Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of metformin on endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) differentiation and the possible mechanisms. Methods: EPCs were treated with metformin and differentiation, migration and tube formation of EPCs were evaluated. Moreover, we also assessed the AMPK-mTOR-p70SEK pathway, AMPK related autophagy pathway and eNOS-NO pathway to explore the mechanisms. Results: Metformin treatment could significantly increase differentiation of EPCs. On the mechanisms, increased level of AMPKand eNOS phosphorylation, LC3 expression and NO production, and decreased mTOR, p70 S6K as well as TGF-beta expression were found in EPCs. The AMPK inhibitor compound C, Atg5 knocking-down and eNOS inhibitor L-NAME could reverse the effect exerted by metformin. Conclusions: Our results here showed that metformin could regulate the differentiation of EPCs. Autophagy related pathway and AMPK-eNOS-NO pathway were involved in the mechanisms. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
基金:
This work was supported by grants from the National Natural
Science Foundation of China (No.81400345, No.30972941), Jiangsu
Provincial Health Department's Medical Science Program
(No.H201211). Graduate Research and Innovation Program in Colleges
and Universities of Jiangsu Province (No.1202).
第一作者机构:[1]Department of Vascular Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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通讯机构:[*1]Department of Vascular Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, 1055, Sanxiang Rd, Suzhou 215000, Jiangsu, China.
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Wen-Dong Li,Xiao-Long Du,Ai-Min Qian,et al.Metformin regulates differentiation of bone marrow-derived endothelial progenitor cells via multiple mechanisms[J].BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS.2015,465(4):803-9.doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.08.091.
APA:
Wen-Dong Li,Xiao-Long Du,Ai-Min Qian,Nan Hu,Ling-Shang Kong...&Xiao-Qiang Li.(2015).Metformin regulates differentiation of bone marrow-derived endothelial progenitor cells via multiple mechanisms.BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS,465,(4)
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Wen-Dong Li,et al."Metformin regulates differentiation of bone marrow-derived endothelial progenitor cells via multiple mechanisms".BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS 465..4(2015):803-9