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
2003
Antisense basic fibroblast growth factor alters the time course of mitogen-activated protein kinase in arterialized vein graft remodeling
Yamashita A, Hanna AK, Hirata S, Dardik A, Sumpio BE. Antisense basic fibroblast growth factor alters the time course of mitogen-activated protein kinase in arterialized vein graft remodeling. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2003, 37: 866-873. PMID: 12663990, DOI: 10.1067/mva.2003.130.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBlood Vessel ProsthesisCell Physiological PhenomenaEndothelium, VascularFibroblast Growth FactorsHyperplasiaJNK Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesMitogen-Activated Protein KinasesModels, AnimalP38 Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesProteinsRabbitsRegenerationRNA, AntisenseTime FactorsTransfectionVeinsConceptsProtein kinaseBasic fibroblast growth factorMAPK activationFibroblast growth factorMitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) familyC-Jun N-terminal protein kinaseProtein kinase familyExtracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2Antisense basic fibroblast growth factorMitogen-activated protein kinaseSignal-regulated kinase 1/2Messenger RNA sequencesP38 kinase activationGrowth factor altersMAPK-dependent mechanismFibroblast growth factor activityGrowth factorKinase familyKinase activationGrowth factor activityPhosphorylation of MAPKsKinase 1/2RNA sequencesWestern blot analysisBasic fibroblast growth factor activity
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 analysisERK1/2VSMCPD98059VSMCs
1997
Cyclic strain stimulates isoform‐specific PKC activation and translocation in cultured human keratinocytes
Takei T, Han O, Ikeda M, Male P, Mills I, Sumpio B. Cyclic strain stimulates isoform‐specific PKC activation and translocation in cultured human keratinocytes. Journal Of Cellular Biochemistry 1997, 67: 327-337. PMID: 9361188, DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4644(19971201)67:3<327::aid-jcb5>3.0.co;2-y.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1995
Cyclic strain upregulates nitric oxide synthase in cultured bovine aortic endothelial cells.
Awolesi MA, Sessa WC, Sumpio BE. Cyclic strain upregulates nitric oxide synthase in cultured bovine aortic endothelial cells. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 1995, 96: 1449-1454. PMID: 7544806, PMCID: PMC185768, DOI: 10.1172/jci118181.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndothelial nitric oxide synthaseAortic endothelial cellsNitric oxide synthaseBovine aortic endothelial cellsCultured bovine aortic endothelial cellsEndothelial cellsOxide synthaseENOS transcriptsRegulation of eNOSENOS gene expressionBlot analysisHemodynamic forcesWestern blot analysisENOS levelsCycles/minImmunohistochemical stainingNitric oxideProtein levelsNorthern blot analysisNuclear runoff transcription assaysVivoCellsRunoff transcription assaysCytosolic RNAExpression