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Epidermal growth factor receptor transactivation by endogenous vasoactive peptides contributes to hyperproliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells of SHR.

We showed previously that vascular smooth muscle cells (VMSC) from spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) exhibit increased proliferation. The present study was undertaken to examine whether the enhanced levels of endogenous angiotensin (ANG) II and endothelin (ET)-1 contribute to the enhanced proliferation of VSMC from SHR and to further investigate the underlying mechanisms responsible for this response. The enhanced proliferation of VSMC from SHR compared with Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats was attenuated by losartan, BQ-123, BQ-788, and AG-1478, inhibitors of AT(1), ET(A), ET(B) and epidermal growth factor (EGF-R) receptors, respectively. In addition, BQ-123 and BQ-788 also attenuated the enhanced production of superoxide anion (O(2)(-)) and NADPH oxidase activity. Furthermore, diphenyleneiodonium (DPI, inhibitor of NADPH oxidase), N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC, O(2)(-) scavenger), and PP2 (inhibitor of c-Src) also inhibited the augmented proliferation of VSMC from SHR to WKY levels. In addition, the enhanced phosphorylation of EGF-R in VSMC from SHR compared with WKY was also attenuated by inhibitors of AT(1), ET(A), ET(B), and EGF-R but not by inhibitors of platelet-derived growth factor receptor or insulin-like growth factor receptor. Furthermore, the enhanced phosphorylation of ERK1/2 in VSMC from SHR was also attenuated by AT(1), ET(A), ET(B), c-Src, and EGF-R inhibitors. The phosphorylation of c-Src was significantly augmented in VSMC from SHR compared with VSMC from WKY and was attenuated by DPI and NAC. These data suggest that endogenous vasoactive peptides, through increased oxidative stress and resultant activation of c-Src, transactivate EGF-R, which through mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase signaling may contribute to the hyperproliferation of VSMC from SHR.

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