Glitazone-mediated vascular protection requires high mobility group A1 protein – a new PPARgamma coregulator
M Bloch, A Prock, F Paonessa, A Foryst-Ludwig, K Kappert, J Spranger, T Unger, A Fusco, D Sedding, A Brunetti, U Kintscher · Diabetologie und Stoffwechsel · 2010 · Heft 04
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Previously we have shown that the chromatin-modifying high mobility group A1 protein (HMGA1) is required for Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor gamma (PPARgamma)-mediated transrepression in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). The aim of the present study was to characterize the in-vivo relevance of HMGA1 in PPARgamma-mediated beneficial effects after vascular injury. The effect of pioglitazone (pio) treatment in wildtype (wt) and HMGA1-deficient mice on neointima formation was investigated in a mouse femoral artery after wire-induced injury. Arterial injury resulted in a prominent formation of a neoint…