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IGF-I-induced enhancement of contractile response in organ-cultured aortae from diabetic rats is mediated by sustained thromboxane A₂ release from endothelial cells

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Tsuneo Kobayashi Department of Physiology and Morphology, Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Hoshi University, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8501, Japan

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Takayuki Matsumoto

Takayuki Matsumoto Department of Physiology and Morphology, Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Hoshi University, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8501, Japan

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Katsuo Kamata

Katsuo Kamata Department of Physiology and Morphology, Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Hoshi University, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8501, Japan

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We have investigated the mechanisms underlying the changes in vascular contractile responsiveness induced by insulin and IGF-I in established streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. The contractile response to noradrenaline (NA) in organ-cultured diabetic rat aortae cultured with insulin or IGF-I was significantly greater than the corresponding responses in (a) diabetic rat aortae cultured in serum-free medium and (b) control rat aortae cultured with insulin or IGF-I. In aortae from which the endothelium was removed after organ culture the contractile response to NA was greater in those cultured with insulin or IGF-I than in those cultured in serum-free medium. This was not true of aortae endothelium denuded before organ culture. The IGF-I-induced enhancement was prevented by treatment with indomethacin (cyclo-oxygenase inhibitor), SQ29548 (thromboxane (TX) A₂ receptor antagonist) or fregrelate (TXA₂ synthase inhibitor). IGF-I-induced production of TXB₂, a metabolite of TXA₂, was greater in diabetic than in control aortae and was attenuated by endothelium denudation, indomethacin or AG1024 (IGF-I receptor inhibitor). The expression of the protein and mRNA for the IGF-I receptor (as assessed by RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry) was markedly increased within endothelial cells in diabetic aortae but only slightly increased within smooth muscle cells (versus control rat aortae). Thus, the NA-induced contractile response in aortae from diabetic rats was enhanced by both insulin and IGF-I and this enhancement may be mediated by sustained cyclo-oxygenase-dependent TXA₂ production from endothelial cells. The observed enhancement of IGF-I receptor expression within endothelial cells may be causally related to the potentiation of vascular contractility and the increase in TXA₂ production.