Effect of bauhinia bauhinioides kallikrein inhibitor on endothelial proliferation and intracellular calcium concentration
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2014-01-01
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OBJECTIVES: Proteinase inhibitors act as a defensive system against predators e.g. insects, in plants. Bauhinia bauhinioides kallikrein inhibitor (BbKI) is a serine proteinase inhibitor, isolated from seeds of Bauhinia bauhinioides and is structurally similar to plant Kunitz-type inhibitors but lacks disulfide bridges. In this study we evaluated the antiproliferative effect of BbKI on endothelial cells and its impact on changes in membrane potential and intracellular calcium.MATERIALS AND METHODS: HUVEC proliferation was significantly reduced by incubation with BbKI 50 and 100 mu M 12% and 13%. Furthermore, BbKI (100 mu M) exposure caused a significant increase in intracellular Ca2+ concentration by 35% as compared to untreated control.RESULTS: The intracellular rise in calcium was not affected by the absence of extracellular calcium. BBKI also caused a significant change in the cell membrane potential but the antiproliferative effect was independent of changes in membrane potential.CONCLUSIONS: BBKI has an antiproliferative effect on HUVEC, which is independent of the changes in membrane potential, and it causes an increase in intracellular Ca2+.
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European Review For Medical And Pharmacological Sciences. Rome: Verduci Publisher, v. 18, n. 1, p. 46-51, 2014.