Zoledronate suppresses VEGF‑induced capillary tube formation and inhibits expression of interferon‑induced transmembrane protein‑1 in human umbilical vein endothelial cells

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    • Beom Su Kim
    • Sun‑Sik  Yang
    • Cheol‑Sang  Kim
    • Jun  Lee
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  • Published online on: February 16, 2018     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2018.3497
  • Pages: 2879-2884
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Abstract

Interferon‑induced transmembrane protein 1 (IFITM1) is a member of the interferon‑induced transmembrane protein family and has recently been identified as a novel protein participant in angiogenesis. Zoledronate (ZON), a nitrogen‑containing bisphosphonate, is widely used in the treatment of osteoporosis and to prevent bone metastases of certain cancer types. However, the association between ZON and IFITM1 has remained elusive. The present study investigated the effect of ZON on the expression of IFITM1 during vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)‑induced capillary tube formation in human umbilical vein endothelial cells. It was observed that cell proliferation and VEGF‑induced tube formation were significantly inhibited by treatment with 10 µM ZON. The expression of IFITM1 increased during VEGF‑induced tube formation. However, the VEGF‑induced increase in IFITM1 expression exhibited a dose‑ and time‑dependent decrease with ZON treatment at the mRNA and protein level. Furthermore, matrix metalloproteinase‑9 activation was markedly decreased by ZON treatment. These results suggest that induction of IFITM1 expression may be involved in the anti‑angiogenic activity of ZON.

Introduction

Bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (BRONJ) is a newly reported disease. The first cases of BRONJ associated with the use of oral bisphosphonates (BPs) were reported in 2003 (1). Most of the reported cases were of patients who had received intravenous BPs, including alendronate, zoledronate (ZON) and ibandronate (2,3). Numerous studies have attempted to identify the pathogenesis of BRONJ (2,3). In addition to hard tissue disturbance and immune system disorders caused by BPs, the anti-angiogenic action of BPs was also reported as a possible pathological mechanism of BRONJ (4,5). The antiangiogenic theory states that the inhibition of neo-angiogenesis by BPs leads to a loss of blood vessels in bone tissue and avascular necrosis (1). Although numerous molecules are known to be associated with the cellular mechanisms of angiogenesis (6), they have remained to be fully elucidated.

Angiogenesis, the formation and growth of new capillary blood vessels, is an important process in numerous physiological conditions, including embryonic development and wound healing. A previous study reported that ZON, a new-generation BP with a heterocyclic imidazole substituent, is a potent inhibitor of angiogenesis (7). This study also demonstrated that ZON inhibited the proliferation and regulated the adhesion and migration of endothelial cells. Furthermore, Yamada et al (8) reported that ZON inhibited angiogenic processes, including capillary tube formation.

Interferon-induced transmembrane protein 1 (IFITM1), also known as 9–27, CD225 or Leu 13, is a member of the IFITM family. The protein is a cell surface molecule with several molecular functions, including cell adhesion and proliferation. In particular, the IFITM1 protein has been identified as an antiviral restriction factor for influenza A virus replication (9) and is overexpressed in several types of cancer, including colorectal, gastrointestinal, head and neck, and breast cancer (1012). A recent study demonstrated that human IFITM1 regulates angiogenesis in human endothelial cells (13). However, the possible implication of IFITM1 in the anti-angiogenic activity of ZON has remained to be elucidated. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to investigate the association between the anti-angiogenic activity of ZON and the IFITM1 protein in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs).

Materials and methods

Cell culture

Immortalized HUVECs were purchased from the American Type Culture Collection (Manassas, VA, USA) and maintained in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM) supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (both from Gibco; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., Waltham, MA, USA and antibiotics. The cells were cultured at 37°C in a humidified atmosphere with 5% CO2.

Cell proliferation assay

The cells were seeded in 96-well plates at 3×103 cells/well. After 24 h, the culture medium was replaced with medium containing ZON (1 nM-10 μM) and/or vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF; 10 ng/ml; Sigma-Aldrich; Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany). After incubation for 3 days, cell proliferation was analyzed by using an MTS assay kit. The absorbance was measured at 490 nm on a microplate reader (Spectra MAX M3; Molecular Devices, Sunnyvale, CA, USA) and the changes in cell proliferation were expressed as a percentage of the mean value of the control (untreated cells).

