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Bratz IN, Dick GM, Tune JD, Edwards JM, Neeb ZP, Dincer UD, Sturek M. Impaired capsaicin-induced relaxation of coronary arteries in a porcine model of the metabolic syndrome. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2008; 294:H2489-96. [PMID: 18390821 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01191.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Recent studies implicate channels of the transient receptor potential vanilloid family (e.g., TRPV1) in regulating vascular tone; however, little is known about these channels in the coronary circulation. Furthermore, it is unclear whether metabolic syndrome alters the function and/or expression of TRPV1. We tested the hypothesis that TRPV1 mediates coronary vasodilation through endothelium-dependent mechanisms that are impaired by the metabolic syndrome. Studies were conducted on coronary arteries from lean and obese male Ossabaw miniature swine. In lean pigs, capsaicin, a TRPV1 agonist, relaxed arteries in a dose-dependent manner (EC50 = 116 +/- 41 nM). Capsaicin-induced relaxation was blocked by the TRPV1 antagonist capsazepine, endothelial denudation, inhibition of nitric oxide synthase, and K+ channel antagonists. Capsaicin-induced relaxation was impaired in rings from pigs with metabolic syndrome (91 +/- 4% vs. 51 +/- 10% relaxation at 100 microM). TRPV1 immunoreactivity was prominent in coronary endothelial cells. TRPV1 protein expression was decreased 40 +/- 11% in obese pigs. Capsaicin (100 microM) elicited divalent cation influx that was abolished in endothelial cells from obese pigs. These data indicate that TRPV1 channels are functionally expressed in the coronary circulation and mediate endothelium-dependent vasodilation through a mechanism involving nitric oxide and K+ channels. Impaired capsaicin-induced vasodilation in the metabolic syndrome is associated with decreased expression of TRPV1 and cation influx.
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- Ian N Bratz
- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-5120, USA.
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Saliez J, Bouzin C, Rath G, Ghisdal P, Desjardins F, Rezzani R, Rodella LF, Vriens J, Nilius B, Feron O, Balligand JL, Dessy C. Role of caveolar compartmentation in endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor-mediated relaxation: Ca2+ signals and gap junction function are regulated by caveolin in endothelial cells. Circulation 2008; 117:1065-74. [PMID: 18268148 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.107.731679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND In endothelial cells, caveolin-1, the structural protein of caveolae, acts as a scaffolding protein to cluster lipids and signaling molecules within caveolae and, in some instances, regulates the activity of proteins targeted to caveolae. Specifically, different putative mediators of the endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF)-mediated relaxation are located in caveolae and/or regulated by the structural protein caveolin-1, such as potassium channels, calcium regulatory proteins, and connexin 43, a molecular component of gap junctions. METHODS AND RESULTS Comparing relaxation in vessels from caveolin-1 knockout mice and their wild-type littermates, we observed a complete absence of EDHF-mediated vasodilation in isolated mesenteric arteries from caveolin-1 knockout mice. The absence of caveolin-1 is associated with an impairment of calcium homeostasis in endothelial cells, notably, a decreased activity of Ca2+-permeable TRPV4 cation channels that participate in nitric oxide- and EDHF-mediated relaxation. Moreover, morphological characterization of caveolin-1 knockout and wild-type arteries showed fewer gap junctions in vessels from knockout animals associated with a lower expression of connexins 37, 40, and 43 and altered myoendothelial communication. Finally, we showed that TRPV4 channels and connexins colocalize with caveolin-1 in the caveolar compartment of the plasma membrane. CONCLUSIONS We demonstrated that expression of caveolin-1 is required for EDHF-related relaxation by modulating membrane location and activity of TRPV4 channels and connexins, which are both implicated at different steps in the EDHF-signaling pathway.
