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12842814

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-10-16
pubmed:abstractText
The myocardium responds to chronic pressure or volume overload by activation and proliferation of cardiac fibroblasts and their differentiation into myofibroblasts. Because alpha-smooth muscle actin (SMA) expression is the classical marker for myofibroblast differentiation, we examined force-induced SMA expression and regulation by specific MAPK pathways. Rat cardiac fibroblasts were separated from myocytes and smooth muscle cells, cultured, and phenotyped by using the presence of SMA, vimentin, and ED-A fibronectin and the absence of desmin as myofibroblast markers. Static tensile forces (0.65 pN/microm2) were applied to fibroblasts via collagen-coated magnetite beads. In neonatal cardiac fibroblasts cultured for 1 day, immunostaining and Western and Northern blotting showed very low basal levels of SMA. After the application of force, there were 1.5- to 2-fold increases of SMA protein and mRNA within 4 h. Force-induced SMA expression was dependent on ERK phosphorylation and on intact actin filaments. In contrast to cells cultured for 1 day, cells grown for 3 days on rigid substrates showed prominent stress fibers and high basal levels of SMA, which were reduced by 32% within 4 h after force application. ERK was not activated by force, but p38 phosphorylation was required for force-induced inhibition of SMA expression. These results indicate that mechanical force-induced regulation of SMA content is dependent on myofibroblast differentiation and by selective activation of MAPKs.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0363-6135
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
285
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
H1871-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Mechanical force regulation of myofibroblast differentiation in cardiac fibroblasts.
pubmed:affiliation
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Group in Matrix Dynamics, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, 150 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3E8.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't