| Project/Area Number |
08670801
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Circulatory organs internal medicine
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| Research Institution | KYUSHU UNIVERSITY |
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Principal Investigator |
NISIMURA Junji KYUSHU UNIVERSITY,FACMED,ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, 医学部, 助教授 (90237727)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1996 – 1997
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 1997)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000)
Fiscal Year 1997: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000)
Fiscal Year 1996: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
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| Keywords | Biologically active peptides / Autocrine / Calcium Ion / Adrenomedullin / Endothelin / Molecular Biology / 血管平滑筋 / 血管増殖 |
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| Research Abstract |
In the present research project, the mechanisms for the action of vasoactive peptides as autocrine and paracrine transmitters were investigated, using both physiological and molecular biological techniques. The major findings were as follows :
(1) We found that adrenomedullin mRNA was widely expressed in various kind of cell types, while its effects on smooth muscle tone was limited. Thus, adrenomedullin has autocrine role in some smooth muscle preparation. However, adrenomedullin must have some function other than the regulation of smooth muscle tone.
(2) We investigated the autocrine role of endothelins (ETs) in the airway smooth muscle cells. The tracheal smooth muscle cells expressed prepro-ET-1, prepro-ET-3, ET converting enzyme, ET_A- and or ET_B-receptors. Tracheal epithelial cells also expressed those except ET_B receptors. These endothelin systems in the airway thought to play a physiologial role.
(3) We found that ET_B-receptors in the rabbit saphenous vein is down-regulated when this vein was grafted into arterial circulation.
(4) Bradykinin was found to induce contractions of the rabbit saphenous vein via B2-receptors.
(5) We found that the mechanism of relaxation induced by atrial natriuretic peptide in the porcine renal artery involves reduction of Ca^<+2> sensitivity of the contractile apparatus.
(6) We found that Endothelin-1 and angiotensin II act as progression but not competence growth factors in vascular smooth muscle cells.
(7) We found that rhoA and rho kinase mRNAs were expressed in various smooth muscle cells.
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