| Autor: |
Chung-Hyun Cho, Chang Sup Lee, Mikyung Chang, Il-Ho Jang, Soo Jin Kim, Inhwan Hwang, Sung Ho Ryu, Lee, Chin O., Gou Young Koh |
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American Journal of Physiology: Heart & Circulatory Physiology; May2004, Vol. 286 Issue 5, pH1881-H1888, 8p, 8 Graphs |
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To clarify the role of caveoine in VEGF/VEGF receptor-2 (VEGFR-2)-mediated signaling cascades, primary cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) were fractionated to isolate caveolae-enriched cell membranes, Interestingly, VEGFR-2, phospholipase D2 (PLD2), and Ras were enriched in caveolae-enriched fractions. Moreover, VEGF increased PLD activity in a time- and dose-dependent manner in HUVECs, whereas a ligand specific for VEGFR-1 placental growth factor did not change PLD activity. A PLD inhibitor, 1-butanol, almost completely suppressed VEGF-induced ERK phosphorylation and cellular proliferation, whereas die negative control for l-butanol, 3-butanol, did not produce significant changes. Addition of phosphatidic acid negated the 1-butanol-induced suppression. Pharmacological analyses using several inhibitors indicated that PKC-δ regulates the VEGF-induced activation of PLD/ERK. Thus PLD2 could be involved in MEK/ERK signaling cascades that are induced by the VEGF/VEGFR-2/PKC-δ pathway in endothelial cells. Pretreatment with the cholesterol depletion agent methyl-β-cyclodextrin (MβCD) almost completely disassembled caveolar structures, whereas the addition of cholesterol to MβCD-treated cells restored caveolar structures. Pretreatment with MβCD largely abolished phosphorylation of MEK/ERK by VEGF, whereas the addition of cholesterol restored VEGF-induced MEK/ERK phosphorylations. These results indicate that intact caveolae are required for die VEGF/VEGFR-2-mediated MEK/ERK signaling cascade. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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