Ascorbic acid plays an important role in connective tissue metabolism, where, among other effects, it acts as a reducing factor in the reactions catalyzed by prolyl and lysyl hydroxylases. In vitro, ascorbic acid has been shown to have a positive influence on collagen synthesis at pre- and/or post-translational levels and a negative effect on elastin production. In the present work, the effects of vitamin C on extracellular matrix deposition have been studied in vivo. Stereological analysis on electron micrographs showed, compared to age-matched controls, a 50 to 60% increase of collagen deposition in the media and in the adventitia of the aorta of rats treated for 30 days from the 18th day of life with 10% ascorbate in their drinking water. By contrast, elastin volume density was significantly reduced by the treatment at all ages examined. These morphological data were supported by in situ hybridization observations showing enhanced collagen type I mRNA and reduced elastin mRNA expression upon treatment. Although vitamin C did not inhibit lysyl oxidase activity in vivo, being only slightly higher than in controls, enzyme activity was significantly reduced, when high doses of ascorbate were added in vitro. Lysyl oxidase activity may be a function of enhanced collagen metabolism rather than a direct effect of the vitamin on the enzyme activity. These data indicate that ascorbate exerts opposite effects on the deposition of two major components of the extracellular matrix in vivo, at least during periods of rapid growth.

OPPOSING EFFECTS OF ASCORBATE ON COLLAGEN AND ELASTIN DEPOSITION IN THE NEONATAL RAT AORTA / Quaglino, Daniela; Fornieri, Claudio; Botti, B; Davidson, Jm; Pasqualironchetti, I.. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY. - ISSN 0171-9335. - STAMPA. - 54:(1991), pp. 18-26.

OPPOSING EFFECTS OF ASCORBATE ON COLLAGEN AND ELASTIN DEPOSITION IN THE NEONATAL RAT AORTA

QUAGLINO, Daniela;FORNIERI, Claudio;
1991

Abstract

Ascorbic acid plays an important role in connective tissue metabolism, where, among other effects, it acts as a reducing factor in the reactions catalyzed by prolyl and lysyl hydroxylases. In vitro, ascorbic acid has been shown to have a positive influence on collagen synthesis at pre- and/or post-translational levels and a negative effect on elastin production. In the present work, the effects of vitamin C on extracellular matrix deposition have been studied in vivo. Stereological analysis on electron micrographs showed, compared to age-matched controls, a 50 to 60% increase of collagen deposition in the media and in the adventitia of the aorta of rats treated for 30 days from the 18th day of life with 10% ascorbate in their drinking water. By contrast, elastin volume density was significantly reduced by the treatment at all ages examined. These morphological data were supported by in situ hybridization observations showing enhanced collagen type I mRNA and reduced elastin mRNA expression upon treatment. Although vitamin C did not inhibit lysyl oxidase activity in vivo, being only slightly higher than in controls, enzyme activity was significantly reduced, when high doses of ascorbate were added in vitro. Lysyl oxidase activity may be a function of enhanced collagen metabolism rather than a direct effect of the vitamin on the enzyme activity. These data indicate that ascorbate exerts opposite effects on the deposition of two major components of the extracellular matrix in vivo, at least during periods of rapid growth.
1991
54
18
26
OPPOSING EFFECTS OF ASCORBATE ON COLLAGEN AND ELASTIN DEPOSITION IN THE NEONATAL RAT AORTA / Quaglino, Daniela; Fornieri, Claudio; Botti, B; Davidson, Jm; Pasqualironchetti, I.. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY. - ISSN 0171-9335. - STAMPA. - 54:(1991), pp. 18-26.
Quaglino, Daniela; Fornieri, Claudio; Botti, B; Davidson, Jm; Pasqualironchetti, I.
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