title: Effect of ouabain and hypothalamic, hypophysary inhibitory factor on rat mesangial cell proliferation.
abstract: The mitogenic effect of a low-molecular-weight, Na+,K(+)-ATPase inhibitory factor isolated from bovine hypothalamus and hypophysis (hypothalamic hypophysary inhibitory factor, HHIF) and ouabain on cultured rat mesangial cells was examined. Ouabain induced a potent stimulation of the [3H]thymidine incorporation to DNA, ranging from threefold for a dose of 10(-7) M to seven times for 10(-5) M. The amount of proteins per well also increased in a dose-dependent way, which was already significant from basal values for the lower dose used. HHIF also induced a dose-dependent stimulation of [3H]thymidine incorporation into DNA, ranging from 1.7 times for a concentration of 0.02 U/ml to 4.5 times for the concentration of 2 U/ml. The amount of protein per well also increased with HHIF, but the increase was significant only for the higher dose used. These data allow us to conclude that HHIF could play a role in the vascular hypertrophy that is associated with the pathogenesis of hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fisiologia y Farmacologia, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Montero
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rodriguez-Barbero
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ricote
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sancho
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lopez-Novoa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005920:Glomerular Mesangium / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000737:chemistry*; D010042:Ouabain / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000737:chemistry*; D051381:Rats; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*
chemical_list: C083016:sodium-potassium ATPase inhibitory factor; D010042:Ouabain; D004247:DNA; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase