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Rembold CM, Kaufman E. Heat induced HSP20 phosphorylation without increased cyclic nucleotide levels in swine carotid media. BMC PHYSIOLOGY 2003; 3:3. [PMID: 12716456 PMCID: PMC155685 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6793-3-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2003] [Accepted: 04/25/2003] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND Heat pretreatment of swine carotid artery has been shown to increase ser16-heat shock protein 20 (HSP20) phosphorylation and suppress force, i.e., reduce force with only minimal reduction in ser19-myosin regulatory light chain (MRLC) phosphorylation. RESULTS We further investigated this response in intact histamine stimulated swine carotid artery rings. There was a heat threshold such that increased ser16-HSP20 phosphorylation and force suppression were observed between 43 degrees C and 46 degrees C. The increased ser16-HSP20 phosphorylation persisted up to 16 hours after 44.5 degrees C heat treatment. Pretreatment of swine carotid media at 44.5 degrees C increased ser16-HSP20 phosphorylation without increases in [cAMP] or [cGMP], suggesting an alternate mechanism, perhaps phosphatase inhibition, for the increase in ser16-HSP20 phosphorylation. Heat pretreatment at 47.5 degrees C reduced force by decreasing MRLC phosphorylation rather than by large increases in ser16-HSP20 phosphorylation. HSP20 phosphorylation at the putative PKC site did not change with any treatment. CONCLUSION These results demonstrate that multiple mechanisms can induce force suppression that is correlated with ser16-HSP20 phosphorylation: 1) nitrovasodilators via cGMP, 2) forskolin via cAMP, and 2) thermal stress in a cyclic nucleotide independent manner.
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- Christopher M Rembold
- Cardiovascular Division, Departments of Internal Medicine and Physiology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908 USA
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- Cardiovascular Division, Departments of Internal Medicine and Physiology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908 USA
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Woodrum D, Pipkin W, Tessier D, Komalavilas P, Brophy CM. Phosphorylation of the heat shock-related protein, HSP20, mediates cyclic nucleotide-dependent relaxation. J Vasc Surg 2003; 37:874-81. [PMID: 12663991 DOI: 10.1067/mva.2003.153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cyclic nucleotide-dependent relaxation of vascular smooth muscle is associated with increases in the phosphorylation of the small heat shock-related protein, HSP20. To determine whether phosphorylated HSP20 directly mediates relaxation, we used gene transfection and protein transduction of HSP20 analogues. Rat mesangial cells were transfected with constructs containing wild-type HSP20-enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP), phosphorylation site mutated HSP20 (S16A-HSP20-EGFP), or EGFP alone. Contractile properties were determined on a silicone polymer substrata. In the presence of serum, EGFP-vector transfected control cells and S16A-HSP20 transfected cells formed wrinkles on the polymer (contracted). Activation of cyclic nucleotide signaling pathways in the EGFP-vector transfected control cells led to a time-dependent decrease in the wrinkles (relaxation). The S16A-HSP20 transfected cells were refractory to cyclic nucleotide-dependent relaxation. Cells overexpressing the wild-type HSP20 did not form wrinkles on the polymer in response to serum (refractory to contraction). Treatment of precontracted strips of intact bovine carotid artery smooth muscle with synthetic peptides containing HIV-trans-activating transcriptional activator and a phosphopeptide motif of HSP20 led to dose-dependent relaxation. These data provide evidence that phosphorylated HSP20 has a direct role in smooth muscle relaxation and that small phosphopeptide motifs of HSP20 can mimic the effects of the entire molecule.
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- David Woodrum
- Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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Rembold CM, Ayers CR. Oral L-arginine can reverse digital necrosis in Raynaud's phenomenon. Mol Cell Biochem 2003; 244:139-41. [PMID: 12701823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/01/2023]
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Raynaud's phenomenon is characterized by transient reduction in blood supply through the small arteries in the hands and feet. Severe Raynaud's phenomenon can cause digital necrosis. It has been hypothesized that nitric oxide may have a role in Raynaud's phenomenon. We report two cases in which oral L-arginine reversed digital necrosis in Raynaud's phenomenon and two additional cases in which the symptoms of severe Raynaud's phenomenon were improved with oral L-arginine. These reports suggest that a defect in nitric oxide synthesis or metabolism is present in Raynaud's phenomenon. They also suggest a potential role for oral L-arginine therapy in Raynaud's phenomenon, especially in Raynaud's phenomenon with digital necrosis.
