Inhibitory effects of hydroxysafflor yellow A on PDGF‑BB‑induced proliferation and migration of vascular smooth muscle cells via mediating Akt signaling

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    • Yanmin Song
    • Lili Long
    • Ning Zhang
    • Yunhai Liu
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  • Published online on: June 16, 2014     https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2014.2336
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Abstract

The abnormal proliferation and migration of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) are key pathological factors in the initiation and progression of vascular disorders, including arteriosclerosis and restenosis following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Hydroxysafflor yellow A (HSYA), the main component of the safflower yellow pigments, has widely been used for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases in traditional Chinese medicine. However, to the best of our knowledge, there are no studies investigating the pharmaceutical effect of HSYA on VSMCs or the underlying molecular mechanism. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of HSYA on platelet‑derived growth factor (PDGF)‑BB‑stimulated VSMC proliferation and migration. HSYA significantly inhibited PDGF‑BB‑stimulated VSMC proliferation and, in response to PDGF‑BB‑stimulation, VSMCs dedifferentiated into a proliferative phenotype. However, HSYA effectively reversed this phenotype switching. In addition, the production of nitrous oxide and cyclic guanosine monophosphate induced by PDGF‑BB was also suppressed by HSYA, and HSYA markedly inhibited PDGF‑BB‑stimulated VSMC migration. Investigation of the molecular mechanism revealed that HSYA inhibited PDGF‑BB‑induced activation of Akt signaling. In addition, HSYA also suppressed PDGF‑BB‑stimulated upregulation of cell cycle related proteins and heme oxygenase‑1. In conclusion, HSYA was able to inhibit PDGF‑BB‑stimulated VSMC proliferation and migration, partially via suppressing PDGF‑BB‑induced Akt signaling activation. Therefore, HSYA may be useful for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, including atherosclerosis and restenosis following PCI.

Introduction

The abnormal proliferation and migration of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) in arterial walls is crucial in the initiation and progression of arteriosclerosis, as well as restenosis following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or vein grafting (1). Thus, anti-proliferative and anti-migratory drugs for VSMCs are required for the prevention and treatment of vascular disorders.

Under physiological conditions, VSMCs remain in a quiescent state; however, in response to various stimuli, VSMCs switch to an uncontrolled proliferative and migratory state (2). For instance, following cardiovascular injury, including PCI or coronary artery bypass grafting, abundant cytokines and inflammatory factors are released. These released cytokines can initiate proliferative- and migratory-related signaling pathways, and markedly stimulate the proliferation and migration of VSMCs in arterial walls (3). Among cytokines, platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-BB has been demonstrated to have a critical role in vascular remodeling following vascular damage (4). During cellular and extracellular responses to vascular injury, the production of PDGF-BB is significantly increased, which further stimulates several key signaling pathways mediating VSMC proliferation and migration via binding to its receptor termed PDGFRβ (5). Therefore, the development of effective agents to inhibit PDGF-BB-stimulated VSMC proliferation and migration may be useful for the treatment of atherosclerosis and restenosis following PCI or coronary artery bypass grafting.

Hydroxysafflor yellow A (HSYA), the main component of the safflower yellow pigments, has been widely used for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases in traditional Chinese medicine (6). It has been suggested that HSYA has an inhibitory effect on platelet aggregation by antagonizing binding of the platelet activating factor to its receptor (7). In addition, HSYA has anti-hypotensive and anti-thrombotic effects (8,9). However, to the best of our knowledge, there are no studies investigating the pharmaceutical effect of HSYA on VSMCs or the underlying molecular mechanism.

The present study aimed to determine the inhibitory effect of HSYA on PDGF-BB-stimulated VSMC proliferation and migration. In addition, the involved molecular mechanism was also investigated.

Materials and methods

Materials and agents

HSYA was purchased from Lvye Natural Medicine Research and Development Center (Shandong, China). Recombinant human PDGF-BB was purchased from ProSpec-Tany TechnoGene (Rehovot, Israel). Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and MTT were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, USA). Mouse monoclonal anti-smooth muscle-α-actin (SMA), mouse anti-desmin, mouse anti-smoothelin, mouse anti-phospho-Akt, mouse-anti-Akt, mouse anti-cyclin D1, mouse anti-cyclin E, mouse anti-cylcin-dependendent kinase 2 (CDK2), mouse anti-cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (CDK4) and mouse monoclonal anti-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase antibodies, as well as rabbit anti-mouse secondary antibody were obtained from Abcam (Cambridge, UK).

