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Peng G, Lu W, Li X, Chen Y, Zhong N, Ran P, Wang J. Expression of store-operated Ca2+ entry and transient receptor potential canonical and vanilloid-related proteins in rat distal pulmonary venous smooth muscle. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2010; 299:L621-30. [PMID: 20693314 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00176.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Chronic hypoxia causes remodeling and alters contractile responses in both pulmonary arteries and pulmonary veins. Although pulmonary arteries have been studied extensively in these disorders, the mechanisms by which pulmonary veins respond to hypoxia and whether these responses contribute to chronic hypoxic pulmonary hypertension remain poorly understood. In pulmonary arterial smooth muscle, we have previously demonstrated that influx of Ca(2+) through store-operated calcium channels (SOCC) thought to be composed of transient receptor potential (TRP) proteins is likely to play an important role in development of chronic hypoxic pulmonary hypertension. To determine whether this mechanism could also be operative in pulmonary venous smooth muscle, we measured intracellular Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) by fura-2 fluorescence microscopy in primary cultures of pulmonary venous smooth muscle cells (PVSMC) isolated from rat distal pulmonary veins. In cells perfused with Ca(2+)-free media containing cyclopiazonic acid (10 μM) and nifedipine (5 μM) to deplete sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) stores and block voltage-dependent Ca(2+) channels, restoration of extracellular Ca(2+) (2.5 mM) caused marked increases in [Ca(2+)](i), whereas MnCl(2) (200 μM) quenched fura-2 fluorescence, indicating store-operated Ca(2+) entry (SOCE). SKF-96365 and NiCl(2), antagonists of SOCC, blocked SOCE at concentrations that did not alter Ca(2+) responses to 60 mM KCl. Of the seven known canonical TRP (TRPC1-7) and six vanilloid-related TRP channels (TRPV1-6), real-time PCR revealed mRNA expression of TRPC1 > TRPC6 > TRPC4 > TRPC2 ≈ TRPC5 > TRPC3, TRPV2 > TRPV4 > TRPV1 in distal PVSMC, and TRPC1 > TRPC6 > TRPC3 > TRPC4 ≈ TRPC5, TRPV2 ≈ TRPV4 > TRPV1 in rat distal pulmonary vein (PV) smooth muscle. Western blotting confirmed protein expression of TRPC1, TRPC6, TRPV2, and TRPV4 in both PVSMC and PV. Our results suggest that SOCE through Ca(2+) channels composed of TRP proteins may contribute to Ca(2+) signaling in rat distal PV smooth muscle.
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- Gongyong Peng
- Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou Medical University, China
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Charles SM, Zhang L, Cipolla MJ, Buchholz JN, Pearce WJ. Roles of cytosolic Ca2+ concentration and myofilament Ca2+ sensitization in age-dependent cerebrovascular myogenic tone. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2010; 299:H1034-44. [PMID: 20639216 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00214.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In light of evidence that immature arteries contain a higher proportion of noncontractile smooth muscle cells than found in fully differentiated mature arteries, the present study explored the hypothesis that age-related differences in the smooth muscle phenotype contribute to age-related differences in contractility. Because Ca(2+) handling differs markedly between contractile and noncontractile smooth muscle, the present study specifically tested the hypothesis that the relative contributions of Ca(2+) influx and myofilament sensitization to myogenic tone are upregulated, whereas Ca(2+) release is downregulated, in immature [14 days postnatal (P14)] compared with mature (6 mo old) rat middle cerebral arteries (MCAs). Myofilament Ca(2+) sensitivity measured in β-escin-permeabilized arteries increased with pressure in P14 but not adult MCAs. Cyclopiazonic acid (an inhibitor of Ca(2+) release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum) increased diameter and reduced Ca(2+) in adult MCAs but increased diameter with no apparent change in Ca(2+) in P14 MCAs. La(3+) (Ca(2+) influx inhibitor) increased diameter and decreased Ca(2+) in adult MCAs, but in P14 MCAs, La(3+) increased diameter with no apparent change in Ca(2+). After treatment with both La(3+) and CPA, diameters were passive in both adult and P14 MCAs, but Ca(2+) was decreased only in adult MCAs. To quantify the fraction of smooth muscle cells in the fully differentiated contractile phenotype, extents of colocalization between smooth muscle α-actin and SM2 myosin heavy chain were determined and found to be at least twofold greater in adult than pup MCAs. These data suggest that compared with adult MCAs, pup MCAs contain a greater proportion of noncontractile smooth muscle and, as a consequence, rely more on myofilament Ca(2+) sensitization and Ca(2+) influx to maintain myogenic reactivity. The inability of La(3+) to reduce cytosolic Ca(2+) in the pup MCA appears due to La(3+)-insensitive noncontractile smooth muscle cells, which contribute to the spatially averaged measurements of Ca(2+) but not contraction.
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- Shelton M Charles
- Center for Perinatal Biology, Division of Physiology, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA
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Zulian A, Baryshnikov SG, Linde CI, Hamlyn JM, Ferrari P, Golovina VA. Upregulation of Na+/Ca2+ exchanger and TRPC6 contributes to abnormal Ca2+ homeostasis in arterial smooth muscle cells from Milan hypertensive rats. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2010; 299:H624-33. [PMID: 20622104 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00356.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The Milan hypertensive strain (MHS) of rats is a model for hypertension in humans. Inherited defects in renal function have been well studied in MHS rats, but the mechanisms that underlie the elevated vascular resistance are unclear. Altered Ca(2+) signaling plays a key role in the vascular dysfunction associated with arterial hypertension. Here we compared Ca(2+) signaling in mesenteric artery smooth muscle cells from MHS rats and its normotensive counterpart (MNS). Systolic blood pressure was higher in MHS than in MNS rats (144 +/- 2 vs. 113 +/- 1 mmHg, P < 0.05). Resting cytosolic free Ca(2+) concentration (measured with fura-2) and ATP-induced Ca(2+) transients were augmented in freshly dissociated arterial myocytes from MHS rats. Ba(2+) entry activated by the diacylglycerol analog 1-oleoyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycerol (a measure of receptor-operated channel activity) was much greater in MHS than MNS arterial myocytes. This correlated with a threefold upregulation of transient receptor potential canonical 6 (TRPC6) protein. TRPC3, the other component of receptor-operated channels, was marginally, but not significantly, upregulated. The expression of TRPC1/5, components of store-operated channels, was not altered in MHS mesenteric artery smooth muscle. Immunoblots also revealed that the Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger-1 (NCX1) was greatly upregulated in MHS mesenteric artery (by approximately 13-fold), whereas the expression of plasma membrane Ca(2+)-ATPase was not altered. Ca(2+) entry via the reverse mode of NCX1 evoked by the removal of extracellular Na(+) induced a rapid increase in cytosolic free Ca(2+) concentration that was significantly larger in MHS arterial myocytes. The expression of alpha(1)/alpha(2) Na(+) pumps in MHS mesenteric arteries was not changed. Immunocytochemical observations showed that NCX1 and TRPC6 are clustered in plasma membrane microdomains adjacent to the underlying sarcoplasmic reticulum. In summary, MHS arteries exhibit upregulated TRPC6 and NCX1 and augmented Ca(2+) signaling. We suggest that the increased Ca(2+) signaling contributes to the enhanced vasoconstriction and elevated blood pressure in MHS rats.
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- Alessandra Zulian
- Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
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15-HETE mediates sub-acute hypoxia-induced TRPC1 expression and enhanced capacitative calcium entry in rat distal pulmonary arterial myocytes. Prostaglandins Other Lipid Mediat 2010; 93:60-74. [PMID: 20599518 DOI: 10.1016/j.prostaglandins.2010.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2010] [Revised: 06/03/2010] [Accepted: 06/24/2010] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Sub-acute hypoxia causes pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV) is associated with increased intracellular Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) and contraction of pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells (PASMCs). We previous have demonstrated that 15-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (15-HETE), a metabolite of arachidonic acid by 15-lipoxygenase (15-LO), causes elevated [Ca(2+)](i) in PASMCs partly through Ca(2+) entry via other than L-type Ca(2+) channels. In this study, we used SKF96365/La(3+) (SOCC antagonists) and Nordihydro-guiairetic acid (NDGA, a blockage of 15-LO) to examine the effect of 15-HETE on capacitative Ca(2+) entry and activity/expression of store-operated Ca(2+) channels (SOCCs) during sub-acute hypoxic procedure and the contribution of SOCCs on the maintenance of vascular tones. The results showed that the 15-HETE induced constriction of PA rings from normoxic and sub-acute hypoxic rats can be abolished by SKF96365 and La(3+). Capacitative Ca(2+) entry (CCE) was also enhanced in PASMCs cultured with 15-HETE under sub-acute hypoxic condition (3% O(2), 48h) and incubation with NDGA in PASMCs can greatly suppress this enhancement. Moreover, TRPC1, not TRPC4 and TRPC6, mRNA and protein expression were increased in PASMCs during these procedures. Meanwhile, the effect of 15-HETE on CCE and TRPC1 expression under sub-acute hypoxic cultivation were greatly suppressed in 15-LO knockdown PASMCs and PAs. These results suggest that 15-HETE mediated HPV through increased TRPC1 expression, leading to enhanced CCE, contributing to the maintenance of vascular tone.
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Ng LC, Airey JA, Hume JR. The contribution of TRPC1 and STIM1 to capacitative Ca(2+) entry in pulmonary artery. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2010; 661:123-35. [PMID: 20204727 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-500-2_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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Capacitative calcium entry (CCE) through store-operated channels (SOCs) has been shown to contribute to the rise in intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) and mediate pulmonary artery smooth muscle contraction. CCE is activated as a result of depletion of intracellular Ca(2+) stores but there is a great deal of controversy surrounding the underlying signal that active CCE and the molecular makeup of SOCs. The discovery of canonical subgroup of transient receptor potential channels (TRPC) and recent identification of stromal-interacting molecule 1 (STIM1) protein have opened a door to the study of the identity of SOCs and the signal that activates these channels. Among all the TRPC channels, TRPC1 is widely studied in many cell types and shown to be part of SOCs components, whereas STIM1 protein is found to act as a Ca(2+) sensor in the intracellular Ca(2+) stores and activates SOCs. However, there is very little evidence for the roles of TRPC1 and STIM1 in the contribution of CCE in pulmonary artery. This chapter outlines the roles of TRPC1 and STIM1 in pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells and discusses our recent findings that TRPC1 and STIM1 are functionally interact with each other to mediate CCE in these cells. We also propose a model for the molecular makeup of SOCs formed by TRPC1 and STIM1 in pulmonary artery.
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- Lih Chyuan Ng
- Department of Pharmacology/318, University of Nevada School of Medicine, 1664 North Virginia Street, Reno, NV, 89557, USA.
