TY - JOUR
T1 - Nonenzymatic glycosylation in vitro and in bovine endothelial cells alters basic fibroblast growth factor activity
T2 - A model for intracellular glycosylation in diabetes
AU - Giardino, Ida
AU - Edelstein, Diane
AU - Brownlee, Michael
PY - 1994/7
Y1 - 1994/7
N2 - Intracellular sugars are more reactive glycosylating agents than glucose. In vitro nonenzymatic glycosylation of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) by fructose, glucose-6-phosphate (G6P), or glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate (G3P) reduced high affinity heparin-binding activity of recombinant bFGF by 73, 77, and 89%, respectively. Mitogenic activity was reduced 40, 50, and 90%. To investigate the effects of bFGF glycosylation in GM7373 endothelial cells, we first demonstrated that GLUT-1 transporters were not downregulated by increased glucose concentration. In 30 mM glucose, the rate of glucose transport increased 11.6-fold, and the intracellular glucose concentration increased sixfold at 24 h and fivefold at 168 h. The level of total cytosolic protein modified by advanced glycosylation endproducts (AGEs) was increased 13.8-fold at 168 h. Under these conditions, mitogenic activity of endothelial cell cytosol was reduced 70%. Anti-bFGF antibody completely neutralized the mitogenic activity at both 5 and 30 mM glucose, demonstrating that all the mitogenic activity was due to bFGF. Immunoblotting and ELISA showed that 30 mM glucose did not decrease detectable bFGF protein, suggesting that the marked decrease in bFGF mitogenic activity resulted from posttranslational modification of bFGF induced by elevated glucose concentration. Cytosolic AGE-bFGF was increased 6.1-fold at 168 h. These data are consistent with the hypothesis that nonenzymatic glycosylation of intracellular protein alters vascular cell function.
AB - Intracellular sugars are more reactive glycosylating agents than glucose. In vitro nonenzymatic glycosylation of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) by fructose, glucose-6-phosphate (G6P), or glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate (G3P) reduced high affinity heparin-binding activity of recombinant bFGF by 73, 77, and 89%, respectively. Mitogenic activity was reduced 40, 50, and 90%. To investigate the effects of bFGF glycosylation in GM7373 endothelial cells, we first demonstrated that GLUT-1 transporters were not downregulated by increased glucose concentration. In 30 mM glucose, the rate of glucose transport increased 11.6-fold, and the intracellular glucose concentration increased sixfold at 24 h and fivefold at 168 h. The level of total cytosolic protein modified by advanced glycosylation endproducts (AGEs) was increased 13.8-fold at 168 h. Under these conditions, mitogenic activity of endothelial cell cytosol was reduced 70%. Anti-bFGF antibody completely neutralized the mitogenic activity at both 5 and 30 mM glucose, demonstrating that all the mitogenic activity was due to bFGF. Immunoblotting and ELISA showed that 30 mM glucose did not decrease detectable bFGF protein, suggesting that the marked decrease in bFGF mitogenic activity resulted from posttranslational modification of bFGF induced by elevated glucose concentration. Cytosolic AGE-bFGF was increased 6.1-fold at 168 h. These data are consistent with the hypothesis that nonenzymatic glycosylation of intracellular protein alters vascular cell function.
KW - Advanced glycosylation end products
KW - Cytokines
KW - Glucose
KW - Heparin
KW - Mitogens
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U2 - 10.1172/JCI117296
DO - 10.1172/JCI117296
M3 - Article
C2 - 8040253
AN - SCOPUS:0028304845
SN - 0021-9738
VL - 94
SP - 110
EP - 117
JO - Journal of Clinical Investigation
JF - Journal of Clinical Investigation
IS - 1
ER -