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1999: Orlov S N; Thorin-Trescases N; Kotelevtsev S V; Tremblay J; Hamet P
Inversion of the intracellular Na+/K+ ratio blocks apoptosis in vascular smooth muscle at a site upstream of caspase-3.
The Journal of biological chemistry 1999;274(23):16545-52.
Long term elevation of the intracellular Na+/K+ ratio inhibits macromolecule synthesis and proliferation in the majority of cell types studied so far, including vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC). We report here that inhibition of the Na+,K+ pump in VSMC by ouabain or a 1-h preincubation in K+-depleted medium attenuated apoptosis triggered by serum withdrawal, staurosporine, or okadaic acid. In the absence of ouabain, both DNA degradation and Caspase-3 activation in VSMC undergoing apoptosis were insensitive to modification of the extracellular Na+/K+ ratio as well as to hyperosmotic cell shrinkage. In contrast, protection of VSMC from apoptosis by ouabain was abolished under equimolar substitution of Na+o with K+o, showing that the antiapoptotic action of Na+,K+ pump inhibition was caused by inversion of the intracellular Na+/K+ ratio. Unlike VSMC, the same level of increment of the [Na+]i/[K+]i ratio caused by a 2-h preincubation of Jurkat cells with ouabain did not affect chromatin cleavage and Caspase-3 activity triggered by treatment with Fas ligand, staurosporine, or hyperosmotic shrinkage. Thus, our results show for the first time that similar to cell proliferation, maintenance of a physiologically low intracellular Na+/K+ ratio is required for progression of VSMC apoptosis.

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