Abstract
Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) in primary cultures were perfused under normoxic or hypoxic conditions. These cells were stimulated twice for 3 min by increased flow (from 0.5 to 3.0 ml/min). Under hypoxic conditions the basal release of ATP was the same as under normoxic conditions, but during increased flow the release was greater (0.58±0.07>0.32±0.04 pmoles/ml/106 cells (+78%), for the first period of stimulation; 0.39±0.05>0.22±0.03 pmoles/ml/106 cells (+79%) for the second period). Further experiments with sequential increments in flow rate showed that under both normoxic and hypoxic conditions, a positive correlation existed between ATP release and the rate of flow but there was always more ATP released under hypoxic conditions regardless of the flow rate.
HUVECs in secondary culture (second passage) were similarly stimulated. No differences were observed between normoxic and hypoxic conditions. In both cases, the quantity of ATP released during high flow (0.050±0.004 pmoles/ml/106 cells) was significantly smaller than the quantity of ATP released during low flow (0.09±0.01 pmoles/ml/106 cells).
To conclude, since hypoxia alone did not affect ATP release, there appears to be a synergistic relationship between increased shear stress and hypoxia in the stimulation of ATP release from HUVECs. Moreover, the release of ATP under these conditions seems to be a property of highly differentiated endothelial cells.
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Bodin, P., Burnstock, G. Synergistic effect of acute hypoxia on flow-induced release of ATP from cultured endothelial cells. Experientia 51, 256–259 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01931108
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