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- Christopher M Rembold
- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0146, USA.
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Pipkin W, Johnson JA, Creazzo TL, Burch J, Komalavilas P, Brophy C. Localization, macromolecular associations, and function of the small heat shock-related protein HSP20 in rat heart. Circulation 2003; 107:469-76. [PMID: 12551873 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.0000044386.27444.5a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND The small heat shock proteins HSP20, HSP25, alphaB-crystallin, and myotonic dystrophy kinase binding protein (MKBP) may regulate dynamic changes in the cytoskeleton. For example, the phosphorylation of HSP20 has been associated with relaxation of vascular smooth muscle. This study examined the function of HSP20 in heart muscle. METHODS AND RESULTS Western blotting identified immunoreactive HSP20, alphaB-crystallin, and MKBP in rat heart homogenates. Subcellular fractionation demonstrated that HSP20, alphaB-crystallin, and MKBP were predominantly in cytosolic fractions. Chromatography with molecular sieving columns revealed that HSP20 and alphaB-crystallin were associated in an aggregate of approximately 200 kDa, and alphaB-crystallin coimmunoprecipitated with HSP20. Immunofluorescence microscopy demonstrated that the pattern of HSP20, alphaB-crystallin, and actin staining was predominantly in transverse bands. Treatment with sodium nitroprusside led to increases in the phosphorylation of HSP20, as determined with 2-dimensional immunoblots. Incubation of transiently permeabilized myocytes with phosphopeptide analogues of HSP20 led to an increase in the rate of shortening. The increased shortening rate was associated with an increase in the rate of lengthening and a more rapid decay of the calcium transient. CONCLUSIONS HSP20 is associated with alphaB-crystallin, possibly at the level of the actin sarcomere. Phosphorylated HSP20 increases myocyte shortening rate through increases in calcium uptake and more rapid lengthening.
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- Walter Pipkin
- Department of Surgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, USA
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Fujimoto S, Mori M, Tsushima H. Mechanisms underlying the hydrogen peroxide-induced, endothelium-independent relaxation of the norepinephrine-contraction in guinea-pig aorta. Eur J Pharmacol 2003; 459:65-73. [PMID: 12505535 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(02)02825-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The mechanisms underlying the hydrogen peroxide-induced relaxation of the norepinephrine-contraction were studied by measuring isometric force, myosin light chain (MLC(20)) phosphorylation and cyclic GMP in endothelium-denuded muscle from the guinea-pig aorta. Norepinephrine (5.2+/-1.3 microM) produced a phasic, followed by a tonic contraction. Hydrogen peroxide (10 and 100 microM), glyceryl trinitrate (30 and 300 nM) and 8-bromo cyclic GMP (30 and 100 microM) did not change the basal tone, but reduced the norepinephrine-induced contraction. Phosphorylation of MLC(20) (percentage of phosphorylated to total MLC(20)) was increased 1 min (5.9+/-1.0% vs. 35.9+/-4.9%) and, to a lesser extent, 20 min (3.7+/-1.7% vs. 13.9+/-1.6%) after the addition of norepinephrine. Hydrogen peroxide (100 microM) did not modify basal MLC(20) phosphorylation, but reduced the increase in MLC(20) phosphorylation induced by 1-min exposure to norepinephrine (20.9+/-4.1%). Its effect was abolished by catalase. When the tissue was incubated for 20 min with norepinephrine in the presence of hydrogen peroxide, norepinephrine-induced MLC(20) phosphorylation was not changed (13.6+/-1.5%), as compared to that in the absence of hydrogen peroxide. Hydrogen peroxide relaxed norepinephrine-stimulated aortas in a concentration-dependent fashion with EC(50) values of 5.9+/-0.2 microM. The relaxation was inhibited by soluble guanylate cyclase inhibitors and increased by an inhibitor of cyclic GMP-selective phosphodiesterase. In aorta precontracted with norepinephrine, hydrogen peroxide (100 microM) relaxed the tissue by 89+/-11% and almost doubled tissue concentrations of cyclic GMP, whereas sodium nitroprusside (1 microM) relaxed the tissue by 100% and increased cyclic GMP concentrations 30-fold. It is suggested that the inhibitory effects of hydrogen peroxide on the norepinephrine-induced phasic and sustained contractions are explained by a decrease in MLC(20) phosphorylation and by an alteration in MLC(20) phosphorylation-independent mechanisms, respectively. The effects of hydrogen peroxide were in part mediated by cyclic GMP.
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- Seigo Fujimoto
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, 467-8601, Nagoya, Japan.
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Fleming I, Busse R. Molecular mechanisms involved in the regulation of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2003; 284:R1-12. [PMID: 12482742 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00323.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 606] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), the expression of which is regulated by a range of transcriptional and posttranscriptional mechanisms, generates nitric oxide (NO) in response to a number of stimuli. The physiologically most important determinants for the continuous generation of NO and thus the regulation of local blood flow are fluid shear stress and pulsatile stretch. Although eNOS activity is coupled to changes in endothelial cell Ca(2+) levels, an increase in Ca(2+) alone is not sufficient to affect enzyme activity because the binding of calmodulin (CaM) and the flow of electrons from the reductase to the oxygenase domain of the enzyme is dependent on protein phosphorylation and dephosphorylation. Two amino acids seem to be particularly important in regulating eNOS activity and these are a serine residue in the reductase domain (Ser(1177)) and a threonine residue (Thr(495)) located within the CaM-binding domain. Simultaneous alterations in the phosphorylation of Ser(1177) and Thr(495) in response to a variety of stimuli are regulated by a number of kinases and phosphatases that continuously associate with and dissociate from the eNOS signaling complex. eNOS associated proteins, such as caveolin, heat shock protein 90, eNOS interacting protein, and possibly also motor proteins provide the scaffold for the formation of the protein complex as well as its intracellular localization.
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- Ingrid Fleming
- Institut für Kardiovaskuläre Physiologie, J. W. Goethe-Universität, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, D-60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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The gaseous molecule nitric oxide (NO) modulates a large variety of physiological functions including vascular tone, intestinal motility, platelet aggregation, proliferation, apoptosis, and neurotransmission. NO initiates diverse cellular signaling cascades which comprise nitrosylation of proteins, adenosine 5'-diphosphate (ADP)-ribosylation, or stimulation of soluble guanylyl cyclases which catalyze intracellular guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) synthesis. cGMP activates cGMP-dependent protein kinases (cGK) which mediate localized and global signaling. Furthermore, cGMP regulates the activity of phosphodiesterases (PDE) which modulate the duration and amplitude of cyclic nucleotide signaling. Two different types of cGK are expressed in mammals, cGKI and cGKII. Activation of the NO/cGMP/cGKI pathway induces relaxation of smooth muscle by lowering the cytosolic calcium level and/or by calcium desensitization of the contractile elements.
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- Jens Schlossmann
- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Technische Universität München, Germany.
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Quinlan R. Cytoskeletal competence requires protein chaperones. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR AND SUBCELLULAR BIOLOGY 2002; 28:219-33. [PMID: 11908062 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-56348-5_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Roy Quinlan
- Department of Biological Sciences, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK
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O'Connor MJ, Rembold CM. Heat-induced force suppression and HSP20 phosphorylation in swine carotid media. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2002; 93:484-8. [PMID: 12133854 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00009.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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In vascular smooth muscle, cyclic nucleotide-dependent phosphorylation of heat shock protein 20 (HSP20) on serine-16 (Ser16) has been suggested to cause force suppression, i.e., reduced force with only minimal myosin regulatory light chain (MRLC) dephosphorylation. We hypothesized that heat pretreatment also suppresses force by increasing HSP20 phosphorylation. After heat pretreatment of swine carotid artery at 44.5 degrees C for 4 h and reduction to 37 degrees C for 1 h, Ser16-HSP20 phosphorylation was increased and histamine-induced increases in contractile force were suppressed. Subsequent addition of nitroglycerin induced additive force suppression. Heat and nitroglycerin induced a similar relation between Ser16-HSP20 phosphorylation and force. Heat pretreatment induced a small, but significant, increase in total HSP20 immunostaining. These results demonstrate that vascular smooth muscle responds to thermal stress by increasing Ser16-HSP20 phosphorylation in addition to a possible small increase in total HSP20 concentration. The resulting heat-induced reduction in force should be considered "force suppression" because histamine-induced increases in MRLC phosphorylation were not significantly altered by heat pretreatment. These processes may bring about a resistance to contractile agonists, which could have clinical significance in conditions such as hyperthermia and/or sepsis with vasodilatory shock.
