title: [Signaling regulatory mechanisms of the contractile activity of smooth muscle].
abstract: A comparative model been designed to study a contribution of proteinkinase C-(PKC)-activated intracellular signaling pathways in generation of different contractile responses of vascular (tonic) and visceral (phasic) smooth muscles. We have determined that, in tonic smooth muscle, PKC mediates activation of MAP-kinases that phosphorylate key regulatory proteins of the contractile system, myosin light chain kinase and caldesmon, leading to upregulation of actomyosine motor activity. In contrast, the MAP-kinase activation is uncoupled from the contractile machinery in phasic smooth muscles, which also reveal high levels of myosin light chain kinase-related protein KRP that contributes to relaxation. Phosphorylation of KRP following activation of PKC or cyclic nucleotide-dependent protein kinases enhances the KRP activity and further contributes to relaxion in phasic smooth muscle. A possibility is discussed for exploitation of the comparative model described herein for investigation of specific role of other regulatory intracellular pathways in generation of vascular tonic contraction.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Vorotnikov
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Krymskiĭ
authors.forename: A Iu
authors.initials: AIu
authors.lastname: Khapchaev
authors.forename: D V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Serebrianaia
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002148:Calmodulin-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D006801:Humans; D016547:Kinesins; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000502:physiology*; D009219:Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D002148:Calmodulin-Binding Proteins; D009124:Muscle Proteins; C074152:kinesin-II; D011493:Protein Kinase C; C499378:MYLK protein, human; D009219:Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase; D016547:Kinesins; D002118:Calcium