title: Regulation of fibronectin expression by PDGF-BB and IGF-I in cultured rat thoracic aortic adventitial fibroblasts.
abstract: Regulation of fibronectin (FN) by Platelet-derived Growth Factor-BB (PDGF-BB) and Insulin-like Growth Factor-I (IGF-I) in cultured rat thoracic aortic adventitial fibroblasts were examined. PDGF-BB enhances FN mRNA levels in a time and concentration-dependent fashion. The effect of IGF-I on PDGF-BB-induced FN levels was also examined. There was a larger increase in FN mRNA levels (4-fold) in the cells treated with both IGF-I and PDGF-BB than with either IGF-I (2-fold) or PDGF-BB (2-fold) alone. The effects of PDGF-BB and IGF-I on FN levels were examined. There was a larger increase in FN levels (135%) in the cells treated with both PDGF-BB and IGF-I than with either PDGF-BB (43%) or IGF-I (45%) alone. Regulation of adventitial fibroblast FN may lead to blood vessel diseases and/or angiogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Science, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000378:metabolism*; D000077214:Becaplermin; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism; D005353:Fibronectins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020574:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis; D051381:Rats; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY
chemical_list: D005353:Fibronectins; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D020574:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis; D000077214:Becaplermin; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I