title: Antiproliferative action of cyclic GMP-elevating vasodilators in cultured rabbit aortic smooth muscle cells.
abstract: In cultured rabbit aortic smooth muscle cells (SMCs), sodium nitroprusside (SNP) (10(-7) to 10(-4) M), atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) (10(-9) to 10(-6) M) and 8-bromo-cyclic GMP (10(-6) to 10(-3) M) inhibited the whole blood serum (WBS)-induced DNA synthesis by about 30%. The doses of SNP and ANP necessary for the inhibition of the WBS-induced DNA synthesis were similar to those necessary for the formation of cellular cyclic GMP (cGMP). These agents were effective even when added 6 h after stimulation of the cells with WBS. These results suggest that cGMP inhibits the proliferation of rabbit aortic SMCs by inhibiting the progression from the G1 into S phase of the cell cycle and raise the possibility that cGMP-elevating vasodilators may suppress the atherogenic process by inhibiting vascular SMC proliferation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine (1st Division), Kobe University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kariya
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawahara
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Araki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukuzaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takai
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000187:drug effects; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis; D005292:Ferricyanides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects*; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011817:Rabbits; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D005292:Ferricyanides; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D009599:Nitroprusside; C016276:8-bromocyclic GMP; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D004247:DNA; D006152:Cyclic GMP