title: Inhibitory effects of ML-9, wortmannin, and Y-27632 on the chemotaxis of vascular smooth muscle cells in response to platelet-derived growth factor-BB.
abstract: The chemotactic migration toward platelet-derived growth factor-BB of SM3, a cell line established from rabbit aorta smooth muscle, was examined by the Boyden chamber method. Myosin light-chain (MLC) kinase inhibitors ML-9 and wortmannin, and the Rho kinase inhibitor Y-27632 effectively reduced the migration. However, neither membrane ruffling nor the phosphorylation of MLC was inhibited concomitantly. The reduction is discussed with reference to a novel property of MLC kinase, which stimulates myosin ATPase activity without phosphorylating MLC [Ye et al. (1999) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96, 6666-6671].
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and First Department of Internal Medicine, Gunma University School of Medicine, Gunma 371-8511, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kishi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bao
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kohama
mesh_terms: D000577:Amides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000730:Androstadienes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000187:drug effects; D001381:Azepines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000077214:Becaplermin; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002633:Chemotaxis / Q000187:drug effects*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects*; D009219:Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D010766:Phosphorylation; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020574:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis; D011725:Pyridines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011817:Rabbits; D000077191:Wortmannin
chemical_list: D000577:Amides; D000730:Androstadienes; D001381:Azepines; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D020574:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis; D011725:Pyridines; C056218:ML 9; C108830:Y 27632; D000077214:Becaplermin; D009219:Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase; D000077191:Wortmannin