Pravastatin Alleviates Radiation Proctitis by Regulating Thrombomodulin in Irradiated Endothelial Cellsopen access
- Authors
- Jang, Hyosun; Kwak, Seo-Young; Park, Sunhoo; Kim, Kyuchang; Kim, Young-heon; Na, Jiyoung; Kim, Hyewon; Jang, Won-Suk; Lee, Sun-Joo; Kim, Min Jung; Myung, Jae Kyung; Shim, Sehwan
- Issue Date
- Mar-2020
- Publisher
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
- Keywords
- Pravastatin; Proctitis; Radiation; Thrombomodulin
- Citation
- International Journal of Molecular Sciences, v.21, no.5, pp.1 - 13
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- SCIE
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- Journal Title
- International Journal of Molecular Sciences
- Volume
- 21
- Number
- 5
- Start Page
- 1
- End Page
- 13
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/173270
- DOI
- 10.3390/ijms21051897
- ISSN
- 1661-6596
- Abstract
- Although radiotherapy plays a crucial in the management of pelvic tumors, its toxicity on surrounding healthy tissues such as the small intestine, colon, and rectum is one of the major limitations associated with its use. In particular, proctitis is a major clinical complication of pelvic radiotherapy. Recent evidence suggests that endothelial injury significantly affects the initiation of radiation-induced inflammation. The damaged endothelial cells accelerate immune cell recruitment by activating the expression of endothelial adhesive molecules, which participate in the development of tissue damage. Pravastatin, a cholesterol lowering drug, exerts persistent anti-inflammatory and anti-thrombotic effects on irradiated endothelial cells and inhibits the interaction of leukocytes and damaged endothelial cells. Here, we aimed to investigate the effects of pravastatin on radiation-induced endothelial damage in human umbilical vein endothelial cell and a murine proctitis model. Pravastatin attenuated epithelial damage and inflammatory response in irradiated colorectal lesions. In particular, pravastatin improved radiation-induced endothelial damage by regulating thrombomodulin (TM) expression. In addition, exogenous TM inhibited leukocyte adhesion to the irradiated endothelial cells. Thus, pravastatin can inhibit endothelial damage by inducing TM, thereby alleviating radiation proctitis. Therefore, we suggest that pharmacological modulation of endothelial TM may limit intestinal inflammation after irradiation.
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