title: Endothelin and PDGF enhance arachidonic acid release and DNA synthesis in vascular smooth muscle cells.
abstract: Intracellular signaling mechanisms affected by endothelin (ET), a hypertrophic agonist, and platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-BB, a proliferative agonist, in vascular smooth muscle cells were examined. PDGF-BB was a potent mitogen compared with untreated cultures, stimulating both [3H]thymidine incorporation and cell number. In contrast, ET was a poor mitogen, enhancing [3H]thymidine incorporation but not cell number. Simultaneous ET and PDGF-BB treatment was significantly more effective than either agonist alone at stimulating both [3H]thymidine uptake and cell number. Although either ET or PDGF-BB alone stimulated arachidonic acid release, phosphoinositide hydrolysis, protein kinase C activation, PDGF receptor phosphorylation, and mitogen-activated protein kinase activity, of these effectors, only arachidonic acid release was further enhanced by simultaneous ET and PDGF-BB treatment. These results link proliferative and hypertrophic signal transduction pathways in these cells and suggest that arachidonic acid or its metabolites mediate the observed effects of ET on PDGF-BB-stimulated vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Therapeutics, Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research, Warner-Lambert Company, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, USA.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Irons
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Flynn
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Mok
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Reynolds
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D000077214:Becaplermin; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D016232:Endothelins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D000076250:Myristoylated Alanine-Rich C Kinase Substrate; D010766:Phosphorylation; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D020574:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis; D011817:Rabbits; D017479:Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013936:Thymidine / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D016232:Endothelins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D011506:Proteins; D020574:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis; D000076250:Myristoylated Alanine-Rich C Kinase Substrate; D000077214:Becaplermin; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D004247:DNA; D017479:Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D013936:Thymidine