title: Angiotensin II type 1 receptor-mediated stimulation of c-fos gene expression in astroglial cultures.
abstract: Angiotensin II (ANG II) stimulates plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (PAI-1) gene expression in astroglial cells prepared from rat brains. In this study, we investigated whether c-fos gene expression may be involved in this cellular action of ANG II. Incubation of astroglial cultures with ANG II caused a time- and dose-dependent transient stimulation of the steady-state levels of c-fos mRNA, with a maximal stimulation of 50-fold observed with 100 nM ANG II within 30-45 min. This stimulation was completely abolished by the presence of the type 1 ANG II (AT1) receptor antagonist losartan but not by the type 2 ANG II receptor blocker PD-123177. Depolarization of brain cell cultures with 50 mM K+ also caused a 100-fold increase in c-fos mRNA levels, an effect partially blocked by losartan. These observations show that AT1 receptor activation stimulates expression of the c-fos gene, which may act as a third messenger in the regulation of cellular actions of ANG II, including PAI-1 gene expression in astroglial cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville 32610.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Raizada
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rydzewski
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sumners
mesh_terms: D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000494:pharmacology; D057911:Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists; D000818:Animals; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D001713:Biphenyl Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D016762:Genes, fos; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D019808:Losartan; D011725:Pyridines / Q000494:pharmacology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011945:Receptors, Angiotensin / Q000502:physiology*; D013777:Tetrazoles / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D057911:Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists; D001713:Biphenyl Compounds; D007093:Imidazoles; D011725:Pyridines; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011945:Receptors, Angiotensin; D013777:Tetrazoles; D000804:Angiotensin II; C066253:PD 123177; D019808:Losartan