Summary
Recent studies indicate that highly selective proteasome inhibitors can be useful
in prevention of some cardiovascular events. Here we demonstrate that proteasome inhibitor,
Z-IleGlu (Ot-Bu) Ala-Leucinal (PSI), is active in the prevention of platelet-dependent
arterial thrombosis induced in renovascular hypertensive rats (two-kidney, one clip
Goldblatt model, and 2K1C, n=5).The administration of PSI intravenously at a single
dose of 0.3 mg/kg before induction of arterial thrombosis markedly increased carotid
final flow rate, as compared to control (vehicle) group (10.36 ± 1.8 ml/min and 1.2
± 1.2 ml/min, respectively), significantly decreased the wet (1.23 ± 0.23 mg and 4.1
± 0.94 mg, respectively), and dry (0.46 ± 0.145 mg and 1.46 ± 0.39, respectively)
thrombus weight, and completely prevented arterial occlusion. Moreover, platelets
from PSI treated thrombotic 2K1C rats, showed in response to collagen a significant
inhibition of aggregation in the whole blood (10.26 ± 0.6 ohms vs. 15.51 ± 0.91ohms
in the control group). In contrast, collagen-induced platelet aggregation was not
inhibited in vitro, after pre-treatment of the blood with PSI at the concentration of 10μM that effectively
inhibited the 20S proteasome activity in platelets, indicating that ex vivo anti-aggregatory effect of PSI proceeds through an indirect mechanism not associated
with suppression of 20S proteasome activity in platelets. In conclusion, our in vivo findings demonstrate that proteasome inhibitor, Z-Ile-Glu(Ot-Bu)Ala-Leucinal, prevents
the development of arterial thrombosis in renovascular hypertensive rats and effectively
suppresses platelet aggregation by an indirect mechanism. Thus the data provide a
new insight into the potential role for the proteasome-dependent pathway in cardiovascular
events.
Keywords
Arterial thrombosis - platelet aggregation - proteasome inhibitor - renovascular hypertension
- rat