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- Matthew J O'Connor
- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
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Macomson SD, Brophy CM, Miller W, Harris VA, Shaver EG. Heat shock protein expression in cerebral vessels after subarachnoid hemorrhage. Neurosurgery 2002; 51:204-10; discussion 210-1. [PMID: 12182419 DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200207000-00029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE The mechanisms of cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) remain controversial. Recent data have implicated two small heat shock proteins (HSPs), namely HSP20 and HSP27, in the regulation of vascular tone. Increases in the phosphorylation of HSP20 are associated with vasorelaxation, and increases in the phosphorylation of HSP27 are associated with impaired vasorelaxation. Therefore, we hypothesized that alterations in the expression and/or phosphorylation of these two small HSPs might play a role in cerebral vasospasm after SAH. METHODS A rat model of endovascular perforation was used to induce SAH. Middle cerebral arteries were harvested from control animals, sham-treated animals, and animals with SAH, 48 hours after SAH induction. Dose-response curves for endothelium-independent (sodium nitroprusside, 10(-8) to 10(-4) mol/L) and endothelium-dependent (bradykinin, 10(-10) to 10(-5) mol/L) relaxing agents were recorded ex vivo. Physiological responses were correlated with the expression and phosphorylation of HSP20 and HSP27 by using one- and two-dimensional immunoblots. RESULTS There was impaired endothelium-independent and endothelium-dependent relaxation in cerebral vessels after SAH. These changes were associated with decreased expression of both total and phosphorylated HSP20 and increases in the amount of phosphorylated HSP27. CONCLUSION In this model, impaired relaxation of cerebral vessels after SAH was associated with increases in the amount of phosphorylated HSP27 and decreases in the expression and phosphorylation of HSP20. These data are consistent with alterations in the expression and phosphorylation of these small HSPs in other models of vasospasm.
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- Samuel D Macomson
- Department of Surgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta 30912, USA
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Actin and small heat shock proteins (sHsps) are ubiquitous and multifaceted proteins that exist in 2 reversible forms, monomers and multimers, ie, the microfilament of the cytoskeleton and oligomers of the sHsps, generally, supposed to be in a spherical and hollow form. Two situations are described in the literature, where the properties of actin are modulated by sHsps; the actin polymerization is inhibited in vitro by some sHsps acting as capping proteins, and the actin cytoskeleton is protected by some sHsps against the disruption induced by various stressful conditions. We propose that a direct actin-sHsp interaction occurs to inhibit actin polymerization and to participate in the in vivo regulation of actin filament dynamics. Protection of the actin cytoskeleton would result from an F-actin-sHsp interaction in which microfilaments would be coated by small oligomers of phosphorylated sHsps. Both proteins share common structural motives suggesting direct binding sites, but they remain to be demonstrated. Some sHsps would behave with the actin cytoskeleton as actin-binding proteins capable of either capping a microfilament when present as a nonphosphorylated monomer or stabilizing and protecting the microfilament when organized in small, phosphorylated oligomers.
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- Nicole Mounier
- Laboratoire du Stress Oxydant, Chaperons et Apoptose, Centre de Génétique Moléculaire et Cellulaire (UMR-CNRS 5534), Université Claude Bernard Lyon1, Villeurbanne, France.
