Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF beta) is a multifunctional cytokine showing growth effects on many cell types. In the present study effects of TGF beta 1 on mitogen-induced Ca2+ responses were investigated in an immortalized murine mesangial cell line where TGF beta 1 effects on growth are inhibitory. TGF beta 1 was found to inhibit intracellular Ca2+ mobilization induced by platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF). This effect was completely reversed by previous addition of the non-specific serine/threonine kinase inhibitor H-7, but was unaffected by GF 109203X, a specific inhibitor of protein kinase C (PKC). These findings suggest that inhibition of mitogen-induced Ca2+ mobilization by TGF beta 1 appears not to involve prior activation of PKC, but may participate in the mechanisms whereby mesangial cell growth is inhibited by TGF beta 1.
Growth arrest of a murine mesangial cell line by transforming growth factor beta 1 is associated with inhibition of mitogen-induced Ca2+ mobilization.
G. Baffy,K. Sharma,K. Sharma,Wenyao Shi,F. N. Ziyadeh,John R. Williamson
Published 1995 in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications - BBRC
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1995
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Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications - BBRC
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1995-05-16
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Biology, Medicine
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