Effect of Age on Proliferation of Rat Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Stimulated with Fetal Bovine Serum, Angiotensin II and Phorbol 12-Myristate 13-Acetate.
- Author:
Hyung Soo HAN
1
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
VSMC;
Age;
Ang II;
PMA;
Proliferation
- MeSH:
Angiotensin II*;
Angiotensins*;
Animals;
Aorta;
Captopril;
Cell Proliferation;
Humans;
Muscle, Smooth, Vascular*;
Rats*;
Serum Albumin, Bovine
- From:Korean Journal of Anatomy
2002;35(3):201-210
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
The present study investigated effects of fetal bovine serum (FBS), angiotensin II (Ang II) and phorbol 12 -myristate 13 -acetate (PMA) on proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) isolated from aorta of 5, 9, 12 and 17 week old Sprague -Dawley rats. With 10% FBS, proliferation rate of VSMCs was markedly greater in 17 week old group than in 5 week old group. Treatment of 0.1 ~10 micro M Ang II or 10 and 100 micro M PMA in 0.1% bovine serum albumin and 10% FBS media did not influence the cell proliferation. However, in 5% FBS media, Ang II and PMA enhanced the proliferation of the VSMC from all age groups except 5 week. To test the effects of Ang II in the FBS, captopril, an Ang converting enzyme inhibitor, and ibersartan, an Ang II receptor antagonist, were pretreated. Neither 10 micro M captopril nor ibersartan in 5% FBS influenced the VSMC proliferation. These results indicate that the VSMCs from older rats proliferate faster than those from 5 week -old rats, and 5% FBS -induced proliferation was enhanced by Ang II and PMA.
