title: Inhibitory effect of pentalenolactone on vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation.
abstract: The effect of pentalenolactone, an inhibitor of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, on rat vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation was studied. Addition of pentalenolactone together with serum to quiescent cells dose-dependently inhibited cell proliferation and DNA synthesis. This inhibition was not associated with cell death. When quiescent cells were stimulated with serum and then treated with pentalenolactone, the inhibitory effect on the DNA synthesis declined gradually. A similar result was obtained when PD 98059 (2'-amino-3'-methoxyflavone), an inhibitor of extracellular signal-regulated kinase1/2 (ERK1/2) kinase (MEK1/2), was added to the cells after serum stimulation. Pentalenolactone inhibited serum or protein kinase C activator (phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate)-induced phosphorylation of ERK1/2 and MEK1/2. In contrast, pentalenolactone had little effect on platelet-derived growth factor receptor autophosphorylation. Taken together, these results indicate that pentalenolactone inhibits vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation, and that this inhibition appears to be mediated by inhibition of the ERK1/2 cascade.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Pharmacology, Faculty of Agriculture, Miyazaki University, 1-1 Gakuenkibanadai-nishi, 889-2192, Miyazaki, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimada
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects*; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D018844:Cyclin-Dependent Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000187:drug effects; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000494:pharmacology; D005987:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D006019:Glycolysis / Q000187:drug effects; D007701:Kinetin; D048369:MAP Kinase Kinase 1; D048370:MAP Kinase Kinase 2; D051379:Mice; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3; D020929:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D011687:Purines / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D017479:Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D005419:Flavonoids; D011687:Purines; D012717:Sesquiterpenes; C017996:arenaemycin E; D014443:Tyrosine; C090046:olomoucine; D004247:DNA; D005987:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D017479:Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D018844:Cyclin-Dependent Kinases; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D048369:MAP Kinase Kinase 1; D048370:MAP Kinase Kinase 2; C482127:Map2k1 protein, mouse; D020929:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases; D007701:Kinetin; C093973:2-(2-amino-3-methoxyphenyl)-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one