Benchun Liu1, Yung-Chin Lee1,2, Amjad Alwaal1, Guifang Wang1, Lia Banie1, Ching-Shwun Lin1, Guiting Lin1, Tom F Lue3. 1. Knuppe Molecular Urology Laboratory, Department of Urology, School of Medicine, University of California, 400 Parnassus Ave., Ste A-610, San Francisco, CA, 94143-0738, USA. 2. Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. 3. Knuppe Molecular Urology Laboratory, Department of Urology, School of Medicine, University of California, 400 Parnassus Ave., Ste A-610, San Francisco, CA, 94143-0738, USA. tlue@urology.ucsf.edu.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Lines of evidence suggest that Rho-associated protein kinase (ROCK)-mediated myosin phosphatase-targeting subunit 1 (MYPT1) phosphorylation plays a central role in smooth muscle contraction. However, the physiological significance of MYPT1 phosphorylation at Thr696 catalyzed by ROCK in bladder smooth muscle remains controversial. We attempt to directly observe the quantitative protein expression of Rho A/ROCK and phosphorylation of MYPT1 at Thr696 after carbachol administration in rat bladder smooth muscle cells (RBMSCs). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Primary cultured smooth muscle cells were obtained from rat bladders. The effects of both concentration and time-course induced by the muscarinic agonist carbachol were investigated by assessing the expression of Rho A/ROCK and MYPT1 phosphorylation at Thr696 using Western blot. RESULTS: In the dose-course studies, carbachol showed significant increase in phosphorylation of MYPT1 at Thr696 (p-MYPT1) from concentrations of 15-100 μM based on Western blot results (p < 0.05, ANOVA test). In the time-course studies, treatment of cells with 15 μM of carbachol significantly enhanced the expression of p-MYPT1 from 3 to 15 h (p < 0.05, ANOVA test) and induced the expression of Rho A from 10 to 120 min (p < 0.05, ANOVA test). CONCLUSIONS: Carbachol can induce the expression of ROCK pathway, leading to MYPT1 phosphorylation at Thr696 and thereby sustained RBSMCs contraction.
PURPOSE: Lines of evidence suggest that Rho-associated protein kinase (ROCK)-mediated myosin phosphatase-targeting subunit 1 (MYPT1) phosphorylation plays a central role in smooth muscle contraction. However, the physiological significance of MYPT1 phosphorylation at Thr696 catalyzed by ROCK in bladder smooth muscle remains controversial. We attempt to directly observe the quantitative protein expression of Rho A/ROCK and phosphorylation of MYPT1 at Thr696 after carbachol administration in rat bladder smooth muscle cells (RBMSCs). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Primary cultured smooth muscle cells were obtained from rat bladders. The effects of both concentration and time-course induced by the muscarinic agonist carbachol were investigated by assessing the expression of Rho A/ROCK and MYPT1 phosphorylation at Thr696 using Western blot. RESULTS: In the dose-course studies, carbachol showed significant increase in phosphorylation of MYPT1 at Thr696 (p-MYPT1) from concentrations of 15-100 μM based on Western blot results (p < 0.05, ANOVA test). In the time-course studies, treatment of cells with 15 μM of carbachol significantly enhanced the expression of p-MYPT1 from 3 to 15 h (p < 0.05, ANOVA test) and induced the expression of Rho A from 10 to 120 min (p < 0.05, ANOVA test). CONCLUSIONS:Carbachol can induce the expression of ROCK pathway, leading to MYPT1 phosphorylation at Thr696 and thereby sustained RBSMCs contraction.
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