TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR-BETA STIMULATES THE EXPRESSION OF ENDOTHELIN MESSENGER-RNA BY VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL-CELLS
TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR-BETA STIMULATES THE EXPRESSION OF ENDOTHELIN MESSENGER-RNA BY VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL-CELLS
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DOI:
10.1016/0006-291x(89)92270-5
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发表时间:
1989-03-31
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
YAZAKI, Y
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作者:
KURIHARA, H;YOSHIZUMI, M;YAZAKI, Y
Endothelin is a potent vasoconstrictor peptide produced by vascular endothelial cells. Incubation of the serum-deprived confluent porcine aortic endothelial cells with 10-300 pM TGF-.beta.1, resulted in a several fold increase in endothelin mRNA levels with a peak time of 2 h. An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay revealed that the levels of endothelin in endolthelial cell conditioned media was also increased by TGF-.beta.1. These results suggest that TGF-.beta.1, secreted by activated platelets, is involved not only in wound healing, but in the regulation of local vascular tone by stimulating endothelin production in the endothelial cells.