Induction of Bone-Type Alkaline Phosphatase in Human Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells: Roles of Tumor Necrosis Factor-α and Oncostatin M Derived From Macrophages

• Published in: Circulation research Vol. 91; no. 1; pp. 9 - 16
• Main Authors: Shioi, Atsushi, Katagi, Miwako, Okuno, Yasuhisa, Mori, Katsuhito, Jono, Shuichi, Koyama, Hidenori, Nishizawa, Yoshiki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hagerstown, MD American Heart Association, Inc 12.07.2002; Lippincott; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ovid Technologies
• Subjects: Alkaline Phosphatase - biosynthesis; Alkaline Phosphatase - genetics; Biological and medical sciences; Blood vessels and receptors; Bone and Bones - enzymology; Calcium - metabolism; Cell Line; Coculture Techniques; Culture Media, Conditioned - chemistry; Culture Media, Conditioned - pharmacology; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Enzyme Induction - drug effects; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic - drug effects; Glycoproteins - metabolism; Humans; Interferon-gamma - pharmacology; Macrophages - chemistry; Macrophages - cytology; Monocytes - chemistry; Monocytes - cytology; Monocytes - drug effects; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular - cytology; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular - drug effects; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular - metabolism; Oncostatin M; Osteopontin; Osteoprotegerin; Peptides - pharmacology; Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear - metabolism; Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor; Sialoglycoproteins - metabolism; Steroid Hydroxylases - pharmacology; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha - pharmacology; Vertebrates: cardiovascular system; Human; Alkaline phosphatase; Monocyte; Enzyme; Steroid hormone; Cholecalciferol(1,25-dihydroxy); Cytokine; Phosphoric monoester hydrolases; Smooth muscle; Esterases; Gene expression; Oncostatin M; In vitro; Cell line; Mixed cropping; Vitamin D; Blood vessel; Calcification; Hydrolases; Circulatory system; Tumor necrosis factor α; Immune system; Gamma interferon; Macrophage
• ISSN: 0009-7330; 1524-4571
• DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.0000026421.61398.F2

Inflammatory cells such as macrophages and T lymphocytes play an important role in vascular calcification associated with atherosclerosis and cardiac valvular disease. In particular, macrophages activated with cytokines derived from T lymphocytes such as interferon-γ (IFN-γ) may contribute to the development of vascular calcification. Moreover, we have shown the stimulatory effect of 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25(OH)2D3) on in vitro calcification through increasing the expression of alkaline phosphatase (ALP), an ectoenzyme indispensable for bone mineralization, in vascular smooth muscle cells. Therefore, we hypothesized that macrophages may induce calcifying phenotype, especially the expression of ALP in human vascular smooth muscle cells (HVSMCs) in the presence of IFN-γ and 1,25(OH)2D3. To test this hypothesis, we used cocultures of HVSMCs with human monocytic cell line (THP-1) or peripheral blood monocytes (PBMCs) in the presence of IFN-γ and 1,25(OH)2D3. THP-1 cells or PBMCs induced ALP activity and its gene expression in HVSMCs and the cells with high expression of ALP calcified their extracellular matrix by the addition of β-glycerophosphate. Thermostability and immunoassay showed that ALP induced in HVSMCs was bone-specific enzyme. We further identified tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and oncostatin M (OSM) as major factors inducing ALP in HVSMCs in the culture supernatants of THP-1 cells. TNF-α and OSM, only when applied together, increased ALP activities and in vitro calcification in HVSMCs in the presence of IFN-γ and 1,25(OH)2D3. These results suggest that macrophages may contribute to the development of vascular calcification through producing various inflammatory mediators, especially TNF-α and OSM.