Effect of antisense oligonucleotides of c-sis on cellular cycle and proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells in pulmonary artery

AIM:To investigate the effect of antisense oligonucleotides(ASON) of c-sis on cellular cycle and proliferation of pulmonary artery vascular smooth muscle cells(VSMC).METHODS:Tissue mass culture was done to get VSMC of pulmonary artery. Different concentrations of antisense oligonucleotides of c-sis were added into the cultures to observe the VSMC proliferation curve using MTT test. The changes of VSMC cellular cycle were also observed by flow cytometry.RESULTS:ASON with mid-to high concentrations restrained the proliferation of VSMC apparently with the peak of cell growth being attenuated or eliminated. Affected by mid-concentration ASON, PDGF-BB showed significant accelerating effect on the proliferation of VSMC. The ratio of G₀／G₁ in cellular cycle was increased significantly in VSMC culture with ASON in comparison with control. The G₀/G₁ ratio also showed significant differences among different concentration of ASON groups(P＜0.05).CONCLUSION:Mid-to high concentration of ASON was a powerful inhibitor of cellular proliferation for pulmonary artery VSMC. ASON increased the ratio of G₀／G₁ significantly and the increase seems to be ASON dosage dependent.