血小板生长因子（PDGF—BB）刺激体外培养兔肺动脉平滑肌细？…

应用细胞培养、＾３Ｈ－ＴｄＲ和＾３Ｈ－Ｌｅｕｃｉｎｅ掺入方法,观察血小板生长因子ＢＢ对体外培养兔肺动脉平滑肌细胞ＤＮＡ和蛋白质合成的影响。结果表明：（１）当ＰＤＧＦ－ＢＢ浓度为１０ｎｇ／ｍｌ时,＾３Ｈ－ＴｄＲ掺入值已较对照组显著提高（６２６２．５±４１２．９ｖｓ８３３．５±１２４．０,Ｐ〈０．０５）;当ＰＤＧＦ－ＢＢ浓度为２０ｎｇ／ｍｌ时,＾３Ｈ－Ｌｅｕｃｉｎｅ掺入值亦较对照线显著增高（１０２１２     

钙调神经磷酸酶依赖的信号通路参与血管紧张素Ⅱ刺激的心肌细胞肥大

本研究观察了钙调神经磷酸酶依赖的信号通路在血管紧张素Ⅱ诱导的大鼠心肌细胞肥大中的作用。在ＡｎｇⅡ刺激的大鼠心肌细胞肥大模型上,应用环孢素Ａ（ＣｓＡ）阻断ＣａＮ通路,观察心肌细胞＾３Ｈ－亮氨酸掺入,ＣａＮ,ＭＡＰＫ及ＰＫＣ活性的变化。结果表明,ＡｎｇⅡ（１０＾－７ｍｏｌ／Ｌ）刺激大鼠心肌细胞＾３Ｈ－亮氨酸掺入较对照组增高４６％（Ｐ〈０．０１）,ＣｓＡ（０．５－５μｇ／ｍｌ）可以浓度依赖性方式抑制Ａｎ     

氨氯地平对自发性高血压大鼠血管平滑肌细胞生长的影响

本文采用自发性高血压大鼠（ＳＨＲ）动脉平滑肌细胞培养,３Ｈ－胸腺嘧啶核苷（３Ｈ－ＴｄＲ）和３Ｈ－亮氨酸（３Ｈ－Ｌｅｕｃｉｎｅ）掺入方法,观察到用氨氯地平（Ａｍｌｏｄｉｐｉｎｅ）作用４８小时后,与神经肽Ｙ（ＮＰＹ）组比较,其离体培养的ＳＨＲ动脉平滑肌细胞３Ｈ－ＴｄＲ掺入量降低５０．５％,３Ｈ－Ｌｅｕｃｉｎｅ掺入量降低５６．５％。氨氯地平组与对照组比较其３Ｈ－ＴｄＲ和３Ｈ－Ｌｅｕｃｉｎｅ掺入量分别降低５７．６％和３２．３％。用ＮＰＹ作用２４小时后,与对照组比较动脉平滑肌细胞３Ｈ－ＴｄＲ和３Ｈ－Ｌｅｕｃｉｎｅ掺入量却分别增加２０％和５４．６％。而细胞计数均无显著性差异（Ｐ＞０．０５）。结果表明,氨氯地平能有效地抑制ＳＨＲ血管平滑肌细胞（ＶＳＭＣ）的ＤＮＡ和蛋白质合成,以及显著的抑制ＮＰＹ引起的ＶＳＭＣ的ＤＮＡ合成和蛋白质合成增加效应。提示氨氯地平在阻遏高血压致心血管壁肥厚的发生发展中起着不容忽视的作用     

蛋白激酶C和Na~＋－H~＋交换在ANGⅡ诱发心肌细胞肥大反应中的作用

血管紧张素（ＡＮＧ）Ⅱ在１０－１０－１０－６ｍｏｌ／Ｌ范围内剂量依赖性促进无血清培养新生大鼠心肌细胞蛋白质合成速率。蛋白激酶Ｃ（ＰＫＣ）抑制剂ｓｔａｕｒｏｓｐｏｒｉｎｅ（Ｓｔａｕ２ｎｍｏｌ／Ｌ）对心肌细胞基础状态３Ｈ－Ｌｅｕｃｉｎｅ掺入无明显影响，但Ｓｔａｕ预处理３０ｍｉｎ，则可有效阻断ＡＮＧⅡ（１μｍｏｌ／Ｌ）对细胞蛋白质合成的刺激作用；单纯应用ＰＫＣ激活剂ＰＭＡ（１μｍｏｌ／Ｌ）可使心肌细胞蛋白质合成速率增加，与对照组相比，ＰＭＡ组３Ｈ－Ｌｅｕｃｉｎｅ掺入量增加了４１．０４％。细胞Ｎａ＋－Ｈ＋交换抑制剂Ａｍｉｌｏｒｉｄｅ预处理也能阻断ＡＮＧⅡ刺激３Ｈ－Ｌｅｕｃｉｎｅ掺入细胞蛋白质的作用。以上结果提示ＰＫＣ和Ｎａ＋－Ｈ＋交换的激活，可能是ＡＮＧⅡ诱发的心肌细胞肥大反应的重要胞内信息转导机制。本工作还观察到，阻断细胞Ｎａ＋－Ｈ＋交换后并不影响由ＰＫＣ激活导致的蛋白质合成增加，提示可能存在着ＰＫＣ和Ｎａ＋－Ｈ＋交换彼此相对独立地调节心肌细胞生长的途径。     

血小板生长因子(PDGF-BB)刺激体外培养兔肺动脉平滑肌细胞DNA和蛋白质合成

应用细胞培养、３Ｈ－ＴｄＲ和３Ｈ－Ｌｅｕｃｉｎｅ掺入方法,观察血小板生长因子ＢＢ（Ｐｌａｔｅｌｅｔ－ｄｅｒｉｖｅｄＧｒｏｗｔｈＦａｃｔｏｒＢＢ）对体外培养兔肺动脉平滑肌细胞ＤＮＡ和蛋白质合成的影响。结果表明：（１）当ＰＤＧＦ－ＢＢ浓度为１０ｎｇ／ｍｌ时,３Ｈ－ＴｄＲ掺入值已较对照组显著增高（６２６２．５±４１２．９ｖｓ８３３．５±１２４．０,Ｐ＜０．０５）;当ＰＤＧＦ－ＢＢ浓度为２０ｎｇ／ｍｌ时,３Ｈ－Ｌｅｕｃｉｎｅ掺入值亦较对照线显著增高（１０２１２．８±６３８．３ｖｓ７３４０．３±１１９７．９,Ｐ＜０．０５）。（２）ＰＤＧＦ－ＢＢ浓度在５－２５ｎｇ／ｍｌ范围内,３Ｈ－ＴｄＲ,３Ｈ－Ｌｅｕｃｉｎｅ掺入值与剂量直线相关（ｒＤＮＡ＝０．９７,ｒｐｒｏｔ＝０．９０Ｐ＜０．０５）。说明ＰＤＧＦ－ＢＢ刺激体外培养兔肺动脉平滑肌细胞ＤＮＡ和蛋白质合成。     

缺氧时肺动脉内皮细胞与肺动脉平滑肌细胞增殖的相互影响

血管内皮细胞和血管平滑细胞在结构和功能上关系密切,两者的相互在与血管舒缩笔血和壁结构。本文观察了培养的小牛肺动脉内皮细胞（ＰＡＥＣｓ）和肺动平滑肌细胞（ＰＡＳＭＣＳ）缺氧时在细胞增殖方面的相互影响。ＰＡＳＭＣＳ常氧条件培养基（ＣＭ）可使ＰＡＥＣＳ的＾３Ｈ－ＴｄＲ掺入降低约５８％,缺氧ＣＭ对ＰＡＥＣＳ的＾３Ｈ－ＴｄＲ掺入无明显的抑制作用;ＰＡＥＣＳ的常氧ＣＭ使ＰＡＳＭＳ的＾３Ｈ－ＴｄＲ掺入升高约６０     

白介素-2促进RC-4B/C垂体瘤细胞系增殖

采用细胞培养方法,以＾３Ｈ－ＴｄＲ掺入率反映细胞增殖水平,研究了白介素－２（ＩＬ－２）对大鼠源的ＲＣ－４Ｂ／Ｃ垂体瘤细胞系增殖的影响,并初步分析了ＩＬ－２的作用机制。结果表明：⑴ＩＬ－２（１０－１０００Ｕ／ｍｌ）剂量依赖性地显著提高ＲＣ－４８／Ｃ细胞＾３Ｈ－ＴｄＲ掺入率。⑵特异性酪氨酸蛋白激酶（ＰＴＫ）抑制剂ｔｙｒｐｈｏｓｔｉｎ（１μｍｏｌ／Ｌ）可明显降低ＲＣ－４Ｂ／Ｃ细胞＾３Ｈ－ＴｄＲ掺入率,并     

运动小鼠心肌和骨骼肌对支链氨基酸的摄取及其对蛋白质 …

目的和方法：本实验采用昆明种小鼠游泳运动模型,及＾１５Ｎ－Ｇｌｙｃｉｎｅ和＾３Ｈ－Ｌｅｕｃｉｎｅ同位素示踪技术探讨了运动状态下心肌和骨骼肌对ＢＣＡＡ的摄取量及ＢＣＡＡ对蛋白质合成的作用。结果：运动时心肌和骨骼肌从血循环中摄取ＢＣＡＡ显著增加,同时血清中ＢＣＡＡ的含量降低,结论：心肌和骨骼的蛋白质代谢存在差异,骨骼肌的蛋白质合成率高于心肌,运动使心肌蛋白代谢加速,补充ＢＣＡＡ降低了运动对心肌蛋白质代     

Ang Ⅱ 对培养新生大鼠心肌成纤维细胞增殖及丝裂素活化蛋白激酶的影响

本研究目的在于探讨丝裂素活化蛋白激酶（ＭＡＰＫ）是否在ＡｎｇⅡ（１０－８ｍｏｌ／Ｌ）诱导的培养新生大鼠心肌成纤维细胞（ＦＢ）的增殖反应中起重要作用。实验以ＦＢ数目和ＤＮＡ合成速率（３Ｈ－胸腺嘧啶掺入率）为增殖指标,［γ－３２Ｐ］ＡＴＰ掺入法和免疫印迹法分别测定ＦＢＭＡＰＫ的活性和含量,结果发现（１）ＡｎｇⅡ处理ＦＢ２４ｈ后,ＤＮＡ合成速率和细胞数比对照组分别增加６０％和３９％;（２）ＡｎｇⅡ处理ＦＢ５ｍｉｎ后,ＭＡＰＫ活性比对照组增高２０３％;（３）培养新生大鼠ＦＢ含有两个ＭＡＰＫ同型体－ｐ４４ｍａｐｋ和ｐ４２ｍａｐｋ,其中ｐ４４ｍａｐｋ含量高于ｐ４２ｍａｐｋ,分别为总量的５８％和４２％。ＡｎｇⅡ处理５ｍｉｎ后,ＭＡＰＫ蛋白含量（ｐ４４＋ｐ４２〕增高４２９％,其中ｐ４４ｍａｐｋ的增加明显大于ｐ４２ｍａｐｋ的增加,分别比相应对照增高４８６％和３４９％。以上结果表明,ＡｎｇⅡ诱导的ＭＡＰＫ活性和含量的增加,参与了ＦＢ的增殖反应,其中ｐ４４ｍａｐｋ的作用较为显著     

血管紧张素Ⅱ对培养心肌细胞c-fos表达和蛋白质合成的作用

本实验在培养新生大鼠心肌细胞上,探讨血管紧张素Ⅱ对心肌细胞ｃ－ｆｏｓ ｍＲＮＡ表达和蛋白质合成的影响。结果显示,血管紧张素Ⅱ能诱导ｃ－ｆｏｓ ｍＲＮＡ的表达,增加蛋白质含量,并呈量－效关系,还能加速＾３Ｈ－亮氨酸的掺入速度。上述这些作用可血管紧张素Ⅱ受体拮抗ｓａｒａｌａｓｉｎ所阻断,提示这些作用是受体介导的。     

The effect of pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide on cultured rat cardiocytes as a cardioprotective factor

In the cardiovascular system, pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP) exhibits not only vasodilation but also positive inotropic action by increasing cardiac output. Then the effect of PACAP in cultured cardiovascular cells was examined. In neonatal rat myocytes, PACAP evoked concentration-dependent increase in intracellular cyclic AMP content more potently than vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP). However, in neonatal rat nonmyocytes, PACAP and VIP showed equal potency. The characterization of the subtype of PACAP/VIP receptors by RT-PCR analysis revealed that PAC1 receptor mRNA is dominantly present in the myocytes, but VPAC2 receptor mRNA is abundant in the nonmyocytes. In the myocytes, PACAP did not change the protein synthesis stimulated by endothelin or by itself. However, PACAP moderately stimulated the secretion of atrial natriuretic polypeptide (ANP). On the other hand, PACAP inhibited the protein synthesis and DNA synthesis of the nonmyocytes. These indicate that PACAP might be involved in the regulation of cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis as a cardioprotective factor.     

A growth factor for cardiac myocytes is produced by cardiac nonmyocytes.

Cardiac nonmyocytes, primarily fibroblasts, surround cardiac myocytes in vivo. We examined whether nonmyocytes could modulate myocyte growth by production of one or more growth factors. Cardiac myocyte hypertrophic growth was stimulated in cultures with increasing numbers of cardiac nonmyocytes. This effect of nonmyocytes on myocyte size was reproduced by serum-free medium conditioned by the cardiac nonmyocytes. The majority of the nonmyocyte-derived myocyte growth-promoting activity bound to heparin-Sepharose and was eluted with 0.75 M NaCl. Several known polypeptide growth factors found recently in cardiac tissue, namely acidic fibroblast growth factor (aFGF), basic FGF (bFGF), platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha), and transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF beta 1), also caused hypertrophy of cardiac myocytes in a dose-dependent manner. However, the nonmyocyte-derived growth factor (tentatively named NMDGF) could be distinguished from these other growth factors by different heparin-Sepharose binding profiles (TNF alpha, aFGF, bFGF, and TGF beta 1) by neutralizing growth factor-specific antisera (PDGF, TNF alpha, aFGF, bFGF, and TGF beta 1), by the failure of NMDGF to stimulate phosphatidylinositol hydrolysis (PDGF and TGF beta 1), and, finally, by the apparent molecular weight of NMDGF (45-50 kDa). This nonmyocyte-derived heparin-binding growth factor may represent a novel paracrine growth mechanism in myocardium.     

Image and DNA analysis of hypertrophic myocytes in hypertensive heart disease and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

OBJECTIVE: To investigate differences in the pathophysiology of cardiac hypertrophy between patients with hypertensive heart disease (HHD) and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). STUDY DESIGN: The study group consisted of 30 autopsied heart disease patients (10 HHD, 10 HCM and 10 noncardiac heart disease). DNA synthesis by hypertrophic cardiac myocytes was examined, and three-dimensional myocyte structure image was investigated. DNA synthesis and the cell cycle were investigated by flow cytometry using autopsy material. Three-dimensional myocyte structure image was visualized. RESULTS: The percentage of cells in G2M phase of the cell cycle was significantly decreased in the myocardium of autopsied hearts with HCM as compared with hearts with HHD (HCM:HHD = 1.2 +/- 1.1%: 7.7 +/- 2.6%, mean +/- SD). Hypertrophic myocytes of HCM characteristically possessed myocardial disarray and irregular side-to-side branch connections between myocytes. No myocyte disarray or irregular connections could be observed in HHD. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that the mechanism of cardiac hypertrophy differs between patients with HHD and HCM and also suggest dissimilar cell vitality and latent proliferative viability of hypertrophic myocytes in a hypertrophic process between HHD and HCM. That is, hypertrophic myocytes may be called "restricted" myocytes in a morphologic and biochemical sense.     

The IGF-1-IGF-1 Receptor System Modulates Myocyte Proliferation but Not Myocyte Cellular Hypertrophy in Vitro

In preliminary experiments it was established that the hypertrophic and hyperplastic responses of neonatal cardiac myocytes in culture were associated with enhanced expression of IGF-1 and IGF-1 receptors in these cells. Therefore, to determine the role of IGF-1 receptors on myocyte growth, cells were exposed to antisense oligodeoxynucleotides to IGF-1 receptor mRNA and the effects of this intervention on DNA synthesis, nuclear mitotic division, and changes in the number of myocytes were measured. Moreover, the influence of this procedure on ANF induction and myocyte cell volume was examined. Inhibition of the formation of IGF-1 receptors on myocytes suppressed DNA replication, mitosis, and cell proliferation. In contrast, the antisense treatment did not alter the expression of ANF in myocytes or cellular hypertrophy. Finally, IGF-1 stimulated DNA synthesis in myocytes cultured in serum-free medium, without inducing cellular hypertrophy. In conclusion, ligand activation of IGF-1 receptors on myocytes appears to be coupled with cell proliferation, whereas myocyte cellular hypertrophy seems to be independent from this effector pathway.     

Involvement of Na+/K+-ATPase in hydrogen peroxide-induced hypertrophy in cardiac myocytes

We have shown that increased production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) was required for ouabain-induced hypertrophy in cultured cardiac myocytes. In the present study we assessed whether long-term exposure of myocytes to nontoxic ROS stress alone is sufficient to induce hypertrophy. A moderate amount of H2O2 was continuously generated in culture media by glucose oxidase. This resulted in a steady increase in intracellular ROS in cultured cardiac myocytes for at least 12 h. Such sustained, but not transient, increase in intracellular ROS at a level comparable to that induced by ouabain was sufficient to stimulate protein synthesis, increase cell size, and change the expression of several hypertrophic marker genes. Like ouabain, glucose oxidase increased intracellular Ca2+ and activated extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2 (ERK1/2). These effects of glucose oxidase were additive to ouabain-induced cellular changes. Furthermore, glucose oxidase stimulated endocytosis of the plasma membrane Na+/K+-ATPase, resulting in significant inhibition of sodium pump activity. While inhibition of ERK1/2 abolished glucose oxidase-induced increases in protein synthesis, chelating intracellular Ca2+ by BAPTA-AM showed no effect. These results, taken together with our prior observations, suggest that ROS may cross talk with Na+/K+-ATPase, leading to the activation of hypertrophic pathways in cardiac myocytes.     

Serum-free,chemically defined medium to evaluate the direct effects of growth factors and inhibitors on proliferation and function of neonatal rat cardiac muscle cells in culture

Summary Neonatal rat cardiac myocytes were isolated and cultured to evaluate the effects of growth factors and inhibitors on proliferation, survival, and functions in a serum-free medium. Insulin and transferrin in MCDB 107 nutrient medium elicited DNA and protein synthesis in cells on a fibronectin-coated culture surface in serum-free medium. Insulin was most effective on both DNA and protein synthesis in serum-free culture conditions. The serum-free, hormone-supplemented medium eliminated the contamination of noncardiac myocytes and supported the long-term survival (over 18 d) of cardiac myocytes. Dexamethasone was required to induce optimal contractility with or without insulin and transferrin. Serum contained both negative and positive effectors of DNA and protein synthesis of the cardiac myocytes. Concentrations of serum (above 5%) inhibited DNA and protein synthesis. Low density lipoprotein (LDL) accounted in part for the inhibitory activity. The serum-free culture system provides a useful model to elucidate the role of hormones, growth factors, and drugs in heart cell regeneration and function.     

