Heparin recovers AT1 receptor and its intracellular signal transduction in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells
- 8 December 2004
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 579 (1) , 281-284
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2004.11.093
Abstract
Although vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) are widely used in cardiovascular research, their phenotypic change under various culture conditions is problematic to evaluate the experimental results obtained. The levels of angiotensin (Ang) type 1/2 (AT1/AT2) receptors as well as contractile and structural proteins are degraded through culture passages. The present study demonstrated that heparin recovered Ang receptors and differentiation markers, such as desmin, SM-22 and smooth muscle alpha-actin in VSMCs at the ninth passage. Heparin also potenciated Ang II-induced activation for ERK1/2 and p38. These results suggest a potential value of heparin-treated VSMCs as the model for analysis of Ang-mediated signal transduction under physiological condition.Keywords
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