Effect of Elevated Intracellular cAMP Levels on Actomyosin Contraction in Bovine Trabecular Meshwork Cells
Author(s) -
Charanya Ramachandran,
Rajkumar V. Patil,
Najam A. Sharif,
Sangly P. Srinivas
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
investigative ophthalmology and visual science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.935
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1552-5783
pISSN - 0146-0404
DOI - 10.1167/iovs.10-6241
Subject(s) - rhoa , forskolin , phosphorylation , rho associated protein kinase , myosin light chain kinase , trabecular meshwork , microbiology and biotechnology , myosin light chain phosphatase , chemistry , protein kinase a , signal transduction , biology , biochemistry , in vitro , neuroscience , glaucoma
Elevated cAMP in the trabecular meshwork (TM) cells increases the aqueous humor outflow facility. The authors investigated the mechanisms by which elevated cAMP opposes the RhoA-Rho kinase pathway, leading to the relaxation of the actomyosin system in bovine TM cells.
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