TY - JOUR. T1 - The dominant protein phosphatase PP1c isoform in smooth muscle cells, PP1cβ, is essential for smooth muscle contraction. AU - Chang, Audrey N. AU - Gao, Ning. AU - Liu, Zhenan. AU - Huang, Jian. AU - Nairn, Angus C.. AU - Kamm, Kristine E.. AU - Stull, James T. PY - 2018/1/1. Y1 - 2018/1/1. N2 - Contractile force development of smooth muscle is controlled by balanced kinase and phosphatase activities toward the myosin regulatory light chain (RLC). Numerous biochemical and pharmacological studies have investigated the specificity and regulatory activity of smooth muscle myosin light-chain phosphatase (MLCP) bound to myosin filaments and comprised of the regulatory myosin phosphatase target subunit 1 (MYPT1) and catalytic protein phosphatase 1c (PP1c) subunits. Recent physiological and biochemical evidence obtained with smooth muscle tissues from a conditional MYPT1 knockout suggests that a soluble, MYPT1-unbound form of PP1c may additionally contribute to myosin RLC ...

The SCOP classification for the Myosin phosphatase inhibitor 17kDa protein, CPI-17 superfamily including the families contained in it. Additional information provided includes InterPro annotation (if available), Functional annotation, and SUPERFAMILY links to genome assignments, alignments, domain combinations, taxonomic visualisation and hidden Markov model information.

Purification of gizzard myosin light-chain phosphatase, and reversible changes in the ATPase and superprecipitation activities of actomyosin in the presence of purified preparations of myosin light-chain phosphatase and kinase. （1982 ...

Protein phosphatase 1 regulatory subunit 12A (Myosin phosphatase-targeting subunit 1) (Myosin phosphatase target subunit 1) (Proteinphosphatase myosin-binding subunit ...

The study by Sato et al9 raises important questions of how the RhoA-Rho-kinase pathway is activated after the insult of hemorrhage, how MLCP activity is regulated in general, and whether these mechanisms are altered in various pathological states. MLCP is affected not only by various signaling cascades that might alter the state of phosphorylation of MBS, but there are also multiple sites for regulation by protein factors that could modify the interactions among the subunit domains involved in MLCP targeting and catalysis. There is evidence for modulation of MLCP activity by either activator or repressor proteins, whose activity is modified by phosphorylation. A potential activator protein is telokin, which comprises an independently expressed C-terminal domain of MLCK.12 13 It is not clear whether telokin acts by modifying the activity of MLCP directly or indirectly by interactions with MLC. Whatever the case, its activity as a promoter of MLCP activity is amplified when telokin is ...

Contraction of smooth muscle cells, such as those that line blood vessels, is regulated through phosphorylation of the myosin light chain. Phosphorylation by myosin light-chain kinase (and consequent increased contraction) is opposed by dephosphorylation (and consequent relaxation) catalyzed by the myosin light-chain phosphatase (PP1M). Some agents that control blood pressure act by modulating this regulatory system. Nitric oxide, a vasodilator, causes increased intracellular production of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP), which in turn activates cGMP-dependent protein kinase (cGKIα). Surks et al. provide evidence that cGKIα localizes as part of a multienzyme complex at the contractile apparatus through direct interaction with the myosin-binding subunit (MBS) of PP1M. This association was required for cGMP-dependent activation of PP1M and dephosphorylation of myosin light chain. The CGKIα enzyme adds yet another component to the cluster of regulatory components bound to the MBS, which ...

TY - JOUR. T1 - Phosphorylation of MYPT1 by protein kinase C attenuates interaction with PP1 catalytic subunit and the 20 kDa light chain of myosin. AU - Tóth, Attila. AU - Kiss, Enikö. AU - Gergely, P.. AU - Walsh, Michael P.. AU - Hartshorne, David J.. AU - Erdődi, F.. PY - 2000/11/3. Y1 - 2000/11/3. N2 - The effect of phosphorylation in the N-terminal region of myosin phosphatase target subunit 1 (MYPT1) on the interactions with protein phosphatase 1 catalytic subunit (PP1c) and with phosphorylated 20 kDa myosin light chain (P-MLC20) was studied. Protein kinase C (PKC) phosphorylated threonine-34 (1 mol/mol), the residue preceding the consensus PP1c-binding motif (35KVKF38) in MYPT11-38, but this did not affect binding of the peptide to PP1c. PKC incorporated 2 mol P(i) into MYPT11-296 suggesting a second site of phosphorylation within the ankyrin repeats (residues 40-296). This phosphorylation diminished the stimulatory effect of MYPT11-296 on the P-MLC20 phosphatase activity of PP1c. ...

The present study addressed the mechanism by which cGMP induces the relaxation of vascular smooth muscle contractile machinery. cGMP induced decrease the relaxation of α-toxin-permeabilized femoral artery, and this was accompanied with a decrease in MLC phosphorylation. The result is consistent with the previous report.19 Because PKG does not phosphorylate Ser19 MLC, it is anticipated that cGMP indirectly changes MLC phosphorylation either by activating MLC phosphatase activity or by inactivating MLC kinase activity. We found that MLCP activity but not MLCK activity in smooth muscle was affected by cGMP. A critical finding is that MLCP activity is decreased by agonist stimulation, and the subsequent addition of cGMP resumed MLCP activity to the resting level. Previously, Lee et al (1997)23 reported that cGMP enhanced the dephosphorylation of MLC phosphorylation. They compared the rate of MLC dephosphorylation in smooth muscle at pCa5 with or without cGMP and reported that cGMP significantly ...

The inhibition of myosin light chain phosphatase (MLCP) enhances smooth muscle contraction at a constant [Ca2+]. There are two components, myosin-binding subunit of MLCP (MBS) and CPI17, thought to be responsible for the inhibition of MLCP by external stimuli. The phosphorylation of MBS at Thr-641 and of CPI17 at Thr-38 inhibits the MLCP activity in vitro. Here we determined the changes in the phosphorylation of MBS and CPI17 after agonist stimulation in intact as well as permeabilized smooth muscle strips using phosphorylation-site-specific antibodies as probes. The CPI17 phosphorylation transiently increased after agonist stimulation in both alpha-toxin skinned and intact fibres. The time course of the increase in CPI17 phosphorylation after stimulation correlated with the increase in myosin regulatory light chain (MLC) phosphorylation. The increase in CPI17 phosphorylation was significantly diminished by Y27632, a Rho kinase inhibitor, and GF109203x, a protein kinase C inhibitor, suggesting that both

Supplementary MaterialsSupplementary_Data. affected the cell count number and the protein content levels in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. In addition, treatment with SPHK1 inhibitor reduced the wet-to-dry percentage of the lungs and suppressed Evans blue dye leakage into the lung cells. Furthermore, SPHK1 inhibitor exhibited protecting effects within the two-hit model of VALI by inhibiting the Ras homolog family member a-mediated phosphorylation of myosin phosphatase target subunit 1 (MYPT-1) and endothelial hyperpermeability. Additionally, mice were divided into five additional organizations: i) Non-ventilated group; ii) non-ventilated + LPS group; iii) ventilated group; iv) ventilated + LPS group; and v) ventilated + LPS + Rho-associated coiled-coil forming protein kinase (ROCK)1 inhibitor group. ROCK1 inhibitor (10 mg/kg) was injected intraperitoneally 1 h prior to air flow. The present results suggested that ROCK1 inhibitor could attenuate mechanical stretch-induced lung endothelial ...

