title: Oxymetazoline enhances epidermal- and platelet-derived growth factor-induced DNA synthesis.
abstract: In the present study, the effect of 10(-9) to 10(-6) M epinephrine (alpha- and beta-agonist), norepinephrine (alpha- and beta 1-antagonist) isoproterenol (beta-agonist) salbutamol (beta 2-agonist), phenylephrine (alpha 1-agonist) and oxymetazoline (mainly alpha 2-agonist) on DNA synthesis in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) from rat aorta has been investigated. Our results show that only oxymetazoline induced a moderate dose-dependent elevation of [3H]thymidine incorporation into cell DNA (10(-6) M, 100-300%). Epidermal growth factor (EGF) (50 ng/ml) and platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-BB induced an elevation of the [3H]thymidine incorporation into cell DNA from 154 +/- 7 (basal value) to 1270 +/- 95 and 1552 +/- 178 cpm/microgram protein (mean +/- S.D., n = 3). Oxymetazoline (10(-6) M) and phenylephrine induced an increase of [3H]thymidine incorporation to 368 +/- 53 and 205 +/- 27 cpm/microgram protein, respectively. In contrast to phenylephrine, oxymetazoline caused an elevation of the PDGF-BB- and EGF-induced [3H]thymidine incorporation to 1561 +/- 143 and 2086 +/- 235 (means S.D., n = 3), respectively. In addition, EGF (1 to 50 ng/ml) induced a dose-dependent increase of [3H]thymidine incorporation from 154 +/- 7 (basal value) to 486 +/- 35 (1 ng/ml), 912 +/- 74 (5 ng/ml), 1019 +/- 40 (25 ng/ml) and 1270 +/- 95 (50 ng/ml) cpm/microgram protein (mean +/- S.D.). In the presence of 10(-6) M oxymetazoline, 1, 5, 25 and 50 ng/ml EGF caused an increase of [3H]thymidine incorporation to 633 +/- 101, 1124 +/- 87, 1231 +/- 101, and 1561 +/- 89 cpm/microgram protein (mean +/- S.D.).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Universitäts-Poliklinik, Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nickenig
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Nettekoven
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Appenheimer
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schiermeyer
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vetter
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sachinidis
mesh_terms: D000322:Adrenergic Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D010109:Oxymetazoline / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY; D018343:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2 / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D000322:Adrenergic Agonists; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D018343:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D010109:Oxymetazoline; D004247:DNA; D000242:Cyclic AMP