Involvement of MAP kinase activators in angiotensin II‐induced activation of MAP kinases in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells
- 21 September 1992
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 310 (1) , 41-45
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(92)81142-9
Abstract
In cultured vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) angiotensin II (ang II) induces tyrosine and serine/threonine phosphorylation and activation of two mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases, When extracts of ang II-stimulated VSMC were fractionated by Mono Q anion-exchange column chromatography, three peaks of the activities which in vitro activate inactive MAP kinases were detected. These MAP kinase activator activities were not detected in extracts of unstimulated VSMC. In vitro activation of MAP kinases by the MAP kinase activators was accompanied by tyrosine and serine/threonine phosphorylation of MAP kinases. These results suggest that the MAP kinase activators are involved in the ang II-induced phosphorylation and activation of MAP kinases in VSMC.Keywords
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