title: Possible involvement of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt signal pathway in vasopressin-induced HSP27 phosphorylation in aortic smooth muscle A10 cells.
abstract: We previously reported that p38 mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase takes a part in arginine vasopressin (AVP)-induced heat shock protein 27 (HSP27) phosphorylation in aortic smooth muscle A10 cells. In the present study, we investigated whether phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B (Akt) is involved in the phosphorylation of HSP27 in these cells. AVP time-dependently induced the phosphorylation of PI3K and Akt. Akt inhibitor, 1l-6-hydroxymethyl-chiro-inositol 2-(R)-2-O-methyl-3-O-octadecylcarbonate, partially suppressed the phosphorylation of HSP27. The AVP-induced HSP27 phosphorylation was attenuated by LY294002, a PI3K inhibitor. The combination of Akt inhibitor and SB203580, a p38 MAP kinase inhibitor, completely suppressed the AVP-induced phosphorylation of HSP27. Furthermore, LY294002 or Akt inhibitor did not affect the AVP-induced phosphorylation of p38 MAP kinase and SB203580 did not affect the phosphorylation of PI3K or Akt. These results suggest that PI3K/Akt plays a part in the AVP-induced phosphorylation of HSP27, maybe independently of p38 MAP kinase, in aortic smooth muscle A10 cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Hidetaka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suga
authors.forename: Keiichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: En
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shu
authors.forename: Yosuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kanno
authors.forename: Kouseki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirade
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ishisaki
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuno
authors.forename: Kumiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanabe
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takai
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akamatsu
authors.forename: Kanefusa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Oiso
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kozawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000378:metabolism*; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002460:Cell Line; D002867:Chromones / Q000494:pharmacology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D055551:HSP27 Heat-Shock Proteins; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D020935:MAP Kinase Signaling System; D018832:Molecular Chaperones; D009025:Morpholines / Q000494:pharmacology; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000378:metabolism*; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology; D032389:Myocytes, Smooth Muscle / Q000378:metabolism*; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D010880:Piperidines / Q000494:pharmacology; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D011725:Pyridines / Q000494:pharmacology; D015363:Quinolones / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D013997:Time Factors; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D002867:Chromones; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D055551:HSP27 Heat-Shock Proteins; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D007093:Imidazoles; D018832:Molecular Chaperones; D009025:Morpholines; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D010880:Piperidines; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D011725:Pyridines; D015363:Quinolones; D014667:Vasopressins; C057725:HSPB1 protein, human; C068644:OPC 21268; C085911:2-(4-morpholinyl)-8-phenyl-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one; C494920:Akt1 protein, rat; C093642:SB 203580