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- J Saliez
- Unit of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Université catholique de Louvain, Medical School, Brussels, Belgium
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Tanaka R, Muraki K, Ohya S, Yamamura H, Hatano N, Itoh Y, Imaizumi Y. TRPV4-Like Non-selective Cation Currents in Cultured Aortic Myocytes. J Pharmacol Sci 2008; 108:179-89. [DOI: 10.1254/jphs.08133fp] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Ma YY, Huo HR, Li CH, Zhao BS, Li LF, Sui F, Guo SY, Jiang TL. Effects of Cinnamaldehyde on PGE 2 Release and TRPV4 Expression in Mouse Cerebral Microvascular Endothelial Cells Induced by Interleukin-1β. Biol Pharm Bull 2008; 31:426-30. [DOI: 10.1248/bpb.31.426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Yue-Ying Ma
- Tang Center for Herbal Medicine Research, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Science
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- Tang Center for Herbal Medicine Research, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Science
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- Medical Science Experimental Center, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
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- Tang Center for Herbal Medicine Research, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Science
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- Tang Center for Herbal Medicine Research, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Science
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- Tang Center for Herbal Medicine Research, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Science
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- Tang Center for Herbal Medicine Research, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Science
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- Tang Center for Herbal Medicine Research, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Science
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Smith PD, Brett SE, Luykenaar KD, Sandow SL, Marrelli SP, Vigmond EJ, Welsh DG. KIR channels function as electrical amplifiers in rat vascular smooth muscle. J Physiol 2007; 586:1147-60. [PMID: 18063660 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.145474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Strong inward rectifying K(+) (K(IR)) channels have been observed in vascular smooth muscle and can display negative slope conductance. In principle, this biophysical characteristic could enable K(IR) channels to 'amplify' responses initiated by other K(+) conductances. To test this, we have characterized the diversity of smooth muscle K(IR) properties in resistance arteries, confirmed the presence of negative slope conductance and then determined whether K(IR) inhibition alters the responsiveness of middle cerebral, coronary septal and third-order mesenteric arteries to K(+) channel activators. Our initial characterization revealed that smooth muscle K(IR) channels were highly expressed in cerebral and coronary, but not mesenteric arteries. These channels comprised K(IR)2.1 and 2.2 subunits and electrophysiological recordings demonstrated that they display negative slope conductance. Computational modelling predicted that a K(IR)-like current could amplify the hyperpolarization and dilatation initiated by a vascular K(+) conductance. This prediction was consistent with experimental observations which showed that 30 mum Ba(2+) attenuated the ability of K(+) channel activators to dilate cerebral and coronary arteries. This attenuation was absent in mesenteric arteries where smooth muscle K(IR) channels were poorly expressed. In summary, smooth muscle K(IR) expression varies among resistance arteries and when channel are expressed, their negative slope conductance amplifies responses initiated by smooth muscle and endothelial K(+) conductances. These findings highlight the fact that the subtle biophysical properties of K(IR) have a substantive, albeit indirect, role in enabling agonists to alter the electrical state of a multilayered artery.
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- Pamela D Smith
- Smooth Muscle Research Group and Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Wu L, Gao X, Brown RC, Heller S, O'Neil RG. Dual role of the TRPV4 channel as a sensor of flow and osmolality in renal epithelial cells. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2007; 293:F1699-713. [PMID: 17699550 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00462.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Gain/loss of function studies were utilized to assess the potential role of the endogenous vanilloid receptor TRPV4 as a sensor of flow and osmolality in M-1 collecting duct cells (CCD). TRPV4 mRNA and protein were detectable in M-1 cells and stably transfected HEK-293 cells, where the protein occurred as a glycosylated doublet on Western blots. Immunofluorescence imaging demonstrated expression of TRPV4 at the cell membranes of TRPV4-transfected HEK and M-1 cells and at the luminal membrane of mouse kidney CCD. By using intracellular calcium imaging techniques, calcium influx was monitored in cells grown on coverslips. Application of known activators of TRPV4, including 4α-PDD and hypotonic medium, induced strong calcium influx in M-1 cells and TRPV4-transfected HEK-293 cells but not in nontransfected cells. Applying increased flow/shear stress in a parallel plate chamber induced calcium influx in both M-1 and TRPV4-transfected HEK cells but not in nontransfected HEK cells. Furthermore, in loss-of-function studies employing small interference (si)RNA knockdown techniques, transfection of both M-1 and TRPV4-transfected HEK cells with siRNA specific for TRPV4, but not an inappropriate siRNA, led to a time-dependent decrease in TRPV4 expression that was accompanied by a loss of stimuli-induced calcium influx to flow and hypotonicity. It is concluded that TRPV4 displays a mechanosensitive nature with activation properties consistent with a molecular sensor of both fluid flow (or shear stress) and osmolality, or a component of a sensor complex, in flow-sensitive renal CCD.
