title: Platelet-derived growth factor AA homodimer stimulates protein synthesis rather than DNA synthesis in vascular smooth muscle cells from spontaneously hypertensive rats but not from normotensive rats.
abstract: Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) AB and BB isoforms were potent mitogens for cultured vascular smooth muscle cells from spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY). PDGF-AA promotes protein synthesis in a dose-dependent manner in SHR cells, whereas DNA synthesis was stimulated only slightly. However, this isoform did not activate either DNA or protein synthesis in WKY cells. PDGF-AA stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation of its receptor protein and phospholipase C-gamma 1 in SHR cell but not in WKY cells. These results indicate that vascular smooth muscle cell of SHR is uniquely responsive to PDGF-AA, presumably due to abnormality in receptor expression, in its hypertrophic response.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D012313:RNA / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013936:Thymidine / Q000378:metabolism; D014316:Tritium; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000378:metabolism; D014529:Uridine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014316:Tritium; D012313:RNA; D004247:DNA; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D013936:Thymidine; D014529:Uridine