| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
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| Research Abstract |
Vascular remodeling after mechanoinjury largely depends on migration of aortic smooth muscle cell (ASMC). We have reported that activation of exchange protein activated by cAMP 1 (Epac1) promotes ASMC migration. However, the role of Epac1 in advancing vascular remodeling upon vascular injury in vivo, and the intracellular mechanisms remain unknown.
PDGF-BB-induced directional migration of Epac1KO ASMCs was significantly decreased. PDGF-BB-mediated intracellular Ca2+ elevation of Epac1KO ASMCs was significantly reduced. To assess the establishment of cell polarization under stimulation with PDGF-BB,activation of cofilin in Epac1KO ASMCs was significantly degreased. Activation of cofilin in WT ASMCs was suppressed by cyclosporine A, a calcineurin inhibitor. Ratio intimal thickening to smooth muscle layer of Epac1KO was significantly lower than that of WT.
These results suggest that Epac1 promotes directional migration of ASMC via calcium/calcineurin-mediated activation of cofilin.
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