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Li Q, Zhang J, Wang W, Liu J, Zhu H, Chen W, Chen T, Yu S, Wang H, Sun G, Yi D. Connexin40 modulates pulmonary permeability through gap junction channel in acute lung injury after thoracic gunshot wounds. THE JOURNAL OF TRAUMA 2010; 68:802-9. [PMID: 20386276 DOI: 10.1097/ta.0b013e3181bb80ea] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND The permeability of pulmonary microvessel endothelial cells increases markedly after acute lung injury via paracellular gap. Connexin40 is a primary component of pulmonary microvessel endothelial cells gap junction channel and mediates intercellular communication. However, the relationship between connexin40 and the permeability of pulmonary microvessel endothelial cells is still unknown. Therefore, we determined whether connexin40 affected rabbits' pulmonary microvessel endothelial cells permeability after acute lung injury induced by gunshot trauma. METHODS We used an acute lung injury model in New Zealand rabbits following gunshot chest trauma and correlated connexin40 immunohistochemistry in gunshot lung tissue with Evans blue leak rate. Cultured pulmonary microvessel endothelial cells were divided into three groups, control (G control), injured serum (G serum), and blocker agent (G blocker). Gap junction channel function was assessed by scrape-loading and dye transfer techniques. Pulmonary microvessel endothelial cells permeability was measured by Evans blue-labeled albumin transfer. RESULTS Connexin40 expression decreased time dependently, whereas Evans blue leak rate increased. Connexin40 expression and Evans blue leak rate exhibited a strong inverse correlation (gamma = -0.934, p < 0.05). Injured serum decreased gap junction channel function, and the gap junction channel blocker aggravated this effect. Similarly, pulmonary microvessel endothelial cells permeability increased significantly in G serum and G blocker. CONCLUSIONS Connexin 40 expression in pulmonary microvasculature endothelial cells is downregulated after acute lung injury induced by gunshot trauma. This is associated with impaired gap junction channel function and increased pulmonary microvessel endothelial cells permeability.
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- Qiang Li
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, People's Republic of China
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Intricate interaction between store-operated calcium entry and calcium-activated chloride channels in pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2010; 661:31-55. [PMID: 20204722 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-500-2_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Ca(2+)-activated Cl-() channels (Cl(Ca)) represent an important excitatory mechanism in vascular smooth muscle cells. Active accumulation of Cl-() by several classes of anion transporters results in an equilibrium potential for this ion about 30 mV more positive than the resting potential. Stimulation of Cl(Ca) channels leads to membrane depolarization, which enhances Ca(2+) entry through voltage-gated Ca(2+) channels and leads to vasoconstriction. Cl(Ca) channels can be activated by distinct sources of Ca(2+) that include (1) mobilization from intracellular Ca(2+) stores (ryanodine or inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate [InsP(3)]) and (2) Ca(2+) entry through voltage-gated Ca(2+) channels or reverse-mode Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchange. The present study was undertaken to determine whether Ca(2+) influx triggered by store depletion (store-operated calcium entry, SOCE) activates Cl(Ca) channels in rabbit pulmonary artery (PA) smooth muscle. Classical store depletion protocols involving block of sarcoplasmic reticular Ca(2+) reuptake with thapsigargin (TG; 1 microM) or cyclopiazonic acid (CPA; 30 microM) led to a consistent nifedipine-insensitive contraction of intact PA rings and rise in intracellular Ca(2+) concentration in single PA myocytes that required the presence of extracellular Ca(2+). In patch clamp experiments, TG or CPA activated a time-independent nonselective cation current (I (SOC)) that (1) reversed between -10 and 0 mV; (2) displayed the typical "N"-shaped current-voltage relationship; and (3) was sensitive to the (I (SOC)) blocker by SKF-96365 (50 microM). In double-pulse protocol experiments, the amplitude of I (SOC) was varied by altering membrane potential during an initial step that was followed by a second constant step to +90 mV to register Ca(2+)-activated Cl(-) current, I (Cl(Ca)). The niflumic acid-sensitive time-dependent I (Cl(Ca)) at +90 mV increased in proportion to the magnitude of the preceding hyperpolarizing step, an effect attributed to graded membrane potential-dependent Ca(2+) entry through I (SOC) and confirmed in dual patch clamp and Fluo-5 experiments to record membrane current and free intracellular Ca(2+) concentration simultaneously. Reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) experiments confirmed the expression of several molecular determinants of SOCE, including transient receptor potential canonical (TRPC) 1, TRPC4, and TRPC6; stromal interacting molecule (STIM) 1 and 2; and Orai1 and 2, as well as the novel and probable molecular candidates thought to encode for Cl(Ca) channels transmembrane protein 16A (TMEM16A) Anoctamin 1 (ANO1) and B (ANO2). Ourpreliminary investigation provides new evidence for a Ca(2+) entry pathway consistent with store-operated Ca(2+) entry signaling that can activate Ca(2+)-activated Cl-() channels in rabbit PA myocytes. We hypothesize that this mechanism may be important in the regulation of membrane potential, Ca(2+) influx, and tone in these cells under physiological and pathophysiological conditions.
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Yang XR, Lin MJ, Sham JSK. Physiological functions of transient receptor potential channels in pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2010; 661:109-22. [PMID: 20204726 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-500-2_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The transient receptor potential (TRP) gene superfamily, which consists of 7 subfamilies with at least 28 mammalian homologues, is known to encode a wide variety of cation channels with diverse biophysical properties, activation mechanisms, and physiological functions. Recent studies have identified multiple TRP channel subtypes, belonging to the canonical (TRPC), melastatin-related (TRPM), and vanilloid-related (TRPV) subfamilies, in pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells (PASMCs). They operate as specific Ca(2+) pathways responsive to stimuli, including Ca(2+) store depletion, receptor activation, reactive oxygen species, growth factors, and mechanical stress. Increasing evidence suggests that these channels play crucial roles in agonist-induced pulmonary vasoconstriction, hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction, smooth muscle cell proliferation, vascular remodeling, and pulmonary arterial hypertension. This chapter highlighted and discussed these putative physiological functions of TRP channels in pulmonary vasculatures. Since Ca(2+) ions regulate many cellular processes via specific Ca(2+) signals, future investigations of these novel channels will likely uncover more important regulatory mechanisms of pulmonary vascular functions in health and in disease states.
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- Xiao-Ru Yang
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA
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Pulina MV, Zulian A, Berra-Romani R, Beskina O, Mazzocco-Spezzia A, Baryshnikov SG, Papparella I, Hamlyn JM, Blaustein MP, Golovina VA. Upregulation of Na+ and Ca2+ transporters in arterial smooth muscle from ouabain-induced hypertensive rats. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2009; 298:H263-74. [PMID: 19897708 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00784.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Prolonged ouabain administration (25 microg kg(-1) day(-1) for 5 wk) induces "ouabain hypertension" (OH) in rats, but the molecular mechanisms by which ouabain elevates blood pressure are unknown. Here, we compared Ca(2+) signaling in mesenteric artery smooth muscle cells (ASMCs) from normotensive (NT) and OH rats. Resting cytosolic free Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](cyt); measured with fura-2) and phenylephrine-induced Ca(2+) transients were augmented in freshly dissociated OH ASMCs. Immunoblots revealed that the expression of the ouabain-sensitive alpha(2)-subunit of Na(+) pumps, but not the predominant, ouabain-resistant alpha(1)-subunit, was increased (2.5-fold vs. NT ASMCs) as was Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger-1 (NCX1; 6-fold vs. NT) in OH arteries. Ca(2+) entry, activated by sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca(2+) store depletion with cyclopiazonic acid (SR Ca(2+)-ATPase inhibitor) or caffeine, was augmented in OH ASMCs. This reflected an augmented expression of 2.5-fold in OH ASMCs of C-type transient receptor potential TRPC1, an essential component of store-operated channels (SOCs); two other components of some SOCs were not expressed (TRPC4) or were not upregulated (TRPC5). Ba(2+) entry activated by the diacylglycerol analog 1-oleoyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycerol [a measure of receptor-operated channel (ROC) activity] was much greater in OH than NT ASMCs. This correlated with a sixfold upregulation of TRPC6 protein, a ROC family member. Importantly, in primary cultured mesenteric ASMCs from normal rats, 72-h treatment with 100 nM ouabain significantly augmented NCX1 and TRPC6 protein expression and increased resting [Ca(2+)](cyt) and ROC activity. SOC activity was also increased. Silencer RNA knockdown of NCX1 markedly downregulated TRPC6 and eliminated the ouabain-induced augmentation; silencer RNA knockdown of TRPC6 did not affect NCX1 expression but greatly attenuated its upregulation by ouabain. Clearly, NCX1 and TRPC6 expression are interrelated. Thus, prolonged ouabain treatment upregulates the Na(+) pump alpha(2)-subunit-NCX1-TRPC6 (ROC) Ca(2+) signaling pathway in arterial myocytes in vitro as well as in vivo. This may explain the augmented myogenic responses and enhanced phenylephrine-induced vasoconstriction in OH arteries (83) as well as the high blood pressure in OH rats.
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- Maria V Pulina
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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Baryshnikov SG, Pulina MV, Zulian A, Linde CI, Golovina VA. Orai1, a critical component of store-operated Ca2+ entry, is functionally associated with Na+/Ca2+ exchanger and plasma membrane Ca2+ pump in proliferating human arterial myocytes. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2009; 297:C1103-12. [PMID: 19675303 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00283.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Ca(2+) entry through store-operated channels (SOCs) in the plasma membrane plays an important role in regulation of vascular smooth muscle contraction, tone, and cell proliferation. The C-type transient receptor potential (TRPC) channels have been proposed as major candidates for SOCs in vascular smooth muscle. Recently, two families of transmembrane proteins, Orai [also known as Ca(2+) release-activated Ca(2+) channel modulator (CRACM)] and stromal interacting molecule 1 (STIM1), were shown to be essential for the activation of SOCs mainly in nonexcitable cells. Here, using small interfering RNA, we show that Orai1 plays an essential role in activating store-operated Ca(2+) entry (SOCE) in primary cultured proliferating human aortic smooth muscle cells (hASMCs), whereas Orai2 and Orai3 do not contribute to SOCE. Knockdown of Orai1 protein expression significantly attenuated SOCE. Moreover, inhibition of Orai1 downregulated expression of Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger type 1 (NCX1) and plasma membrane Ca(2+) pump isoform 1 (PMCA1). The rate of cytosolic free Ca(2+) concentration decay after Ca(2+) transients in Ca(2+)-free medium was also greatly decreased under these conditions. This reduction of Ca(2+) extrusion, presumably via NCX1 and PMCA1, may be a compensation for the reduced SOCE. Immunocytochemical observations indicate that Orai1 and NCX1 are clustered in plasma membrane microdomains. Cell proliferation was attenuated in hASMCs with disrupted Orai1 expression and reduced SOCE. Thus Orai1 appears to be a critical component of SOCE in proliferating vascular smooth muscle cells, and may therefore be a key player during vascular growth and remodeling.
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- Sergey G Baryshnikov
- Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
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McElroy SP, Drummond RM, Gurney AM. Regulation of store-operated Ca2+ entry in pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells. Cell Calcium 2009; 46:99-106. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2009.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2008] [Revised: 05/05/2009] [Accepted: 05/31/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Lu W, Wang J, Peng G, Shimoda LA, Sylvester JT. Knockdown of stromal interaction molecule 1 attenuates store-operated Ca2+ entry and Ca2+ responses to acute hypoxia in pulmonary arterial smooth muscle. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2009; 297:L17-25. [PMID: 19395668 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00063.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Stromal interaction molecule 1 (STIM1) is a recently discovered membrane-spanning protein thought to sense lumenal Ca(2+) in sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum (SR/ER) and transduce activation of Ca(2+)-permeable store-operated channels (SOC) in plasmalemma in response to SR/ER Ca(2+) depletion. To evaluate the role of STIM1 and a closely related protein, STIM2, in Ca(2+) signaling of rat distal pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells (PASMC) during hypoxia, we used fluorescent microscopy and the Ca(2+)-sensitive dye, fura 2, to measure basal intracellular Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)), store-operated Ca(2+) entry (SOCE), and increases in [Ca(2+)](i) caused by acute hypoxia (4% O(2)) or depolarization (60 mmol/l KCl) in cells treated with small interfering RNA targeted to STIM1 (siSTIM1) or STIM2 (siSTIM2). As determined by real-time quantitative PCR analysis (qPCR), STIM1 mRNA was 200-fold more abundant than STIM2 in untreated control PASMC. siSTIM1 and siSTIM2 caused specific and significant knockdown of both mRNA measured by qPCR and protein measured by Western blotting. siSTIM1 markedly inhibited SOCE and abolished the sustained [Ca(2+)](i) response to hypoxia but did not alter the initial transient [Ca(2+)](i) response to hypoxia, the [Ca(2+)](i) response to depolarization, or basal [Ca(2+)](i). The only effect of siSTIM2 was a smaller inhibition of SOCE. We conclude that STIM1 was quantitatively more important than STIM2 in activation of SOC in rat distal PASMC and that the increase in [Ca(2+)](i) induced by acute hypoxia in these cells required SR Ca(2+) release and STIM1-dependent activation of SOC.
