| Literature DB >> 2282097 |
U Ikeda1, M Ikeda, T Oohara, S Kano, T Yaginuma.
Abstract
We have investigated the effect of interleukin-1 (IL-1) on the growth of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) isolated from rat aortae. Murine recombinant IL-1 alpha increased tritiated leucine incorporation into VSMC. IL-1 also stimulated tritiated thymidine uptake by VSMC in a dose-dependent manner. On the other hand, Ca2(+)-channel blocker, verapamil, inhibited the IL-1-induced thymidine uptake by VSMC with an IC50 of 10(-8) M. Antibody specific for platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) also totally inhibited the IL-1-induced thymidine uptake. IL-1 showed no effects on the intracellular Ca2+ level in VSMC. Above results support the premise that IL-1 promotes the growth of VSMC via induction of endogenous PDGF production and might thus participate in the abnormal proliferation of VSMC that occurs early in atherogenesis.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 2282097 DOI: 10.1016/0021-9150(90)90089-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Atherosclerosis ISSN: 0021-9150 Impact factor: 5.162