PMID- 34060109 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220128 LR - 20220128 IS - 1440-1681 (Electronic) IS - 0305-1870 (Linking) VI - 48 IP - 9 DP - 2021 Sep TI - Substance P ameliorates TNF-alpha-mediated impairment of human aortic vascular cells in vitro. PG - 1288-1297 LID - 10.1111/1440-1681.13533 [doi] AB - Vascular diseases are caused by endothelial dysfunction due to inflammation. On endothelial injury, the expression of extracellular matrix (ECM) is enhanced and nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability becomes deficient. This condition affects endothelial metabolism and leads to vascular destruction. The aim of this investigation was to determine whether substance P (SP) is able to protect the endothelium against inflammatory stress. To this end, aortic endothelial cells were pre-treated with SP, followed by tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), and cellular responses were evaluated using a combination of cell biology and quantification assays, as well as western blot analyses. Our results show that TNF-alpha enhanced ECM expression and reduced NO production within 4 hours, promoting immune cell adhesion to the endothelium and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) secretion from aortic smooth muscle cells. However, SP treatment ameliorated TNF-alpha-induced endothelial impairment by maintaining low ECM levels. Our data suggest that this protective effect is mediated by Akt activation and NO-enriched conditions. The inhibition of aortic endothelial cell injury by SP also reduced MCP-1 production in aortic smooth muscle cells. Together, our data indicate that SP can protect aortic endothelial and smooth muscle cells from inflammatory injury, which suggests that SP may prevent cardiovascular disease. CI - (c) 2021 John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd. FAU - Kim, Do Young AU - Kim DY AD - Department of Biomedical Science and Technology, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea. FAU - Piao, Jiyuan AU - Piao J AD - Department of Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science and Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea. FAU - Park, Jeong Seop AU - Park JS AD - Department of Biomedical Science and Technology, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea. FAU - Lee, Dahyeon AU - Lee D AD - Department of Biomedical Science and Technology, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea. FAU - Hong, Hyun Sook AU - Hong HS AD - Department of Biomedical Science and Technology, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea. AD - East-West Medical Research Institute, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea. AD - Kyung Hee Institute of Regenerative Medicine (KIRM), Medical Science Research institute, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea. LA - eng GR - HI18C1492/Korean Health Technology R&D Project grant from the Ministry of Health and Welfare (Sejong, Republic of Korea)/ GR - 2018R1D1A1B0704104813/Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education/ PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20210624 PL - Australia TA - Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol JT - Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology JID - 0425076 RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) SB - IM MH - *Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha OTO - NOTNLM OT - aortic endothelial cell OT - aortic smooth muscle cells OT - inflammation OT - substance P EDAT- 2021/06/02 06:00 MHDA- 2022/01/29 06:00 CRDT- 2021/06/01 06:48 PHST- 2021/05/24 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/04/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/05/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/06/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/01/29 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/06/01 06:48 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/1440-1681.13533 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol. 2021 Sep;48(9):1288-1297. doi: 10.1111/1440-1681.13533. Epub 2021 Jun 24.