TY - JOUR
T1 - Regulation of vascular smooth muscle migration by mitogen-activated protein kinase and calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II signaling pathways
AU - Lundberg, Martha S.
AU - Curto, Karen A.
AU - Bilato, Claudio
AU - Monticone, Robert E.
AU - Crow, Michael T.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported, in part, by Fellowships from the National Research Council (M.S.L., K.A.C.) and the Glenn Foundation (C.B.).
PY - 1998/11
Y1 - 1998/11
N2 - Platelet-derived growth factor BB (PDGF BB) activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK), ERK1 and ERK2, has been shown to be necessary for mitogen-stimulated proliferation, but its role in regulating cell migration and its relationship to other chemotactic signaling events, such as CamKII activation, has not been defined. Using a modified Boyden chamber apparatus, we tested the effects of a selective inhibitor of the upstream activator of ERK1/2, MEK1, on PDGF-stimulated rat aortic vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) alone and in combination with KN62, a selective inhibitor of CamKII. The MEK1 inhibitor, PD98059, caused a dose-dependent reduction in ERK2 activity that paralleled a decrease in migration up to 60%. This inhibition of migration was similar to that seen with KN62 and the combined effects of both inhibitors were non-additive. Although KN62 did not affect ERK2 activity in response to PDGF, PD98059 markedly inhibited PDGF-stimulated CamKII activity, suggesting that activation of CamKII by PDGF was dependent on ERK activity and that the effects of ERK inhibition on migration may be mediated through its ability to inhibit CamKII activity. To directly test this, VSMCs were infected with a recombinant adenovirus expressing constitutively activated CamKII. Infection reversed the inhibitory effects of KN62 on migration, but had no effect on the inhibition of migration seen with PD98059. These results suggest that while MAPK may act upstream of CamKII to control its activation in response to PDGF, it also regulates migration independently of CamKII activation.
AB - Platelet-derived growth factor BB (PDGF BB) activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK), ERK1 and ERK2, has been shown to be necessary for mitogen-stimulated proliferation, but its role in regulating cell migration and its relationship to other chemotactic signaling events, such as CamKII activation, has not been defined. Using a modified Boyden chamber apparatus, we tested the effects of a selective inhibitor of the upstream activator of ERK1/2, MEK1, on PDGF-stimulated rat aortic vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) alone and in combination with KN62, a selective inhibitor of CamKII. The MEK1 inhibitor, PD98059, caused a dose-dependent reduction in ERK2 activity that paralleled a decrease in migration up to 60%. This inhibition of migration was similar to that seen with KN62 and the combined effects of both inhibitors were non-additive. Although KN62 did not affect ERK2 activity in response to PDGF, PD98059 markedly inhibited PDGF-stimulated CamKII activity, suggesting that activation of CamKII by PDGF was dependent on ERK activity and that the effects of ERK inhibition on migration may be mediated through its ability to inhibit CamKII activity. To directly test this, VSMCs were infected with a recombinant adenovirus expressing constitutively activated CamKII. Infection reversed the inhibitory effects of KN62 on migration, but had no effect on the inhibition of migration seen with PD98059. These results suggest that while MAPK may act upstream of CamKII to control its activation in response to PDGF, it also regulates migration independently of CamKII activation.
KW - Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II
KW - Cell migration
KW - Integrins
KW - MAPK
KW - Platelet-derived growth factor
KW - Vascular smooth muscle cells
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U2 - 10.1006/jmcc.1998.0795
DO - 10.1006/jmcc.1998.0795
M3 - Article
C2 - 9925373
AN - SCOPUS:0032213801
SN - 0022-2828
VL - 30
SP - 2377
EP - 2389
JO - Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
JF - Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
IS - 11
ER -