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Activation of Akt/protein kinase B after stimulation with angiotensin II in vascular smooth muscle cells.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Takahashi, Takiko Taniguchi, Takahiro Konishi, Hakuou Kikkawa, Ushio Ishikawa, Yuichi Yokoyama, Masayoshi |
| Copyright Year | 1999 |
| Abstract | Involvement of Akt/Protein kinase B (PKB), a serine/threonine kinase with a pleckstrin-homology domain, in angiotensin II (ANG II)-induced signal transduction was investigated in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC). Stimulation of the cells with ANG II led to a marked increase in the kinase activity of Akt/PKB, which coincided with Ser-473 phosphorylation. ANG II-stimulated Akt/PKB activation was rapid, concentration dependent, and inhibited by the AT1-receptor antagonist CV-11974, but not by pertussis toxin. Akt/PKB activity was stimulated by the Ca2+ ionophore ionomycin, suggesting the possible involvement of Ca2+ in ANG II-stimulated Akt/PKB activation. However, blockade of Ca2+ mobilization by BAPTA-AM only partially inhibited ANG II-stimulated Akt/PKB activation. ANG II-stimulated Akt/PKB activation was inhibited by the tyrosine kinase inhibitors genistein and herbimycin A and by the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitors wortmannin and LY-294002. These results indicate that ANG II stimulates Akt/PKB activity via AT1 receptors in VSMC and that the activities of tyrosine kinase and PI3K are required for this activation. |
| Starting Page | 42 |
| Ending Page | 48 |
| Page Count | 7 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://ajpheart.physiology.org/content/ajpheart/276/6/H1927.full.pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 10362672v1 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.1999.276.6.H1927 |
| DOI | 10.1152/ajpheart.1999.276.6.H1927 |
| Journal | The American journal of physiology |
| Volume Number | 276 |
| Issue Number | 6 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | 1-Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Angiotensin II Angiotensins CV-11974 Genistein Homologous Gene Ionomycin Ionophores LY 294002 MARK2 gene Muscle Cells Muscle, Smooth, Vascular Myocytes, Smooth Muscle Pertussis Toxin Pleckstrin Homology Domains Protein Kinases Protein Tyrosine Kinase Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt Signal Transduction Smooth muscle (tissue) Threonine eIF-2 Kinase herbimycin kinase activity regulation of sequestering of calcium ion wortmannin |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |