title: Vascular smooth muscle proliferation in hypertensive transgenic rats.
abstract: In vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) cultures from Sprague-Dawley (SD) and hypertensive transgenic rats for the mouse renin gene Ren-2 (TGR), the DNA synthesis, which was analyzed by the uptake of [3H]thymidine, was higher in TGR than SD VSMCs (2.5- to 8-fold, mean of 5.6-fold) under basal conditions. DNA synthesis was increased by fetal calf serum (10%) in SD cells more than in TGR VSMCs, and was decreased by heparin (400 micrograms/ml) and by phorbol-12,13-dibutyrate (10(-7) M) in TGR VSMCs to a higher degree than in SD cells. Neither endothelin (10(-7) M), angiotensinogen (10(-8) M), the renin inhibitor CGP 29,287 (10(-4) M), angiotensin I (10(-7) M), captopril (10(-5) M), angiotensin II (10(-7) M), nor saralasin (10(-6) M) modified DNA synthesis in either type of VSMCs. Sodium nitroprusside (10(-4) and 10(-3) M) increased DNA synthesis in both kinds of VSMCs but in TGR cultures it became toxic at 10(-3) M. 8-Bromocyclic GMP (10(-7) to 10(-5) M) reduced DNA synthesis in SD cells more than in TGR VSMCs. These results suggest that (a) cellular mechanisms of proliferation appear to be more activated in TGR VSMCs, likely involving a protein kinase C-dependent pathway but not the renin-angiotensin system, and (b) in both type of cells, sodium nitroprusside possesses proliferative properties whereas 8-bromocyclic GMP has antiproliferative properties.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D030801:Animals, Genetically Modified; D002216:Captopril / Q000494:pharmacology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D016232:Endothelins / Q000494:pharmacology; D005263:Femoral Artery; D006493:Heparin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006973:Hypertension / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology; D015240:Phorbol 12,13-Dibutyrate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D016232:Endothelins; D009599:Nitroprusside; C016276:8-bromocyclic GMP; D015240:Phorbol 12,13-Dibutyrate; D006493:Heparin; D004247:DNA; D002216:Captopril; D006152:Cyclic GMP