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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6 Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-8-6
pubmed:abstractText
The possibility that significant changes in endothelin (ET)A- and ETB-receptor density and function occur in airway smooth muscle cells (ASMCs) during cell growth and extended cell culture was investigated in sheep tracheal ASMCs. As in intact tracheal smooth muscle tissue from this species, early-passage sheep ASMCs contained a homogeneous population of ETA receptors. However, growth of ASMCs from seeding to postconfluence and repeated passage of ASMCs (6th to 14th passages) was associated with a substantial increase in ETB-receptor density, with no change in ETA-receptor density. ET-1-induced stimulation of ETB receptors increased the intracellular Ca2+ concentration in single ASMCs. Interestingly, a 2-day period of serum deprivation completely eliminated the increase in ETB-receptor density and the ETB receptor-mediated change in intracellular Ca2+ concentration. In summary, growth and repeated passage of sheep ASMCs were associated with a profound and selective increase in the density and function of the ETB receptor, a receptor subtype not present in early-passage ASMCs and not detected in intact sheep tracheal airway smooth muscle.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0002-9513
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
274
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
L951-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Altered ETB- but not ETA-receptor density and function in sheep airway smooth muscle cells in culture.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia 6907, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't