1994
Chronic Cyclic Strain Reduces Adenylate Cyclase Activity and Stimulatory G Protein Subunit Levels in Coronary Smooth Muscle Cells
Wiersbitzky M, Mills I, Sumpio B, Gewirtz H. Chronic Cyclic Strain Reduces Adenylate Cyclase Activity and Stimulatory G Protein Subunit Levels in Coronary Smooth Muscle Cells. Experimental Cell Research 1994, 210: 52-55. PMID: 8269996, DOI: 10.1006/excr.1994.1008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVascular smooth muscle cellsSmooth muscle cellsAdenylate cyclase activityCoronary vascular smooth muscle cellsMuscle cellsCyclase activityChronic cyclic strainG protein subunit levelsCoronary smooth muscle cellsProtein steady-state levelsCoronary smooth muscleCultured smooth muscle cellsSteady-state levelsPorcine coronary arteriesCoronary arteryCoronary circulationBeta levelsCycles/minProtein subunit levelsSmooth muscleGi alphaIntravascular pressureEffector pathwaysUnstretched cellsSubunit levels
1990
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 course