Effects of Prostaglandin F2αand Carbachol on MAP Kinases, Cytosolic Phospholipase A2and Arachidonic Acid Release in Cat Iris Sphincter Smooth Muscle Cells

2001 ◽  
Vol 72 (5) ◽  
pp. 581-590 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahid Husain ◽  
Ata A Abdel-Latif
Keyword(s):  
Arachidonic Acid ◽  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Smooth Muscle Cells ◽  
Map Kinases ◽  
Muscle Cells ◽  
Arachidonic Acid Release ◽  
Cytosolic Phospholipase ◽  
Acid Release ◽  
Iris Sphincter

scholarly journals Angiotensin II stimulates phosphorylation of high-molecular-mass cytosolic phospholipase A2 in vascular smooth-muscle cells

1994 ◽  
Vol 299 (1) ◽  
pp. 197-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
G N Rao ◽  
B Lassègue ◽  
R W Alexander ◽  
K K Griendling
Keyword(s):  
Arachidonic Acid ◽  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Angiotensin Ii ◽  
Vascular Smooth Muscle ◽  
Smooth Muscle Cells ◽  
Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells ◽  
Muscle Cells ◽  
Time Dependent ◽  
Arachidonic Acid Release ◽  
Acid Release

Phospholipase A2 (PLA2) may be one of the major components involved in cell signalling and proliferation, as suggested by recent studies. In this paper we show that the potent vasoconstrictor and hypertrophic agent angiotensin II (AngII) activates cytosolic PLA2 (cPLA2) in vascular smooth-muscle cells. AngII induced a rapid time-dependent release of [3H]arachidonic acid from prelabelled cells that was inhibited by mepacrine, a PLA2 inhibitor. AngII treatment of intact cells also activated a cPLA2, as measured in cell-free extracts by the release of radiolabelled arachidonic acid from exogenously added 1-stearoyl-2-[1-14C]arachidonoyl phosphatidylcholine. This AngII-stimulated cPLA2 activity was also significantly inhibited by mepacrine. AngII induced a rapid and time-dependent increase in cPLA2 phosphorylation. Protein kinase C (PKC) depletion inhibited both AngII-induced [3H]arachidonic acid release and cPLA2 phosphorylation. Together, these results suggest strongly that (1) AngII phosphorylates and activates cPLA2 in a PKC-dependent manner, and that (2) cPLA2 mediates the AngII-induced [3H]arachidonic acid release in vascular smooth-muscle cells.

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