for endometrial decidualization. Progestin markedly induced FOXO1 gene expression mainly in the nuclei in vitro and in vivo. This induction was not due to the canonical activation of FOXO1 via protein dephosphorylation but due to FOXO1 promoter activation and mRNA induction. siRNA inhibition of FOXO1 significantly attenuated the effects of progestin to inhibit endometrial epithelial cell growth. Disrupting Akt activity by the introduction of the dominant negative form of Akt increased nuclear FOXO1 accumulation and enhanced the effect of progestin.Conclusion: These findings suggest that FOXO1 is a direct target of progestin, implicating novel molecular mechanisms of progestin to eradicate endometrial neoplasia.

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Forkhead Transcription Factors Inhibit Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation and Neointimal Hyperplasia

Cited by 113 publications

References 75 publications

Akt Regulates the Survival of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells via Inhibition of FoxO3a and GSK3

Akt Regulates the Survival of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells via Inhibition of FoxO3a and GSK3

Focal Adhesion Kinase Controls Cellular Levels of p27/Kip1 and p21/Cip1 through Skp2-Dependent and -Independent Mechanisms

Forkhead Transcription Factor FOXO1 is a Direct Target of Progestin to Inhibit Endometrial Epithelial Cell Growth

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