GF ID PP1_inhibitor #=GF AC PF05361.11 #=GF DE PKC-activated protein phosphatase-1 inhibitor #=GF AU Finn RD #=GF SE Pfam-B_69711 (release 7.8) #=GF GA 20.70 20.70; #=GF TC 20.70 20.80; #=GF NC 20.60 20.30; #=GF BM hmmbuild HMM.ann SEED.ann #=GF SM hmmsearch -Z 26740544 -E 1000 --cpu 4 HMM pfamseq #=GF TP Family #=GF RN [1] #=GF RM 11734001 #=GF RT Solution NMR structure of the myosin phosphatase inhibitor #=GF RT protein CPI-17 shows phosphorylation-induced conformational #=GF RT changes responsible for activation. #=GF RA Ohki S, Eto M, Kariya E, Hayano T, Hayashi Y, Yazawa M, #=GF RA Brautigan D, Kainosho M; #=GF RL J Mol Biol 2001;314:839-849. #=GF DR INTERPRO; IPR008025; #=GF DR SCOP; 1k5o; fa; #=GF CC Contractility of vascular smooth muscle depends on #=GF CC phosphorylation of myosin light chains, and is modulated by #=GF CC hormonal control of myosin phosphatase activity. Signaling #=GF CC pathways activate kinases such as PKC or Rho-dependent kinases #=GF CC that phosphorylate the ...

Fig. 1. A novel interaction between myosin phosphatase-RhoA-interacting protein (MRIP) and the β-actin-specific capping protein βcap73. A: domain structures of MRIP and βcap73. MRIP has 2 NH2-terminal pleckstrin homology domains (PH), central proline-rich domains (PPP), a central Rho-binding domain (RBD, red-hatched box), and 3 COOH-terminal coiled-coil (CC1, CC2, and CC3) domains. The myosin-binding subunit (MBS) of myosin light chain phosphatase (MLCP) binds to MRIP via the tail portion of the CC2 domain. βcap73 has 6 NH2-terminal ankryin repeats, a central α-helical domain, and a COOH-terminal β-actin-binding domain. B: a yeast-2-hybrid assay reveals an association between MRIP and βcap73. C: in vitro binding assays reveal a direct association of βcap73 specifically with the RBD of MRIP. Top: Coomassie-stained GST expression constructs; bottom: corresponding Western blot for the myc-tagged βcap73 after incubation with various MRIP domains. D: immunoprecipitation with polyclonal ...

Background: Heart failure (HF) is associated with decreased cardiac contractility and ventricular remodeling, features which are partially reversed by angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEi). Since Rho kinase (ROCK) mediates cellular contraction through effects on the actin cytoskeleton and is an important regulator of cardiac fibrosis, we hypothesize that ACEi may improve heart function through inhibition of ROCK activity.. Methods and Results: We enrolled 30 consecutive HF subjects (average age: 52.7±8.2, 60% male in gender, NYHA class 3.2±1.1), with impaired left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of less than 40% by echocardiography (average LVEF=32.1±8.2%), and age- and sex-matched 30 subjects with preserved LVEF function (average LVEF=65.4±9.4%) as the control group. ROCK activity was determined in peripheral leukocytes using a phospho-specific antibody for myosin binding subunit (MBS). Compared with the control group, the subjects with impaired LVEF have higher ROCK activity ...

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TY - JOUR. T1 - Identification of Tau and MAP2 as novel substrates of Rho-kinase and myosin phosphatase. AU - Amano, Mutsuki. AU - Kaneko, Takako. AU - Maeda, Akio. AU - Nakayama, Masanori. AU - Ito, Masaaki. AU - Yamauchi, Takashi. AU - Goto, Hideyuki. AU - Fukata, Yuko. AU - Oshiro, Noriko. AU - Shinohara, Azusa. AU - Iwamatsu, Akihiro. AU - Kaibuchi, Kozo. N1 - Copyright: Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.. PY - 2003/11. Y1 - 2003/11. N2 - Rho-kinase and myosin phosphatase are implicated in the phosphorylation-state of myosin light chain downstream of Rho, which is thought to induce smooth muscle contraction and stress fibre formation in non-muscle cells. Here, we found that microtubule-associated proteins, Tau and MAP2, interacted with the myosin-binding subunit (MBS) of myosin phosphatase, and were the possible substrates of both Rho-kinase and myosin phosphatase. We determined the phosphorylation sites of Tau (Thr245, Thr377, Ser409) and MAP2 (Ser1796) by Rho-kinase. We ...

