1995
DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(95)00573-r
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Involvement of rho in GTPγS‐induced enhancement of phosphorylation of 20 kDa myosin light chain in vascular smooth muscle cells: inhibition of phosphatase activity

Abstract: In ~-escin-permeabilized cultured pig aortic smooth muscle cells GTP2/S dose-dependently enhances Ca2÷-induced, wortmannin-sensitive phosphorylation of 20 kDa myosin light chain (MLC~o). GTP~S does not potentiate thiophosphorylation of MLCzo, but does inhibit its dephosphorylation. Pretreatment with C. botulinum exotoxin C3, which specifically ADP-ribosylates and inactivates the rho family of the small molecular weight G proteins, completely abolishes the effects of GTPyS. These results indicate that rho is in… Show more

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“…Several proteins have been identified as effectors of Rho, including protein kinase N [PKN (PRK1)], Rho-associated protein kinases 1 and 2 (ROCK1 and ROCK2), the myosin-binding subunit of myosin phosphatase, rhophilin, rhotekin, citron, p140 mDia, and citron kinase (28 -30). Studies have shown that Rho-kinase participates in smooth muscle contraction through agonist-induced Ca 2ϩ -sensitization, and is thought to act by inhibiting myosin phosphatase activity and phosphorylating myosin light chain directly (32). In our study, ROCK2 was found to be 1.6-fold up-regulated in diabetic smooth muscle.…”
Section: Effect Of Diabetes On Detrusor Smooth Muscle In Tallyhosupporting
confidence: 52%
“…Several proteins have been identified as effectors of Rho, including protein kinase N [PKN (PRK1)], Rho-associated protein kinases 1 and 2 (ROCK1 and ROCK2), the myosin-binding subunit of myosin phosphatase, rhophilin, rhotekin, citron, p140 mDia, and citron kinase (28 -30). Studies have shown that Rho-kinase participates in smooth muscle contraction through agonist-induced Ca 2ϩ -sensitization, and is thought to act by inhibiting myosin phosphatase activity and phosphorylating myosin light chain directly (32). In our study, ROCK2 was found to be 1.6-fold up-regulated in diabetic smooth muscle.…”
Section: Effect Of Diabetes On Detrusor Smooth Muscle In Tallyhosupporting
confidence: 52%
“…Other data were accumulated using skinned smooth muscle strips to show that MLCP can be inhibited through a rho pathway (Kitazawa et al, 1991;Hirata et al, 1992;Somlyo and Somlyo, 1994;Gong et al, 1996). Inhibition of MLCP by rho also was shown with cultured vascular SMCs (Noda et al, 1995). Phosphorylation of M130 was shown to inhibit phosphatase activity in skinned muscle (Trinkle-Mulcahy et al, 1995).…”
Section: Localization Of Mlcp In Migrating Fibroblastsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Rho kinase is also implicated in the regulation of MLC phosphorylation (10,11). Activated by the small GTP-binding protein RhoA, Rho kinase phosphorylates the myosin-binding subunit of myosin phosphatase and inhibits its activity.…”
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confidence: 99%