scholarly journals Inhibition by Adrenomedullin of Arginine Vasopressin-Activated Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase in Rat Glomerular Mesangial Cells via cAMP Production.

1996 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ikuyo Kusaka ◽  
San-e Ishikawa ◽  
Nobuya Fujita ◽  
Minori Higashiyama ◽  
Kazufumi Honda ◽  
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1992 ◽  
Vol 2 (10) ◽  
pp. S116
Author(s):  
M S Simonson ◽  
Y Wang ◽  
M J Dunn

Endothelins (ET) are potent regulatory peptides that evoke diverse responses in glomerular mesangial cells. These include short-term actions, such as contraction and secretion, and long-term, adaptive responses, such as cell growth. Although much attention has been focused on the second messenger cascades, which govern short-term effects, the pathways of cytosolic and nuclear signaling, which effect long-term changes, remain unclear. Several distal signaling events by ET receptors have been characterized in rat mesangial cells. These include activation of a cytosolic protein kinase, mitogen-activated protein kinase and an inducible transcription factor, activator protein-1 (AP-1). This review focuses on the activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase and activator protein-1 by ET and discusses the potential role of these third and fourth messengers in controlling long-term cellular adaptations. Characterization of these and other cytosolic and nuclear signals should provide important insights into the pleiotropic actions of ET peptides.


1996 ◽  
Vol 316 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmaneul CORONEOS ◽  
Yizheng WANG ◽  
James R. PANUSKA ◽  
Dennis J. TEMPLETON ◽  
Mark KESTER

The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signalling pathway serves to translocate information from activated plasma-membrane receptors to initiate nuclear transcriptional events. This cascade has recently been subdivided into two analogous pathways: the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) cascade, which preferentially signals mitogenesis, and the stress-activated protein kinase (SAPK) cascade, which is linked to growth arrest and/or cellular inflammation. In concurrent experiments utilizing rat glomerular mesangial cells (MCs), we demonstrate that growth factors or sphingosine activate ERK but not SAPK. In contrast, inflammatory cytokines or cell-permeable ceramide analogues activate SAPK but not ERK. Ceramide, but not sphingosine, induces interleukin-6 secretion, a marker of an inflamed phenotype. Moreover, ceramide can suppress growth factor- or sphingosine-induced ERK activation as well as proliferation. These studies implicate sphingolipid metabolites as opposing regulators of cell proliferation and inflammation through activation of separate kinase cascades.


1998 ◽  
Vol 273 (27) ◽  
pp. 16905-16912 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasunobu Kawata ◽  
Yoichi Mizukami ◽  
Zenzo Fujii ◽  
Toshihiro Sakumura ◽  
Ken-ichi Yoshida ◽  
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