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p116Rip targets myosin phosphatase to the actin cytoskeleton and is essential for RhoA/ROCK-regulated neuritogenesis.: Activation of the RhoA-Rho kinase (ROCK)

Unfair competition, in which a phosphatase and a phosphoprotein inhibitor/substrate mutually sequester each other from competing substrates and enzymes, is a conserved mechanism for the control of PPP family phosphatases.

Developed as part of Rafaels proprietary Altered Energy Metabolism Directed (AEMD) drug platform, CPI-613 was discovered at Stony Brook University. CPI-613 is designed to target the mitochondrial tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, an indispensable process essential to tumor cell multiplication and survival, selectively in cancer cells.. CPI-613s attack on the TCA cycle also substantially increases the sensitivity of cancer cells to a diverse range of chemotherapeutic agents. This synergy allows for combinations of CPI-613 with lower doses of these generally toxic drugs to be highly effective with lower patient side effects. Combinations with CPI-613 represent a diverse range of potential opportunities to substantially improve patient benefit in many different cancers.. ...

概要: 金沢大学医薬保健研究域医学系,br /,Gomisin A (GA) is an active ingredient of the fruits of Schisandra chinensis which has been wi … dely used as a tonic in traditional Korean medicine. GA induces not only endothelium-dependent but also endothelium-independent relaxation in an isolated rats thoracic aorta. This study was aimed to investigate the molecular mechanism by which GA induces endothelium-independent vasorelaxation. Rat aortic rings were denuded of endothelium, mounted in organ baths, and subjected to contraction or relaxation. We measured the amount of GTP RhoA as well as the phosphorylation level of 20 kDa myosin light chains (MLC20), myosin phosphatase-targeting subunit 1 (MYPT1) and protein kinase C-potentiated inhibitory protein for heterotrimeric myosin light-chain phosphatase of 17 kDa (CPI17). Pretreatment with GA dose-dependently inhibited the concentration-response curves in response to sodium fluoride (NaF) or thromboxane A2 agonist U46619, but not to ...

GF ID PRKG1_interact #=GF AC PF15898.5 #=GF DE cGMP-dependent protein kinase interacting domain #=GF AU Eberhardt R;0000-0001-6152-1369 #=GF SE Jackhmmer:A8JNT6 #=GF GA 32.40 32.40; #=GF TC 33.30 32.50; #=GF NC 32.30 32.30; #=GF BM hmmbuild HMM.ann SEED.ann #=GF SM hmmsearch -Z 45638612 -E 1000 --cpu 4 HMM pfamseq #=GF TP Family #=GF RN [1] #=GF RM 12873707 #=GF RT Dimerization of cGMP-dependent protein kinase 1alpha and the #=GF RT myosin-binding subunit of myosin phosphatase: role of leucine #=GF RT zipper domains. #=GF RA Surks HK, Mendelsohn ME; #=GF RL Cell Signal. 2003;15:937-944. #=GF RN [2] #=GF RM 10567269 #=GF RT Regulation of myosin phosphatase by a specific interaction with #=GF RT cGMP- dependent protein kinase Ialpha. #=GF RA Surks HK, Mochizuki N, Kasai Y, Georgescu SP, Tang KM, Ito M, #=GF RA Lincoln TM, Mendelsohn ME; #=GF RL Science. 1999;286:1583-1587. #=GF DR INTERPRO; IPR031775; #=GF DR SO; 0100021; polypeptide_conserved_region; #=GF CC This domain is found at the C-terminus ...

