Age-associated changes of p38 MAPK and JNK signal pathways in cardiac fibroblasts treated with transforming growth factor beta 1 |
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Authors: | LIN Yun-ling LI Wei-wei CHEN Liang-long |
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Institution: | Department of Cardiology, Union Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350001, China |
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Abstract: | AIM:To investigate the effect of aging on p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase(MAPK) and c-Jun N-terminal kinase(JNK) signal pathways in rat cardiac fibroblasts(CFs). METHODS:Cardiac fibroblasts obtained from neonatal and aged rats were cultured and randomly divided into 4 groups:neonatal PBS control group(N1 group), neonatal TGF-β1 treatment group(N2 group), aged PBS control group(A1 group) and aged TGF-β1 treatment group(A2 group). Proliferation of CFs was detected by MTT coloricmetric assay. The expression levels of total p38 MAPK, JNK, phospho-p38 and phospho-JNK were measured by Western blotting. RESULTS:The proliferative capacity of aged CFs was significantly decreased as compared with neonatal CFs after stimulated with TGF-β1. In response to TGF-β1, the expression levels of phospho-p38 and phospho-JNK were significantly increased in N2 group and A2 group as compared with N1 group and A1 group, respectively. The levels of total p38 and nonphosphorylated JNK in N2 group were similar to those in A2 group. Compared with N2 group, the levels of phospho-p38 and phospho-JNK markedly decreased in A2 group. CONCLUSION:These data indicate that p38 MAPK and JNK signal pathways are impaired in aged CFs. |
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Keywords: | Cardiac fibroblasts Transforming growth factor beta p38 MAPK pathway JNK pathway |
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