Title : Dexmedetomidine-induced contraction involves phosphorylation of caldesmon by JNK in endothelium-denuded rat aortas.

Pub. Date : 2014

PMID : 25332685






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1 Dexmedetomidine-induced contraction involves phosphorylation of caldesmon by JNK in endothelium-denuded rat aortas. Dexmedetomidine mitogen-activated protein kinase 8 Rattus norvegicus
2 The effects of GF109203X (a PKC inhibitor) on DMT- or PDBu-induced JNK phosphorylation in VSMCs were assessed. Dexmedetomidine mitogen-activated protein kinase 8 Rattus norvegicus
3 Additionally, PDBu induced caldesmon phosphorylation, and GF109203X attenuated the JNK phosphorylation induced by DMT or PDBu. Dexmedetomidine mitogen-activated protein kinase 8 Rattus norvegicus
4 These results suggest that alpha-2 adrenoceptor-mediated, DMT-induced contraction involves caldesmon phosphorylation that is mediated by JNK phosphorylation by PKC. Dexmedetomidine mitogen-activated protein kinase 8 Rattus norvegicus