Methotrexate modulates folate phenotype and inflammatory profile in EA.hy 926 cells
| Autor: | Suhong Zhang, Jeanine Jochems, Andrea L. Hammons, Alexander S. Whitehead, Ian A. Blair, Jasbir S. Arora, Carolyn M. Summers |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Antineoplastic Cell Survival Gene Expression Inflammation Folic Acid Deficiency Biology Article Cell Line chemistry.chemical_compound Folic Acid Gene expression medicine Humans Gene Cell Proliferation Pharmacology Cell growth Atherosclerosis Phenotype Methotrexate Bromodeoxyuridine chemistry Cell culture Immunology Cancer research Folic Acid Antagonists medicine.symptom medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Pharmacology. 732:60-67 |
| ISSN: | 0014-2999 |
| Popis: | EA.hy 926 cells grown under low folate conditions adopt a “pro-atherosclerotic” morphology and biochemical phenotype. Pharmacologically relevant doses of the antifolate drug methotrexate (MTX) were applied to EA.hy 926 cells maintained in normal (Hi) and low (Lo) folate culture media. Under both folate conditions, MTX caused inhibition of cell proliferation without significantly compromising metabolic activity. MTX treated Hi cells were depleted of folate derivatives, which were present in altered proportions relative to untreated cells. Transcript profiling using microarrays indicated that MTX treatment modified the transciptome in similar ways for both Hi and Lo cells. Many inflammation-related genes, most prominently those encoding C3 and IL-8, were up-regulated, whereas many genes involved in cell division were down-regulated. The results for C3 and IL-8 were confirmed by quantitative RT-PCR and ELISA. MTX appears to modify the inflammatory potential of EA.hy 926 cells such that its therapeutic properties may, at least under some conditions, be accompanied by the induction of a subset of gene products that promote and/or maintain comorbid pathologies. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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