αvβ3-Integrin antagonists inhibit thrombin- induced proliferation and focal adhesion formation in smooth muscle cells
αvβ3-Integrin antagonists inhibit thrombin- induced proliferation and focal adhesion formation in smooth muscle cells
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DOI:
10.1152/ajpcell.00475.2002
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发表时间:
2003-11-01
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
Stouffer, GA
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作者:
Sajid, M;Zhao, R;Stouffer, GA
alpha(v)beta(3)-Integrin antagonists reduced neointimal formation following vascular injury in eight different animal models. Because alpha-thrombin contributes to neointimal formation, we examined the hypothesis that alpha(v)beta(3)-integrins influence alpha-thrombin-induced signaling. Cultured rat aortic smooth muscle cells (RASMC) expressed alpha(v)beta(3)-integrins as demonstrated by immunofluorescence microscopy and fluorescence-activated cell sorting analysis. Proliferative responses to alpha-thrombin were partially inhibited by anti-beta(3)-integrin monoclonal antibody F11 and by cyclic RGD peptides. Immunofluorescence microscopy showed that alpha-thrombin stimulated a rapid increase in the formation of focal adhesions as identified by vinculin staining and that this effect was partially inhibited by alpha(v)beta(3) antagonists. beta(3)-Integrin staining was diffuse in quiescent RASMC and did not concentrate at sites of focal adhesions following thrombin treatment. alpha-Thrombin elicited a time-dependent increase in activation of c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase-1 (JNK1) and in tyrosine phosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase (FAK). alpha(v)beta(3)-Integrin antagonists partially inhibited increases in JNK1 activity but had no effect on FAK phosphorylation. In SMC isolated from beta(3)-integrin-deficient mice, focal adhesion formation was impaired in response to thrombin but not sphingosine-1-phosphate, a potent activator of Rho. In summary, alpha(v)beta(3)-integrins play an important role in alpha-thrombin-induced proliferation and focal adhesion formation in RASMC.