Hyperglycemia and Oxidized-LDL exert a deleterious effect on Endothelial Progenitor Cell migration in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Saher Hamed*, Benjamin Brenner, Zaid Abassi, Anat Aharon, Deeb Daoud, Ariel Roguin

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Abstract

Introduction: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) have elevated plasma oxidized-LDL (OxLDL) levels and impaired neovascularization. Hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia impair endothelial progenitor cell (EPC) migration, and endothelial nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability and NO synthase (NOS) activity are essential for EPC migration. Stromal-derived factor-1α (SDF1α) contributes to EPC mobilization and homing by stimulating the CXC receptor-4 (CXCR4) on the EPC plasmalemma to activate the Pi3K/Akt/eNOS signaling pathway. Therefore, we investigated the effect of high glucose (HG) and OxLDL on the migration and NO bioavailability of EPCs from healthy individuals, and then correlated the findings with those of EPCs from type 2 DM patients with and without CAD. Materials and Methods: EPCs from 15 healthy and 55 patients were exposed to HG, OxLDL, or both before evaluating EPC count, migration and NO production, and expression of CXCR4 and members of Pi3K/Akt/eNOS signaling cascade. Results: Counts, migration, CXCR4 expression, and NO production were significantly reduced in EPCs from DM and CAD patients compared with that obtained in EPCs from healthy, and were further reduced in DM patients with CAD. The expression of CXCR4 and activation of Pi3K/Akt/eNOS signaling cascade were suppressed in OxLDL- and HG-treated EPCs, and this suppression was exacerbated when EPCs were treated simultaneously with HG and OxLDL. Conclusions: Hyperglycemia and elevated circulating OxLDL in DM patients with CAD severely impair EPC migration. These results suggest that the underlying mechanism for this impaired EPC migration is linked to the CXCR4/Pi3K/Akt/eNOS signaling pathway.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)166-174
Number of pages9
JournalThrombosis Research
Volume126
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2010
Externally publishedYes

Funding

FundersFunder number
Israel Ministry of Science Culture & Sport
Samuel Mendel Chodowsky Fund
Israel Science Foundation1831/07
Ministry of Health, State of Israel
Planning and Budgeting Committee of the Council for Higher Education of Israel

    Keywords

    • Diabetes mellitus
    • EPC
    • Hyperglycemia
    • Nitric oxide
    • OxLDL
    • SDF1α

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