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. 2006 Apr 14;12(14):2259-63.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i14.2259.

Signal transduction of bombesin-induced circular smooth muscle cell contraction in cat esophagus

Sung-Uk Park  1 , Chang-Yell Shin, Jung-Su Ryu, Hyen-O La, Sun-Young Park, Hyun-Ju Song, Young-Sil Min, Dong-Seok Kim, Uy-Dong Sohn
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Signal transduction of bombesin-induced circular smooth muscle cell contraction in cat esophagus

Sung-Uk Park et al. World J Gastroenterol. .

Abstract

Aim: To investigate the mechanism of bombesin-induced circular smooth muscle cell contraction in cat esophagus.

Methods: Specific G protein or phospholipase C involved in cat esophagus contraction was identified, muscle cells were permeabilized with saponin. After permeabilization of muscle cells, the Gi3 antibody inhibited bombesin-induced smooth muscle cell contraction.

Results: Incubation of permeabilized circular muscle cells with PLC-beta3 antibody could inhibit bombesin-induced contraction. H-7, chelerythrine (PKC inhibitor) and genistein (protein tyrosine kinase inhibitor) inhibited bombesin-induced contraction, but DAG kinase inhibitor, R59949, could not inhibit it. To examine which mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) was involved in bombesin-induced contraction, the specific MAPK inhibitors (MEK inhibitor, PD98059 and p38 MAPK inhibitor, SB202190) were used. Preincubation of PD98059 blocked the contraction induced by bombesin in a concentration-dependent manner. However, SB202190 had no effects on contraction.

Conclusion: Bombesin-induced circular muscle cell contraction in cat esophagus is madiated via a PKC or a PTK-dependent pathway or p44/p42 MAPK pathway.

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Figure 1
Inhibition of bombesin induced-contraction in permeabilized esophageal circular muscle cells by antibodies to G protein isoforms (Mean ± SE, Student’s t test, aP < 0.05 vs Control).
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Figure 2
Inhibition of bombesin-induced contraction in permeabilized esophageal circular muscle cells by antibodies to PLC isoforms (Mean ± SE, Student’s t test, aP < 0.05 vs Control).
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Figure 3
Contractile response of smooth muscle cells from cat esophagus to bombesin in presence of protein kinase C inhibitors (mean ± SE, n = 4, Student’s t test, bP < 0.01 vs Control).
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Figure 4
Effect of MEK inhibitor, PD98059 and p38 MAP kinase inhibitor, SB202190 on the bombesin-induced cat esophageal smooth muscle cell contraction (mean ± SE, n =  4).
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