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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-5-11
pubmed:abstractText
Rabbit arterial smooth muscle cells, grown on elastin membranes which were cyclically elongated and relaxed, responded by increasing their rates of synthesis of protein and, in particular, of collagen, compared to stationary controls. Raising intracellular cyclic AMP (cAMP) levels by adding theophylline or dibutyryl cAMP to the culture medium prevented the synthetic response to cyclic stretching, but did not alter the rates of protein or collagen synthesis by stationary controls. Both synthesis and degradation of collagen by cyclically stretched cells increased in parallel such that the proportion of synthesized collagen that was degraded was similar to that found in the stationary cultures. Collagen degradation was not affected by theophylline administration to stationary cell cultures but the drug increased degradation of collagen by cyclically stretched cells. We conclude that the net production of protein, and in particular of a structural protein, collagen, by arterial smooth muscle cells subjected to the mechanical force of stretching was inhibited when intracellular levels of cAMP were raised. The results suggest that cAMP may play a role in the modulation of structural protein content of artery walls in response to changes in tensile stress.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0023-6837
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
56
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
410-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Cyclic AMP inhibits increased collagen production by cyclically stretched smooth muscle cells.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't