title: Interferon-gamma inhibits proliferation of rat vascular smooth muscle cells by nitric oxide generation.
abstract: Interferon (IFN)-gamma inhibited the proliferation of rat vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) and increased the cyclic GMP (cGMP) concentration in the cells. The dose dependencies of the two effects were similar (IC50 = 4 U/ml for the anti-proliferation and EC50 = 3 U/ml for cGMP formation) and the effect of IFN-gamma was enhanced by tumor necrosis factor-alpha treatment. Furthermore, NG-nitro-L-arginine, a nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibitor, inhibited both activities induced by IFN-gamma. These findings show that the anti-proliferation and cGMP formation are closely related and that IFN-gamma inhibits the proliferation of rat VSMC by generation of NO through the induction of an NO synthase.
authors.affiliation: Suntory Institute for Biomedical Research, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nunokawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D001120:Arginine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000378:metabolism; D004261:DNA Replication / Q000187:drug effects; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007700:Kinetics; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D019335:Nitroarginine; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D019335:Nitroarginine; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D001120:Arginine; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases; D006152:Cyclic GMP