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- Wenju Lu
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
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Potier M, Gonzalez JC, Motiani RK, Abdullaev IF, Bisaillon JM, Singer HA, Trebak M. Evidence for STIM1- and Orai1-dependent store-operated calcium influx through ICRAC in vascular smooth muscle cells: role in proliferation and migration. FASEB J 2009; 23:2425-37. [PMID: 19364762 DOI: 10.1096/fj.09-131128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 228] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The identity of store-operated calcium (Ca(2+)) entry (SOCE) channels in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) remains a highly contentious issue. Whereas previous studies have suggested that SOCE in VSMCs is mediated by the nonselective transient receptor potential canonical (TRPC) 1 protein, the identification of STIM1 and Orai1 as essential components of I(CRAC), a highly Ca(2+)-selective SOCE current in leukocytes, has challenged that view. Here we show that cultured proliferative migratory VSMCs isolated from rat aorta (called "synthetic") display SOCE with classic features, namely inhibition by 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate, ML-9, and low concentrations of lanthanides. On store depletion, synthetic VSMCs and A7r5 cells display currents with characteristics of I(CRAC). Protein knockdown of either STIM1 or Orai1 in synthetic VSMCs greatly reduced SOCE, whereas Orai2, Orai3, TRPC1, TRPC4, and TRPC6 knockdown had no effect. Orai1 knockdown reduced I(CRAC) in synthetic VSMCs and A7r5 cells. Synthetic VSMCs showed up-regulated STIM1/Orai1 proteins and SOCE compared with quiescent freshly isolated VSMC. Knockdown of STIM1 and Orai1 inhibited synthetic VSMC proliferation and migration, whereas STIM2, Orai2, and Orai3 knockdown had no effect. To our knowledge, these results are the first to show I(CRAC) in VSMCs and resolve a long-standing controversy by identifying CRAC as the elusive VSMC SOCE channel important for proliferation and migration.
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- Marie Potier
- Center for Cardiovascular Sciences, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York 12208, USA
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Ng LC, McCormack MD, Airey JA, Singer CA, Keller PS, Shen XM, Hume JR. TRPC1 and STIM1 mediate capacitative Ca2+ entry in mouse pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells. J Physiol 2009; 587:2429-42. [PMID: 19332490 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.172254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Previous studies in pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells (PASMCs) showed that the TRPC1 channel mediates capacitative Ca(2+) entry (CCE), but the molecular signal(s) that activate TRPC1 in PASMCs remains unknown. The aim of the present study was to determine if TRPC1 mediates CCE through activation of STIM1 protein in mouse PASMCs. In primary cultured mouse PASMCs loaded with fura-2, cyclopiazonic acid (CPA) caused a transient followed by a sustained rise in intracellular Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)). The transient but not the sustained rise in [Ca(2+)](i) was partially inhibited by nifedipine. In addition, CPA increased the rate of Mn(2+) quench of fura-2 fluorescence that was inhibited by SKF 96365, Ni(2+), La(3+) and Gd(3+), exhibiting pharmacological properties characteristic of CCE. The nifedipine-insensitive sustained rise in [Ca(2+)](i) and the increase in Mn(2+) quench of fura-2 fluorescence caused by CPA were both inhibited in cells pretreated with antibody raised against an extracellular epitope of TRPC1. Moreover, STIM1 siRNA reduced the rise in [Ca(2+)](i) and Mn(2+) quench of fura-2 fluorescence caused by CPA, whereas overexpression of STIM1 resulted in a marked increase in these responses. RT-PCR revealed TRPC1 and STIM1 mRNAs, and Western blot analysis identified TRPC1 and STIM1 proteins in mouse PASMCs. Furthermore, TRPC1 was found to co-immunoprecipitate with STIM1, and the precipitation level of TRPC1 was increased in cells subjected to store depletion. Taken together, store depletion causes activation of voltage-operated Ca(2+) entry and CCE. These data provide direct evidence that CCE is mediated by TRPC1 channel through activation of STIM1 in mouse PASMCs.
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- Lih Chyuan Ng
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, NV 89557, USA.
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Gibbons SJ, Strege PR, Lei S, Roeder JL, Mazzone A, Ou Y, Rich A, Farrugia G. The alpha1H Ca2+ channel subunit is expressed in mouse jejunal interstitial cells of Cajal and myocytes. J Cell Mol Med 2008; 13:4422-31. [PMID: 19413888 PMCID: PMC2855776 DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2008.00623.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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T-type Ca2+ currents have been detected in cells from the external muscular layers of gastrointestinal smooth muscles and appear to contribute to the generation of pacemaker potentials in interstitial cells of Cajal from those tissues. However, the Ca2+ channel α subunit responsible for these currents has not been determined. We established that the α subunit of the α1H Ca2+ channel is expressed in single myocytes and interstitial cells of Cajal using reverse transcription and polymerase chain reaction from whole tissue, laser capture microdissected tissue and single cells isolated from the mouse jejunum. Whole-cell voltage clamp recordings demonstrated that a nifedipine and Cd2+ resistant, mibefradil-sensitive current is present in myocytes dissociated from the jejunum. Electrical recordings from the circular muscle layer demonstrated that mibefradil reduced the frequency and initial rate of rise of the electrical slow wave. Gene targeted knockout of both alleles of the cacna1h gene, which encodes the α1H Ca2+ channel subunit, resulted in embryonic lethality because of death of the homozygous knockouts prior to E13.5 days in utero. We conclude that a channel with the pharmacological and molecular characteristics of the α1H Ca2+ channel subunit is expressed in interstitial cells of Cajal and myocytes from the mouse jejunum, and that ionic conductances through the α1H Ca2+ channel contribute to the upstroke of the pacemaker potential. Furthermore, the survival of mice that do not express the α1H Ca2+ channel protein is dependent on the genetic background and targeting approach used to generate the knockout mice.
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- Simon J Gibbons
- Enteric Neuroscience Program, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA.
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Guibert C, Ducret T, Savineau JP. Voltage-independent calcium influx in smooth muscle. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2008; 98:10-23. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2008.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Das G, Gopalakrishnan A, Faisal M, Mallick B. Stimulatory role of calcium in rapid eye movement sleep deprivation–induced noradrenaline-mediated increase in Na-K-ATPase activity in rat brain. Neuroscience 2008; 155:76-89. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.04.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2007] [Revised: 03/07/2008] [Accepted: 04/28/2008] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Guilbert A, Dhennin-Duthille I, Hiani YE, Haren N, Khorsi H, Sevestre H, Ahidouch A, Ouadid-Ahidouch H. Expression of TRPC6 channels in human epithelial breast cancer cells. BMC Cancer 2008; 8:125. [PMID: 18452628 PMCID: PMC2409351 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-8-125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2007] [Accepted: 05/02/2008] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Background TRP channels have been shown to be involved in tumour generation and malignant growth. However, the expression of these channels in breast cancer remains unclear. Here we studied the expression and function of endogenous TRPC6 channels in a breast cancer cell line (MCF-7), a human breast cancer epithelial primary culture (hBCE) and in normal and tumour breast tissues. Methods Molecular (Western blot and RT-PCR), and immunohistochemical techniques were used to investigate TRPC6 expression. To investigate the channel activity in both MCF-7 cells and hBCE we used electrophysiological technique (whole cell patch clamp configuration). Results A non selective cationic current was activated by the oleoyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycerol (OAG) in both hBCE and MCF-7 cells. OAG-inward current was inhibited by 2-APB, SK&F 96365 and La3+. TRPC6, but not TRPM7, was expressed both in hBCE and in MCF-7 cells. TRPC3 was only expressed in hBCE. Clinically, TRPC6 mRNA and protein were elevated in breast carcinoma specimens in comparison to normal breast tissue. Furthermore, we found that the overexpression of TRPC6 protein levels were not correlated with tumour grades, estrogen receptor expression or lymph node positive tumours. Conclusion Our results indicate that TRPC6 channels are strongly expressed and functional in breast cancer epithelial cells. Moreover, the overexpression of these channels appears without any correlation with tumour grade, ER expression and lymph node metastasis. Our findings support the idea that TRPC6 may have a role in breast carcinogenesis.
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- Arnaud Guilbert
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, JE Canaux ioniques dans le cancer du sein, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, 33 Rue St Leu 80039, Amiens, France.
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Lu W, Wang J, Shimoda LA, Sylvester JT. Differences in STIM1 and TRPC expression in proximal and distal pulmonary arterial smooth muscle are associated with differences in Ca2+ responses to hypoxia. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2008; 295:L104-13. [PMID: 18424621 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00058.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV) requires Ca(2+) influx through store-operated Ca(2+) channels (SOCC) in pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells (PASMC) and is greater in distal than proximal pulmonary arteries (PA). SOCC may be composed of canonical transient receptor potential (TRPC) proteins and activated by stromal interacting molecule 1 (STIM1). To assess the possibility that HPV is greater in distal PA because store-operated Ca(2+) entry (SOCE) is greater in distal PASMC, we measured intracellular Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) and SOCE in primary cultures of PASMC using fluorescent microscopy and the Ca(2+)-sensitive dye fura 2. Both hypoxia (4% O(2)) and KCl (60 mM) increased [Ca(2+)](i). Responses to hypoxia, but not KCl, were greater in distal cells. We measured SOCE in PASMC perfused with Ca(2+)-free solutions containing cyclopiazonic acid to deplete Ca(2+) stores in sarcoplasmic reticulum and nifedipine to prevent Ca(2+) entry through L-type voltage-operated Ca(2+) channels. Under these conditions, the increase in [Ca(2+)](i) caused by restoration of extracellular Ca(2+) and the decrease in fura 2 fluorescence caused by Mn(2+) were greater in distal PASMC, indicating greater SOCE. Moreover, the increase in SOCE caused by hypoxia was also greater in distal cells. Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis of PASMC and freshly isolated deendothelialized PA tissue demonstrated expression of STIM1 and five of seven known TRPC isoforms (TRPC1 > TRPC6 > TRPC4 >> TRPC3 approximately TRPC5). For both protein, as measured by Western blotting, and mRNA, expression of STIM1, TRPC1, TRPC6, and TRPC4 was greater in distal than proximal PASMC and PA. These results provide further support for the importance of SOCE in HPV and suggest that HPV is greater in distal than proximal PA because greater numbers and activation of SOCC in distal PASMC generate bigger increases in [Ca(2+)](i).