Cell culture

VSMCs were isolated from the thoracic aorta of 6- to 8-week-old male Sprague-Dawley rats. In the present study, all protocols were in accordance with the National Institutes of Health regulations for the care and use of animals in research (Bethesda, MA, USA) and were approved by the Ethics Committee of Central South University (Changsha, China). Isolated cells were cultured in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium (DMEM/F12; Invitrogen Life Technologies, Carlsbad, CA, USA) containing 10% fetal bovine serum (Invitrogen Life Technologies) at 37°C in a humidified atmosphere of 95% air and 5% CO2. VSMCs at passage 4 were used in the following experiments.

VSMC proliferation assay

Prior to the assay, VSMCs were cultured to 70% confluence in a 96-well plate. Subsequently, VSMCs in each well were serum-starved for 24 h. Following this, in the control group, VSMCs were cultured without any treatment and in the PDGF-BB group, cells were treated with PDGF-BB (20 ng/ml) for 12, 24, 36 and 48 h. In the PDGF-BB + HSYA group, cells were treated with PDGF-BB (20 ng/ml) and HSYA (20 μM) for 12, 24, 36 and 48 h. The effect of HSYA on PDGF-BB-induced VSMC proliferation was subsequently assayed using an MTT assay. In brief, the medium in each well was added with MTT at a final concentration of 0.5 μg/ml. Following incubation for 3 h, the medium was removed. DMSO (100 μl) was added and the plate was gently rotated for 10 min to dissolve the precipitation. Cell proliferation was determined by measuring the absorbance at 550 nm using a microplate reader (Bio-Rad, Hercules, CA, USA).

Assay for nitrous oxide (NO) in VSMC medium

Following treatment with PDGF-BB (20 ng/ml) alone, or PDGF-BB (20 ng/ml) and HYSA (20 μM) for 48 h, the content of NO in the VSMC medium was determined using an NO enzyme immunoassay kit (Sigma-Aldrich), according to the manufacturer’s instructions. VSMCs without treatment were used as the control group.

Assay for cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) in VSMCs

Following treatment with PDGF-BB (20 ng/ml) alone, or PDGF-BB (20 ng/ml) and HYSA (20 μM) for 48 h, the content of cGMP in VSMCs was determined using a cGMP enzyme immunoassay kit (GE Healthcare, Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA), according to the manufacturer’s instructions. VSMCs without treatment were used as the control group. The total protein in each group was determined via a bicinchoninic acid assay (BCA) reaction (Pierce, Madison, WI, USA) and the data were normalized accordingly.

VSMC migration assay

VSMC migration was determined using a Transwell assay (BD Biosciences, Franklin Lake, NJ, USA), following treatment with PDGF-BB (20 ng/ml) alone, or PDGF-BB (20 ng/ml) and HYSA (20 μM) for 48 h. In brief, a 24-well modified Boyden chamber containing fibronectin-coated polycarbonate membranes (BD Biosciences) was used. For each group, the lower wells were filled with DMEM with or without PDGF-BB (20 ng/ml) in the presence or absence of HSYA (20 μM) as indicated above. Following 24 h incubation at 37°C with 5% CO2, cells on the upper side of the membrane were removed. Cells on the lower side of the membrane were stained with Hoechst 33342 (Beyotime, Shanghai, China) and counted in five randomly selected squares per well.

Western blotting assay

For the detection of protein expression in VSMCs in each group, western blotting was used. Briefly, VSMCs were lysed in radioimmunoprecipitation assay buffer (Beyotime), and the protein concentration was determined using a BCA Protein Assay kit (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., Waltham, MA, USA). Subsequently, the protein was separated with 5% SDS-PAGE and transferred onto a polyvinylidene difluoride membrane (Bio-Rad, Hercules, CA, USA), which was then blocked in 5% nonfat dried milk in phosphate-buffered saline (Life Technologies) for 3 h at room temperature. Then, the membrane was incubated with specific primary antibodies for 3 h. Subsequently, incubation with the appropriate secondary antibody and immune complexes were detected using an ECL kit (Pierce, Rockford, IL, USA).

Statistical analysis

All data are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation of three independent experiments. Data were analyzed by one-way analysis of variance followed by Fisher’s least significant difference post-hoc test. All analysis was performed using SPSS 17.0 software (SPSS, Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). P<0.05 was considered to indicate a statistically significant difference.