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Ohanian J, Cunliffe P, Ceppi E, Alder A, Heerkens E, Ohanian V. Activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases by endothelin and noradrenaline in small arteries, regulation by calcium influx and tyrosine kinases, and their role in contraction. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2001; 21:1921-7. [PMID: 11742865 DOI: 10.1161/hq1201.100264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Small-artery responses to vasoconstrictor agonists are important for vascular function. To investigate the signaling pathways involved in contraction, we studied the activation and regulation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases (p38MAPKs) and heat shock protein (HSP) kinase by endothelin and noradrenaline in rat mesenteric arteries. Both vasoconstrictors activated p38alpha and/or p38beta but not p38gamma or p38delta, leading to increased HSP kinase activity. p38MAPK activation by noradrenaline was maximum between 2 and 10 minutes and was wholly dependent on calcium influx but insensitive to the tyrosine kinase inhibitor herbimycin A. In contrast, endothelin induced a biphasic response, with activation at 2 and 10 minutes. The early activity was wholly dependent on calcium influx and inhibited by herbimycin A. The later activity was only 50% calcium dependent, was insensitive to herbimycin A, but was 50% inhibited by genistein, a nonselective tyrosine kinase inhibitor. With both agonists, p38MAPK activity returned to basal by 30 minutes. SB203580, a p38MAPK inhibitor, blocked agonist-induced HSP kinase activity, and herbimycin A inhibited activation by endothelin but not by noradrenaline. In addition, SB203580 inhibited noradrenaline-induced contraction but had little effect on contraction to endothelin. These data show that vasoconstrictors use different upstream activators of p38MAPK in vascular tissue and that the p38MAPK pathway is selectively implicated in the contractile response to noradrenaline in small arteries.
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- J Ohanian
- Department of Medicine, University of Manchester, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK.
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Komalavilas P, Mehta S, Wingard CJ, Dransfield DT, Bhalla J, Woodrum JE, Molinaro JR, Brophy CM. PI3-kinase/Akt modulates vascular smooth muscle tone via cAMP signaling pathways. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2001; 91:1819-27. [PMID: 11568168 DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2001.91.4.1819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3-kinase) activates protein kinase B (also known as Akt), which phosphorylates and activates a cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase 3B. Increases in cyclic nucleotide concentrations inhibit agonist-induced contraction of vascular smooth muscle. Thus we hypothesized that the PI3-kinase/Akt pathway may regulate vascular smooth muscle tone. In unstimulated, intact bovine carotid artery smooth muscle, the basal phosphorylation of Akt was higher than that in cultured smooth muscle cells. The phosphorylation of Akt decreases in a time-dependent manner when incubated with the PI3-kinase inhibitor, LY-294002. Agonist (serotonin)-, phorbol ester (phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate; PDBu)-, and depolarization (KCl)-induced contractions of vascular smooth muscles were all inhibited in a dose-dependent fashion by LY-294002. However, LY-294002 did not inhibit serotonin- or PDBu-induced increases in myosin light chain phosphorylation or total O(2) consumption, suggesting that inhibition of contraction was not mediated by reversal or inhibition of the pathways that lead to smooth muscle activation and contraction. Treatment of vascular smooth muscle with LY-294002 increased the activity of cAMP-dependent protein kinase and increased the phosphorylation of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase substrate heat shock protein 20 (HSP20). These data suggest that activation of the PI3-kinase/Akt pathway in unstimulated smooth muscle may modulate vascular smooth muscle tone (allow agonist-induced contraction) through inhibition of the cyclic nucleotide/HSP20 pathway and suggest that cyclic nucleotide-dependent inhibition of contraction is dissociated from the myosin light chain contractile regulatory pathways.
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- P Komalavilas
- Institute for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
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Etter EF, Eto M, Wardle RL, Brautigan DL, Murphy RA. Activation of myosin light chain phosphatase in intact arterial smooth muscle during nitric oxide-induced relaxation. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:34681-5. [PMID: 11461918 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m104737200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We investigated whether myosin light chain phosphatase activity changes during nitric oxide-induced relaxation of contracted intact carotid media and how changes in phosphatase activity mediate this relaxation. We also investigated one mechanism for regulating this phosphatase. Myosin phosphatase activity, myosin light chain phosphorylation, guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) concentration, and phosphorylation of the inhibitory protein CPI-17 were all assayed in homogenates of one carotid media ring at each time point during nitric oxide-induced relaxation. The application of sodium nitroprusside to histamine-contracted media caused rapid declines in light chain phosphorylation and force. These were temporally correlated with a rapid elevation of cGMP and a large transient increase in myosin phosphatase activity. During the early response to nitroprusside, when force declined, increases in myosin phosphatase activity, concurrent with cGMP-mediated decreases in calcium and myosin light chain kinase activity, could accelerate light chain dephosphorylation. CPI-17 was dephosphorylated upon application of nitroprusside at the same time that myosin phosphatase activity increased, suggesting that the removal of inhibition by phospho-CPI-17 contributed to the increase in myosin phosphatase activity. After 20 min of nitroprusside, myosin phosphatase activity had declined to basal levels, however low force was sustained. Additional light chain phosphorylation-independent mechanisms may be involved in sustaining the relaxation.
