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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL
Volume 19, Issue 10, Pages 4434-4441Publisher
AMER SOC CELL BIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E08-04-0370
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Fonds der Chemischen Industrie
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The cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP)/cGMP-dependent protein kinase type I (cGKI) pathway regulates many cellular functions. The current study shows that 8-Br-cGMP stimulates the number of attached primary but not that of subcultured murine vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). These effects of 8-Br-cGMP require the presence of cGKI. In agreement with previous studies, cGKI inhibited the number of cells in repeatedly passaged murine VSMCs. Activation of the cGMP/cGKI pathway in freshly isolated primary VSMCs slightly decreased apoptosis and strongly increased cell adhesion. The stimulation of cell adhesion by cGKI involves an inhibition of the RhoA/Rho kinase pathway and increased exposure of beta 1 and beta 3 integrins on the cell surface. Together, these results identify a novel proadhesive function of cGMP/cGKI signaling in primary VSMCs and suggest that the opposing effects of this pathway on VSMC number depend on the phenotypic context of the cells.
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