Roles of angiogenic factors and endothelin-1 in gastric ulcer healing

Author:

AKIMOTO Masumi1,HASHIMOTO Hiroshi1,MAEDA Atsushi1,SHIGEMOTO Mutsuo1,YAMASHITA Katsuko1

Affiliation:

1. Institute of Geriatrics, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 2-15-1 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0002, Japan

Abstract

Endothelins (ETs) participate directly and indirectly in angiogenesis via ET receptors. During early fetal angiogenesis, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptors kinase insert domain-containing receptor (KDR) and fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 (Flt-1) are required for the development of the systemic vasculature. In late angiogenesis, stromal-cell-derived factor (SDF-1) and its receptor CXC chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4) act in an organ-specific manner to promote the formation and development of large blood vessels supplying the gastrointestinal tract. We studied the roles of these ligand receptors in angiogenesis during healing of gastric ulcers. We studied the following five groups, each consisting of ten cases of endoscopically confirmed gastric ulcer: active stage (GA), healing stage (GH) and scar stage (GS) of gastric ulcers located in the angulus; Helicobacter pylori (Hp)-positive gastritis (gast+); and Hp-negative gastritis (gast-). All cases in the ulcer groups were Hp-positive. The study materials consisted of frozen biopsy specimens of lesions arising in the angulus. ET-1 was measured by enzyme immunoassay. The other factors were assayed by reverse-transcription–PCR. The distributions of ET-1, ETA receptor (ETAR), SDF-1 and CXCR4 in the gastric mucosa were evaluated by enzyme immunoassay. ET-1 and ETAR reached peak levels during the GH (ET: P<0.05, ETAR: P<0.01). VEGF mRNA increased slightly during the GA, but did not differ significantly among the groups. KDR and Flt-1 levels were high during the GA, the level being significantly higher than those during the GH and GS (P<0.05). SDF-1 levels significantly decreased during the GH and GS compared with levels during the GA, and CXCR4 significantly increased during the GH and GS (P<0.01). On immunostaining, ET-1-positive cells and ETAR-positive cells were found in the endothelium, vascular smooth muscle and gastric epithelium, and CXCR4-positive cells were found in the endothelium and gastric epithelium during the GH and GS. Our results suggest that VEGF receptors are mainly expressed early in ulcer development and participate in the initial stage of angiogenesis. SDF-1 receptors and ETAR are primarily expressed during the GH and GS and are involved in vascular maturation and gastric mucosal regeneration during late angiogenesis.

Publisher

Portland Press Ltd.

Subject

General Medicine

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