Regulation of protein expression by L-arginine in endothelial cells. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • L-Arginine is a conditionally essential amino acid for humans and plays an important role in the regulation of cardiovascular function and antioxidative defense. Previous studies have focused on the important role of L-arginine as a physiological precursor in the generation of nitric oxide and polyamines in endothelial cells (cells that line the interior surface of blood vessels). Because of the rapid development of high-throughput proteomics technology, there is now growing interest in studying roles for L-arginine in modulating endothelial-cell protein expression. Of particular interest, recent proteomics analysis has shown that treatment of coronary venular endothelial cells with a physiological level of L-arginine (e.g., 0.1 mM) increases expression of structural proteins (vimentin and tropomyosin) and cytochrome bc1 complex iii-chain A, while decreasing expression of stress-related proteins (PDZ domain containing-3), in these cells. These findings aid in elucidating the mechanisms responsible for the beneficial effect of physiological levels of L-arginine on the circulatory system.

published proceedings

  • Front Biosci (Schol Ed)

author list (cited authors)

  • Lei, X., Feng, C., Liu, C., Wu, G., Meininger, C. J., Wang, F., Li, D., & Wang, J.

citation count

  • 6

complete list of authors

  • Lei, Xiaoqing||Feng, Cuiping||Liu, Chuang||Wu, Guoyao||Meininger, Cynthia J||Wang, Fenglai||Li, Defa||Wang, Junjun

publication date

  • January 2011