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Departments of 1 Cell Biology and 2 Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, University of Linköping, S-58185 Linköping, Sweden
The interaction
of ANG II with platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-BB-induced DNA
synthesis was studied in cultured rat aortic smooth muscle cells.
PDGF-BB-induced DNA synthesis was delayed (~6-8 h) by ANG II as
shown by a time-course experiment. Losartan, an
AT1-receptor antagonist, blocked
the transient inhibitory effect of ANG II, whereas the
AT2-receptor antagonist PD-123319 had no effect. Autocrine- or paracrine-acting transforming growth factor-
1 (TGF-
1), believed to be a mediator of ANG II-induced inhibitory effects, was not responsible for the delay of
PDGF-BB-induced DNA synthesis, because a potent TGF-
1 neutralizing
antibody could not reverse this effect of ANG II, nor was the delay of
the PDGF-BB effect caused by inhibition of PDGF-
-receptor
phosphorylation as shown by Western blot analysis of immunoprecipitated
PDGF-
receptor. In conclusion, our results show that ANG II can
exert a transient inhibitory effect on PDGF-BB-induced proliferation via the AT1 receptor.
rat; angiotensin AT1 receptor; transforming growth factor-
1
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