Rho-associated protein kinase II (rock II) expression in normal and preeclamptic human placentas

Placenta

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 81-84

  Ark, Mark ^a   Yilmaz, N ^a   Yazici, G ^a   Kubat, H ^a   Aktas S ^a  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHO ASSOCIATED PROTEIN KINASE II; RHO KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PATHOGENESIS; PLACENTA; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PLACENTA VILLUS; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHORIONIC VILLI; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 12344297303     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2004.03.012     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Williams D.J. de Dwiet M. The pathophysiology of pre-eclampsia Intensive Care Med 23 1997 620-629
2. Van Beek E. Peeters L.L.H. Pathogenesis of pre-eclampsia: A comprehensive model Obstet Gynecol Surv 53 1998 233-239
3. Buhimschi I.A. Saade G.R. Chwalisz K. Garfoeld R.E. The nitric oxide pathway in pre-eclampsia: Pathophysiological implications Hum Reprod Update 4 1998 25-42
4. Hubel C.A. Oxidative stress in the pathology of pre-eclampsia Proc Soc Exp Biol Med 222 1999 222-235
5. Fox H. Pathology of the placenta 1997 151-159 WB Saunders London
6. Soma H. Yoshida K. Mukaida T. Tabuchi Y. Morphologic changes in hypertensive placenta Contrib Gynecol Obstet 9 1982 58-75
7. Hall A. Rho GTPases and the actin cytoskeleton Science 279 1998 509-514
8. Kaibuchi K. Kuroda S. Amano M. Regulation of the cytoskeleton and cell adhesion by rho family GTPases in mammalian cells Annu Rev Biochem 68 1999 459-486
9. Matsui T. Amano M. Yamamoto T. Cihihara K. Nakafuku M. Ito M. et al. Rho-associated kinase, a novel serine/threonine kinase, as a putative target for small GTP binding protein rho EMBO J 15 (9) 1996 2208-2216
10. Amano M. Chihara K. Kimura K. Fukata Y. Nakamura N. Matsuura Y. et al. Formation of actin stress fibers and focal adhesions enhanced by rho-kinase Science 275 1997 1308-1311
11. Riento K. Ridley A.J. ROCKS: Multifunctional kinases in cell behaviour Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 4 2003 446-456
12. Wettschhureck N. Offermanns S. Rho/rho-kinase mediated signaling in physiology and pathophysiology J Mol Med 80 2002 629-638
13. Song Y. Hoang B.Q. Chang D.D. ROCK-II-induced membrane blebbing and chromatin condensation require actin cytoskeleton Exp Cell Res 278 2002 45-52
14. Shiokawa S. Iwashita M. Akimoto Y. Nagamatsu S. Sakai K. Hanashi H. et al. Small guanosine triphospatase rhoA and rho-associated kinase as regulators of trophoblast migration J Clin Endocrinol Metab 87 (12) 2002 5808-5816
15. Thumkeo D. Keel J. Ishizaki T. Hirose M. Nonomura K. Oshima H. et al. Targeted disruption of the rho-associated kinase 2 gene results in intrauterine growth retardation and fetal death Mol Cell Biol 23 (14) 2003 5043-5055
16. Wyllie A. Kerr J.F. Currie A.R. Cell death: The significance of apoptosis Int Rev Cytol 68 1980 251-306
17. Ishihara N. Matsuo H. Murakoshi H. Laoag-Fernandez J.B. Samoto T. Mruo T. Increased apoptosis in the syncytiotrophoblast in human term placentas complicated by either preeclampsia or intrauterine growth retardation Am J Obstet Gynecol 186 (1) 2002 158-166
18. Knight M. Redman C.W. Linton E.A. Sargent I.L. Shedding of syncytiotrophoblast microvilli into the maternal circulation in pre-eclamptic pregnancies Br J Obstet Gynaecol 105 1998 632-640
19. Kertesz Z. Hurst G. Ward M. Willis A.C. Caro H. Linton E.A. et al. Purification and characterization of a complex from placental syncytiotrophoblast microvillous membranes which inhibits the proliferation of human umbilical vein endothelial cells Placenta 20 (1) 1999 71-79
20. Redman C.W. Sargent I.L. Placental debris, oxidative stress and pre-eclampsia Placenta 21 (7) 2000 597-602
21. Benyo D.F. Smarason A. Redman C.W. Sims C. Conrad K.P. Expression of inflammatory cytokines in placentas from women with preeclampsia J Clin Endocrinol Metab 86 (6) 2001 2505-2512
22. Oshiro N. Fukata Y. Kaibuchi K. Phosphorylation of moesin by rho-associated kinase (rho-kinase) plays a crucial role in the formation of microvilli-like structures J Biol Chem 25 (52) 1998 34663-34666
23. Myatt L. Role of placenta in preeclampsia Endocrine 19 (1) 2002 103-111