Higher Migratory Activity of Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells Than of Venous Smooth Muscle Cells on Different Collagen Matrices

Abstract

Objective:

To examine the biological differences between arteries and veins, we compared the migratory activities of arterial and venous smooth muscle cells (SMCs) using a modified Boyden chamber method.

Design:

Migratory activities of porcine arterial and venous smooth muscle cells (SMCs) were compared by a modified Boyden chamber method using coated filters with type I, III, IV and V collagens.

Results:

At the basal level of migration activity without stimulation, arterial SMCs showed greater migratory activity than venous SMCs in all of the substrata. When platelet-derived growth factor was added to the lower wells, all of the migration activities increased, and arterial SMCs showed significantly higher activity than venous SMCs. When cell-associated fibronectin was determined by an enzyme-linked immunoassay and immunohistochemistry, arterial SMCs secreted significantly more cell-associated fibronectin than venous SMCs. Type IV collagen had the greatest positive effect, and also induced the lowest level of cell-associated fibronectin.

Conclusion:

These in-vitro results indicate that fibronectin secreted by vascular smooth muscle is an important regulatory protein for cell migration even when SMCs migrate on collagen substrates. Arterial SMCs have higher migratory activities than venous SMCs as a result of their lower production of fibronectin.

Keywords

Artery Collagen Fibronectin Migration Smooth muscle cells Vein

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