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A new signaling mechanism of hepatocyte growth factor-induced endothelial proliferation 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
C. R. W. KUHLMANN C. A. SCHAEFER A. FEHSECKE A. K. MOST H. TILLMANNS A. ERDOGAN 《Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis》2005,3(9):2089-2095
BACKGROUND: The hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) has been shown to promote endothelial cell proliferation. In this study, the signaling cascade responsible for the HGF-induced proliferation was examined. METHODS: The proliferation of human umbilical cord vein endothelial cells (HUCVEC) was determined using cell counts. Changes of the membrane potential were analyzed using the fluorescence dye DiBAC. Intracellular cGMP-levels were measured by means of [3H]-cGMP-radioimmunoassay. Phosphorylation of the p42/p44 MAP-kinase (MAPK) and the endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) was analyzed by immunocytochemistry. RESULTS: A dose-dependent (1-30 ng mL(-1)) increase of HUCVEC proliferation with a maximum at a concentration of 15 ng mL(-1) was induced by HGF. This effect was significantly reduced by the addition of the K+ channel blocker iberiotoxin (100 nmol L(-1)), eNOS inhibitor L-NMMA (300 micromol L(-1)), or the MEK inhibitor PD 98059 (20 micromol L(-1)). A HGF-induced hyperpolarization that was blocked by iberiotoxin was observed. In addition, HGF-induced activation of the eNOS was blocked by the K+ channel inhibitor. An increase of +101% MAPK phosphorylation was induced by HGF, which was blocked, if the cells were treated with L-NMMA (n = 20; P < 0.05), whereas HGF-induced phosphorylation of the eNOS was not affected by MEK inhibition. CONCLUSIONS: Hepatocyte growth factor modulates endothelial K+ channels causing an activation of the eNOS; the increase of nitric oxide is necessary for the phosphorylation of the MAPK inducing the proliferation of HUCVEC. 相似文献