This work was supported by a grant from National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (Stress-Growth Relationship of cells and Living Tissues,19732003).
An in vitro model was built for researching the effects of strain on vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). The cultured VSMCs was stretched by four-support-bending-beam system, then the project area of cells was measured by computer-image-processing, the adhesion force was measured by micropipette-aspirating system, the α-actin of VSMCs was distinguished by immunocytochemistry and the dynamic of VSMCs was determined by FCM. The results show that: (1) The adhesion force of VSMCs is positively related to time. The adhesion force of unit area is indistinct after stretched for four hour. (2) The amount of α-actin increases with stretching time. (3) The proliferation of VSMCs is a little inhibited by stretched 24 h. These results suggest that the VSMCs in vitro could adjust their behavious to adapt the tension.
WANG Hong-Bing, HUANG Qi-Ping, LU Xiao, QIN Jian, WANG Yuan-Liang, CAI Shao-Xi. The Effects of the Mechanical Stretch on the Adhesion and Growth of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells in vitro[J]. Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics,2001,28(1):103-107
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