Asthma is associated with airway obstruction, airway inflammation, and bronchoconstriction. Immune cell infiltration and their production of inflammatory cytokines, such as interleukin (IL)-13, IL-17A, and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), increase airway smooth muscle contractility by increasing the calcium sensitivity of a pathway involving the guanosine triphosphatase RhoA, the kinase ROCK2, myosin light chain phosphatase, and myosin light chain. Mfge8 is an integrin-binding and phosphatidylserine-binding protein that functions in the clearance of apoptotic cells. Comparison of wild-type and mfge8-deficient mice in a mouse model of asthma (induced by ovalbumin) revealed that the mfge8-deficient mice had increased pulmonary resistance, a measure of airway hyperresponsiveness, but the abundance of infiltrated immune cells, the types of cells present, and the abundance of the inflammatory cytokines were the same between the two genotypes of mice. Isolated tracheal rings from the ...

The asparaginyl hydroxylase FIH [factor inhibiting HIF (hypoxia-inducible factor)] was first identified as a protein that inhibits transcriptional activation by HIF, through hydroxylation of an asparagine residue in the CAD (C-terminal activation domain). More recently, several ARD [AR (ankyrin repeat) domain]-containing proteins were identified as FIH substrates using FIH interaction assays. Although the function(s) of these ARD hydroxylations is unclear, expression of the ARD protein Notch1 was shown to compete efficiently with HIF CAD for asparagine hydroxylation and thus to enhance HIF activity. The ARD is a common protein domain with over 300 examples in the human proteome. However, the extent of hydroxylation among ARD proteins, and the ability of other members to compete with HIF-CAD for FIH, is not known. In the present study we assay for asparagine hydroxylation in a bioinformatically predicted FIH substrate, the targeting subunit of myosin phosphatase, MYPT1. Our results confirm hydroxylation

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We offer new ways of deriving the expressions reported in our previous work for assessing the quality of pairwise models. Rotational spectroscopy of the atmospheric photo-oxidation product o-toluic acid and its monohydrate. MLC phosphorylation in MKs is regulated by Rho-associated kinase ...

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A novel inhibitor of zipper-interacting protein kinase (ZIPK) was utilized to examine the involvement of ZIPK in the regulation of smooth muscle contraction. Pre-treatment of de-endothelialized rat caudal arterial smooth muscle strips with the pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidinone inhibitor HS38 decreased the velocity of contraction (time to reach half-maximal force) induced by the phosphatase inhibitor calyculin A in the presence of Ca2+ without affecting maximal force development. This effect was reversed following washout of HS38 and correlated with a reduction in the rate of phosphorylation of LC20 (myosin 20-kDa regulatory light chains) but not of CPI-17 (protein kinase C-potentiated inhibitory protein for myosin phosphatase of 17 kDa), Par-4 (prostate apoptosis response-4) or MYPT1 (myosin phosphatase targeting subunit 1), all of which have been implicated in the regulation of vascular contractility. A structural analog of HS38, with inhibitory activity towards PIM3 kinase but not ZIPK, had no ...

Acosta-Herrera M, Pino-Yanes M, Ma SF, Barreto-Luis A, Corrales A, Cumplido J, Pérez-Rodríguez E, Campo P, Eng C, García-Robaina JC, Quintela I, Villar J, Blanca M, Carracedo Á, Carrillo T, Garcia JG, Torgerson DG, Burchard EG, Flores C. Fine mapping of the myosin light chain kinase (MYLK) gene replicates the association with asthma in populations of Spanish descent. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2015 Oct; 136(4):1116-8.e9 ...

Problems can occur, though, when the Rho-kinase protein essentially blocks the activity of Myosin Phosphatase (MP). Thats because it can keep it from causing the smooth muscle cells of the penis to relax so it can become engorged with blood.. Thats why scientists consider Rho-kinase inhibitors to be valuable for treating erectile difficulties. Rho-kinase inhibitors allow the Myosin Phosphatase to do its job by relaxing the smooth muscle cells and increasing blood flow into the penis to cause erections.. Read the study published in the Natural Medicine Journal, which illustrates how this works. ...

Based on our recent successes to establish MLCKs role in Ca2+-dependent signaling in mice, we propose similar approaches to unravel integrative signaling pathways in relation to MLCP and Ca2+-sensitization mechanisms.

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Fasudil (INN) is a potent Rho-kinase inhibitor and vasodilator. Since it was discovered, it has been used for the treatment of cerebral vasospasm, which is often due to subarachnoid hemorrhage, as well as to improve the cognitive decline seen in stroke victims. It has been found to be effective for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension. It was demonstrated in February 2009 that fasudil could improve memory in normal mice, identifying the drug as a possible treatment for age related or neurodegenerative memory loss. It is approved for use in Japan and China, but has not been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration or by the European Medicines Agency. Fasudil (HA-1077) is a selective RhoA/Rho kinase (ROCK) inhibitor. ROCK is an enzyme that plays an important role in mediating vasoconstriction and vascular remodeling in the pathogenesis of PH. ROCK induces vasoconstriction by phosphorylating the myosin-binding subunit of myosin light chain (MLC) phosphatase, thus decreasing MLC ...

Inhibitor studies have indicated that MLCK activation, as assessed by MLC phosphorylation, is necessary for TJ regulation secondary to diverse physiological and pathophysiological stimuli (Hopkins et al., 2003; Scott et al., 2002; Turner et al., 2000; Turner et al., 1997; Yuhan et al., 1997; Zolotarevsky et al., 2002). However, the nonspecific nature of pharmacologic agents, the complexity of the stimuli used, and the absence of appropriate experimental models has made it impossible to determine if MLC phosphorylation alone is sufficient to trigger acute downstream regulation of assembled TJs. To address this problem, we developed a model of inducible tMLCK expression in fully differentiated epithelial monolayers, thereby overcoming limitations of previous studies (Gandhi et al., 1997; Hecht et al., 1996). Our data show that induction of tMLCK expression in mature monolayers causes MLC phosphorylation and is sufficient to cause increases in TJ permeability. These changes in TJ function are ...

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Although human, rat, and mouse K2P6.1s have been cloned and the electrophysiological properties studied in heterologous expression systems,4,5,17 the physiological function of K2P6.1 is presently not known. The fact that K2P6.1 is highly expressed in all of the blood vessels studied to date2,7-10 led us to ask questions regarding the functional role of K2P6.1 in the vascular system. Our studies reveal the following: (1) K2P6.1 influences systemic blood pressure; (2) K2P6.1 regulates the contractile state of vascular muscle, likely by setting its membrane potential and rho kinase activity; and (3) K2P6.1 does not appear to be involved with VSMC migration, proliferation, or volume regulation in the models tested.. We acknowledge the inherent limitations in the use of a mouse KO model, because pretranslational or posttranslational changes in other genes can occur with gene deletion, especially when the gene deletion leads to pathophysiological conditions, such as hypertension. Further studies into ...

The NIH grant will fund the research project for three years with the possibility of renewal. Lutter will focus on genetics and developing the bacterial cultures, while Shaw will focus on the effects of the interaction between C. trachomatis and myosin phosphatase during the course of infection in vivo. Two graduate students and five undergraduate students are slated to help with the research. ...

The concatemeric wild-type receptors are potentiated by the benzodiazepine diazepam, pentobarbital, and the neurosteroid 3α5αP, whereas coapplication of ZnCl2 with GABA was without effect on the macroscopic peak current. These findings are in agreement with previously published data on α1β2γ2L receptors. We caution, however, that the linkage of subunits may have minor, yet measurable effects on the kinetic mechanisms of action of these drugs. For example, whereas the application of 3α5αPon α1β2γ2L receptors leads to a decrease in the prevalence of CTβ and an increase in the mean duration and prevalence of OT3 (Akk et al., 2005), only the first two effects were consistently reproduced in concatemeric receptors (Table 3). The change in the prevalence of OT3 was not statistically significant.. Conventional mutagenesis studies of ligand-gated ion channels have shortcomings when the target subunit is present in multiple copies per receptor. Mutagenesis of the α (or β) subunit in the ...

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MYL5 Human Recombinant produced in E.Coli is a single, non-glycosylated polypeptide chain containing 197 amino acids and having a molecular mass of 22.1kDa.

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TY - JOUR. T1 - Regulation of myosin light chain kinase and telokin expression in smooth muscle tissues. AU - Herring, B. Paul. AU - El-Mounayri, Omar. AU - Gallagher, Patricia J.. AU - Yin, Feng. AU - Zhou, Jiliang. PY - 2006/11/24. Y1 - 2006/11/24. N2 - The mylk1 gene is a large gene spanning ∼250 kb and comprising at least 31 exons. The mylk1 gene encodes at least four protein products: two isoforms of the 220-kDa myosin light chain kinase (MLCK), a 130-kDa MLCK, and telokin. Transcripts encoding these products are derived from four independent promoters within the mylk1 gene. The kinases expressed from the mylk1 gene have been extensively characterized and function to regulate the activity of nonmuscle and smooth muscle myosin II. Activation of these myosin motors by MLCK modulates a variety of contractile processes, including smooth muscle contraction, cell adhesion, migration, and proliferation. Dysregulation of these processes contributes to a number of diseases. The noncatalytic gene ...

Arterial vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) play an important role in the function of many organ systems. Abnormality in the contractile and/or regulatory apparatus of smooth muscle is implicated in the pathogenesis of a variety of disease conditions such as hypertension, coronary and cerebral vasospasm, miscarriage, and erectile dysfunction. VSMCs in vivo show remarkable plasticity once they need to adapt to changes in environments, such as new development of vasculature and remodeling after vascular injury or during vascular diseases like arteriosclerosis (Owens, 1995). These arterial cells undergo rapid changes in shape and functional property from non-proliferative and contractile to proliferative and mobile phenotype.. Agonist stimulation of VSMCs induces phosphorylation of the 20 kDa regulatory light chain of myosin (MLC), which increases actin-activated myosin ATPase activity and contraction (Hartshorne, 1987; Somlyo and Somlyo, 2003). MLC phosphorylation is governed by the opposing ...

The vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) is a highly specialized cell whose principal function is contraction. On contraction, VSMCs shorten, thereby decreasing the diameter of a blood vessel to regulate the blood flow and pressure. The principal mechanisms that regulate the contractile state of VSMCs are changes in cytosolic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]c). In response to vasoconstrictor stimuli, Ca2+ is mobilized from intracellular stores and/or the extracellular space to increase [Ca2+]c in VSMCs. The increase in [Ca2+]c, in turn, activates the Ca2+-CaM-MLCK pathway and stimulates MLC20 phosphorylation, leading to myosin-actin interactions and, hence, the development of contractile force. The sensitivity of contractile myofilaments or MLC20 phosphorylation to Ca2+ can be secondarily modulated by other signaling pathways. During receptor stimulation, the contractile force is greatly enhanced by the inhibition of myosin phosphatase. Rho/Rho kinase, PKC, and arachidonic acid have been proposed to ...

0009]These same Rho kinase inhibitors are cell permeable, and cause changes in cytoskeletal function and cell behavior consistent with loss of Rho kinase activity, similar to effects of the trans-dominant inhibitory mutants. Effects have been observed both in cultured cells in vitro and in physiologically responsive tissues in vivo [Nagumo, H. et al., 2000, Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 278:C57-C65; Sinnett-Smith, J. et al., 2001, Exp Cell Res. 266:292-302; Chrissobolis, S. and Sobey, C. G., 2001, Circ Res. 88:774-779; Honjo, M. et al., 2001, Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 42:137-144; Takahara, A. et al., 2003, Eur J Pharmacol. 460:51-57; Fournier, A. E. et al., 2003, J Neurosci. 23:1416-1423; Rikitake, Y. et al., 2005, Stroke. 36:2251-2257; Slotta, J. E. et al. 2006, Inflamm Res. 55:364-367; Ying, H. et al., 2006, Mol Cancer Ther. 5:2158-2164]. The correlation between small molecule inhibition of Rho kinases and changes in cell behavior both in vitro and in vivo (e.g., vascular smooth muscle ...

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