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  • Title: Stretch-induced proliferation of cultured vascular smooth muscle cells and a possible involvement of local renin-angiotensin system and platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF).
    Author: Li Q, Muragaki Y, Ueno H, Ooshima A.
    Journal: Hypertens Res; 1997 Sep; 20(3):217-23. PubMed ID: 9328803.
    Abstract:
    This experiment was designed to investigate the possible involvement of angiotensin II (Ang II) and platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) in the mechanism underlying stretch-induced proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs). SMCs from the rabbit aortic media were grown on polystyrene rubber-bottomed dishes coated with type I collagen. Cells were stretched cyclically by a vacuum-operated downward flexion of the culture dish bottom. A 1.4- to 1.6-fold increase in proliferation of SMCs was induced by cyclic stretching, as determined by [3H]-thymidine incorporation, in a stretch force-dependent manner in the range of 5% to 15% elongation, 30 cycles/min for 24 h. Expression of PDGF-B chain mRNA was up-regulated in a time-dependent manner in the range of 2 to 24 h, 10% elongation, and 30 cycles/min. Saralasin, a selective antagonist of Ang II, and captopril, an angiotensin I converting enzyme inhibitor, significantly suppressed the stretch-induced proliferation of SMCs. Blockade of angiotensinogen mRNA translation by antisense oligonucleotide inhibited proliferation under the mechanical strain. Stretch-induced proliferation was inhibited by 78% in the presence of anti-PDGF-AB neutralizing antibody. Increased expression of PDGF-B chain mRNA under the mechanical strain was inhibited by treatment with saralasin. Our results indicate that the stretch-induced proliferation of cultured SMCs is mediated at least in part via increased production of Ang II by the local renin-angiotensin system and a subsequent up-regulation of PDGF-B chain mRNA in an autocrine-paracrine manner.
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