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- Wenju Lu
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
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Meng F, To WKL, Gu Y. Inhibition effect of arachidonic acid on hypoxia-induced [Ca(2+)](i) elevation in PC12 cells and human pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2008; 162:18-23. [PMID: 18455484 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2008.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2008] [Revised: 03/13/2008] [Accepted: 03/17/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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[Ca(2+)](i) elevation is a key event when O(2) sensitive cells, e.g. PC12 cells and pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells, face hypoxia. Ca(2+) entry pathways in mediating hypoxia-induced [Ca(2+)](i) elevation include: voltage-gated Ca(2+) channels (VGCCs), transient receptor potential (TRP) channel and Na(+)-Ca(2+) ex-changer (NCX). In the pulmonary artery, accumulated evidence strongly suggests that prostaglandins (PGs) are involved in pulmonary inflammation and cause vasoconstriction during hypoxia. In this study, we investigated the effect of arachidonic acid (AA), the upstream substrate for PGs, on hypoxia response in O(2) sensitive cells. Exogenous application of AA significantly inhibited hypoxia-induced [Ca(2+)](i) elevation. This effect was due to AA itself rather than its degenerative products. The pharmacological modulation of endogenous AA showed that the prevention of AA generation by blockage of cPLA2, diacylglycerol (DAG) lipase and fatty acid hydrolysis (FAAH), augments hypoxia-induced [Ca(2+)](i) elevation, whereas prevention of AA degeneration attenuates hypoxia-induced [Ca(2+)](i) elevation. Over-expression of COX2 enhances hypoxia-induced [Ca(2+)](i) elevation and this enhancement is reversed by exogenous AA. Our results suggest that AA inhibits hypoxia response. The dynamic alterations in cellular lipids might determine cell response to hypoxia.
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- Fei Meng
- Department of Physiology, The Medical School, University of Birmingham, Vincent Drive, Birmingham, UK
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McElroy SP, Gurney AM, Drummond RM. Pharmacological profile of store-operated Ca(2+) entry in intrapulmonary artery smooth muscle cells. Eur J Pharmacol 2008; 584:10-20. [PMID: 18308301 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2008.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2007] [Revised: 12/19/2007] [Accepted: 01/15/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Store-operated Ca(2+) entry (SOCE) plays an important role in the contraction and proliferation of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PASMCs). The aim of this study was to characterise the pharmacological properties of the SOCE pathway in freshly isolated PASMCs from rat lung and to determine whether this Ca(2+) entry pathway is sensitive to nitric oxide donor drugs. Following depletion of Ca(2+) from the sarcoplasmic reticulum, by treating cells with thapsigargin, re-addition of Ca(2+) produced an increase in cytosolic fluo-4 fluorescence that was sustained for the period that extracellular Ca(2+) was present. Thapsigargin also increased the rate of quench of fura-2 fluorescence, confirming that SOCE was activated. The SOCE pathway was not affected by nifedipine or verapamil; however, it was inhibited by the divalent cations Ni(2+) (10 microM) and Cd(2+) (10 microM) by 47+/-5% and 49+/-5% respectively. SOCE was also inhibited 42+/-5% by 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate (2-APB; 75 microM) and 58+/-4% by Gd(3+) (10 microM), although La(3+) (100 microM) had little effect. None of the NO donors examined, including sodium nitroprusside, glyceryl trinitrate, and 2-(N,N-diethylamino)-diazenolate-2-oxide had any effect on SOCE. Thus, the pulmonary vasorelaxation produced by NO does not involve direct inhibition of SOCE in PASMCs. Western blot and immunocytochemistry using antibodies directed against specific TRPC subunits detected the presence of TRPC1, 3, and 6 in pulmonary artery and the pharmacological profile of SOCE in PASMCs favours a role for TRPC1 in mediating the underlying channels that are activated by store depletion.
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- Stuart P McElroy
- Division of Physiology and Pharmacology, Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NR, United Kingdom
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Xu M, Platoshyn O, Makino A, Dillmann WH, Akassoglou K, Remillard CV, Yuan JXJ. Characterization of agonist-induced vasoconstriction in mouse pulmonary artery. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2007; 294:H220-8. [PMID: 17982012 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00968.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In recent years, transgenic mouse models have been developed to examine the underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms of lung disease and pulmonary vascular disease, such as asthma, pulmonary thromboembolic disease, and pulmonary hypertension. However, there has not been systematic characterization of the basic physiological pulmonary vascular reactivity in normal and transgenic mice. This represents an intellectual "gap", since it is important to characterize basic murine pulmonary vascular reactivity in response to various contractile and relaxant factors to which the pulmonary vasculature is exposed under physiological conditions. The present study evaluates excitation- and pharmacomechanical-contraction coupling in pulmonary arteries (PA) isolated from wild-type BALB/c mice. We demonstrate that both pharmaco- and electromechanical coupling mechanisms exist in mice PA. These arteries are also reactive to stimulation by alpha(1)-adrenergic agonists, serotonin, endothelin-1, vasopressin, and U-46619 (a thromboxane A(2) analog). We conclude that the basic vascular responsiveness of mouse PA is similar to those observed in PA of other species, including rat, pig, and human, albeit on a different scale and to varying amplitudes.
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- Minlin Xu
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California-San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0725, USA
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Ng LC, Kyle BD, Lennox AR, Shen XM, Hatton WJ, Hume JR. Cell culture alters Ca2+ entry pathways activated by store-depletion or hypoxia in canine pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2007; 294:C313-23. [PMID: 17977940 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00258.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Previous studies have shown that, in acutely dispersed canine pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PASMCs), depletion of both functionally independent inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP(3))- and ryanodine-sensitive Ca(2+) stores activates capacitative Ca(2+) entry (CCE). The present study aimed to determine if cell culture modifies intracellular Ca(2+) stores and alters Ca(2+) entry pathways caused by store depletion and hypoxia in canine PASMCs. Intracellular Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) was measured in fura 2-loaded cells. Mn(2+) quench of fura 2 signal was performed to study divalent cation entry, and the effects of hypoxia were examined under oxygen tension of 15-18 mmHg. In acutely isolated PASMCs, depletion of IP(3)-sensitive Ca(2+) stores with cyclopiazonic acid (CPA) did not affect initial caffeine-induced intracellular Ca(2+) transients but abolished 5-HT-induced Ca(2+) transients. In contrast, CPA significantly reduced caffeine- and 5-HT-induced Ca(2+) transients in cultured PASMCs. In cultured PASMCs, store depletion or hypoxia caused a transient followed by a sustained rise in [Ca(2+)](i). The transient rise in [Ca(2+)](i) was partially inhibited by nifedipine, whereas the nifedipine-insensitive transient rise in [Ca(2+)](i) was inhibited by KB-R7943, a selective inhibitor of reverse mode Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger (NCX). The nifedipine-insensitive sustained rise in [Ca(2+)](i) was inhibited by SKF-96365, Ni(2+), La(3+), and Gd(3+). In addition, store depletion or hypoxia increased the rate of Mn(2+) quench of fura 2 fluorescence that was also inhibited by these blockers, exhibiting pharmacological properties characteristic of CCE. We conclude that cell culture of canine PASMCs reorganizes IP(3) and ryanodine receptors into a common intracellular Ca(2+) compartment, and depletion of this store or hypoxia activates voltage-operated Ca(2+) entry, reverse mode NCX, and CCE.
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- Lih Chyuan Ng
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
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Leung FP, Yung LM, Yao X, Laher I, Huang Y. Store-operated calcium entry in vascular smooth muscle. Br J Pharmacol 2007; 153:846-57. [PMID: 17876304 PMCID: PMC2267267 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0707455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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In non-excitable cells, activation of G-protein-coupled phospholipase C (PLC)-linked receptors causes the release of Ca(2+) from intracellular stores, which is followed by transmembrane Ca(2+) entry. This Ca(2+) entry underlies a small and sustained phase of the cellular [Ca(2+)](i) increases and is important for several cellular functions including gene expression, secretion and cell proliferation. This form of transmembrane Ca(2+) entry is supported by agonist-activated Ca(2+)-permeable ion channels that are activated by store depletion and is referred to as store-operated Ca(2+) entry (SOCE) and represents a major pathway for agonist-induced Ca(2+) entry. In excitable cells such as smooth muscle cells, Ca(2+) entry mechanisms responsible for sustained cellular activation are normally considered to be mediated via either voltage-operated or receptor-operated Ca(2+) channels. Although SOCE occurs following agonist activation of smooth muscle, this was thought to be more important in replenishing Ca(2+) stores rather than acting as a source of activator Ca(2+) for the contractile process. This review summarizes our current knowledge of SOCE as a regulator of vascular smooth muscle tone and discusses its possible role in the cardiovascular function and disease. We propose a possible hypothesis for its activation and suggest that SOCE may represent a novel target for pharmacological therapeutic intervention.
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- F P Leung
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China
- Department of Physiology, Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Physiology, Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China
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- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China
- Department of Physiology, Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China
- Institute of Vascular Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada
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- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China
- Department of Physiology, Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China
- Institute of Vascular Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China
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Firth AL, Remillard CV, Yuan JXJ. TRP channels in hypertension. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2007; 1772:895-906. [PMID: 17399958 PMCID: PMC2025589 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2007.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2006] [Revised: 02/08/2007] [Accepted: 02/08/2007] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Pulmonary and systemic arterial hypertension are associated with profound alterations in Ca(2+) homeostasis and smooth muscle cell proliferation. A novel class of non-selective cation channels, the transient receptor potential (TRP) channels, have emerged at the forefront of research into hypertensive disease states. TRP channels are identified as molecular correlates for receptor-operated and store-operated cation channels in the vasculature. Over 10 TRP isoforms are identified at the mRNA and protein expression levels in the vasculature. Current research implicates upregulation of specific TRP isoforms to be associated with increased Ca(2+) influx, characteristic of vasoconstriction and vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation. TRP channels are implicated as Ca(2+) entry pathways in pulmonary hypertension and essential hypertension. Caveolae have recently emerged as membrane microdomains in which TRP channels may be co-localized with the endoplasmic reticulum in both smooth muscle and endothelial cells. Such enhanced expression and function of TRP channels and their localization in caveolae in pathophysiological hypertensive disease states highlights their importance as potential targets for pharmacological intervention.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Caveolae/metabolism
- Cell Proliferation/drug effects
- Cytoskeleton/metabolism
- Endothelium, Vascular/drug effects
- Endothelium, Vascular/metabolism
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Humans
- Hypertension/etiology
- Hypertension/genetics
- Hypertension/physiopathology
- Hypertension/therapy
- Hypertension, Pulmonary/etiology
- Hypertension, Pulmonary/genetics
- Hypertension, Pulmonary/therapy
- Models, Biological
- Muscle Contraction/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/physiology
- Pulmonary Artery/physiology
- Transient Receptor Potential Channels/agonists
- Transient Receptor Potential Channels/genetics
- Transient Receptor Potential Channels/metabolism
- Transient Receptor Potential Channels/physiology
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- Amy L Firth
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0725, La Jolla, CA 92093-0725, USA
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Clyman RI, Waleh N, Kajino H, Roman C, Mauray F. Calcium-dependent and calcium-sensitizing pathways in the mature and immature ductus arteriosus. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2007; 293:R1650-6. [PMID: 17652360 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00300.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Studies performed in sheep and baboons have shown that after birth, the normoxic muscle media of ductus arteriosus (DA) becomes profoundly hypoxic as it constricts and undergoes anatomic remodeling. We used isolated fetal lamb DA (pretreated with inhibitors of prostaglandin and nitric oxide production) to determine why the immature DA fails to remain tightly constricted during the hypoxic phase of remodeling. Under normoxic conditions, mature DA constricts to 70% of its maximal active tension (MAT). Half of its normoxic tension is due to Ca(2+) entry through calcium L-channels and store-operated calcium (SOC) channels. The other half is independent of extracellular Ca(2+) and is unaffected by inhibitors of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca(2+) release (ryanodine) or reuptake [cyclopiazonic acid (CPA)]. The mature DA relaxes slightly during hypoxia (to 60% MAT) due to decreases in calcium L-channel-mediated Ca(2+) entry. Inhibitors of Rho kinase and tyrosine kinase inhibit both Ca(2+)-dependent and Ca(2+)-independent DA tension. Although Rho kinase activity may increase during gestation, immature DA develop lower tensions than mature DA, primarily because of differences in the way they process Ca(2+). Calcium L-channel expression increases with advancing gestation. Under normoxic conditions, differences in calcium L-channel-mediated Ca(2+) entry account for differences in tension between immature (60% MAT) and mature (70% MAT) DA. Under hypoxic conditions, differences in both calcium L-channel-dependent and calcium L-channel-independent Ca(2+) entry, account for differences in tension between immature (33% MAT) and mature (60% MAT) DA. Stimulation of Ca(2+) entry through reverse-mode Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchange or CPA-induced SOC channel activity constrict the DA and eliminate differences between immature and mature DA during both hypoxia and normoxia.
