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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-12-6
pubmed:abstractText
We recently reported that overexpression of the angiotensin II type 2 (AT2) receptor downregulates the AT1a receptor through the bradykinin/NO pathway in a ligand-independent manner in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). In the present study, we investigated the effect of AT2 receptor overexpression on the expression of the AT1a receptor and transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) receptor subtypes in VSMCs from spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY). Transfection of the AT2 receptor gene downregulated expression of the AT1a receptor in VSMCs from WKY, but did not affect expression of the AT1a receptor in VSMCs from SHR. Transfection of the AT2 receptor abolished DNA synthesis in response to angiotensin II in VSMCs from WKY; in VSMCs from SHR, basal DNA synthesis was suppressed, but DNA synthesis in response to Ang II was not altered. The NO substrate L-arginine augmented downregulation of the AT1a receptor in VSMCs from WKY, whereas it did not affect expression of the AT1a receptor in VSMCs from SHR. In response to AT2 receptor transfection, expression of TGF-beta type I receptor mRNA was suppressed significantly in VSMCs from WKY, whereas expression of TGF-beta type I receptor was not altered in VSMCs from SHR. These results suggest that the AT2 receptor downregulates AT1a and TGF-beta type I receptors in normal VSMCs, but not in SHR-derived VSMCs. The lack of downregulation of the AT1a receptor may contribute, in part, to the exaggerated growth of VSMCs from SHR.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
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pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1524-4563
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
853-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12468569-Activin Receptors, Type I, pubmed-meshheading:12468569-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12468569-Arginine, pubmed-meshheading:12468569-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:12468569-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:12468569-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:12468569-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:12468569-Muscle, Smooth, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:12468569-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:12468569-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:12468569-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:12468569-Rats, Inbred SHR, pubmed-meshheading:12468569-Rats, Inbred WKY, pubmed-meshheading:12468569-Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1, pubmed-meshheading:12468569-Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 2, pubmed-meshheading:12468569-Receptors, Angiotensin, pubmed-meshheading:12468569-Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta, pubmed-meshheading:12468569-Transfection
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Effect of AT2 receptor on expression of AT1 and TGF-beta receptors in VSMCs from SHR.
pubmed:affiliation
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't