期刊
BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL
卷 417, 期 -, 页码 501-511出版社
PORTLAND PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20081013
关键词
endothelium; extracellular-signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK-1/2); nitric oxide synthase; pregnancy; vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 1 (VEGFR-1); VEGFR-2
资金
- National Institutes of Health [HL64601, HL079020, HL49210, HD38843]
During pregnancy, VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) regulates in part endothelial angiogenesis and vasodilation. In the present study we examine the relative roles of VEGFRs (VEGF receptors) and associated signalling pathways mediating the effects of VEGF(165) on eNOS (endothelial nitric oxide synthase) activation. Despite e(equal expression levels of VEGFR-1 and VEGFR-2 in UAECs (Uterine artery endothelial cells) from NP (non-pregnant) and P (pregnant) sheep, VEGF(165) activates eNOS at a greater level in P- compared with NP-UAEC, independently of Akt activation. The selective VEGFR-I agonist PIGF (placental growth factor)-l elicits only a modest activation of eNOS in P-UAECs compared with VEGF(165), whereas tile VEGFR-2 kinase inhibitor-blocks VEGF(165)-stimulated eNOS activation, Suggesting VEGF,,, predominantly activates eNOS via VEGFR-2. Although VEGF(165) also activates ERK (extracellular-signal-regulated kinase)-1/2, this is not necessary for eNOS activation since U0126 blocks ERK-1/2 phosphorylation, but not eNOS activation, and the VEGFR-2 kinase inhibitor inhibits eNOS activation,but not ERK-1/2 phosphorylation. Furthermore, the inability of PIGF to activate ERK-1/2 and the ability of the VEGFR-2 selective agonist VEGF-E to activate ERK-1/2 and eNOS suggests again that both eNOS and ERK-1/2 activation occur predominately via VEGFR-2. The lack of VEGF,,stimulated Akt phosphorylation is consistent with a lack of robust phosphorylation of Ser(1179)-eNOS. Although VEGF(165)-stimulated eNOS phosphorylation is observed at Ser(617) and Set(635), pregnancy does not significantly alter this response. Our finding that VEGF(165) activation of eNOS is completely inhibited by wortmannin but not LY294002 implies a downstream kinase, possibly a wortmannin-selective PI3K (phosphoinositide 3-kinase), is acting between tile VEGFR-2 and eNOS independently of Akt.
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