title: Inhibition of DNA synthesis by phorbol esters through protein kinase C in cultured rabbit aortic smooth muscle cells.
abstract: In cultured rabbit aortic smooth muscle cells (SMC), 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) induced DNA synthesis in the presence of plasma-derived serum to a small extent, but inhibited markedly the rabbit whole blood serum (WBS)-, platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)- and epidermal growth factor-induced DNA synthesis. Phorbol-12,13-dibutyrate (PDBu) mimicked this antiproliferative action of TPA, but 4 alpha-phorbol-12,13-didecanoate was inactive in this capacity. Prolonged treatment of the cells with PDBu caused the partial down-regulation of protein kinase C. In these protein kinase C-reduced cells, WBS still induced DNA synthesis, but TPA did not inhibit the WBS-induced DNA synthesis. We have previously shown that protein kinase C is involved at least partially in the PDGF-induced DNA synthesis in rabbit aortic SMC. The present results together with this earlier observation suggest that protein kinase C has not only a proliferative but also an antiproliferative action in rabbit aortic SMC.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004261:DNA Replication / Q000187:drug effects*; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects* / 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; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate