Cultured endothelial cells increase their capacity to synthesize prostacyclin following the formation of a contact inhibited cell monolayer.
Cultured endothelial cells increase their capacity to synthesize prostacyclin following the formation of a contact inhibited cell monolayer.
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培养的内皮细胞在形成接触抑制细胞单层后增加了合成前列环素的能力。
DOI:
10.1002/jcp.1041140206
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发表时间:
1983
影响因子:
5.6
通讯作者:
Fuks,Z
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作者:
Eldor,A;Vlodavsky,I;Hy-Am,E;Atzmon,R;Weksler,BB;Raz,A;Fuks,Z
The synthesis of the prostaglandins (PG), prostacyclin (PGI2), PGE2, and thromboxane A2(TXA2), has been investigated in actively growing and contact‐inhibited bovine aortic endothelial cell cultures. Cells were stimulated to synthesize prostaglandins by exposure to exogenous arachidonic acid or to the endoperoxide PGH2and by the liberation of endogenous arachidonic acid from cellular lipids with melittin or ionophore A23187. Increased capacity of the cells to synthesize PGI2and PGE2was observed as a function of time in culture, regardless of the type of stimulation. TXA2production increased with time only upon stimulation of the cells with ionophore A23187. This increased PG synthetic capacity was independent of cell density since it was mainly observed in confluent, nondividing endothelial cell cultures. The fact that increased PGI2production in confluent cells was also observed with PGH2, a direct stimulator of PGI2synthetase, implies that this process is independent of the arachidonate concentration within the cells or in the culture medium. This increased capacity is likely to reflect an increased activity of the PG synthetase system associated with the formation of a contact inhibited endothelial cell monolayer. A similar time‐dependent increase in the PGI2production capacity was also observed during growth of cultured bovine corneal endothelial cells.