| Literature DB >> 21422730 |
Shinji Yoshiyama1, Takahiro Horinouchi, Soichi Miwa, Hong Hui Wang, Kazuhiro Kohama, Akio Nakamura.
Abstract
Cigarette smoking is one of the factors causing accumulation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) in atherosclerotic plaques. Changes in cell migration toward platelet-derived growth factor BB were investigated using a Boyden chamber after 48-h preincubation of GBaSM-4 VSMCs with nicotine or nicotine-free cigarette smoke extract (CSE). A nicotine concentration of 0.1 µM maximally promoted cell migration; 0.1% CSE also promoted cell migration, while high CSE concentrations damaged GBaSM-4 cells. Fetal bovine serum (FBS) long-depletion induced decrease in migration of GBaSM-4 cells. Our results suggest that nicotine and some CSE components can induce GBaSM-4 cell migration.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21422730 DOI: 10.1254/jphs.10283sc
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Pharmacol Sci ISSN: 1347-8613 Impact factor: 3.337