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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 428, Issue 1, Pages 50-55Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.09.145
Keywords
Calcification; Interleukin-24; Calcification and osteoblastic markers; Wnt/beta-catenin pathway
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- Korea Science and Engineering Foundation through the Research Center for Women's Diseases [R11-2005-017-02002]
- Bio-industry Technology Development Program, Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of Korea [111052-4]
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Vascular calcification is a hallmark of cardiovascular disease. Interleukin-24 (IL-24) has been known to suppress tumor progression in a variety of human cancers. However, the role of IL-24 in the pathophysiology of diseases other than cancer is unclear. We investigated the role of IL-24 in vascular calcification. IL-24 was applied to a p-glycerophosphate (beta-GP)-induced rat vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) calcification model. In this study, IL-24 significantly inhibited beta-GP-induced VSMC calcification, as determined by von Kossa staining and calcium content. The inhibitory effect of IL-24 on VSMC calcification was due to the suppression of beta-GP-induced apoptosis and expression of calcification and osteoblastic markers. In addition, IL-24 abrogated beta-GP-induced activation of the Wnt/beta-catenin pathway, which plays a key role in the pathogenesis of vascular calcification. The specificity of IL-24 for the inhibition of VSMC calcification was confirmed by using a neutralizing antibody to IL-24. Our results suggest that IL-24 inhibits beta-GP-induced VSMC calcification by inhibiting apoptosis, the expression of calcification and osteoblastic markers, and the Wnt/ beta-catenin pathway. Our study may provide a novel mechanism of action of IL-24 in cardiovascular disease and indicates that IL-24 is a potential therapeutic agent in VSMC calcification. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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