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- Ronald I Clyman
- Cardiovascular Research Institute and Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Ave., Rm. 1408 HSW, UCSF Box 0544, San Francisco, CA 94143-0544, USA.
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Alapati VR, McKenzie C, Blair A, Kenny D, MacDonald A, Shaw AM. Mechanisms of U46619- and 5-HT-induced contraction of bovine pulmonary arteries: role of chloride ions. Br J Pharmacol 2007; 151:1224-34. [PMID: 17592513 PMCID: PMC2189823 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0707338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Thromboxane A(2) and 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) are implicated in pulmonary hypertension. The involvement of chloride, voltage-operated calcium channels (VOCCs), store-operated calcium channels (SOCCs) and the Rho kinase in the contractile response of bovine pulmonary arteries (BPA) to the thromboxane A(2) mimetic U46619 and 5-HT was investigated. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Endothelium-intact ring segments of BPA were mounted in Krebs/Henseleit buffer (37 degrees C) under a tension of 2g and gassed with 95%O(2)/5%CO(2). KEY RESULTS Depletion or removal of extracellular chloride, inhibition of chloride and SOCC, Na:K:2Cl, Cl/HCO(3), Rho kinase inhibited contractions to U46619. Combining Rho kinase inhibition and chloride channel blockade (with NPPB) almost abolished the contractions to U46619. In contrast 5-HT-induced contraction was inhibited by verapamil and mibefradil. Depletion of stored calcium with caffeine almost abolished the response to U46619 but not 5-HT. The contraction by the sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase inhibitor CPA was abolished by SOCC and chloride channel blockade (with NPPB) and by chloride depletion. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS This study suggests that the contractile response of BPA to U46619 involves Rho kinase together with a chloride-sensitive mechanism, which does not involve VOCC but may have a role in calcium release and calcium entry via SOCC. In contrast contraction of the BPA by 5-HT appears to involve verapamil- and mibefradil-sensitive VOCC. This study may indicate that the use of calcium channel blockers in the management of pulmonary hypertension may not always be effective and that Rho kinase and chloride channels may be targets for the development of new therapies.
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- V R Alapati
- Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University Glasgow, UK
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Lin MJ, Yang XR, Cao YN, Sham JSK. Hydrogen peroxide-induced Ca2+ mobilization in pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2007; 292:L1598-608. [PMID: 17369291 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00323.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated from NADPH oxidases and mitochondria have been implicated as key messengers for pulmonary vasoconstriction and vascular remodeling induced by agonists and hypoxia. Since Ca2+ mobilization is essential for vasoconstriction and cell proliferation, we sought to characterize the Ca2+ response and to delineate the Ca2+ pathways activated by hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in rat intralobar pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells (PASMCs). Exogenous application of 10 μM to 1 mM H2O2 elicited concentration-dependent increase in intracellular Ca2+ concentration in PASMCs, with an initial rise followed by a plateau or slow secondary increase. The initial phase was related to intracellular release. It was attenuated by the inositol trisphosphate (IP3) receptor antagonist 2-aminoethyl diphenylborate, ryanodine, or thapsigargin, but was unaffected by the removal of Ca2+ in external solution. The secondary phase was dependent on extracellular Ca2+ influx. It was unaffected by the voltage-gated Ca2+ channel blocker nifedipine or the nonselective cation channel blockers SKF-96365 and La3+, but inhibited concentration dependently by millimolar Ni2+, and potentiated by the Na+/Ca2+ exchange inhibitor KB-R 7943. H2O2 did not alter the rate of Mn2+ quenching of fura 2, suggesting store- and receptor-operated Ca2+ channels were not involved. By contrast, H2O2 elicited a sustained inward current carried by Na+ at −70 mV, and the current was inhibited by Ni2+. These results suggest that H2O2 mobilizes intracellular Ca2+ through multiple pathways, including the IP3- and ryanodine receptor-gated Ca2+ stores, and Ni2+-sensitive cation channels. Activation of these Ca2+ pathways may play important roles in ROS signaling in PASMCs.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Calcium/metabolism
- Cells, Cultured
- Fluorescent Dyes
- Fura-2
- Hydrogen Peroxide/pharmacology
- Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors/metabolism
- Male
- Manganese/pharmacokinetics
- Membrane Potentials/drug effects
- Membrane Potentials/physiology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/cytology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/physiology
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/cytology
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/metabolism
- Oxidants/pharmacology
- Patch-Clamp Techniques
- Pulmonary Artery/cytology
- Pulmonary Artery/physiology
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism
- Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel/metabolism
- Sodium/metabolism
- Sodium-Calcium Exchanger/physiology
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- Mo-Jun Lin
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
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Platoshyn O, Yu Y, Ko EA, Remillard CV, Yuan JXJ. Heterogeneity of hypoxia-mediated decrease in I(K(V)) and increase in [Ca2+](cyt) in pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2007; 293:L402-16. [PMID: 17526598 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00391.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction is caused by a rise in cytosolic Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)](cyt)) in pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PASMC) via multiple mechanisms. PASMC consist of heterogeneous phenotypes defined by contractility, proliferation, and apoptosis as well as by differences in expression and function of various genes. In rat PASMC, hypoxia-mediated decrease in voltage-gated K(+) (Kv) currents (I(K(V))) and increase in [Ca(2+)](cyt) were not uniformly distributed in all PASMC tested. Acute hypoxia decreased I(K(V)) and increased [Ca(2+)](cyt) in approximately 46% and approximately 53% of PASMC, respectively. Using combined techniques of single-cell RT-PCR and patch clamp, we show here that mRNA expression level of Kv1.5 in hypoxia-sensitive PASMC (in which hypoxia reduced I(K(V))) was much greater than in hypoxia-insensitive cells (in which hypoxia negligibly affected I(K(V))). These results demonstrate that 1) different PASMC express different Kv channel alpha- and beta-subunits, and 2) the sensitivity of a PASMC to acute hypoxia partially depends on the expression level of Kv1.5 channels; hypoxia reduces whole-cell I(K(V)) only in PASMC that express high level of Kv1.5. In addition, the acute hypoxia-mediated changes in [Ca(2+)](cyt) also vary in different PASMC. Hypoxia increases [Ca(2+)](cyt) only in 34% of cells tested, and the different sensitivity of [Ca(2+)](cyt) to hypoxia was not related to the resting [Ca(2+)](cyt). An intrinsic mechanism within each individual cell may be involved in the heterogeneity of hypoxia-mediated effect on [Ca(2+)](cyt) in PASMC. These data suggest that the heterogeneity of PASMC may partially be related to different expression levels and functional sensitivity of Kv channels to hypoxia and to differences in intrinsic mechanisms involved in regulating [Ca(2+)](cyt).
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- Oleksandr Platoshyn
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0725, USA
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Zhang S, Patel HH, Murray F, Remillard CV, Schach C, Thistlethwaite PA, Insel PA, Yuan JXJ. Pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells from normal subjects and IPAH patients show divergent cAMP-mediated effects on TRPC expression and capacitative Ca2+ entry. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2006; 292:L1202-10. [PMID: 17189322 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00214.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Pulmonary vascular remodeling due to overgrowth of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PASMC) is a major cause for the elevated vascular resistance in patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH). Increased cytosolic Ca(2+) concentration, resulting from enhanced capacitative Ca(2+) entry (CCE) and upregulated transient receptor potential (TRP) channel expression, is involved in stimulating PASMC proliferation. The current study was designed to determine the impact of cAMP, a second messenger that we hypothesized would blunt aspects of PASMC activity, as a possible contributor to IPAH pathophysiology. Short-term (30 min) pretreatment with forskolin (FSK; 10 muM), a direct activator of adenylyl cyclase, in combination with the cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase inhibitor isobutylmethylxanthine (IBMX; 200 muM), attenuated CCE in PASMC from normal subjects, patients without pulmonary hypertension (NPH), and patients with IPAH. The FSK-mediated CCE inhibition was independent of protein kinase A (PKA), because the PKA inhibitor H89 negligibly affected the decrease in CCE produced by cAMP. By contrast, longer (4 h) treatment with FSK (with IBMX) attenuated CCE in normal and NPH PASMC but enhanced CCE in IPAH PASMC. This enhancement of CCE was abolished by PKA inhibition and associated with an upregulation of TRPC3. In addition, cAMP increased TRPC1 mRNA expression in IPAH (but not in normal or NPH) PASMC, an effect blunted by H89. Furthermore, iloprost, a prostacyclin analog that increases cAMP, downregulated TRPC3 expression in IPAH PASMC and FSK-mediated cAMP increase inhibited IPAH PASMC proliferation. Although a rapid rise in cellular cAMP decreases CCE by a PKA-independent mechanism, sustained cAMP increase inhibits CCE in normal and NPH PASMC but increases CCE via a PKA-dependent pathway in IPAH PASMC. The divergent effect of cAMP on CCE parallels effects on TRPC expression. The results suggest that the combined use of a PKA inhibitor and cAMP-elevating drugs may provide a novel approach for treatment of IPAH.
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- Shen Zhang
- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0725, USA
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Villalba N, Stankevicius E, Garcia-Sacristán A, Simonsen U, Prieto D. Contribution of both Ca2+ entry and Ca2+ sensitization to the alpha1-adrenergic vasoconstriction of rat penile small arteries. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2006; 292:H1157-69. [PMID: 17085536 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01034.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Sympathetic adrenergic nerves maintain the flaccid state of the penis through the tonic release of norepinephrine that contracts trabecular and arterial smooth muscle. Simultaneous measurements of intracellular Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) and tension and experiments with alpha-toxin-permeabilized arteries were performed in branches of the rat dorsal penile artery to investigate the intracellular Ca(2+) signaling pathways underlying alpha(1)-adrenergic vasoconstriction. Phenylephrine increased both [Ca(2+)](i) and tension, these increases being abolished by extracellular Ca(2+) removal and reduced by about 50% by the L-type Ca(2+) channel blocker nifedipine (0.3 microM). Non-L-type Ca(2+) entry through store-operated channels was studied by inhibiting the sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase with cyclopiazonic acid (CPA). CPA (30 microM) induced variable phasic contractions that were abolished by extracellular Ca(2+) removal and by the store-operated channels antagonist 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate (2-APB, 50 microM) and largely inhibited by nifedipine (0.3 microM). CPA induced a sustained increase in [Ca(2+)](i) that was reduced in a Ca(2+)-free medium. Under conditions of L-type channels blockade, Ca(2+) readmission after store depletion with CPA evoked a sustained and marked elevation in [Ca(2+)](i) not coupled to contraction. 2-APB (50 microM) inhibited the rise in [Ca(2+)](i) evoked by CPA and the nifedipine-insensitive increases in both [Ca(2+)](i) and contraction elicited by phenylephrine. In alpha-toxin-permeabilized penile arteries, activation of G proteins with guanosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) and of the alpha(1)-adrenoceptor with phenylephrine both enhanced the myofilament sensitivity to Ca(2+). This Ca(2+) sensitization was reduced by selective inhibitors of PKC, tyrosine kinase (TK), and Rho kinase (RhoK) by 43%, 67%, and 82%, respectively. As a whole, the present data suggest the alpha(1)-adrenergic vasoconstriction in penile small arteries involves Ca(2+) entry through both L-type and 2-APB-sensitive receptor-operated channels, as well as Ca(2+) sensitization mechanisms mediated by PKC, TK, and RhoK. A capacitative Ca(2+) entry coupled to noncontractile functions of the smooth muscle cell is also demonstrated.
