Mechanosensitive adenylate cyclase activity in coronary vascular smooth muscle cells
Mills I, Letsou G, Rabban J, Sumpio B, Gewirtz H. Mechanosensitive adenylate cyclase activity in coronary vascular smooth muscle cells. Biochemical And Biophysical Research Communications 1990, 171: 143-147. PMID: 2393388, DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(90)91368-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVascular smooth muscle cellsSmooth muscle cellsCoronary vascular smooth muscle cellsMuscle cellsCyclase activityPorcine coronary artery smooth muscle cellsCultured vascular smooth muscle cellsArtery smooth muscle cellsCoronary artery smooth muscle cellsVascular smooth muscleMagnitude of stretchStretch-induced reductionAdenylate cyclase activityPotential biochemical mechanismsPerfusion pressureCoronary circulationCycles/minMyogenic responseSmooth muscleMechanical stretchAdenylate cyclasePotential mechanismsEntire time courseUnstretched cellsTime courseStimulation of adenylate cyclase activity in cultured endothelial cells subjected to cyclic stretch.
Letsou GV, Rosales O, Maitz S, Vogt A, Sumpio BE. Stimulation of adenylate cyclase activity in cultured endothelial cells subjected to cyclic stretch. The Journal Of Cardiovascular Surgery 1990, 31: 634-9. PMID: 2229164.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndothelial cellsAdenylate cyclaseAdenylate cyclase activityEndothelial cell functionVascular endothelial cellsAortic endothelial cellsCultured endothelial cellsMembrane adenylate cyclaseTime-dependent increaseBovine aortic endothelial cellsHemodynamic changesCardiac outputRate of proliferationStretch receptorsCulture wellsPulsatile stretchingStatic culture techniquesPulsatile stressCrude membrane preparationsCyclase activityCell functionVascular biologySecretion of macromoleculesCyclasePulsatile nature