title: Ultrastructural analysis of survival in cultured smooth muscle cells isolated from stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats: effect of growth factors.
abstract: Our previous study in vivo suggested that vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSP) were vulnerable when plasma components were deficient. Therefore, we cultured VSMCs isolated from normotensive and hypertensive rats to clarify the weakness of VSMCs isolated from hypertensive rats and maintained in plasma-deficient conditions by employing ultrastructural and biochemical analyses. VSMCs, obtained from normotensive rats and cultured without fetal bovine serum (FBS) for 1 week, were intact and well differentiated; without FBS for 2 weeks retained their original structures except for several degenerative changes. VSMCs, obtained from hypertensive rats and cultured without FBS for 2 weeks, were extensively damaged and lost their cell organelles. Apoptotic bodies were frequently observed. We also cultured VSMCs in medium containing a variety of growth factors. VSMCs obtained from normotensive rats and cultured with epidermal growth factor or insulin-like growth factor-1 for 2 weeks were almost intact, as were VSMCs from hypertensive rats, although some degenerative changes of cell organelles were observed. VSMCs from hypertensive rats, maintained with platelet-derived growth factor-BB or basic fibroblast growth factor, were generally in poor condition. Thus VSMCs from hypertensive rats have hereditary weaknesses in cell survival including apoptosis and require specific growth factors for their maintenance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, SANRAKU Hospital, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tagami
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamagata
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nara
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujino
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Numano
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamori
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000235:genetics; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors / Q000494:pharmacology; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006973:Hypertension / Q000235:genetics; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY; D013002:Somatomedins / Q000494:pharmacology; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D006133:Growth Substances; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D013002:Somatomedins; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase