Protein Information

Name Pit 1
Synonyms GLVR 1; PIT1; Pit 1; GLVR1; Gibbon ape leukemia virus receptor 1; Leukemia virus receptor 1 homolog; Phosphate transporter 1; SLC20A1…

Compound Information

Name nicotine
CAS

Reference List

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19546357 Zhou YB, Jin SJ, Cai Y, Teng X, Chen L, Tang CS, Qi YF: Lanthanum acetate inhibits vascular calcification induced by vitamin D3 plus nicotine in rats. Exp Biol Med. 2009 Aug;234(8):908-17. Epub 2009 Jun 22.

Lanthanum acetate at 750 mg/kg/day was more effective than 375 mg/kg/day in lessening vascular calcification by significantly reducing plasma phosphorus level, calcium x phosphorus product and ALP activity, by 30.3%, 28.6%, and 68.6%, respectively; reducing aortic phosphorus and calcium contents and ALP activity, by 48%, 53.1%, and 63.5% (all P < 0.01), respectively; reducing aortic mRNA level of OPN and Pit-1, by 55.8% (P < 0.01) and 38.8% (P < 0.05) and protein level of OPN and Pit-1, by 37.2% and 27.2% (both P < 0.01), respectively; and increasing carboxylated matrix Gla-protein (MGP) protein expression by 33.7% (P < 0.05), as compared with rats treated with vitamin D3 and nicotine alone.
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19766150 Liu Y, Zhou YB, Zhang GG, Cai Y, Duan XH, Teng X, Song JQ, Shi Y, Tang CS, Yin XH, Qi YF: Cortistatin attenuates vascular calcification in rats. Regul Pept. 2010 Jan 8;159(1-3):35-43. Epub .

In this study, we investigated in rats whether CST inhibits vascular calcification induced by vitamin D3 and nicotine treatment in vivo and calcification of cultured rat vascular smooth muscular cells (VSMCs) induced by beta-glycerophosphate in vitro and the underlying mechanism.
CST also significantly decreased ALP activity and calcium deposition, alleviated pathological injury and down-regulated the mRNA expression of type III sodium-dependent phosphate co-transporter-1 (Pit-1) in aortic tissues.
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