title: Production and secretion of adrenomedullin from vascular smooth muscle cells: augmented production by tumor necrosis factor-alpha.
abstract: In this study, we demonstrate production and secretion of adrenomedullin (AM) from cultured vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). In addition to endothelial cells (ECs), we found immunoreactive (ir-) AM in culture media of rat and bovine VSMCs in the survey for AM-producing cells. Although the secretion level of ir-AM was at most 1/6 that of rat ECs, all the examined VSMCs were shown to produce AM. By gel filtration, reverse phase high-performance liquid chromatography, and biological characterization, ir-AM in the culture medium was identified to be rat AM of 50 residues. By RNA blot analysis, a positive band of AM mRNA was detected in cultured VSMC at an intensity 3-4 fold higher than that in adrenal gland. Gene expression and production of AM were markedly augmented by tumor necrosis factor-alpha. Based on these data as well as the presence of AM specific receptors on VSMCs, AM secreted from VSMC is deduced to function as an autocrine or paracrine regulator in vascular cell communication.
authors.affiliation: National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sugo
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Minamino
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shoji
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kangawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kitamura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Eto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuo
mesh_terms: D053607:Adrenomedullin; D000818:Animals; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D002417:Cattle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D003470:Culture Media; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010452:Peptide Biosynthesis; D010455:Peptides / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D003470:Culture Media; D010455:Peptides; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D053607:Adrenomedullin