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MESH Headings
- Adrenergic alpha-1 Receptor Agonists
- Adrenergic alpha-Agonists/pharmacology
- Animals
- Arteries/drug effects
- Arteries/metabolism
- Calcium Channel Blockers/pharmacology
- Calcium Channels, L-Type/drug effects
- Calcium Channels, L-Type/metabolism
- Calcium Signaling/drug effects
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
- GTP-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- In Vitro Techniques
- Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors
- Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/metabolism
- Male
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/innervation
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Penis/blood supply
- Phenylephrine/pharmacology
- Protein Kinase C/antagonists & inhibitors
- Protein Kinase C/metabolism
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-1/metabolism
- Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases/antagonists & inhibitors
- Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases/metabolism
- Sympathetic Nervous System/physiology
- Vasoconstriction/drug effects
- Vasoconstrictor Agents/pharmacology
- rho-Associated Kinases
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- Nuria Villalba
- Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Dietrich A, Chubanov V, Kalwa H, Rost BR, Gudermann T. Cation channels of the transient receptor potential superfamily: their role in physiological and pathophysiological processes of smooth muscle cells. Pharmacol Ther 2006; 112:744-60. [PMID: 16842858 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2006.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2006] [Accepted: 05/30/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Smooth muscle cells (SMC) are essential components of many tissues of the body. Ion channels regulate their membrane potential, the intracellular Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) and their contractility. Among the ion channels expressed in SMC cation channels of the transient receptor potential (TRP) superfamily allow the entry of Na(+), Ca(2+) and Mg(2+). Members of the TRP superfamily are essential constituents of tonically active channels (TAC), receptor-operated channels (ROC), store-operated channels (SOC) and stretch-activated channels (SAC). This review focusses on TRP channels (TRPC1, TRPC3, TRPC4, TRPC5, TRPC6, TRPC7, TRPV2, TRPV4, TRPM4, TRPM7, TRPP2) whose physiological functions in SMC were dissected by downregulating channel activity in isolated tissues or by the analysis of gene-deficient mouse models. Their possible functional role and physiological regulation as homomeric or heteromeric channels in SMC are discussed. Moreover, TRP channels may also be responsible for pathophysiological processes involving SMC-like airway hyperresponsiveness and pulmonary hypertension. Therefore, they present important drug targets for future pharmacological interventions.
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- Alexander Dietrich
- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Karl-von-Frisch Str. 1, 35043 Marburg, Germany.
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Hill AJ, Hinton JM, Cheng H, Gao Z, Bates DO, Hancox JC, Langton PD, James AF. A TRPC-like non-selective cation current activated by α1-adrenoceptors in rat mesenteric artery smooth muscle cells. Cell Calcium 2006; 40:29-40. [PMID: 16697039 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2006.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2005] [Revised: 02/15/2006] [Accepted: 03/16/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The TRPC family of non-selective cation channels has been suggested to play a key role in the responses to alpha1-adrenoceptor stimulation of vascular smooth muscle. However, there are still very few reports of non-selective cation currents activated by alpha1-AR in resistance arteries. Here, we examine the expression of TRPC channels and the currents activated by alpha1-adrenoceptors in rat mesenteric resistance artery smooth muscle. Messenger RNA and protein for TRPC1, TRPC3 and TRPC6 were detected within the arteries by RT-PCR and immunoblotting. Endothelial and adventitial layers were found to express the TRPC1, TRPC3 and TRPC6 proteins whereas only TRPC1 and TRPC6 were detected in the arterial smooth muscle by confocal immunofluorescence microscopy. In whole-cell patch-clamp recordings from isolated mesenteric arterial myocytes, an outwardly rectifying non-selective cation current was activated by both the alpha1-adrenoceptor agonist, phenylephrine (10 microM), and the diacylglycerol analogue, 1-oleoyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycerol (100 microM). Responses to 1-oleoyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycerol were not blocked, but increased, following inhibition of protein-kinase-C with either bisindolylmaleimide-I (1 microM) or chelerythrine (1 microM). The currents activated by both phenylephrine and 1-oleoyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycerol were inhibited by Gd3+ (100 microM) but potentiated by flufenamic acid (100 microM). Collectively, these findings demonstrate for the first time the expression of TRPC1 and TRPC6 in rat mesenteric artery smooth muscle and the existence in rat isolated mesenteric arterial myocytes of a TRPC-like non-selective cation current activated by alpha1-adrenoceptor stimulation and 1-oleoyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycerol.
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- Andrew J Hill
- Cardiovascular and Microvascular Research Laboratories, Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK
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Liu C, Ngai CY, Huang Y, Ko WH, Wu M, He GW, Garland CJ, Dora KA, Yao X. Depletion of intracellular Ca2+ stores enhances flow-induced vascular dilatation in rat small mesenteric artery. Br J Pharmacol 2006; 147:506-15. [PMID: 16415911 PMCID: PMC1616973 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0706639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The effect of depleting intracellular Ca2+ stores on flow-induced vascular dilatation and the mechanism responsible for the vasodilatation were examined in rat isolated small mesenteric arteries. The arteries were pressurized to 50 mmHg and preconstricted with phenylephrine. Intraluminal flow reversed the effect of phenylephrine, resulting in vasodilatation. Flow dilatation consisted of an initial transient peak followed by a sustained plateau phase. The magnitude of dilatation was markedly reduced by removing Ca2+ from the intraluminal flow medium. Depletion of intracellular Ca2+ stores with either cyclopiazonic acid (CPA, 2 microM) or 1,4-dihydroxy-2,5-di-tert-butylbenzene (BHQ, 10 microM) significantly augmented the magnitude of flow dilatation. Flow-induced endothelial cell Ca2+ influx was also markedly enhanced in arteries pretreated with CPA or BHQ.Flow-induced dilatation was insensitive to Nw-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (100 microM) plus indomethacin (3 microM) or to oxyhemoglobin (3 microM), but was markedly reduced by 30 mM extracellular K+ or 2 mM tetrabutylammonium (TBA), suggesting an involvement of EDHF. Catalase at 1200 U ml-1 abolished the flow-induced dilatation, while the application of exogenous H2O2 (90-220 microM) induced relaxation in phenylephrine-preconstricted arteries. Relaxation to exogenous H2O2 was blocked in the presence of 30 mM extracellular K+, and H2O2 (90 microM) hyperpolarized the smooth muscle cells, indicating that H2O2 can act as an EDHF. In conclusion, flow-induced dilatation in rat mesenteric arteries can be markedly enhanced by prior depletion of intracellular Ca2+ stores. Furthermore, these data are consistent with a role for H2O2 as the vasodilator involved.
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- Cuiling Liu
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Department of Pathology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Inoue R, Morita H, Ito Y. Newly emerging Ca2+ entry channel molecules that regulate the vascular tone. Expert Opin Ther Targets 2006; 8:321-34. [PMID: 15268627 DOI: 10.1517/14728222.8.4.321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Local blood flow is critically determined by the arterial tone in which sustained Ca(2+) influx, activated by a variety of mechanisms, plays a central regulatory role. Recent progress in molecular biological research has disclosed unexpectedly diverse and complex facets of Ca(2+) entry channel molecules involved in this Ca(2+) influx. Candidates include several transient receptor potential (TRP) superfamily members such as TRPC1, TRPC4, TRPC6, TRPV2, TRPV4 and TRPM4, none of which exhibit simple properties attributable to a single particular role. Rather, they appear to be multimodally activated or modulated by receptor stimulation, temperature, mechanical stress or lipid second messengers generated from various sources, and may be involved in both acute vasomotor control and long-term vascular remodelling. This paper provides an overview of existing knowledge of TRP proteins, and their possible relationships with principal factors regulating the arterial tone (i.e., autonomic nerves, various autocrine and paracrine factors, and intravascular pressure).
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- Ryuji Inoue
- Kyushu University, Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
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Brueggemann LI, Markun DR, Henderson KK, Cribbs LL, Byron KL. Pharmacological and Electrophysiological Characterization of Store-Operated Currents and Capacitative Ca2+Entry in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2006; 317:488-99. [PMID: 16415091 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.105.095067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Capacitative Ca(2+) entry (CCE) in vascular smooth muscle cells contributes to vasoconstrictor and mitogenic effects of vasoactive hormones. In A7r5 rat aortic smooth muscle cells, measurements of cytosolic free Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) have demonstrated that depletion of intracellular Ca(2+) stores activates CCE. However, there is disagreement in published studies regarding the regulation of this mechanism by the vasoconstrictor hormone [Arg(8)]-vasopressin (AVP). We have employed electrophysiological methods to characterize the membrane currents activated by store depletion [store-operated current (I(SOC))]. Because of different recording conditions, it has not been previously determined whether I(SOC) corresponds to CCE measured using fura-2; nor has the channel protein responsible for CCE been identified. In the present study, the pharmacological characteristics of I(SOC), including its sensitivity to blockade by 2-aminoethoxydiphenylborane, diethylstilbestrol, or micromolar Gd(3+), were found to parallel the effects of these drugs on thapsigargin- or AVP-activated CCE measured under identical external ionic conditions using fura-2. Thapsigargin-stimulated I(SOC) was also measured in freshly isolated rat mesenteric artery smooth muscle cells (MASMC). Members of the transient receptor potential (TRP) family of nonselective cation channels, TRPC1, TRPC4, and TRPC6, were detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and Western blot in both A7r5 cells and MASMC. TRPC1 expression was reduced in a stable A7r5 cell line expressing a small interfering RNA (siRNA) or by infection of A7r5 cells with an adenovirus expressing a TRPC1 antisense nucleotide sequence. Thapsigargin-stimulated I(SOC) was reduced in both the TRPC1 siRNA- and TRPC1 antisense-expressing cells, suggesting that the TRPC1 channel contributes to the I(SOC)/CCE pathway.
