title: A role for platelet-activating factor in endothelin-1-induced rat mesangial cell proliferation.
abstract: Endothelin-1 stimulated the release of bioassayable platelet-activating factor-like material and the incorporation of acetate to PAF in rat mesangial cells, in a dose-dependent manner, with an EC50 of about 10(-9) M. Endothelin-1 also stimulated dose dependently [3H]thymidine incorporation into DNA, protein synthesis and cell growth. The platelet-activating factor antagonists BN-52021 (10(-5) M), and alprazolam (10(-5) M), reduced significantly endothelin-1-stimulated thymidine incorporation into DNA, protein synthesis and cell growth. Platelet-activating factor also stimulated significantly thymidine incorporation into DNA, cell proliferation and protein synthesis. In conclusion, the present results suggest that endothelin-1 induces mesangial cell proliferation through a mechanism involving among others, synthesis and release of platelet-activating factor by these cells.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fisiología y Farmacología, Facultad de Medicina, 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: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: López-Novoa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis; D016232:Endothelins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005920:Glomerular Mesangium / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D016232:Endothelins; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor; D004247:DNA; D002118:Calcium