Results

VSMC proliferation assays

An MTT assay was performed to determine the effect of HSYA on PDGF-BB-stimulated proliferation of VSMCs. The results demonstrated that VSMC proliferation was significantly lower in the experiment group compared with the control group and the NC group [VSMCs treated with only PDGF-BB (20 ng/ml) for 12, 24, 36 or 48 h], suggesting that HSYA has a suppressive effect on the regulation of PDGF-BB-induced VSMC proliferation (Fig. 1).

VSMC phenotype assessments

As VSMCs can switch from a differentiated phenotype into a proliferative phenotype following vascular damage, western blotting was performed to determine the protein levels of SMA, smoothelin and desmin, three important markers for the differentiated phenotype of VSMCs. As shown in Fig. 2, incubation with PDGF-BB for 48 h significantly downregulated the protein levels of SMA, smoothelin and desmin in VSMCs, suggesting that VSMCs dedifferentiate into a proliferative phenotype. However, in the experiment group, the expression of these three markers remained high, indicating that HSYA was able to suppress the PDGF-BB-induced switch of VSMCs into a proliferative phenotype.

Alterations in NO content in the VSMC medium and cGMP production in VSMCs

The present study also determined the cGMP level in VSMCs and the NO content in the supernatant of each group. As demonstrated in Fig. 3A, the cGMP level in VSMCs was reduced by incubation with PDGF-BB for 48 h, which was inhibited by addition of HSYA. Consistent with the changes in cGMP level in VSMCs, PDGF-BB also markedly downregulated the NO content in the supernatant of VSMCs, which was effectively reversed by HSYA (Fig. 3B).

VSMC migration assays

The effect of HSYA on PDGF-BB-stimulated VSMC migration was investigated by performing a Transwell assay. As shown in Fig. 4, stimulation of PDGF-BB for 48 h significantly promoted VSMC migration compared with the control group; however, HSYA effectively inhibited the stimulatory effect of PDGF-BB on VSMC migration.

Alterations in Akt signaling activity

Akt signaling is important in VSMC proliferation in response to inflammation and oxidative stress (10). Therefore, the present study examined the activity of Akt signaling in VSMCs stimulated by PDGF-BB, in the presence or absence of HSYA, using western blotting. The results demonstrated that the phospho-Akt level in PDGF-BB-stimulated VSMCs was significantly upregulated, compared with that in VSMCs without treatment. However, HSYA significantly inhibited the upregulation of phospho-Akt in PDGF-BB-stimulated VSMCs. These findings suggest that the suppressive effect of HSYA on PDGF-BB-stimulated VSMC proliferation is at least partially through inhibition of Akt signaling activation (Fig. 5).

Alterations in cell cycle related protein expression

Furthermore, as Akt signaling is involved in the regulation of cell cycle progression by controlling cyclins and CDKs (11), the expression levels of cyclin D1, cyclin E, CDK2 and CDK4 were investigated. As demonstrated in Fig. 6, HSYA inhibited the PDGF-BB-induced upregulation of cyclin D1, cyclin E, CDK2 and CDK4 protein expression.

Alterations in the protein expression of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1)

HO-1 has been demonstrated to have a suppressive effect in PDGF-BB-induced VSMC proliferation and migration (12,13). Therefore, the present study determined the protein expression of HO-1 in each group. As shown in Fig. 7, HSYA significantly inhibited PDGF-BB-stimulated downregulation of HO-1 protein expression.

Discussion

Carthamus tinctorius L., the flower of the safflower-plant, has been widely used in the treatment of cerebrovascular and cardiovascular disease in traditional Chinese medicine. Its extracts contain yellow and red pigments, including safflomin A, safflomin C and safflor yellow B, as well as HSYA, which has been demonstrated to be the most active chemical component (14,15). Previous evidence has suggested that HSYA has a protective effect on cardiovascular disease (15,16). For instance, Nie et al reported that HSYA was able to significantly reduce blood pressure and heart rate, possibly through the activation of BK (Ca) and K (ATP) channels (17). HSYA was also reported to inhibit auto-antibody against AT1 receptor-induced vascular endothelial cell injury and VSMC proliferation in vivo, indicating that HSYA has protective effects on vascular endothelial cells and the function of VSMCs (18). However, to the best of our knowledge, the underlying molecular mechanism of HSYA in cytokine-stimulated VSMC proliferation and migration has not been previously investigated. The present study demonstrated for the first time, to the best of our knowledge, that HSYA effectively inhibited PDGF-BB-induced VSMC proliferation and migration, dedifferentiation into a proliferative phenotype, activation of AKT activity and upregulation of cell cycle related proteins.

