title: Proliferative effects of angiotensin II and endothelin-1 on guinea pig gingival fibroblast cells in culture.
abstract: We investigated whether phenytoin (PHT) and nifedipine (NIF) induce angiotensin II (Ang II) and endothelin-1 (ET-1) generation by cultured gingival fibroblasts derived from guinea pigs and whether Ang II and ET-1 induce proliferation of these cells. Immunohistochemical experiments showed that PHT (250 nM) and NIF (250 nM) increased the immunostaining intensities of immunoreactive Ang II and ET-1 (IRET-1) in these cells. Captopril (3 microM), an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, reduced these enhanced intensities to control levels. Ang II (100 nM) enhanced the immunostaining intensity of IRET-1. PHT (250 nM) and NIF (250 nM)-induced cell proliferation. Both PHT- and NIF-induced proliferation was inhibited by captopril (3 microM). Ang II (100 nM) and ET-1 (100 nM) also induced cell proliferation. Ang II-induced proliferation was inhibited by CV11974 (1 microM), an AT(1) receptor antagonist and saralasin (1 microM), an AT(1)/AT(2) receptor antagonist, but not by PD123,319 (1 microM), an AT(2) receptor antagonist. ET-1-induced proliferation was inhibited by BQ123 (10 microM), an ET(A) receptor antagonist, but not by BQ788 (1 microM), an ET(B) receptor antagonist. These findings suggest that PHT- and NIF-induced gingival fibroblast proliferation is mediated indirectly through the induction of Ang II and ET-1 and probably mediated through AT(1) and ET(A) receptors present in or on gingival fibroblasts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Pharmacology, Toho University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Miyama, Funabashi, Chiba 274-8510, Japan. ohuchi@pha.nihon-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Nozomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohuchi
authors.forename: Katsuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koike
authors.forename: Masakazu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sano
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kusama
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kizawa
authors.forename: Kazuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Yumiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: Masami
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohsawa
authors.forename: Keishi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iwamoto
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Murakami
mesh_terms: D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D019332:Endothelin-1 / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D005881:Gingiva / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D019332:Endothelin-1; D000804:Angiotensin II