Phosphatidylinositide 3-kinase regulates angiotensin II-induced cytosolic phospholipase A2 activity and growth in vascular smooth muscle cells.

Phosphatidylinositide 3-kinase regulates angiotensin II-induced cytosolic phospholipase A2 activity and growth in vascular smooth muscle cells.

Silfani Tonous N; Freeman Ernest J

Archives of biochemistry and biophysics

2002

2002-06

Angiotensin (Ang) II via the AT(1) receptor acts as a mitogen in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) through stimulation of multiple signaling mechanisms, including tyrosine kinases and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK). In addition, cytosolic phospholipase A(2)(cPLA(2))-dependent release of arachidonic acid (AA) is linked to VSMC growth and we have reported that Ang II stimulates cPLA(2) activity via the AT(1) receptor. The coupling of Ang II to the activation of cPLA(2) appears to involve mechanisms both upstream and downstream of MAPK such that AA stimulates MAPK activity which phosphorylates cPLA(2) to further enhance AA release. However, the upstream mechanisms responsible for activation of cPLA(2) are not well-defined. One possibility includes phosphatidylinositide

Angiotensin II/*metabolism; Animals; Arachidonic Acid/metabolism; Arachidonic Acids/pharmacology; Blotting; Cells; Chromones/pharmacology; Cultured; Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology; Flavonoids/pharmacology; Group IV Phospholipases A2; Male; Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism; Morpholines/pharmacology; Muscle; Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/*physiology; Phospholipases A/*metabolism; Phospholipases A2; Phosphorylation; Rats; Smooth; Sprague-Dawley; Vascular/drug effects/*growth & development; Western

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