title: Inhibition of stem cell factor- and nerve growth factor-induced morphological change by wortmannin in mast cells.
abstract: Recombinant murine stem cell factor (rmSCF) or recombinant murine nerve growth factor (rmNGF) induced the morphological change of large numbers of rat peritoneal mast cells (RPMC). We investigated the role of phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinase (PI3-kinase) in receptors-mediated morphological change in RPMC. Exposure of RPMC to PI3-kinase inhibitor, wortmannin, before the addition of rmSCF and rmNGF antagonized those factors-induced morphological change. These results suggest that the Pl3-kinase is involved in the signal transduction pathway responsible for morphological change following stimulation of rmSCF and rmNGF and that wortmannin blocks these responses.
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, Wonkwang University, Chonbuk, Korea.
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: An
mesh_terms: D000730:Androstadienes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000502:physiology*; D000081082:Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D019089:Stem Cell Factor / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000077191:Wortmannin
chemical_list: D000730:Androstadienes; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D000081082:Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D019089:Stem Cell Factor; D000077191:Wortmannin