2005
Shear stress-stimulated endothelial cells induce smooth muscle cell chemotaxis via platelet-derived growth factor-BB and interleukin-1α
Dardik A, Yamashita A, Aziz F, Asada H, Sumpio BE. Shear stress-stimulated endothelial cells induce smooth muscle cell chemotaxis via platelet-derived growth factor-BB and interleukin-1α. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2005, 41: 321-331. PMID: 15768016, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2004.11.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSignal transduction pathwaysPlatelet-derived growth factorSMC chemotaxisCell signal transduction pathwaysMitogen-activated protein kinase pathwaySmooth muscle cell chemotaxisERK1/2 phosphorylationPDGF-BBExtracellular signal-regulated protein kinase 1/2Pathway inhibitor PD98059Protein kinase pathwayEndothelial cellsERK1/2 signal transduction pathwayProtein kinase 1/2Vascular smooth muscle cell migrationBovine aortic endothelial cellsKinase pathwayInhibitor PD98059Smooth muscle cell migrationHemodynamic forcesKinase 1/2Platelet-derived growthMuscle cell migrationWestern blot analysisTarget pathways
2001
Cyclic strain activates the pro-survival Akt protein kinase in bovine aortic smooth muscle cells
Chen A, Gortler D, Kilaru S, Araim O, Frangos S, Sumpio B. Cyclic strain activates the pro-survival Akt protein kinase in bovine aortic smooth muscle cells. Surgery 2001, 130: 378-381. PMID: 11490374, DOI: 10.1067/msy.2001.116668.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBovine aortic smooth muscle cellsAortic smooth muscle cellsSmooth muscle cellsProtein kinaseSerine/threonine protein kinaseThreonine protein kinasePro-survival functionAkt protein kinasePro-survival Akt kinaseMuscle cellsPhosphorylation of AktPlatelet-derived growth factorInhibition of apoptosisAkt kinasePrevalence of apoptosisArterial endothelial cellsWestern blot analysisCell survivalAkt phosphorylationKinaseBlot analysisApoptosisCyclic strainPhosphorylationArterial SMC proliferation
1999
Thrombospondin-1 regulation of smooth muscle cell chemotaxis is extracellular signal-regulated protein kinases 1/2 dependent
Gahtan V, Wang X, Willis A, Tuszynski G, Sumpio B. Thrombospondin-1 regulation of smooth muscle cell chemotaxis is extracellular signal-regulated protein kinases 1/2 dependent. Surgery 1999, 126: 203-207. PMID: 10455885, DOI: 10.1016/s0039-6060(99)70156-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCalcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein KinasesCattleCell Adhesion MoleculesCells, CulturedChemotaxisDose-Response Relationship, DrugFocal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine KinasesMitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesMuscle, Smooth, VascularProtein-Tyrosine KinasesThrombospondin 1ConceptsSmooth muscle cell chemotaxisTSP-1-induced chemotaxisThrombospondin-1Protein kinase familyExtracellular signal-regulated proteinExtracellular signal-regulated protein kinase 1/2Vascular smooth muscle cell chemotaxisProtein kinase 1/2Extracellular matrix proteinsCell chemotaxisSerum-free mediumPlatelet-derived growth factorKinase familyKinase 1/2Top chambersFunctional importanceMatrix proteinsERK1/2 activationWestern blot analysisERK1/2 inhibitorBlot analysisERK1/2VSMCPD98059VSMCsThrombospondin-1 induces activation of focal adhesion kinase in vascular smooth muscle cells
Gahtan V, Wang X, Ikeda M, Willis A, Tuszynski G, Sumpio B. Thrombospondin-1 induces activation of focal adhesion kinase in vascular smooth muscle cells. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 1999, 29: 1031-1036. PMID: 10359937, DOI: 10.1016/s0741-5214(99)70244-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTyrosine phosphorylationAntiphosphotyrosine immunoblottingThrombospondin-1TSP-1-induced VSMC migrationFocal adhesion kinase (FAK) proteinSignal transduction pathwaysFocal adhesion kinaseFocal adhesion plaquesVSMC migrationExtracellular matrix proteinsPlatelet-derived growth factorCrude cell lysatesMolecular weight 68Adhesion kinaseTransduction pathwaysKinase proteinAdhesion plaquesVascular smooth muscle cell proliferationVascular smooth muscle cellsMatrix proteinsCell lysatesPhosphorylationSmooth muscle cell proliferationFAK antibodyProtein bands