Characterization of cultured rat aortic endothelial cells.
We describe a new method to obtain rat aortic endothelial cells without contamination by vascular smooth muscle cells. The endothelial cells were characterized up to the 20th passage by low density lipoprotein incorporation, the absence of alpha-smooth muscle actin, the production of endothelium derived relaxing factor, and an elevation in intracellular free calcium concentration in response to bradykinin and ATP but not to AMP and angiotensin II.
Laboratoire de Pharmacologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, CNRS URA 600, Université Louis Pasteur de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France.
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D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
D009569:Nitric Oxide; D002118:Calcium