title: Early PDGF-induced alterations in cytosolic free calcium are required for mitogenesis.
abstract: Early alterations in cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration (Ca2+i) (occurring within seconds to minutes) following platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) stimulation were demonstrated to be required, in both BALB/c3T3 fibroblasts and vascular smooth muscle cells, for subsequent DNA synthesis by introduction of Ca(2+)-antagonists at different times in relation to growth factor stimulation. Blockade of PDGF-stimulated increases in Ca2+i correlated with inhibition of PDGF-stimulated DNA synthesis in both systems, although the mechanism of increased Ca2+i is different in the two cell types. In vascular smooth muscle cells, voltage-sensitive Ca(2+)-channel antagonists, TPA, and pertussis toxin inhibited both PDGF-induced increases in Ca2+i and DNA synthesis when added immediately before PDGF, but did not do so when added for the same time period 4 hr after PDGF. Similarly, pretreatment of fibroblasts with TMB-8 inhibited PDGF-induced alterations in Ca2+i and DNA synthesis, but had no effect on DNA synthesis when added after PDGF exposure. These findings demonstrate for the first time that early increases in Ca2+i stimulated by PDGF play a critical role in PDGF-stimulated mitogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology & Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Diliberto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hubbert
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Herman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000032:analysis*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003600:Cytosol / Q000737:chemistry*; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D005707:Gallic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D008938:Mitosis; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; C006014:8-(N,N-diethylamino)octyl-3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoate; D005707:Gallic Acid; D004247:DNA; D002118:Calcium