title: The induction of nitric oxide synthase activity is inhibited by TGF-beta 1, PDGFAB and PDGFBB in vascular smooth muscle cells.
abstract: The effect of transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) and platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) was investigated on the induction of nitric oxide synthase activity caused by interleukin-1 beta in cultured smooth muscle cells from rat aorta. TGF-beta 1, PDGFAB and PDGFBB but not PDGFAA inhibited in a concentration-dependent manner the production of nitrite, an oxidation product of nitric oxide, evoked by interleukin-1 beta. The growth factors alone did not stimulate the release of nitrite. The addition of interleukin-1 beta-treated smooth muscle cells to suspensions of indomethacin-treated human washed platelets inhibited the aggregation evoked by thrombin whereas no effect was observed with untreated cells. Platelet aggregation was not inhibited by smooth muscle cells that had been pretreated with interleukin-1 beta in combination with either TGF-beta 1, PDGFAB or PDGFBB but not with PDGFAA. These observations demonstrate that platelet-derived products such as TGF-beta and PDGFs inhibit the induction of nitric oxide synthase activity in vascular smooth muscle cells.
authors.affiliation: Center for Experimental Therapeutics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.
authors.forename: V B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Schini
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Durante
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Elizondo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Scott-Burden
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Junquero
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Schafer
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Vanhoutte
mesh_terms: D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004790:Enzyme Induction / Q000187:drug effects; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D009573:Nitrites / Q000378:metabolism; D010974:Platelet Aggregation / Q000187:drug effects; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D009573:Nitrites; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases