PMID- 11812655 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20020520 LR - 20220321 IS - 0898-6568 (Print) IS - 0898-6568 (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 3 DP - 2002 Mar TI - Thrombin-stimulated cell proliferation mediated through activation of Ras/Raf/MEK/MAPK pathway in canine cultured tracheal smooth muscle cells. PG - 265-75 AB - The elevated level of thrombin has been detected in the airway fluids of asthmatic patients and shown to stimulate cell proliferation in tracheal smooth muscle cells (TSMCs). However, the implication of thrombin in the cell proliferation was not completely understood. In this study, thrombin stimulated [3H]thymidine incorporation and p42/p44 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) phosphorylation in a time- and concentration-dependent manner in TSMCs. Pretreatment of TSMCs with pertussis toxin (PTX) significantly inhibited [3H]thymidine incorporation and phosphorylation of MAPK induced by thrombin. These responses were attenuated by tyrosine kinase inhibitors genistein and herbimycin A, phosphatidyl inositide (PI)-phospholipase C (PLC) inhibitor U73122, protein kinase C inhibitor GF109203X, removal of Ca2+ by addition of BAPTA/AM plus EGTA, PI 3-kinase inhibitors wortmannin and LY294002, and inhibitor of MEK1/2 PD98059. Furthermore, overexpression of dominant negative mutants, H-Ras-15A and Raf-N4, significantly suppressed p42/p44 MAPK activation induced by thrombin and PDGF-BB, indicating that Ras and Raf may be required for activation of these kinases. These results conclude that the mitogenic effect of thrombin was mediated through the activation of Ras/Raf/MEK/MAPK pathway. Thrombin-mediated MAPK activation was modulated by PI-PLC, Ca2+, PKC, tyrosine kinase, and PI 3-kinase associated with cell proliferation in canine cultured TSMCs. FAU - Lin, Chih-Chung AU - Lin CC AD - Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, 259 Wen-Hwa 1 Road, Kwei-San, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, ROC. FAU - Shyr, Ming-Hwang AU - Shyr MH FAU - Chien, Chin-Sung AU - Chien CS FAU - Wang, Chuan-Chwan AU - Wang CC FAU - Chiu, Chi-Tso AU - Chiu CT FAU - Hsiao, Li-Der AU - Hsiao LD FAU - Yang, Chuen-Mao AU - Yang CM LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Cell Signal JT - Cellular signalling JID - 8904683 RN - 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Estrenes) RN - 0 (Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Pyrrolidinones) RN - 0 (Virulence Factors, Bordetella) RN - 112648-68-7 (1-(6-((3-methoxyestra-1,3,5(10)-trien-17-yl)amino)hexyl)-1H-pyrrole-2,5-dione) RN - 9007-49-2 (DNA) RN - EC 2.4.2.31 (Pertussis Toxin) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Protein-Tyrosine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf) RN - EC 2.7.11.13 (Protein Kinase C) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.12.2 (MAP Kinase Kinase 1) RN - EC 2.7.12.2 (MAP Kinase Kinase 2) RN - EC 2.7.12.2 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases) RN - EC 3.1.4.- (Type C Phospholipases) RN - EC 3.1.4.11 (Phosphoinositide Phospholipase C) RN - EC 3.4.21.5 (Thrombin) RN - EC 3.6.5.2 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)) RN - EC 4.6.1.13 (Phosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol-Lyase) RN - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Calcium/metabolism MH - Cell Division/drug effects MH - Cells, Cultured MH - DNA/biosynthesis MH - Dogs MH - Enzyme Activation MH - Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Estrenes/pharmacology MH - Female MH - MAP Kinase Kinase 1 MH - MAP Kinase Kinase 2 MH - MAP Kinase Signaling System/*physiology MH - Male MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1/*metabolism MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3 MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/*metabolism MH - Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/cytology MH - Pertussis Toxin MH - Phosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol-Lyase MH - Phosphoinositide Phospholipase C MH - Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors MH - Phosphorylation MH - Protein Kinase C/antagonists & inhibitors MH - Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors MH - Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf/genetics/*metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)/genetics/*metabolism MH - Pyrrolidinones/pharmacology MH - Thrombin/*metabolism/pharmacology MH - Trachea/cytology MH - Type C Phospholipases/antagonists & inhibitors MH - Virulence Factors, Bordetella/pharmacology EDAT- 2002/01/29 10:00 MHDA- 2002/05/22 10:01 CRDT- 2002/01/29 10:00 PHST- 2002/01/29 10:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2002/05/22 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2002/01/29 10:00 [entrez] AID - S0898656801002492 [pii] AID - 10.1016/s0898-6568(01)00249-2 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cell Signal. 2002 Mar;14(3):265-75. doi: 10.1016/s0898-6568(01)00249-2.