Matrigel tube formation assay

To determine capillary tube formation, a Matrigel tube formation assay was performed. The prepared liquid Matrigel (BD Biosciences, Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA) was added into a 96-well culture plate at 70 μl/well and allowed to polymerize for 1 h at 37°C. Prior to the tube formation assay, the HUVECs were cultured in serum-free medium for 24 h, seeded on Matrigel (3×104 cells/well) with VEGF or various concentrations of ZON, and then incubated at 37°C for 24 h. Subsequently, tube formation was observed under a microscope (DM IL LED Fluo; Leica Microsystems, Wetzlar, Germany) and the total tube length was measured by using Image Pro Plus 6.0 software (Media Cybernetics, Rockville, MD, USA).

Western blot analysis

Western blot analysis was used to detect IFITM1 expression. In brief, cells were grown in serum-free DMEM for 24 h and then treated with VEGF or various concentrations of ZON. The total protein was subsequently obtained by using a cell lysis buffer (iNtRon Biotechnology; Seongnam, Korea). The protein concentrations of the sample were determined using a BCA protein assay kit (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) and equal amounts (50 μg) of protein were loaded, separated by 12% SDS-PAGE and transferred onto a nitrocellulose membrane (GE Healthcare; Little Chalfont, UK). The membranes were blocked with 1% bovine serum albumin (Sigma-Aldrich; Merck KGaA) in 50 mM Tris (pH 7.5) containing 100 mM NaCl and 0.1% Tween-20, and incubated with the primary antibody, anti-IFITM1 (cat. no. 13126S; dilution 1:1,000; Cell Signaling Technology, Inc., Danvers, MA, USA) for 3 h at room temperature. After extensive washing in TBS and 0.1% Tween-20, the horseradish peroxidase-conjugated secondary antibody (cat. no. 7074S; dilution 1:5,000; Cell Signaling Technology, Inc.) was added and the membranes were incubated for a further 1 h at room temperature. Finally, the membrane was visualized by using an enhanced chemiluminescence kit (GE Healthcare).

Reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR)

To determine the mRNA expression of IFITM1, total mRNA was extracted using an RNA isolation kit (Ribospin II; Gene All, Seoul, Korea), and complementary DNA was synthesized by reverse transcriptase (RT) with oligo(dT) primers using Accu Power® RTPre Mix (Bioneer Corporation, Daejeon, Korea). The sequences of the primers used for this application were as follows: IFITM1 forward, 5′-AGCCAGAAGATGCACAAGGA-3′ and reverse, 5′-GATCACGGTGGACCTTGGAA-3′; β-actin forward, 5′-AATGCTTCTAGGCGGACTATG-3′ and reverse, 5′-TTTCTGCGCAAGTTAGGTTTT-3′. Real-time PCR was performed using an ABI Step One Plus™ machine (Applied Biosystems; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) with SYBR-Green (Fast SYBR™-Green Master mix; Applied Biosystems). Thermocycling conditions were as follows: Initial denaturation at 95°C for 10 min for 1 cycle, followed by denaturation at 92°C for 15 sec and annealing/extension at 60°C for 30 sec, repeated for 40 cycles. The data were normalized to the geometric means of the reference gene β-actin using a comparative ΔΔCq method (14).

Zymography

To analyze matrix metalloproteinase (MMP-9) activation, gelatinase zymography was used. Gelatinolytic activity of VEGF or/and ZON was visualized on SDS-PAGE gels (10% polyacrylamide) containing 1 mg/ml gelatine (Sigma-Aldrich; Merck KGaA). The gels were soaked in 2.5% Triton X100 (Sigma-Aldrich; Merck KGaA) for 40 min at 37°C, and incubated in 50 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.5) with 10 mM CaCl2 and 10 mM NaCl overnight at 37°C, followed by staining with Coomassie brilliant blue (Sigma-Aldrich; Merck KGaA). The zymography results were quantified using Image J software version 1.37a (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA).