Following vascular injury, upregulated production of inflammatory factors and cytokines promotes the proliferation and migration of VSMCs, leading to neointima formation (19). It has been demonstrated that neointima formation is important in various cardiovascular diseases, including hypertension, atherosclerosis and restenosis following PCI (20,21). Therefore, inhibition of neointima formation by suppressing cytokine-stimulated VSMC proliferation and migration is an effective strategy for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disorders. The present study reported that HSYA inhibited PDGF-BB-stimulated VSMC proliferation. Since vascular injury was able to induce VSMCs to dedifferentiate into a proliferative phenotype, the present study investigated the effect of HSYA on the PDGF-BB-induced phenotype switch of VSMCs. The results demonstrated that PDGF-BB treatment markedly inhibited the expression levels of smooth muscle markers, including SMA, smoothelin and desmin, indicating that VSMCs dedifferentiated into a proliferative phenotype. However, HSYA effectively restored their expression, suggesting that HSYA maintained the differentiated phenotype of VSMCs, and thus suppressed PDGF-BB-stimulated VSMC proliferation. In addition, the upregulated expression of cell cycle proteins induced by PDGF-BB treatment was also inhibited by HSYA in VSMCs, suggesting that cell cycle progression was suppressed.

NO has been found to have an inhibitory effect on the regulation of VSMC proliferation (22). The present study demonstrated that HSYA significantly inhibited PDGF-BB-induced downregulation of NO production. Furthermore, it is well established that NO can stimulate the formation of cGMP, which also has a suppressive effect on the proliferation of VSMCs (23). Therefore, the present study examined the level of cGMP in VSMCs, and demonstrated that HSYA significantly inhibited PDGF-BB-stimulated cGMP formation. These findings suggest that HSYA suppresses PDGF-BB-induced VSMC proliferation, possibly through mediating NO/cGMP-dependent mechanisms.

VSMC migration has also been demonstrated to be important in the initial step of neointima formation, and thus is closely associated with the development of atherosclerotic lesions and restenosis following PCI (24,25). Therefore, the present study investigated the effect of HSYA on VSMC migration following incubation with PDGF-BB for 48 h. The results demonstrated that HSYA effectively reversed PDGF-BB-stimulated VSMC migration.

Inflammatory responses have been demonstrated to act as a key pathogenic factor in cardiovascular diseases (26). Following stimulation by inflammatory cytokines, the AKT signaling pathway is activated, leading to the upregulated proliferation and migration of VSMCs (12). Furthermore, it is also well established that PDGF-BB can stimulate VSMC proliferation and migration via activation of the Akt signaling pathway (10). In addition, Akt has been demonstrated to have a key regulatory role in vascular remodeling (27). Therefore, the activity of AKT signaling was further determined. Data from the present study revealed that HSYA inhibited PDGF-BB-induced Akt signaling activation, indicating that the inhibitory role of HSYA in PDGF-BB-induced VSMC proliferation and migration is possibly through its repressive effect on the activation of the Akt signaling pathway.

HO-1, a rate-limiting enzyme in the degradation of heme (a potent oxidant), is highly inducible by heme as well as other substances, including hydrogen peroxide and endotoxin (28). Furthermore, HO-1 has been demonstrated to be highly expressed in vascular tissues and have intracellular anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant and anti-apoptotic effects (29). Previous studies have suggested that HO-1 may have a protective effect on the vascular system. Jiang et al reported that HO-1 protected VSMCs from oxidative injury (12). Cheng et al demonstrated that HO-1 antagonized abnormal proliferation and migration of VSMCs induced by PDGF-BB (13). In addition, the beneficial effect of HO-1 on atherosclerosis has also been reported (30). The present study demonstrated that, following treatment of PDGF-BB, the protein level of HO-1 was significantly downregulated, accompanied by increased proliferation and migration; however, HSYA markedly restored the expression of HO-1. Based on these findings, it was suggested that HSYA is able to protect against PDGF-BB-induced HO-1 downregulation.

In conclusion, the present study, for the first time, to the best of our knowledge, demonstrated that HSYA inhibited PDGF-BB-induced VSMC proliferation and migration, possibly through its inhibitory effects on PDGF-BB-stimulated Akt signaling activation, as well as cell cycle related proteins and the expression of HO-1 in VSMCs. Therefore, HSYA may be a promising agent for the prevention and treatment of arteriosclerosis and restenosis following PCI via inhibition of neointima formation, an important step in vascular lesion formation.

Acknowledgements

This study was supported by the Science and Technology Planning of Hunan Province (No. 2013SK5017), Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province, China (No. 13JJ5005) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81201001).

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