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- E F Etter
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics and the Center for Cell Signaling, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908-0577, USA.
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Rembold CM, O'Connor M, Clarkson M, Wardle RL, Murphy RA. Selected contribution: HSP20 phosphorylation in nitroglycerin- and forskolin-induced sustained reductions in swine carotid media tone. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2001; 91:1460-6. [PMID: 11509549 DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2001.91.3.1460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Cyclic nucleotide-induced relaxation of maximally activated arterial smooth muscle has two phases. 1) The initial relaxation transient is typically characterized by a rapid reduction in force associated with brief reductions in myoplasmic Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) and myosin regulatory light chain (MRLC) phosphorylation on serine (Ser)-19 (Ser(19)). 2) The sustained inhibitory response is typically associated with Ser(16) phosphorylation of heat shock protein 20 (HSP20) without sustained reductions in [Ca(2+)](i) or MRLC phosphorylation. We investigated whether the extent of Ser(16)-HSP20 phosphorylation quantitatively correlated with the sustained inhibitory response. With addition of nitroglycerin to histamine-stimulated swine carotid media, the initial relaxation transient was associated with a decrease in MRLC phosphorylation without an increase in Ser(16)-HSP20 phosphorylation. During the sustained phase of nitroglycerin-induced relaxation and during force redevelopment induced by washout of nitroglycerin in the continued presence of histamine, the level of Ser(16)-HSP20 phosphorylation, but not MRLC phosphorylation, correlated with inhibition of force. Forskolin, which increases cAMP concentration, also induced a sustained inhibitory response that was associated with increases in Ser(16)-HSP20 phosphorylation without reductions in MRLC phosphorylation levels. Forskolin increased Ser(16)-HSP20 phosphorylation to a greater extent and inhibited force more completely than that observed with nitroglycerin. Increases in Ser(16)-HSP20 phosphorylation correlated with the degree of force inhibition regardless of whether the relaxation was induced by nitroglycerin or forskolin. These data are consistent with the hypothesis that Ser(16)-HSP20 phosphorylation may be a cyclic nucleotide-dependent, yet MRLC phosphorylation-independent, inhibitor of smooth muscle contractile force.
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- C M Rembold
- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA.
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Lincoln TM, Dey N, Sellak H. Invited review: cGMP-dependent protein kinase signaling mechanisms in smooth muscle: from the regulation of tone to gene expression. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2001; 91:1421-30. [PMID: 11509544 DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2001.91.3.1421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 388] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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cGMP is a second messenger that produces its effects by interacting with intracellular receptor proteins. In smooth muscle cells, one of the major receptors for cGMP is the serine/threonine protein kinase, cGMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG). PKG has been shown to catalyze the phosphorylation of a number of physiologically relevant proteins whose function it is to regulate the contractile activity of the smooth muscle cell. These include proteins that regulate free intracellular calcium levels, the cytoskeleton, and the phosphorylation state of the regulatory light chain of smooth muscle myosin. Other studies have shown that vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) that are cultured in vitro may cease to express PKG and will, coincidentally, acquire a noncontractile, synthetic phenotype. The restoration of PKG expression to the synthetic phenotype VSMC results in the cells acquiring a more contractile phenotype. These more recent studies suggest that PKG controls VSMC gene expression that, in turn, regulates phenotypic modulation of the cells. Therefore, the regulation of PKG gene expression appears to be linked to phenotypic modulation of VSMC. Because several vascular disorders are related to the accumulation of synthetic, fibroproliferative VSMC in the vessel wall, it is likely that changes in the activity of the nitric oxide/cGMP/PKG pathway is involved the development of these diseases.
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- T M Lincoln
- Department of Pathology, Division of Molecular and Cellular Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0019, USA.
