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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-5-14
pubmed:abstractText
A magnetic twisting stimulator was developed based on the previously published technique of magnetic twisting cytometry. Using ligand-coated ferromagnetic microbeads, this device can apply mechanical stresses with varying amplitudes, duration, frequencies, and waveforms to specific cell surface receptors. Biochemical and biological responses of the cells to the mechanical stimulation can be assayed. Twisting integrin receptors with RGD (Arg-Gly-Asp)-containing peptide-coated beads increased endothelin-1 (ET-1) gene expression by >100%. In contrast, twisting scavenger receptors with acetylated low-density lipoprotein-coated beads or twisting HLA antigen with anti-HLA antibody-coated beads did not lead to alterations in ET-1 gene expression. In situ hybridization showed that the increase in ET-1 mRNA was localized in the cells that were stressed with the RGD-coated beads. Blocking stretch-activated ion channels with gadolinium, chelating Ca2+ with EGTA, or inhibiting tyrosine phosphorylation with genistein abolished twist-induced ET-1 mRNA elevation. Abolishing cytoskeletal tension with an inhibitor of the myosin ATPase, with an inhibitor of myosin light chain kinase, or with an actin microfilament disrupter blocked twisted-induced increases in ET-1 expression. Our results are consistent with the hypothesis that the molecular structural linkage of integrin-cytoskeleton is an important pathway for stress-induced ET-1 gene expression.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:keyword
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0363-6143
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
280
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
C1475-84
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11350743-Actins, pubmed-meshheading:11350743-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11350743-Cytological Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:11350743-Cytoskeleton, pubmed-meshheading:11350743-Endothelin-1, pubmed-meshheading:11350743-Endothelium, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:11350743-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:11350743-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11350743-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:11350743-Integrins, pubmed-meshheading:11350743-Magnetics, pubmed-meshheading:11350743-Microscopy, Electron, Scanning, pubmed-meshheading:11350743-Microspheres, pubmed-meshheading:11350743-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:11350743-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:11350743-Receptors, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:11350743-Receptors, Peptide, pubmed-meshheading:11350743-Stress, Mechanical, pubmed-meshheading:11350743-Umbilical Veins
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Twisting integrin receptors increases endothelin-1 gene expression in endothelial cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Physiology Program, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't