title: Involvement of insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor transactivation in endothelin-1-induced signaling in vascular smooth muscle cells.
abstract: Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is a potent vasoactive peptide that exerts hypertrophic, migratory, and mitogenic effects in vascular smooth muscle cells. ET-1-induced activation of several signaling events has been shown to mediate the cellular effects of ET-1. In the past several years, transactivation of growth factor receptor has gained much recognition in transducing the signaling responses of ET-1. Among various growth factor receptors studied, the involvement of epidermal growth factor receptor transactivation in triggering ET-1-induced responses has been studied in some detail. However, recent studies have implicated insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor transactivation in this process. There are also some suggestions for a role of the Src family of nonreceptor protein tyrosine kinases, such as c-Src, in transducing the signaling responses of vasoactive peptides. In this review, we will examine the contribution of both insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor and c-Src in mediating ET-1-induced signaling responses in vascular smooth muscle cells.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cell Signaling, Montreal Diabetes Research Centre, Centre de Recherche, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal-Technopole Angus Campus, Montreal, Canada.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bouallegue
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vardatsikos
authors.forename: Ashok K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Srivastava
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002465:Cell Movement; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D019332:Endothelin-1 / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011485:Protein Binding; D017526:Receptor, IGF Type 1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D015533:Transcriptional Activation / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D019332:Endothelin-1; D017526:Receptor, IGF Type 1