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Heon Ryu,Mi; Hee Park,Jeong; Eun Park,Ji; Chung,Jin; Hun Lee,Chang; Ryoun Park,Hae. |
Tumor cells are often found under hypoxic conditions due to the rapid outgrowth of their vascular supply, and, in order to survive hypoxia, these cells induce numerous signaling factors. Akt is an important kinase in cell survival, and its activity is regulated by the upstream phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) and receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs). In this study, we examined Akt activation and RTKs/PI3K/Akt signaling using the hypoxia-mimetic cobalt chloride in oral squamous carcinoma cells. Cobalt chloride increases Akt phosphorylation in both a dose- and time-dependent manner. Blocking the activation of the PI3K/Akt pathway using LY294002 abolished Akt activation in response to cobalt chloride, suggesting that Akt phosphorylation by cobalt chloride is... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Hypoxia; DNA synthesis; S-phase. |
Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0327-95452010000100003 |
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Barbosa de Oliveira,L.C.; Rocha Oliveira,C.J.; Fries,D.M.; Stern,A.; Monteiro,H.P.. |
Previous studies have shown that exogenously generated nitric oxide (NO) inhibits smooth muscle cell proliferation. In the present study, we stimulated rabbit vascular smooth muscle cells (RVSMC) with E. coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a known inducer of NO synthase transcription, and established a connection between endogenous NO, phosphorylation/dephosphorylation-mediated signaling pathways, and DNA synthesis. Non-confluent RVSMC were cultured with 0, 5, 10, or 100 ng/ml of the endotoxin. NO release was increased by 86.6% (maximum effect) in low-density cell cultures stimulated with 10 ng/ml LPS as compared to non-stimulated controls. Conversely, LPS (5 to 100 ng/ml) did not lead to enhanced NO production in multilayered (high density) RVSMC. DNA... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Nitric oxide; Lipopolysaccharide; Protein tyrosine phosphatases; Mitogen-activated protein kinases; DNA synthesis; Cell density. |
Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2002000200006 |
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