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- Lioubov I Brueggemann
- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Loyola University Medical Center, 2160 South First Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
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Jernigan NL, Broughton BRS, Walker BR, Resta TC. Impaired NO-dependent inhibition of store- and receptor-operated calcium entry in pulmonary vascular smooth muscle after chronic hypoxia. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2005; 290:L517-25. [PMID: 16243900 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00308.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We have recently demonstrated that chronic hypoxia (CH) attenuates nitric oxide (NO)-mediated decreases in pulmonary vascular smooth muscle (VSM) intracellular free calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) and promotes NO-dependent VSM Ca2+ desensitization. The objective of the current study was to identify potential mechanisms by which CH interferes with regulation of [Ca2+]i by NO. We hypothesized that CH impairs NO-mediated inhibition of store-operated (capacitative) Ca2+ entry (SOCE) or receptor-operated Ca2+ entry (ROCE) in pulmonary VSM. To test this hypothesis, we examined effects of the NO donor, spermine NONOate, on SOCE resulting from depletion of intracellular Ca2+ stores with cyclopiazonic acid, and on UTP-induced ROCE in isolated, endothelium-denuded, pressurized pulmonary arteries (213 +/- 8 microm inner diameter) from control and CH (4 wk at 0.5 atm) rats. Arteries were loaded with fura-2 AM to continuously monitor VSM [Ca2+]i. We found that the change in [Ca2+]i associated with SOCE and ROCE was significantly reduced in vessels from CH animals. Furthermore, spermine NONOate diminished SOCE and ROCE in vessels from control, but not CH animals. We conclude that NO-mediated inhibition of SOCE and ROCE is impaired after CH-induced pulmonary hypertension.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Bronchodilator Agents/pharmacology
- Calcium/metabolism
- Calcium Channels/drug effects
- Calcium Channels/metabolism
- Calcium-Transporting ATPases/antagonists & inhibitors
- Chronic Disease
- Endothelium, Vascular/metabolism
- Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Hypertension, Pulmonary/metabolism
- Hypertension, Pulmonary/pathology
- Hypoxia/metabolism
- Indoles/pharmacology
- Male
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/cytology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Nitric Oxide/pharmacology
- Nitric Oxide Donors/pharmacology
- Nitrogen Oxides/pharmacology
- Pulmonary Artery/cytology
- Pulmonary Artery/drug effects
- Pulmonary Artery/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Spermine/analogs & derivatives
- Spermine/pharmacology
- Uridine Triphosphate/pharmacology
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- Nikki L Jernigan
- Vascular Physiology Group, Dept. of Cell Biology and Physiology, Univ. of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, MSC 08-4750, 1 Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, USA
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Bradley E, Hollywood MA, McHale NG, Thornbury KD, Sergeant GP. Pacemaker activity in urethral interstitial cells is not dependent on capacitative calcium entry. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2005; 289:C625-32. [PMID: 16100389 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00090.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The aim of the present study was to investigate the properties and role of capacitative Ca(2+) entry (CCE) in interstitial cells (IC) isolated from the rabbit urethra. Ca(2+) entry in IC was larger in cells with depleted intracellular Ca(2+) stores compared with controls, consistent with influx via a CCE pathway. The nonselective Ca(2+) entry blockers Gd(3+) (10 microM), La(3+) (10 microM), and Ni(2+) (100 microM) reduced CCE by 67% (n = 14), 65% (n = 11), and 55% (n = 9), respectively. These agents did not inhibit Ca(2+) entry when stores were not depleted. Conversely, CCE in IC was resistant to SKF-96365 (10 microM), wortmannin (10 microM), and nifedipine (1 microM). Spontaneous transient inward currents were recorded from IC voltage-clamped at -60 mV. These events were not significantly affected by Gd(3+) (10 microM) or La(3+) (10 microM) and were only slightly decreased in amplitude by 100 microM Ni(2+). The results from this study demonstrate that freshly dispersed IC from the rabbit urethra possess a CCE pathway. However, influx via this pathway does not appear to contribute to spontaneous activity in these cells.
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- Eamonn Bradley
- Smooth Muscle Research Centre, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland
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Thorneloe KS, Nelson MT. Ion channels in smooth muscle: regulators of intracellular calcium and contractility. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2005; 83:215-42. [PMID: 15870837 DOI: 10.1139/y05-016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Smooth muscle (SM) is essential to all aspects of human physiology and, therefore, key to the maintenance of life. Ion channels expressed within SM cells regulate the membrane potential, intracellular Ca2+ concentration, and contractility of SM. Excitatory ion channels function to depolarize the membrane potential. These include nonselective cation channels that allow Na+ and Ca2+ to permeate into SM cells. The nonselective cation channel family includes tonically active channels (Icat), as well as channels activated by agonists, pressure-stretch, and intracellular Ca2+ store depletion. Cl--selective channels, activated by intracellular Ca2+ or stretch, also mediate SM depolarization. Plasma membrane depolarization in SM activates voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels that demonstrate a high Ca2+ selectivity and provide influx of contractile Ca2+. Ca2+ is also released from SM intracellular Ca2+ stores of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) through ryanodine and inositol trisphosphate receptor Ca2+ channels. This is part of a negative feedback mechanism limiting contraction that occurs by the Ca2+-dependent activation of large-conductance K+ channels, which hyper polarize the plasma membrane. Unlike the well-defined contractile role of SR-released Ca2+ in skeletal and cardiac muscle, the literature suggests that in SM Ca2+ released from the SR functions to limit contractility. Depolarization-activated K+ chan nels, ATP-sensitive K+ channels, and inward rectifier K+ channels also hyperpolarize SM, favouring relaxation. The expression pattern, density, and biophysical properties of ion channels vary among SM types and are key determinants of electrical activity, contractility, and SM function.
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- Kevin S Thorneloe
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington 05405, USA.
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Alvarez DF, King JA, Townsley MI. Resistance to store depletion-induced endothelial injury in rat lung after chronic heart failure. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2005; 172:1153-60. [PMID: 16051904 PMCID: PMC2718399 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200506-847oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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RATIONALE In chronic heart failure, the lung endothelial permeability response to angiotensin II or thapsigargin-induced store depletion is ablated, although the mechanisms are not understood. OBJECTIVES To determine whether the ablated permeability response to store depletion during heart failure was due to impaired expression of store operated Ca2+ channels in lung endothelium. METHODS Heart failure was induced by aortocaval fistula in rats. Permeability was measured in isolated lungs using the filtration coefficient and a low Ca2+/Ca2+ add-back strategy to identify the component of the permeability response dependent on Ca2+ entry. MAIN RESULTS In fistulas, right ventricular mass and left ventricular end diastolic pressure were increased and left ventricular shortening fraction decreased compared with shams. Thapsigargin-induced store depletion increased lung endothelial permeability in shams, but not in fistulas. Permeability increased in both groups after the Ca2+ ionophore A23187 or 14,15-epoxyeicosatrienoic acid, independent of store depletion. A diacylglycerol analog had no impact on permeability. Increased distance between the endoplasmic reticulum and the plasmalemmal membrane was ruled out as a mechanism for the loss of the permeability response to store depletion. Endothelial expression of the endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase was not altered in fistulas compared with shams, whereas the store-operated canonical transient receptor potential channels 1, 3, and 4 were downregulated in extraalveolar vessel endothelium. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that the adaptive mechanism limiting store depletion-induced endothelial lung injury in the aortocaval model of heart failure involves downregulation of store-operated Ca2+ channels.
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- Diego F Alvarez
- Department of Physiology, MSB 3074, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36688, USA
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Yang H, Mergler S, Sun X, Wang Z, Lu L, Bonanno JA, Pleyer U, Reinach PS. TRPC4 knockdown suppresses epidermal growth factor-induced store-operated channel activation and growth in human corneal epithelial cells. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:32230-7. [PMID: 16033767 PMCID: PMC4096720 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m504553200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Epidermal growth factor (EGF) in corneal epithelial cells stimulates proliferation by inducing capacitative calcium entry (CCE). However, neither the identity nor the mechanism of activation of the plasma membrane influx pathway that mediates CCE is known. Accordingly, we determined, in human corneal epithelial cells, whether or not (i) CCE is dependent upon stimulation of storeoperated channel (SOC) activity, (ii) the canonical transient receptor potential (TRP) protein isoform TRPC4 is a component of such channels, and (iii) suppression of TRPC4 protein expression decreases EGF-induced stimulation of SOC activity and proliferation. The whole cell patch-clamp technique was used to monitor TRPC4-mediated stimulation of SOC activity following intracellular calcium store depletion and induction of CCE. TRPC4 small interfering RNA transfection suppressed TRPC4 protein expression. Reverse transcription-PCR and Western blot analysis were used to assess knockdown efficiency of mRNA and protein expression. [(3)H]Thymidine incorporation was used to evaluate EGF-in-duced mitogenesis. Ca(2+) transients were measured by single-cell fluorescence imaging. TRPC4 knockdown decreased mRNA and protein expression by 89 and 87%, respectively. In these cells, EGF-induced SOC activation elicited by intracellular calcium store depletion was obviated; 2) EGF-induced CCE fell by 76%; 3) EGF-induced stimulation of SOC activity was eliminated; and 4) EGF-induced increases in proliferation fell by 54%. Thus, TRPC4 is a component of SOC in human corneal epithelial cells whose activation by EGF is requisite for an optimum mitogenic response to this growth factor.
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- Hua Yang
- College of Optometry, State University of New York, New York, New York 10036
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- Eye Clinic, Charité University Medicine, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- School of Optometry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405
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- College of Optometry, State University of New York, New York, New York 10036
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- Division of Molecular Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California 90502
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- Eye Clinic, Charité University Medicine, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- College of Optometry, State University of New York, New York, New York 10036
- To whom correspondence should be addressed: College of Optometry, State University of New York, 33 West 42nd St., New York, NY 10036. Tel.: 212-780-5165; Fax: 212-780-5174;
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Helli PB, Pertens E, Janssen LJ. Cyclopiazonic acid activates a Ca2+-permeable, nonselective cation conductance in porcine and bovine tracheal smooth muscle. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2005; 99:1759-68. [PMID: 16024526 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00242.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Capacitative Ca2+ entry has been examined in several tissues and, in some, appears to be mediated by nonselective cation channels collectively referred to as "store-operated" cation channels; however, relatively little is known about the electrophysiological properties of these channels in airway smooth muscle. Consequently we examined the electrophysiological characteristics and changes in intracellular Ca2+ concentration associated with a cyclopiazonic acid (CPA)-evoked current in porcine and bovine airway smooth muscle using patch-clamp and Ca2+-fluorescence techniques. In bovine tracheal myocytes, CPA induced an elevation of intracellular Ca2+ that was dependent on extracellular Ca2+ and was insensitive to nifedipine (an L-type voltage-gated Ca2+ channel inhibitor). Using patch-clamp techniques and conditions that block both K+ and Cl- currents, we found that CPA rapidly activated a membrane conductance (I(CPA)) in porcine and bovine tracheal myocytes that exhibits a linear current-voltage relationship with a reversal potential around 0 mV. Replacement of extracellular Na+ resulted in a marked reduction of I(CPA) at physiological membrane potentials (i.e., -60 mV) that was accompanied by a shift in the reversal potential for I(CPA) toward more negative membrane potentials. In addition, I(CPA) was markedly inhibited by 10 microM Gd3+ and La3+ but was largely insensitive to 1 microM nifedipine. We conclude that CPA induces capacitative Ca2+ entry in porcine and bovine tracheal smooth muscle via a Gd3+- and La3+-sensitive, nonselective cation conductance.
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- Peter B Helli
- Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, St. Joseph's Healthcare, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Ward JPT, Robertson TP, Aaronson PI. Capacitative calcium entry: a central role in hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction? Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2005; 289:L2-4. [PMID: 15955897 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00101.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Wang J, Shimoda LA, Weigand L, Wang W, Sun D, Sylvester JT. Acute hypoxia increases intracellular [Ca2+] in pulmonary arterial smooth muscle by enhancing capacitative Ca2+ entry. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2005; 288:L1059-69. [PMID: 15665040 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00448.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV) requires influx of extracellular Ca2+ in pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells (PASMCs). To determine whether capacitative Ca2+ entry (CCE) through store-operated Ca2+ channels (SOCCs) contributes to this influx, we used fluorescent microscopy and the Ca2+-sensitive dye fura-2 to measure effects of 4% O2 on intracellular [Ca2+] ([Ca2+]i) and CCE in primary cultures of PASMCs from rat distal pulmonary arteries. In PASMCs perfused with Ca2+-free Krebs Ringer bicarbonate solution (KRBS) containing cyclopiazonic acid to deplete Ca2+ stores in sarcoplasmic reticulum and nifedipine to prevent Ca2+ entry through L-type voltage-operated Ca2+ channels (VOCCs), hypoxia markedly enhanced both the increase in [Ca2+]i caused by restoration of extracellular [Ca2+] and the rate at which extracellular Mn2+ quenched fura-2 fluorescence. These effects, as well as the increased [Ca2+]i caused by hypoxia in PASMCs perfused with normal salt solutions, were blocked by the SOCC antagonists SKF-96365, NiCl2, and LaCl3 at concentrations that inhibited CCE >80% but did not alter [Ca2+]i responses to 60 mM KCl. In contrast, the VOCC antagonist nifedipine inhibited [Ca2+]i responses to hypoxia by only 50% at concentrations that completely blocked responses to KCl. The increased [Ca2+]i caused by hypoxia was completely reversed by perfusion with Ca2+-free KRBS. LaCl3 increased basal [Ca2+]i during normoxia, indicating effects other than inhibition of SOCCs. Our results suggest that acute hypoxia enhances CCE through SOCCs in distal PASMCs, leading to depolarization, secondary activation of VOCCs, and increased [Ca2+]i. SOCCs and CCE may play important roles in HPV.
