2011
Pulsatile to-fro flow induces greater and sustained expression of tissue factor RNA in HUVEC than unidirectional laminar flow
Abe R, Yamashita N, Rochier A, Abe R, Nixon A, Madri JA, Sumpio BE. Pulsatile to-fro flow induces greater and sustained expression of tissue factor RNA in HUVEC than unidirectional laminar flow. AJP Heart And Circulatory Physiology 2011, 300: h1345-h1351. PMID: 21257914, PMCID: PMC3075035, DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01197.2010.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2005
Homocysteine promotes p38-dependent chemotaxis in bovine aortic smooth muscle cells
Akasaka K, Akasaka N, Di Luozzo G, Sasajima T, Sumpio BE. Homocysteine promotes p38-dependent chemotaxis in bovine aortic smooth muscle cells. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2005, 41: 517-522. PMID: 15838488, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2004.12.043.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEffect of homocysteineMigration of SMCsLevels of homocysteineProgressive intimal thickeningAortic smooth muscle cellsSmooth muscle cell migrationBovine aortic smooth muscle cellsPotential therapeutic implicationsSmooth muscle cellsP38 activationExposure of SMCMuscle cell migrationSMC chemotaxisRisk factorsSelective blockadeIntimal thickeningTherapeutic implicationsP38-dependent pathwaySMC proliferationBoyden chamberChemotactic potentialMuscle cellsHomocysteineFetal bovine serumP38 inhibitor
2003
Involvement of S6 kinase and p38 mitogen activated protein kinase pathways in strain‐induced alignment and proliferation of bovine aortic smooth muscle cells
Li W, Chen Q, Mills I, Sumpio BE. Involvement of S6 kinase and p38 mitogen activated protein kinase pathways in strain‐induced alignment and proliferation of bovine aortic smooth muscle cells. Journal Of Cellular Physiology 2003, 195: 202-209. PMID: 12652647, DOI: 10.1002/jcp.10230.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAortaCattleCell DivisionCells, CulturedDNA-Binding ProteinsEnzyme InhibitorsImidazolesImmunosuppressive AgentsMAP Kinase Signaling SystemMitogen-Activated Protein KinasesMuscle, Smooth, VascularMyocytes, Smooth MuscleP38 Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesPyridinesRegional Blood FlowRibosomal Protein S6 KinasesSirolimusStress, MechanicalTranscription FactorsConceptsAortic smooth muscle cellsBovine aortic smooth muscle cellsKinase pathwaySmooth muscle cell phenotypeSmooth muscle cellsStrain-induced proliferationBovine aortic SMCS6 kinaseMuscle cell phenotypeSpecific inhibitorProliferation of SMCsActivation of p38SMC proliferationAortic SMCsMuscle cellsSMC alignmentModulation of vascular smooth muscle cell alignment by cyclic strain is dependent on reactive oxygen species and P38 mitogen-activated protein kinase
Chen Q, Li W, Quan Z, Sumpio BE. Modulation of vascular smooth muscle cell alignment by cyclic strain is dependent on reactive oxygen species and P38 mitogen-activated protein kinase. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2003, 37: 660-668. PMID: 12618707, DOI: 10.1067/mva.2003.95.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAortaCattleCells, CulturedEnzyme ActivationEnzyme InhibitorsImidazolesJNK Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesMitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesMultienzyme ComplexesMuscle, Smooth, VascularNADH, NADPH OxidoreductasesNADPH OxidasesOnium CompoundsOxidation-ReductionP38 Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesPhosphorylationPyridinesReactive Oxygen SpeciesStress, Mechanical
2001
Integrin and FAK-mediated MAPK activation is required for cyclic strain mitogenic effects in Caco-2 cells
Li W, Duzgun A, Sumpio B, Basson M. Integrin and FAK-mediated MAPK activation is required for cyclic strain mitogenic effects in Caco-2 cells. AJP Gastrointestinal And Liver Physiology 2001, 280: g75-g87. PMID: 11123200, DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.2001.280.1.g75.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCaco-2 CellsCell DivisionCell MovementCytoskeletal ProteinsEnzyme InhibitorsExtracellular MatrixFlavonoidsFocal Adhesion Kinase 1Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine KinasesGene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicHumansImidazolesIntegrinsIntestinesMAP Kinase Signaling SystemMitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 8Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 9Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesNaphthalenesP38 Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesPaxillinPhosphoproteinsPhosphorylationProtein-Tyrosine KinasesPyridinesStress, MechanicalTransfectionConceptsFocal adhesion kinaseMAPK extracellular signal-regulated kinaseCaco-2 cellsMitogen-activated protein kinase activationVitro kinase assaysProtein kinase activationSignal-regulated kinaseMitogenic effectProtein kinase C inhibitionBeta1 integrin subunitsCaco-2 proliferationKinase assaysAdhesion kinaseFAK activationERK signalsJNK1 activationKinase activationTerminal kinaseMAPK activationUpstream signalsC-JunFAK inhibitionP38 inhibitionIntegrin subunitsKinaseRole of p38 MAP kinase in endothelial cell alignment induced by fluid shear stress
Azuma N, Akasaka N, Kito H, Ikeda M, Gahtan V, Sasajima T, Sumpio B. Role of p38 MAP kinase in endothelial cell alignment induced by fluid shear stress. AJP Heart And Circulatory Physiology 2001, 280: h189-h197. PMID: 11123233, DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2001.280.1.h189.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnimalsCattleCells, CulturedEndothelium, VascularEnzyme InhibitorsImidazolesImmunoblottingImmunohistochemistryIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMitogen-Activated Protein KinasesMutationNeoplasm ProteinsP38 Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesPlasmidsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesPyridinesStress, MechanicalTransfection
2000
Role of mitogen-activated protein kinases in pulmonary endothelial cells exposed to cyclic strain
Kito H, Chen E, Wang X, Ikeda M, Azuma N, Nakajima N, Gahtan V, Sumpio B. Role of mitogen-activated protein kinases in pulmonary endothelial cells exposed to cyclic strain. Journal Of Applied Physiology 2000, 89: 2391-2400. PMID: 11090594, DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2000.89.6.2391.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCattleCell MovementCells, CulturedEndothelium, VascularEnzyme ActivationEnzyme InhibitorsFlavonoidsImidazolesJNK Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesMitogen-Activated Protein KinasesP38 Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesPhosphorylationPromoter Regions, GeneticPulmonary ArteryPyridinesResponse ElementsStress, MechanicalTetradecanoylphorbol AcetateTranscription Factor AP-1ConceptsPD 98059Activator protein-1SB 203580Protein kinaseBovine pulmonary arterial endothelial cellsPulmonary arterial endothelial cellsArterial endothelial cellsMAPK kinase kinase-1Mitogen-activated protein kinase activationMitogen-activated protein kinaseExtracellular signal-regulated kinaseTerminal protein kinaseKinase kinase 1AP-1/Cell alignmentERK kinase inhibitorProtein kinase activationSignal-regulated kinaseEndothelial cellsTranscriptional activationInactive mutantActivated MAPKsKinase activationKinase 1Transient transfection