An Jiayin,Zhou Zheng,Liu Jun,Yang Hui,Lei Xue,Li Zhengyang.Rock signaling pathway mediates rabbit basilar artery smooth muscle proliferation stimulated by TNF-α[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2013,35(18):1952-1956.
An Jiayin,Zhou Zheng,Liu Jun,Yang Hui,Lei Xue,Li Zhengyang.Rock signaling pathway mediates rabbit basilar artery smooth muscle proliferation stimulated by TNF-α[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2013,35(18):1952-1956.DOI:
Rock signaling pathway mediates rabbit basilar artery smooth muscle proliferation stimulated by TNF-α
Objective To investigate the role of Rho kinase (Rock) signaling pathway in the proliferation of rabbit basilar artery vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) stimulated by tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α). Methods VSMCs were isolated and primarily cultured from rabbit basilar artery. After Y-27632
Rock inhibitor at different concentrations was added into the culture
medium
followed by the stimulation of TNF-α. Cell viability was determined with CCK-8 assay. Cell cycle of VSMCs was determined by flow cytometry. The expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) in the VSMCs was measured with immunocytochemical staining and Western blot analysis. Results Compared with normal control cells
TNF-α treatment at 20 ng/mL for 24 h markedly induced VSMCs proliferation (
P
0.01)
increased the percentage of cells in S and G
2
/M phase (
P
0.05)
and enhanced PCNA expression (
P
0.01). Pretreatment with Y-27632
however
significantly reversed the above effects induced by 20 ng/mL TNF-α
that is
significantly inhibited cell proliferation (
P
0.01)
decreased expression of PCNA protein (
P
0.05) and the amounts of cells at S and G
2
/M phase (
P
0.05). Conclusion TNF-α promotes the proliferation of VSMCs and cell cycle
but Rock inhibitor
Y-27632
effectively reverses the above effects induced by TNF-α. Rock signaling pathway mediates TNF-α-induced acceleration of VSMCs proliferation and cell cycle progression.
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