Publications by authors named "Amanda St Paul"

Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) play a critical role in the development and pathogenesis of intimal hyperplasia indicative of restenosis and other vascular diseases. Fragile-X related protein-1 (FXR1) is a muscle-enhanced RNA binding protein whose expression is increased in injured arteries. Previous studies suggest that FXR1 negatively regulates inflammation, but its causality in vascular disease is unknown.

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Appropriate cytoskeletal organization is essential for vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) conditions such as hypertension. This study identifies FXR1 as a key protein linking cytoskeletal dynamics with mRNA stability. RNA immunoprecipitation sequencing (RIP-seq) in human VSMCs identifies that FXR1 binds to mRNA associated with cytoskeletal dynamics, and FXR1 depletion decreases their mRNA stability.

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Dyslipidemia, vascular inflammation, obesity, and insulin resistance often overlap and exacerbate each other. Mutations in low density lipoprotein receptor adaptor protein-1 (LDLRAP1) lead to LDLR malfunction and are associated with the autosomal recessive hypercholesterolemia disorder in humans. However, direct causality on atherogenesis in a defined preclinical model has not been reported.

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In this study, we have looked for an optimum media glucose concentration and compared glucose consumption in three vascular cell types, endothelial cells (ECs), vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs), and adventitial fibroblasts (AFs) with or without angiotensin II (AngII) stimulation. In a subconfluent 6-well experiment in 1 mL DMEM with a standard low (100 mg/dL), a standard high (450 mg/dL), or a mixed middle (275 mg/dL) glucose concentration, steady and significant glucose consumption was observed in all cell types. After 48-h incubation, media that contained low glucose was reduced to almost 0 mg/dL, media that contained high glucose remained significantly higher at ∼275 mg/dL, and media that contained middle glucose remained closer to physiological range.

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As many as 70% of cells in atherosclerotic plaque are vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) in origin, and pathways and proteins which regulate VSMC migration, proliferation, and phenotype modulation represent novel targets for rational drug design to reduce atherosclerotic vascular disease. In this volume of Clinical Science, Karle et al. demonstrate that tumor suppressor, promyelocytic leukemia protein (PML) plays an important role in regulation of VSMC phenotype and response to inflammatory stimuli (Clin Sci (2021) 135(7), 887-905; DOI: 10.

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Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the Western and developing world, and the incidence of cardiovascular disease is increasing with the longer lifespan afforded by our modern lifestyle. Vascular diseases including coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, and stroke comprise the majority of cardiovascular diseases, and therefore represent a significant medical and socioeconomic burden on our society. It may not be surprising that these conditions overlap and potentiate each other when we consider the many cellular and molecular similarities between them.

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Rationale: Protein S-nitros(yl)ation (SNO) has been implicated as an essential mediator of nitric oxide-dependent cardioprotection. Compared with males, female hearts exhibit higher baseline levels of protein SNO and associated with this, reduced susceptibility to myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury. Female hearts also exhibit enhanced S-nitrosoglutathione reductase (GSNO-R) activity, which would typically favor decreased SNO levels as GSNO-R mediates SNO catabolism.

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