• Department of Respiratory Medicine, Wuhan General Hospital of Chinese PLA, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, P. R. China;
ZENG Qunli, Email: lhc197628@163.com
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ObjectiveTo investigate the effects of 3-(5'-hydroxymethyl-2'-furyl)-1-benzylindazole (YC-1), a hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) inhibitor, on hypoxia induced rat pulmonary arterial adventitial fibroblasts (AFs) proliferation and collagen synthesis, and explore the molecular mechanism.MethodsUnder hypoxic condition, rat AFs were cultured in DMEM medium supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum in vitro. The cells were divided into five groups, ie. a normoxia group, a hypoxia group and three hypoxia+YC-1 groups (treated with YC-1 at concentration of 0.01, 0.05 and 0.1 mmol/L, respectively). The cells proliferation was determined by MTT method. Collagen synthesis of AFs was measured by 3H-proline incorporation assay. The expression of HIF-1α in AFs in different conditions was measured by Western blot, and the mRNA expression of transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) was measured by reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction.ResultsThe proliferation rate and the incorporation data of 3H-proline in the hypoxia group were significantly increased as compared with those in the control group (both P<0.01). YC-1 significantly reduced the proliferation rate and incorporation data of3H-proline induced by hypoxia in a dose-dependent manner. YC-1 could also down-regulate the expressions of HIF-1α and TGF-β1 mRNA significantly (both P<0.01). Compared with the hypoxia group, the expressions of HIF-1α and TGF-β1 mRNA decreased respectively by 65% and 61% in the hypoxia+YC-1 (0.1 mmol/L) group (bothP<0.01).ConclusionsYC-1 can inhibit hypoxia-induced AFs proliferation and collagen synthesis in a dose-dependent manner. The mechanism may relate to YC-1’s inhibitory effect on expressions of HIF-1α and TGF-β1 mRNA.

Citation: LIU Haichao, REN Juan, LI Long, XU Ruijuan, ZENG Qunli, HU Zhenhong. Effect of YC-1 on hypoxia-induced vascular adventitial fibroblast proliferation and collagen synthesis in vitro . Chinese Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2018, 17(5): 504-508. doi: 10.7507/1671-6205.201804062 Copy

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