EFFECT OF THE NEW HMG-CoA REDUCTASE INHIBITOR CERIVASTATIN (BAY W 6228) ON MIGRATION, PROLIFERATION AND CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS IN ARTERIAL MYOCYTES
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Data di Pubblicazione:
1996
Citazione:
EFFECT OF THE NEW HMG-CoA REDUCTASE INHIBITOR CERIVASTATIN (BAY W 6228) ON MIGRATION, PROLIFERATION AND CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS IN ARTERIAL MYOCYTES / A.Corsini, L. Arnaboldi, M. Raiteri, P. Quarato, A. Faggiotto, R. Paoletti, R. Fumagalli. - In: PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH. - ISSN 1043-6618. - 33:1(1996), pp. 55-61.
Abstract:
The major relation existing between cell growth, migration and cholesterol homeostasis prompted us to investigate the effect of the new 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitor cerivastatin (BAY W 6228) on these cellular events. The molecule inhibited in a dose-dependent manner the migration and the replication (evaluated as cell number and nuclear incorporation of 3H-thymidine) of rat arterial SMC with IC50 values of 2.7 microM and 0.5 microM, respectively. Among the tested statins BAY W 6228 resulted to be the most potent inhibitor of cholesterol synthesis and cell proliferation. Conditions producing 80-90% inhibition of cholesterol synthesis correlate with approximately 50% inhibition of cell growth. Similar results were obtained in SMC from human femoral artery. The in vitro inhibition of cell migration and proliferation induced by BAY W 6228 (80% decrease) was completely prevented by the addition of mevalonate and partially prevented (60-80%) by farnesol and geranylgeraniol, confirming the specific role of isoprenoid metabolites-probably through a prenylated protein(s)-in regulating these cellular events. The present results provide evidence that BAY W 6228 interferes, at least in vivo, with smooth muscle cells migration and proliferation, major processes involved in atherogenesis
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
BAY W 6228; Cerivastatin; Isoprenoids; Myocyte migration; Myocyte proliferation; Statins
Elenco autori:
A.Corsini, L. Arnaboldi, M. Raiteri, P. Quarato, A. Faggiotto, R. Paoletti, R. Fumagalli
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