Signaling through PI3K/Akt mediates stretch and PDGF-BB-dependent DNA synthesis in bladder smooth muscle cells

The Journal of Urology
Rosalyn AdamMichael R Freeman

Abstract

Smooth muscle cells (SMC) of the bladder undergo hypertrophy and hyperplasia following exposure to sustained mechanical overload. Although superficial similarities in the response of the heart and bladder to hypertrophic stimuli suggest that similar molecular mechanisms may be involved, this remains to be demonstrated. In this study we compared signal transduction pathway activation in primary culture bladder SMC and cardiac myofibroblasts in response to cyclic stretch. The effects of growth factor stimulation on pathway activation in bladder SMC were also investigated. Primary culture rodent bladder SMC or cardiac myofibroblasts were subjected to cyclic stretch-relaxation in the absence or presence of pharmacologic inhibitors of the phosphoinositide-3-kinase, (PI3K)/Akt, extracellular signal-regulated kinase-mitogen activated protein kinase (Erk-MAPK) or the p38 stress-activated protein kinase-2 (SAPK2) pathways. In parallel experiments human bladder SMC were treated with platelet-derived growth factor-BB (PDGF-BB), heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor (HB-EGF) or fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2). In each case the extent of DNA synthesis was determined by uptake of tritiated thymidine, and activation of specific signaling ...Continue Reading

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