Transforming growth factor-beta and receptor tyrosine kinase-activating growth factors negatively regulate collagen genes in smooth muscle of hypertensive rats

Hypertension
P BrayA Bobik

Abstract

Previous studies have suggested that differences in vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferative responses between spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and normotensive Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats can be attributed to transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) actions. Because vascular collagen content is reported to be lower in SHR than in WKY rats, in this study we investigated in cell culture whether the differences in collagen content might also be attributed to differential actions of TGF-beta on VSMCs from the two strains. Exposure of VSMCs from WKY to the TGF-beta isoforms -beta1, -beta2, or -beta3 induced rapid, transient elevations in mRNAs encoding collagens alpha1(I), alpha2(I), and alpha1(III); maximum increases were apparent by 2 hours and ranged from twofold [collagen alpha1(III)] to ninefold [collagen alpha1(I)]. Thereafter they returned to near basal levels. When VSMCs from SHR were exposed to these TGF-beta isoforms, only reductions in collagen mRNA levels were observed, persisting for 24 hours. Basic fibroblast growth factor and epidermal growth factor, factors known to stimulate production of the TGF-beta1 isoform in VSMCs, also induced a pattern of gene responses similar to those induced by the TGF-beta iso...Continue Reading

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