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- Jian Wang
- Div. of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Wilson SM, Mason HS, Ng LC, Montague S, Johnston L, Nicholson N, Mansfield S, Hume JR. Role of basal extracellular Ca2+ entry during 5-HT-induced vasoconstriction of canine pulmonary arteries. Br J Pharmacol 2005; 144:252-64. [PMID: 15655514 PMCID: PMC1575999 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0706077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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1. Measurements of artery contraction, cytosolic [Ca(2+)], and Ca(2+) permeability were made to examine contractile and cytosolic [Ca(2+)] responses of canine pulmonary arteries and isolated cells to 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), and to determine the roles of intracellular Ca(2+) release and extracellular Ca(2+) entry in 5-HT responses. 2. The EC(50) for 5-HT-mediated contractions and cytosolic [Ca(2+)] increases was approximately 10(-7) M and responses were inhibited by ketanserin, a 5-HT(2A)-receptor antagonist. 3. 5-HT induced cytosolic [Ca(2+)] increases were blocked by 20 microM Xestospongin-C and by 2-APB (IC(50)=32 microM inhibitors of InsP(3) receptor activation. 4. 5-HT-mediated contractions were reliant on release of InsP(3) but not ryanodine-sensitive Ca(2+) stores. 5. 5-HT-mediated contractions and cytosolic [Ca(2+)] increases were partially inhibited by 10 microM nisoldipine, a voltage-dependent Ca(2+) channel blocker. 6. Extracellular Ca(2+) removal reduced 5-HT-mediated contractions further than nisoldipine and ablated cytosolic [Ca(2+)] increases and [Ca(2+)] oscillations. Similar to Ca(2+) removal, Ni(2+) reduced cytosolic [Ca(2+)] and [Ca(2+)] oscillations. 7. Mn(2+) quench of fura-2 and voltage-clamp experiments showed that 5-HT failed to activate any significant voltage-independent Ca(2+) entry pathways, including store-operated and receptor-activated nonselective cation channels. Ni(2+) but not nisoldipine or Gd(3+) blocked basal Mn(2+) entry. 8. Voltage-clamp experiments showed that simultaneous depletion of both InsP(3) and ryanodine-sensitive intracellular Ca(2+) stores activates a current with linear voltage dependence and a reversal potential consistent with it being a nonselective cation channel. 5-HT did not activate this current. 9. Basal Ca(2+) entry, rather than CCE, is important to maintain 5-HT-induced cytosolic [Ca(2+)] responses and contraction in canine pulmonary artery.
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- Sean M Wilson
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, MS 318, NV 89557, U.S.A
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, MS 318, NV 89557, U.S.A
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, MS 318, NV 89557, U.S.A
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, MS 318, NV 89557, U.S.A
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, MS 318, NV 89557, U.S.A
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, MS 318, NV 89557, U.S.A
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, MS 318, NV 89557, U.S.A
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, MS 318, NV 89557, U.S.A
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Mauban JRH, Remillard CV, Yuan JXJ. Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction: role of ion channels. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2005; 98:415-20. [PMID: 15591311 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00732.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Acute hypoxia induces pulmonary vasoconstriction and chronic hypoxia causes structural changes of the pulmonary vasculature including arterial medial hypertrophy. Electro- and pharmacomechanical mechanisms are involved in regulating pulmonary vasomotor tone, whereas intracellular Ca(2+) serves as an important signal in regulating contraction and proliferation of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells. Herein, we provide a basic overview of the cellular mechanisms involved in the development of hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction. Our discussion focuses on the roles of ion channels permeable to K(+) and Ca(2+), membrane potential, and cytoplasmic Ca(2+) in the development of acute hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction and chronic hypoxia-mediated pulmonary vascular remodeling.
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- Joseph R H Mauban
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California-San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., MC 0725, La Jolla, CA 92093-0725, USA
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Cheung KH, Leung GPH, Leung MCT, Shum WWC, Zhou WL, Wong PYD. Cell-cell interaction underlies formation of fluid in the male reproductive tract of the rat. J Gen Physiol 2005; 125:443-54. [PMID: 15851503 PMCID: PMC2217504 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200409205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2004] [Accepted: 03/24/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The epithelia lining the epididymides of many species consists of several cell types. We have provided evidence that the basal cells are essential to the integrated functions of the epithelium. Basal cells, but not principal cells, and other cells in the epididymis express TRPC3 and COX-1. We have isolated basal cells from intact rat epididymis using antibody-coated Dynabeads and subjected them to whole-cell patch-clamp measurement of nonselective cation channel activity, a feature of TRPC3 protein, and Fluo-3 fluorescence measurement of intracellular Ca2+ concentration. The results show that a nonselective cation current blockable by La3+ (0.1 mM), Gd3+ (0.1 mM), or SKF96365 (20 microM) could be activated by lysylbradykinin (200 nM). In cells loaded with Fluo-3, addition of lysylbradykinin (100 nM) caused a sustained increase of intracellular Ca2+. This effect was blocked by Gd3+ (0.1 mM) or SKF96365 (20 microM) and was not observed in Fluo-3-loaded principal cells. Stimulation of basal cell/principal cell cocultures with lysylbradykinin (200 nM) evoked in principal cells a current with CFTR-Cl- channel characteristics. Isolated principal cells in the absence of basal cells did not respond to lysylbradykinin but responded to PGE2 (100 nM) with activation of a CFTR-like current. Basal cells, but not principal cells, released prostaglandin E2 when stimulated with lysylbradykinin (100 nM). The release was blocked by SKF96365 (20 microM) and BAPTA-AM (0.05 or 0.1 mM). Confluent cell monolayers harvested from a mixture of disaggregated principal cells and basal cells responded to lysylbradykinin (100 nM) and PGE2 (500 nM) with an increase in electrogenic anion secretion. The former response was dependent on prostaglandin synthesis as piroxicam blocked the response. However, cell cultures obtained from principal cells alone responded to PGE2 but not to bradykinin. These results support the notion that basal cells regulate principal cells through a Ca2+ and COX signaling pathway.
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- King-Ho Cheung
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China
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Wijetunge S, Hughes AD. Mechanism of Contraction of Rat Isolated Tail Arteries by Hyposmotic Solutions. J Vasc Res 2005; 42:93-100. [PMID: 15650317 DOI: 10.1159/000083368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2004] [Accepted: 10/20/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Contraction induced by hyposmotic swelling was examined in rat tail arteries mounted on a myograph containing a modified Krebs physiological saline solution (PSS) containing 50 mM mannitol (300 mosm/l). Hyposmotic swelling was induced by removing mannitol. In arteries having basal tone or arteries precontracted with K(+) or the thromboxane mimetic U-46619, removal of mannitol caused a concentration dependent contraction of rat tail arteries. Concurrent measurement of tension and intracellular calcium [Ca(2+)](i )in arteries loaded with fura-2 showed that both tension and [Ca(2+)](i) increased on exposure to a hyposmotic solution. Removal of endothelium or inhibition of nitric oxide and cyclooxygenase together did not affect contractile responses. Removal of extracellular Ca(2+) abolished the contractile response to hyposmotic solution and NiCl(2), a nonspecific inhibitor of Ca(2+) influx pathways, blocked the rise in [Ca(2+)](i) and tension in response to a hyposmotic solution. Verapamil and nisoldipine, inhibitors of Ca(v)1.2 (L-type) calcium channels significantly reduced the contractile response to a hyposmotic solution. Addition of NiCl(2) to nisoldipine caused an additional inhibition of the response to a hyposmotic solution. Inhibition of calcium release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum by ryanodine or cyclopiazonic acid (CPA) did not cause any change in the tension response to a hyposmotic solution. CPA did not significantly inhibit the response to a hyposmotic solution in the presence of N(G)-methyl-L-arginine, oxyhaemoglobin and indomethacin. We conclude that contraction induced by a hyposmotic solution is largely due to Ca(v)1.2 calcium channels although other Ca(2+) influx pathways also contribute.
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- S Wijetunge
- Clinical Pharmacology, NHLI Division, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, South Wharf Road, London W2 1NY, UK
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Burt RP. Depletion of Ca2+ from intracellular stores of the rat portal vein stimulates a tonic contraction. Eur J Pharmacol 2005; 510:97-105. [PMID: 15740729 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2005.01.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2004] [Accepted: 01/13/2005] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The possibility that Ca2+ store depletion can stimulate contraction of the rat portal vein was investigated in functional experiments. Ca2+ stores were depleted with phenylephrine or cyclopiazonic acid in the absence of extracellular Ca2+ and then washed out for 30 min. Upon re-addition of extracellular Ca2+, a tonic contraction was produced, showing the stimulus for contraction was Ca2+ store depletion. The contractions were abolished by niflumic acid and nifedipine however, indicating they were dependent on depolarization resulting from opening of Ca2+-activated Cl- channels and Ca2+ influx through voltage-gated channels. Cumulative additions of phenylephrine below 3x10(-6) M did not produce tonic contractions but did in high K+ Krebs solution, where levcromakalim had no effect. This showed the tonic contractions were initially prevented by K+ channel opening. Increased Ca2+ entry through voltage-gated channels may therefore stimulate Ca2+-activated Cl- channels. Ca2+ store depletion could stimulate this by opening store-operated non-selective cation channels, resulting in depolarization.
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- Richard P Burt
- Department of Pharmacology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
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Weigand L, Foxson J, Wang J, Shimoda LA, Sylvester JT. Inhibition of hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction by antagonists of store-operated Ca2+ and nonselective cation channels. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2005; 289:L5-L13. [PMID: 15722380 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00044.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Previous studies indicated that acute hypoxia increased intracellular Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)), Ca(2+) influx, and capacitative Ca(2+) entry (CCE) through store-operated Ca(2+) channels (SOCC) in smooth muscle cells from distal pulmonary arteries (PASMC), which are thought to be a major locus of hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV). Moreover, these effects were blocked by Ca(2+)-free conditions and antagonists of SOCC and nonselective cation channels (NSCC). To test the hypothesis that in vivo HPV requires CCE, we measured the effects of SOCC/NSCC antagonists (SKF-96365, NiCl(2), and LaCl(3)) on pulmonary arterial pressor responses to 2% O(2) and high-KCl concentrations in isolated rat lungs. At concentrations that blocked CCE and [Ca(2+)](i) responses to hypoxia in PASMC, SKF-96365 and NiCl(2) prevented and reversed HPV but did not alter pressor responses to KCl. At 10 microM, LaCl(3) had similar effects, but higher concentrations (30 and 100 microM) caused vasoconstriction during normoxia and potentiated HPV, indicating actions other than SOCC blockade. Ca(2+)-free perfusate and the voltage-operated Ca(2+) channel (VOCC) antagonist nifedipine were potent inhibitors of pressor responses to both hypoxia and KCl. We conclude that HPV required influx of Ca(2+) through both SOCC and VOCC. This dual requirement and virtual abolition of HPV by either SOCC or VOCC antagonists suggests that neither channel provided enough Ca(2+) on its own to trigger PASMC contraction and/or that during hypoxia, SOCC-dependent depolarization caused secondary activation of VOCC.
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- Letitia Weigand
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Asthma and Allergy Center, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
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