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Activation of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases (ERK/JNK) and AP-1 Transcription Factor in Rat Carotid Arteries After Balloon Injury

Yanhua Hu; Linda Cheng; Boris-Wolfgang Hochleitner; ; Qingbo Xu

From the Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences (Y.H., Q.X.), Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Innsbruck (B.W.H.), Innsbruck, Austria, and Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science (L.C.), National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Md.

Correspondence to Dr. Qingbo Xu, Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Rennweg 10, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria. E-mail Qingbo.Xu{at}oeaw.ac.at

Abstract Smooth muscle cell proliferation is a key event in neointimal formation after balloon angioplasty. The molecular signals that mediate this process have yet to be identified. Mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases are thought to play a pivotal role in transmitting transmembrane signals required for cell proliferation in vitro. The present studies were designed to investigate whether the signal transduction pathways of MAP kinases were involved in the development of restenosis in the injured arteries. Rat carotid arteries were isolated at various time points after balloon injury, and activities of MAP kinases, including extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERK), and stress activated protein kinases (SAPK)/c-Jun N-terminal protein kinases (JNK), were determined in protein extracts of the vasculature using protein kinase assay and Western blot analysis. After balloon angioplasty, ERK2 and JNK1 activities in the vessel wall increased rapidly, reached a high level in 5 minutes and maintained for 1 hour. A sustained increase in ERK2 kinase activity was observed over the next 7 days in the arterial wall and 14 days in neointima after injury. In contrast, opposite and uninjured arteries did not show significant changes in these kinase activities. Concomitantly, Western blot analysis confirmed that the ERK2 kinase in the injured vessels was indeed activated or phosphorylated, showing a slowly migrating species of a 42-kDa protein containing phosphorylated tyrosine. Kinase activation is followed by an increase in c-fos and c-jun gene expression and enhanced activator protein 1 (AP-1) DNA-binding activity. Thus, balloon injury rapidly activates the MAP kinases in rat carotid arteries. These kinase activations may be crucial in mediating smooth muscle cell proliferation in response to vascular angioplasty.


Key Words: mitogen-activated protein kinase • restenosis • signal transduction • transcription factor AP-1 • vascular injury




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