Statistical analysis

All experiments were performed a minimum of three times. The values are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation. Statistical analyses were performed with GraphPad Prism version 5.3 (GraphPad Software, Inc., La Jolla, CA, USA). Significant differences among groups were identified by one-way analysis of variance followed by Dunnett's multiple comparisons test. P<0.05 was considered to indicate a statistically significant difference.

Results

ZON inhibits VEGF-induced HUVEC proliferation

To investigate the effects of ZON on vascular endothelial cell proliferation, the viability of HUVECs treated with various concentrations of ZON (10 nM-10 μM) in the presence of VEGF was first analyzed. The cell proliferation was significantly increased by 10 ng/ml VEGF (252.1±23.17%). ZON (10 nM-1 μM) did not significantly alter the VEGF-induced proliferation. However, the proliferation was inhibited by 10 μM ZON (150.2±7.7%) (Fig. 1). These results indicated that ZON inhibited VEGF-induced HUVEC proliferation in vitro.

ZON inhibits VEGF-induced tube formation

To evaluate the effects of ZON on tube formation, tube formation in Matrigel was evaluated after treatment with VEGF and/or ZON. The levels of endothelial cell capillary tube and network formation were markedly increased by 10 ng/ml VEGF (~2-fold). Although tube formation was not significantly affected by 10 nM-1 μM ZON (data not shown), the VEGF-induced tube formation of HUVECs was strongly suppressed by 10 μM ZON (Fig. 2). These results indicated that ZON inhibited VEGF-induced capillary tube formation by HUVECs.

Effect of ZON on IFITM1 expression

The involvement of IFITM1 in ZON-induced inhibition of cell proliferation and tube formation was then explored. Fig. 3A and B presents IFITM1 protein expression after treatment with 10 μM ZON for 24, 48 and 72 h. Furthermore, the relative IFITM1 mRNA expression determined by RT-qPCR is presented in Fig. 3C. In the absence of ZON, IFITM1 was expressed at basal levels. However, IFITM1 protein and mRNA expression was significantly decreased by ZON in a time-dependent manner. These results indicated that IFITM1 expression was inhibited by treatment with ZON. By contrast, IFITM1 expression was enhanced by VEGF treatment for 24 h.

ZON inhibits VEGF-induced tube formation and IFITM1 expression

To confirm the effect of ZON on VEGF-induced tube formation and IFITM1 expression, tube formation and IFITM1 expression were evaluated in the presence or absence of 10 ng/ml VEGF and/or 10 μM ZON. In the ZON(−)/VEGF(+) group, the total tube length significantly increased (~2-fold). In the ZON(+)/VEGF(−) group, the tube length was slightly, but not significantly, decreased in comparison with that in the ZON(−)/VEGF(−) group. The total tube length was markedly decreased in the ZON(+)/VEGF(+) group in comparison with that in the ZON(−)/VEGF(+) group (Fig. 4A and B). Western blot analysis of IFITM1 indicated that the expression of IFITM1 was inhibited in the ZON(+)/VEGF(+) group in comparison with that in the ZON(−)/VEGF(+) group (Fig. 4C and D). Furthermore, RT-qPCR also indicated that IFITM1 mRNA expression decreased after treatment with ZON (Fig. 4E). These results indicated that 10 μM ZON inhibited VEGF-induced tube formation activity and IFITM1 expression in HUVECs.

ZON inhibits VEGF-induced MMP-9 activation in HUVECs

To investigate whether the anti-tube formation effect of ZON was associated with MMP-9, the activation of MMP-9 was determined by zymography (Fig. 5A). The results indicated that pro MMP-9 expression was reduced by VEGF. Quantitative analysis revealed that the activated form of MMP-9 was notably increased by VEGF treatment. However, the VEGF-induced activated form of MMP-9 was slightly decreased by ZON (Fig. 5B and C). These results revealed that VEGF-induced MMP-9 activation was suppressed by ZON.

Discussion

BRONJ is a well-known adverse effect of long-term BP therapy and represents a challenge for dentists and maxillofacial surgeons (15). Several studies have suggested the anti-angiogenic action of BP as a possible pathological mechanism of BRONJ (16). Although the anti-angiogenic effect of BPs, including ZON, has been assumed to be responsible for the pathology of BRONJ, the associated molecular events have remained to be fully characterized. The present study focused on the role of IFITM1 expression in the anti-angiogenic activity of ZON in HUVECs.

