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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-5-15
pubmed:abstractText
Rapid activation of intracellular signaling cascades is induced in cardiac myocytes in response to various external stresses. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a potent angiogenic mitogen secreted from tumor cells and cells exposed to hypoxia such as ischemic myocardial cells. To clarify the mechanisms of how cardiac myocytes respond and adapt to ischemic stresses, we investigated the intracellular signaling cascades in cultured rat cardiac myocytes in response to VEGF. We show that rapid activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase (MAPKKK) of Raf-1, MAP kinases, and S6 kinase (p90rsk) was induced in cardiac myocytes in response to VEGF. This activation of MAP kinases was also induced in fibroblasts. VEGF also caused phosphorylation of the activating transcription factor 2. Furthermore, VEGF strongly induced a transcription factor jun-B mRNA in cardiac myocytes. These results indicated that MAP kinase pathway is rapidly activated in cardiac myocytes and fibroblasts in response to VEGF. It is strongly suggested that cardiac myocytes are one of the targets of VEGF and that cardiac response to ischemic stresses may be at least partly mediated by VEGF.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Activating Transcription Factor 2, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Atf2 protein, rat, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cyclic AMP Response..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Endothelial Growth Factors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Lymphokines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Myelin Basic Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0021-9541
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
175
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
239-46
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9572468-Activating Transcription Factor 2, pubmed-meshheading:9572468-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9572468-Animals, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:9572468-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:9572468-Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein, pubmed-meshheading:9572468-Endothelial Growth Factors, pubmed-meshheading:9572468-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:9572468-Fibroblasts, pubmed-meshheading:9572468-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:9572468-Lymphokines, pubmed-meshheading:9572468-Myelin Basic Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9572468-Myocardium, pubmed-meshheading:9572468-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:9572468-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:9572468-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun, pubmed-meshheading:9572468-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:9572468-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:9572468-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:9572468-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:9572468-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:9572468-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A, pubmed-meshheading:9572468-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) activates Raf-1, mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases, and S6 kinase (p90rsk) in cultured rat cardiac myocytes.
pubmed:affiliation
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't