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Rembold CM, Zhang E. Localization of heat shock protein 20 in swine carotid artery. BMC PHYSIOLOGY 2001; 1:10. [PMID: 11532202 PMCID: PMC48151 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6793-1-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2001] [Accepted: 08/14/2001] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cyclic nucleotides can relax vascular smooth muscle by mechanisms distal to myosin regulatory light chain (MRLC) phosphorylation. This mechanism, termed relaxation without MRLC dephosphorylation, may be regulated by ser16 phosphorylation of heat shock protein 20 (HSP20). RESULTS Confocal imaging of HSP20 in smooth muscle tissues revealed that HSP20 was present throughout the cytoplasm, although some focal regions of the cytoplasm were found to contain more HSP20 than the remaining cytoplasm. The distribution of HSP20 within the cytoplasm was not altered by histamine, forskolin, or nitroglycerin. CONCLUSION Cytoplasmic localization of HSP20 is consistent with a potential function of HSP20 as a regulator of smooth muscle contractile force.
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- Christopher M Rembold
- Cardiovascular Division, Departments of Internal Medicine and Physiology, University of Virginia, Health System Charlottesville, Virginia 22908 USA
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- Cardiovascular Division, Departments of Internal Medicine and Physiology, University of Virginia, Health System Charlottesville, Virginia 22908 USA
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Phosphorylation of the regulatory light chains of myosin II (rMLC) by the Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent myosin light-chain kinase (MLCK) and dephosphorylation by a type 1 phosphatase (MLCP), which is targeted to myosin by a regulatory subunit (MYPT1), are the predominant mechanisms of regulation of smooth muscle tone. The activities of both enzymes are modulated by several protein kinases. MLCK is inhibited by the Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II, whereas the activity of MLCP is increased by cGMP and perhaps also cAMP-dependent protein kinases. In either case, this results in a decrease in the Ca(2+) sensitivity of rMLC phosphorylation and force production. The activity of MLCP is inhibited by Rho-associated kinase, one of the effectors of the monomeric GTPase Rho, and protein kinase C, leading to an increase in Ca(2+) sensitivity. Hence, smooth muscle tone appears to be regulated by a network of activating and inactivating intracellular signaling cascades.
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- G Pfitzer
- Department of Physiology, University of Cologne, D-50931 Koeln, Germany.
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McGuire JJ, Ding H, Triggle CR. Endothelium-derived relaxing factors: A focus on endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor(s). Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2001. [DOI: 10.1139/y01-025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF) is defined as the non-nitric oxide (NO) and non-prostacyclin (PGI2) substance that mediates endothelium-dependent hyperpolarization (EDH) of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC). Although both NO and PGI2 have been demonstrated to hyperpolarize VSMC by cGMP- and cAMP-dependent mechanisms, respectively, and in the case of NO by cGMP-independent mechanisms, a considerable body of evidence suggests that an additional cellular mechanism must exist that mediates EDH. Despite intensive investigation, there is no agreement as to the nature of the cellular processes that mediates the non-NO/PGI2 mediated hyperpolarization. Epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EET), an endogenous anandamide, a small increase in the extracellular concentration of K+, and electronic coupling via myoendothelial cell gap junctions have all been hypothesized as contributors to EDH. An attractive hypothesis is that EDH is mediated via both chemical and electrical transmissions, however, the contribution from chemical mediators versus electrical transmission varies in a tissue- and species-dependent manner, suggesting vessel-specific specialization. If this hypothesis proves to be correct then the potential exists for the development of vessel and organ-selective vasodilators. Because endothelium-dependent vasodilatation is dysfunctional in disease states (i.e., atherosclerosis), selective vasodilators may prove to be important therapeutic agents.Key words: endothelium, nitric oxide, potassium channels, hyperpolarization, gap junctions.
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The development of proteomics is a timely one for cardiovascular research. Analyses at the organ, subcellular, and molecular levels have revealed dynamic, complex, and subtle intracellular processes associated with heart and vascular disease. The power and flexibility of proteomic analyses, which facilitate protein separation, identification, and characterization, should hasten our understanding of these processes at the protein level. Properly applied, proteomics provides researchers with cellular protein "inventories" at specific moments in time, making it ideal for documenting protein modification due to a particular disease, condition, or treatment. This is accomplished through the establishment of species- and tissue-specific protein databases, providing a foundation for subsequent proteomic studies. Evolution of proteomic techniques has permitted more thorough investigation into molecular mechanisms underlying cardiovascular disease, facilitating identification not only of modified proteins but also of the nature of their modification. Continued development should lead to functional proteomic studies, in which identification of protein modification, in conjunction with functional data from established biochemical and physiological methods, has the ability to further our understanding of the interplay between proteome change and cardiovascular disease.
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- D K Arrell
- Departments of Physiology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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