title: Modulation of vascular cell behavior by transforming growth factors beta.
abstract: The vascular cell responses to the type 1, 2, and 3 isoforms of transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta 1, TGF-beta 2, TGF-beta 3) were studied using bovine aortic endothelial (BAECs) and smooth muscle cells (BASMC3) as well as rat epididymal fat pad microvascular endothelia (RFCs). Three distinct bioassays indicated that TGF-beta elicits results that do not differ significantly from those of the TGF-beta 1 isoform in all three cell populations. These assays are: inhibition of proliferation, cell migration, and neovascularization. By contrast the cellular responses to TGF-beta 1 and TGF-beta 3 differed from those to TGF-beta 2. Three distinct receptor assays revealed the presence of type I and type II TGF-beta 1 cell surface binding proteins on BAECs, BASMCs, and RFCs. Experimentation to decipher cell surface binding by the different isoforms revealed that iodinated TGF-beta 1 bound to the surface of all three vascular cell types can be competed off in similar fashion by either TGF-beta 1 or TGF-beta 3; however, competition with TGF-beta 2 produced unique binding profiles dependent on the cell type examined. The ratios of type I to type II TGF-beta receptors in these three vascular cell types vary from 1:1 in BAECs to 1.5:1 in RFCs to 3:1 in BASMCs and can be correlated with the differences noted in cellular responses to TGF-beta 1 and TGF-beta 2 in proliferation, migration, and in vitro angiogenic assays.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Madri
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Merwin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology*; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta