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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H2027-H2034, 2004. First published July 1, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00260.2004
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Differential regulation of urokinase-type plasminogen activator expression by fluid shear stress in human coronary artery endothelial cells

Takaaki Sokabe,1,* Kimiko Yamamoto,1,* Norihiko Ohura,1 Hideki Nakatsuka,1 Kairong Qin,1 Syotaro Obi,1 Akira Kamiya,2 and Joji Ando1

1Department of Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, and 2Interdisciplinary Science Center, Nihon University, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan

Submitted 16 March 2004 ; accepted in final form 27 June 2004

Atherosclerotic plaques preferentially localize at arterial regions exposed to turbulent low-shear flow. Urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) plays a role in vascular remodeling by facilitating smooth muscle cell migration and proliferation in addition to the proteolysis of extracellular matrix, and the expression of uPA is elevated in atherosclerotic lesions. In this study, we analyzed the effects of laminar and turbulent shear stress on uPA expression in cultured human coronary artery endothelial cells. The application of laminar shear stress (1.5 or 15 dyn/cm2) significantly decreased the amount of uPA mRNA as well as the secretion of uPA protein. In contrast, turbulent shear stress (average intensity, 1.5 dyn/cm2) markedly increased uPA gene expression and protein secretion. Laminar shear stress downregulated uPA gene expression transcriptionally and posttranscriptionally; laminar shear stress activated transcription factor GATA6, which binds to a GATA consensus element located between –692 and –687 bp in the uPA promoter, thereby inhibiting uPA gene transcription. Laminar shear stress also accelerated the degradation of uPA mRNA; the half-life of uPA mRNA decreased to about half of the static control's half-life. Although turbulent shear stress had no effect on the transcription of uPA, it significantly increased uPA mRNA stability; the half-life of uPA mRNA increased by about two times the static control's half-life. Our results suggest that endothelial uPA expression is flow sensitive and differentially regulated by laminar and turbulent shear stress in vitro. We speculate that this effect may contribute to the local nature of atherosclerosis.

hemodynamic force; atherosclerosis; GATA; mRNA stability


Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: J. Ando, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School of Medicine, Univ. of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan (E-mail: joji{at}m.u-tokyo.ac.jp)




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