Role of Reactive Oxygen Species in Bradykinin-Induced Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase and c- fos Induction in Vascular Cells
- 1 April 2000
- journal article
- other
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Hypertension
- Vol. 35 (4) , 942-947
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.hyp.35.4.942
Abstract
—Bradykinin stimulates proliferation of aortic vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). We investigated the action of bradykinin on the phosphorylation state of the mitogen-activated protein kinases p42 mapk and p44 mapk in VSMCs and tested the hypothesis that reactive oxygen species (ROS) might be involved in the signal transduction pathway linking bradykinin activation of nuclear transcription factors to the phosphorylation of p42 mapk and p44 mapk . Bradykinin (10 −8 mol/L) rapidly increased (4- to 5-fold) the phosphorylation of p42 mapk and p44 mapk in VSMCs. Preincubation of VSMCs with either N -acetyl- l -cysteine and/or α-lipoic acid significantly decreased bradykinin-induced cytosolic and nuclear phosphorylation of p42 mapk and p44 mapk . In addition, the induction c- fos mRNA levels by bradykinin was completely abolished by N -acetyl- l -cysteine and α-lipoic acid. Using the cell-permeable fluorescent dye dichlorofluorescein diacetate, we determined that bradykinin (10 −8 mol/L) rapidly increased the generation of ROS in VSMCs. The NADPH oxidase inhibitor diphenylene iodonium (DPI) blocked bradykinin-induced c- fos mRNA expression and p42 mapk and p44 mapk activation, implicating NADPH oxidase as the source for the generation of ROS. These findings demonstrate that the phosphorylation of cytosolic and nuclear p42 mapk and p44 mapk and the expression of c- fos mRNA in VSMCs in response to bradykinin are mediated via the generation of ROS and implicate ROS as important mediators in the signal transduction pathway through which bradykinin promotes VSMC proliferation in states of vascular injury.Keywords
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