Ras/Rac-Dependent Activation of p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases in Smooth Muscle Cells Stimulated by Cyclic Strain Stress
- 1 March 2000
- journal article
- other
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
- Vol. 20 (3) , E1-9
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.atv.20.3.e1
Abstract
—p38, a subfamily of the mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs), is a crucial signal transducer between a variety of extracellular stimuli and gene expression in mammalian cells. This kinase is activated in cultured cells stimulated by heat shock, osmotic stress, and proinflammatory cytokines, but a similar activation of p38 MAPKs in vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) stimulated by mechanical stress has yet to be studied. We studied signal pathways leading to time- and strength-dependent p38 activation in rat SMCs in response to cyclic strain stress. p38 phosphorylation in stressed SMCs showed maximal activation at 10 minutes. This activation was significantly inhibited by pretreatment of the SMCs with pertussis toxin, a G-protein antagonist, and enhanced by treatment with suramin, a growth factor receptor antagonist, but opposite effects in the activation of extracellular signal–regulated kinases stimulated by mechanical forces were found. p38 activation was markedly reduced in stressed SMCs ...Keywords
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