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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-4-14
pubmed:abstractText
Angiotensin II (AII) is a growth factor which induces cellular hypertrophy in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells (SMC). To understand the molecular basis of this action, we have examined the role of the 70-kDa S6 kinases (p70S6K) in the hypertrophic response to AII in aortic SMC. AII potently stimulated the phosphotransferase activity of p70S6K, which reached a maximal value at 15 min and persisted for at least 4 h. This response was completely abolished when the cells were incubated in the presence of the AT1-selective receptor antagonist losartan. The enzymatic activation of p70S6K was associated with increased phosphorylation of the enzyme on serine and threonine residues. The immunosuppressant drug rapamycin was found to selectively inhibit the activation of p70S6K by AII, but not the activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase or the induction of c-fos mRNA expression. Treatment of aortic SMC with rapamycin also potently inhibited AII-stimulated protein synthesis with a half-maximal concentration similar to that required for inhibition of p70S6K. These results provide strong evidence that p70S6K plays a critical role in the signaling pathways by which AII induces hypertrophy of vascular SMC.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Angiotensin II, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Biphenyl Compounds, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Imidazoles, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Losartan, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/PD 123319, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Phosphoproteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Phosphoserine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Phosphothreonine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Phosphotyrosine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Polyenes, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Pyridines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Angiotensin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sirolimus, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tetrazoles, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tyrosine
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
10
pubmed:volume
270
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5225-31
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7534292-Angiotensin II, pubmed-meshheading:7534292-Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:7534292-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7534292-Aorta, Abdominal, pubmed-meshheading:7534292-Biphenyl Compounds, pubmed-meshheading:7534292-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:7534292-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:7534292-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:7534292-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:7534292-Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, pubmed-meshheading:7534292-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:7534292-Imidazoles, pubmed-meshheading:7534292-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:7534292-Losartan, pubmed-meshheading:7534292-Male, pubmed-meshheading:7534292-Molecular Weight, pubmed-meshheading:7534292-Muscle, Smooth, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:7534292-Phosphoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:7534292-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:7534292-Phosphoserine, pubmed-meshheading:7534292-Phosphothreonine, pubmed-meshheading:7534292-Phosphotyrosine, pubmed-meshheading:7534292-Polyenes, pubmed-meshheading:7534292-Protein Biosynthesis, pubmed-meshheading:7534292-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:7534292-Pyridines, pubmed-meshheading:7534292-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:7534292-Rats, Inbred BN, pubmed-meshheading:7534292-Receptors, Angiotensin, pubmed-meshheading:7534292-Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:7534292-Sirolimus, pubmed-meshheading:7534292-Tetrazoles, pubmed-meshheading:7534292-Tyrosine
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Role of p70 S6 protein kinase in angiotensin II-induced protein synthesis in vascular smooth muscle cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Centre de Recherche, Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't