Induction of DNA synthesis and apoptosis in cardiac myocytes by E1A oncoprotein

Beginning during the second half of gestation, increasing numbers of cardiac myocytes withdraw from the cell cycle such that DNA synthesis is no longer detectable in these cells by neonatal day 17 in vivo. The mechanisms that exclude these and other terminally differentiated cells from the cell division cycle are poorly understood. To begin to explore the molecular basis of the barrier to G1/S progression in cardiac myocytes, we used adenoviruses to express wild-type and mutant E1A proteins in primary cultures from embryonic day 20 rats. While most of these cardiac myocytes are ordinarily refractory to DNA synthesis, even in the presence of serum growth factors, expression of wild-type E1A stimulates DNA synthesis in up to 94% or almost all successfully transduced cells. Rather than complete the cell cycle, however, these cells undergo apoptosis. Apoptosis is limited to those cells that engage in DNA synthesis, and the kinetics of the two processes suggest that DNA synthesis precedes apoptosis. Mutations in E1A that disable it from binding Rb and related pocket proteins have little effect on its ability to stimulate DNA synthesis in cardiac myocytes. In contrast, mutants that are defective in binding the cellular protein p300 stimulate DNA synthesis 2.4-4.1-fold less efficiently, even in the context of retained E1A pocket protein binding. In the absence of ElA pocket protein binding, the usual situation in the cell, loss of p300 binding severely decreases the ability of ElA to stimulate DNA synthesis. These results suggest that the barrier to G1/S progression in cardiac myocytes is mediated. at least in part, by the same molecules that gate the G1/S transition in actively cycling cells, and that p300 or related family members play an important role in this process.     

Myosin light chain kinase mediates sarcomere organization during cardiac hypertrophy in vitro

During the development of hypertrophy, cardiac myocytes increase organization of the sarcomere, a highly ordered contractile unit in striated muscle cells. Several hypertrophic agonists, such as angiotensin II, phenylephrine, and endothelin-1, have been shown to promote the sarcomere organization. However, the signaling pathway, which links extracellular stimuli to sarcomere organization, has not been clearly demonstrated. Here, we demonstrate that myosin light chain kinase specifically mediates agonist-induced sarcomere organization during early hypertrophic response. Acute administration of a hypertrophic agonist, phenylephrine, or angiotensin II, causes phosphorylation of myosin light chain 2v both in cultured cardiac myocytes and in the adult heart in vivo. We also show that both sarcomere organization and myosin light chain 2v phosphorylation are dependent on the activation of Ca2+/calmodulin pathway, a known activator of myosin light chain kinase. These results define a new and specific role of myosin light chain kinase in cardiac myocytes, which may provide a rapid adaptive mechanism in response to hypertrophic stimuli.     

DNA synthesis of adult mammalian cardiac muscle cells in long-term culture

Adult rat cardiac ventricular muscle cells were isolated and cultured in monolayer for 30-45 days. Most of the cardiac muscle cells undergo external and internal structural alterations, resembling embryonic/neonatal cardiac muscle cells in culture (Nag and Cheng, 1981; Nag et al., 1983). These cultured cells underwent DNA synthesis and mitosis as revealed by autoradiography studies that involved the exposure of the cells to [3H]-thymidine for 24 hr prior to the termination of the culture at selected intervals. During the first week of culture, cardiac muscle cells showed less than 5% labeled cells. The labeling index of myocytes attained a peak in the second week of culture, exhibiting approximately 23% labeled cells. The labeling indices of cardiac muscle cells declined over the period of 30 days of culture. During the end of the incubation period, approximately 4% of the myocytes were labeled. When the extent of the total cell population involved in DNA synthesis was examined by exposing the cells to [3H]-thymidine continuously for long periods of time, it was observed that approximately 26% of the cardiac muscle cells regained the capacity for DNA synthesis during 1-10 days of culture. From day 1 to day 14, approximately 29% of the total muscle cell population was labeled. When the cells were exposed to the radioactive isotope continuously for 30 days, approximately 31% of the cells incorporated radioactive isotope, showing their capacity for DNA synthesis. Approximately 90% of the cardiac muscle cells in long-term culture contained more than one nucleus. The nuclei were often observed in multiples of two. Labeled mitotic apparatus was observed in cardiac myocytes, indicating the replication of DNA, followed by karyokinesis.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)