Role of tyrosine protein kinase in proliferation and hypertrophy in vascular smooth muscle cells of spontaneously hypertension rats / 中国病理生理杂志

ABSTRACT

AIM: To explore the relationship between proliferation, hypertrophy of vascular smooth muscle cells(VSMC) and platelet-derived growth factor-AA(PDGF-AA) and PDGFR-? expression in spontaneously hypertension rats(SHRs) and the role of tyrosine protein kinase (PTK) in it. METHODS: 1. The difference of PDGF-AA, PDGFR-? and PDGFR-? expressions in SHR/Wistar-kyoto rat(WKY)-VSMC was examined by Western blot. 2.The effect of PTK inhibitor (genistein) on proliferation and hypertrophy of SHR-VSMC induced by PDGF-AA was observed by Western blot and incorporation. RESULTS: 1.PDGF-AA and PDGFR-? expression markedly increased in SHR-VSMC compared with WKY-VSMC. There was no difference in PDGFR-? expression levels between SHR and WKY-VSMC. 2.Dose-dependent PDGF-AA-stimulated PCNA expression and incorporation were observed in SHR-VSMC. 3. Genistein inhibited PCNA expression and incorporation induced by PDGF-AA in a dose-dependent manner in SHR-VSMC. CONCLUSIONS: Spontaneous increasing expression of PDGF-AA and PDGFR-? in spontaneously hypertension rats(SHRs) may be one of the important factors in vascular reactivity and vascular modeling mediated through proliferation and hypertrophy in SHR-VSMC. Tyrosine protein kinase plays an important role in this process.