The present study first investigated the effect of ZON on endothelial cell proliferation and observed that ZON inhibited the rate of VEGF-induced endothelial cell growth. In a previous study, ZON (~64 μM) decreased the viability of HUVECs (17). In addition, another previous study indicated that ZON at doses of 30 and 100 μM exerted a moderate effect in decreasing HUVEC viability (7). The authors demonstrated that ZON caused cellular apoptosis and sub-G1 phase arrest. In the present study, HUVEC proliferation was significantly suppressed by 10 μM ZON in the presence of 10 ng/ml VEGF. Although the present study did not establish the reason for the dose-dependent effect of ZON on HUVEC anti-proliferation, the results indicated that the concentration of 10 μM ZON inhibited VEGF-induced HUVECs proliferation, which was lower than observed in previous studies (7,17).

The capillary tube formation assay is one of the most widely used in vitro assays to model the reorganization stage of angiogenesis (18). A previous study reported that ZON also reduced tube formation by human dermal microvascular endothelial cells (19). Fournier et al (20) also reported that treatment with ZON decreased capillary tube formation in vitro. Therefore, to determine whether ZON inhibited angiogenesis, tube formation was examined in the present study by using the Matrigel tube formation assay, which demonstrated that the tube formation capacity was inhibited by treatment with 10 μM ZON. These results were also in agreement with previous studies on the anti-angiogenic effects of ZON (7,20,21).

A previous study (22) suggested that the inhibition of neovascularization was associated with MMP-9, VEGF, endothelial nitric oxide synthase and AKT signaling in endothelial progenitor cells. In addition, ZON was reported to reduce the mRNA and protein expression of VEGF in A549 non-small cell lung cancer cells (23). ZON was also demonstrated to inhibit endothelial cell adhesion and migration, and reduce Ras prenylation (24). In the present study, ZON inhibited the proliferation and capillary tube formation of HUVECs. Furthermore, it was observed that the expression of IFITM1 was reduced during ZON treatment in a time-dependent manner. Jaffe et al (25) demonstrated that IFITM1 expression and synthesis were induced by interferon-γ and interferon-α in cultured human endothelial cells. In human glioma cells, knockdown of IFITM1 caused an inhibition of cell proliferation, migration and invasion (26). Tanaka et al (27) reported that IFITM1 regulated the adhesion and differentiation of mouse primordial germ cells. In addition, according to Popson et al (13), IFITM1 regulates endothelial lumen formation during angiogenesis. The study also reported that endothelial cells lacking IFITM1 failed to form stable cell-cell contacts (13).

During angiogenesis, MMP-9 activity has important roles in the degradation of the basement membrane (28). Therefore, the present study determined MMP-9 activation using gelatin zymography. The results indicated that MMP-9 activation was markedly increased by VEGF treatment, but markedly reduced in the presence of ZON. These results suggested that the anti-angiogenesis effect of ZON may be mediated through IFITM1 and MMP-9.

Previous studies have reported the anti-proliferative effect of ZON at high doses and have suggested that ZON has potential as an anti-angiogenic agent (7,17). In the present study, the anti-capillary tube formation effects of ZON (10 μM) in VEGF-treated HUVECs were investigated. However, at a ZON concentration of 10 μM, VEGF-induced cell proliferation was also inhibited. Therefore, the possibility that these anti-angiogenic effects may be due to the cytotoxic effect of ZON cannot be ruled out. However, during the anti-angiogenic response, IFITM1 expression increased in response to VEGF, and VEGF-induced IFITM1 expression was also reduced by treatment with ZON. These results clearly indicate that IFITM1 is involved in this effect. Therefore, further functional studies on IFITM1 are required to identify the association between IFITM1 and anti-angiogenic activity.

Acknowledgments

This study was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF; grant nos. NRF-2015R1A2A2A01004888 and NRF-2015R1D1A1A01056748) and partially supported by the X-mind Corps program of the NRF funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning (grant no. 2017H1D8A2030449).

Notes

[1] Competing interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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