OBJECTIVE This study tests the hypothesis that S1P2R regulates expression of SMC differentiation genes after arterial injury. METHODS AND RESULTS Carotid ligation injury was performed in wild-type and S1P2R-null mice. At various time points after injury, expression of multiple SMC differentiation genes, myocardin, and S1P receptors (S1P1R, S1P2R, and S1P3R) was measured by quantitative PCR. T...

BACKGROUND Gastric bypass operation has become a very common procedure for treatment of obesity. Changes in calcium absorption can result in changes in total body calcium, parathyroid hormone (PTH), and vitamin D levels. There is little known about the longterm effects of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass on calcium metabolism and bone homeostasis. STUDY DESIGN Between January 2000 and January 2006, 5...

The relationship between calcium ions and the differentiation of human promyelocytic leukemia HL-60 cells was investigated. Proliferation of HL-60 cells incubated in calcium-free medium was inhibited without cell differentiation. On the other hand, incubation with 100 /¿Mverapamil markedly inhibited cell proliferation and caused slight cell differentiation into monocytes. Both calcium-free med...

The D 1 dopamine receptor (D 1 R) has been proposed to form a hetero-oligomer with the D 2 dopamine receptor (D 2 R), which in turn results in a complex that couples to PLC-mediated intracellular calcium release. We have sought to elucidate the pharmacology and mechanism of action of this putative signaling pathway. Dopamine dose response curves assaying intracellular calcium mobilization in ce...

The D(1) dopamine receptor (D(1)R) has been proposed to form a hetero-oligomer with the D(2) dopamine receptor (D(2)R), which in turn results in a complex that couples to phospholipase C-mediated intracellular calcium release. We have sought to elucidate the pharmacology and mechanism of action of this putative signaling pathway. Dopamine dose-response curves assaying intracellular calcium mobi...

Human mesangial cells in culture proliferate in response to platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) and thrombin. Both of these agents also induce changes in cytosolic calcium that are dependent on both mobilization of intracellular calcium and influx of extracellular calcium. We hypothesized that calcium channel blockers, by preventing influx of extracellular calcium, may inhibit proliferation i...

The relationship between calcium ions and the differentiation of human promyelocytic leukemia HL-60 cells was investigated. Proliferation of HL-60 cells incubated in calcium-free medium was inhibited without cell differentiation. On the other hand, incubation with 100 microM verapamil markedly inhibited cell proliferation and caused slight cell differentiation into monocytes. Both calcium-free ...

Treatment of NIH 3T3 cells with cytochalasin D (10 mM, 1 h at 37 °C) disrupted the actin cytoskeleton and changed the cells from a planar, extended morphology, to a rounded shape. Calcium mobilization by ATP or by platelet-derived growth factor was abolished, while the ability of thapsigargin (2 mM) to empty calcium stores and activate calcium influx was unaffected. Similar experiments with noc...

Platelet release by megakaryocytes is regulated by a concert of environmental and autocrine factors. We previously showed that constitutively released adenosine diphosphate by human megakaryocytes leads to platelet production. Here we show that adenosine diphosphate elicits, in human megakaryocytes, an increase in cytosolic calcium concentration, followed by a plateau, which is lowered in the a...

Fifty years ago, Fuller Albright in his classic book, Parathyroid Glands and Metabolic Bone Disease, advanced the concept that phosphorus was critical for the modulation of calcium mobilization from bone and the regulation of plasma calcium (1). The basis for his conclusions were elegantly summarized in his book and were derived from his meticulously performed clinical studies during the previo...