title: Possible involvement of protein kinase C in platelet-derived growth factor-stimulated DNA synthesis in vascular smooth muscle cells.
abstract: In cultured rabbit aortic vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC), protein kinase C-activating phorbol esters such as 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) and phorbol-12,13-dibutyrate (PDBu) stimulated DNA synthesis in the presence of 10% cell-free plasma-derived serum. This stimulation was half that shown by PDGF. 4 alpha-Phorbol-12,13-didecanoate, known to be inactive for protein kinase C, was without effect in stimulating DNA synthesis. Prolonged treatment of the cells with PDBu led to a marked decrease in protein kinase C. In the pDBu-treated cells, the TPA-stimulated DNA synthesis was completely abolished whereas the PDGF-stimulated DNA synthesis was decreased to about half that in the control cells. These results suggest that protein kinase C is involved in PDGF-stimulated proliferation of VSMC.
authors.forename: K I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Kariya
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawahara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukuzaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takai
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D015240:Phorbol 12,13-Dibutyrate; D010703:Phorbol Esters / Q000494:pharmacology; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism*; D011817:Rabbits; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D010703:Phorbol Esters; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D015240:Phorbol 12,13-Dibutyrate; D004247:DNA; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate