Adrenomedullin-induced relaxation of rat brain pericytes is related to the reduced phosphorylation of myosin light chain through the cAMP/PKA signaling pathway

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 449, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-75

  Takata, Fuyuko ^a,c   Dohgu, Shinya ^a   Nishioku, Tsuyoshi ^a   Takahashi, Hiroyuki ^a   Harada, Eriko ^a   Makino, Ikuko ^b   Nakashima, Manabu ^a   Yamauchi, Atsushi ^a   Kataoka, Yasufumi ^a,c  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c PharmaCo Cell Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenomedullin; Brain pericytes; cAMP; Myosin light chain; Protein kinase A; Relaxation

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN; CYCLIC AMP; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; N [2 (4 BROMOCINNAMYLAMINO)ETHYL] 5 ISOQUINOLINESULFONAMIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

4-(3-BUTOXY-4-METHOXYBENZYL)-2-IMIDAZOLIDINONE; ADRENOMEDULLIN; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ISOQUINOLINES; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAINS; PERICYTES; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SULFONAMIDES; TIME FACTORS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 56449129995     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.10.082     Document Type: Article

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