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- Ling Wu
- Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Hartmannsgruber V, Heyken WT, Kacik M, Kaistha A, Grgic I, Harteneck C, Liedtke W, Hoyer J, Köhler R. Arterial response to shear stress critically depends on endothelial TRPV4 expression. PLoS One 2007; 2:e827. [PMID: 17786199 PMCID: PMC1959246 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 212] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2007] [Accepted: 08/09/2007] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND In blood vessels, the endothelium is a crucial signal transduction interface in control of vascular tone and blood pressure to ensure energy and oxygen supply according to the organs' needs. In response to vasoactive factors and to shear stress elicited by blood flow, the endothelium secretes vasodilating or vasocontracting autacoids, which adjust the contractile state of the smooth muscle. In endothelial sensing of shear stress, the osmo- and mechanosensitive Ca(2+)-permeable TRPV4 channel has been proposed to be candidate mechanosensor. Using TRPV4(-/-) mice, we now investigated whether the absence of endothelial TRPV4 alters shear-stress-induced arterial vasodilation. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS In TRPV4(-/-) mice, loss of the TRPV4 protein was confirmed by Western blot, immunohistochemistry and by in situ-patch-clamp techniques in carotid artery endothelial cells (CAEC). Endothelium-dependent vasodilation was determined by pressure myography in carotid arteries (CA) from TRPV4(-/-) mice and wild-type littermates (WT). In WT CAEC, TRPV4 currents could be elicited by TRPV4 activators 4alpha-phorbol-12,13-didecanoate (4alphaPDD), arachidonic acid (AA), and by hypotonic cell swelling (HTS). In striking contrast, in TRPV4(-/-) mice, 4alphaPDD did not produce currents and currents elicited by AA and HTS were significantly reduced. 4alphaPDD caused a robust and endothelium-dependent vasodilation in WT mice, again conspicuously absent in TRPV4(-/-) mice. Shear stress-induced vasodilation could readily be evoked in WT, but was completely eliminated in TRPV4(-/-) mice. In addition, flow/reperfusion-induced vasodilation was significantly reduced in TRPV4(-/-) vs. WT mice. Vasodilation in response to acetylcholine, vasoconstriction in response to phenylephrine, and passive mechanical compliance did not differ between genotypes, greatly underscoring the specificity of the above trpv4-dependent phenotype for physiologically relevant shear stress. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE Genetically encoded loss-of-function of trpv4 results in a loss of shear stress-induced vasodilation, a response pattern critically dependent on endothelial TRPV4 expression. Thus, Ca(2+)-influx through endothelial TRPV4 channels is a molecular mechanism contributing significantly to endothelial mechanotransduction.
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- Department of Internal Medicine-Nephrology, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine-Nephrology, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine-Nephrology, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine-Nephrology, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany
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- Institut für Pharmakologie, Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
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- Center for Translational Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Internal Medicine-Nephrology, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine-Nephrology, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany
- * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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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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Kwan HY, Huang Y, Yao X. TRP channels in endothelial function and dysfunction. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2007; 1772:907-14. [PMID: 17434294 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2007.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2006] [Revised: 02/27/2007] [Accepted: 02/27/2007] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Endothelial cells produce various factors that regulate vascular tone, vascular permeability, angiogenesis, and inflammatory responses. The dysfunction of endothelial cells is believed to be the major culprit in various cardiovascular diseases, including hypertension, atherosclerosis, heart and renal failure, coronary syndrome, thrombosis, and diabetes. Endothelial cells express multiple transient receptor potential (TRP) channel isoforms, the activity of which serves to modulate cytosolic Ca(2+) levels ([Ca(2+)](i)) and regulate membrane potential, both of which affect various physiological processes. The malfunction and dysregulation of TRP channels is associated with endothelial dysfunction, which is reflected by decreased nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability, inappropriate regulation of vascular smooth muscle tonicity, endothelial barrier dysfunction, increased oxidative damage, impaired anti-thrombogenic properties, and perturbed angiogenic competence. Evidence suggests that dysregulation of TRPC4 and -C1 results in vascular endothelial barrier dysfunction; malfunction of TRPP1 and -P2 impairs endothelial NO synthase; the reduced expression or activity of TRPC4 and -V1 impairs agonist-induced vascular relaxation; the decreased activity of TRPV4 reduces flow-induced vascular responses; and the activity of TRPC3 and -C4 is associated with oxidative stress-induced endothelial damage. In this review, we present a comprehensive summary of the literature on the role of TRP channels in endothelial cells, with an emphasis on endothelial dysfunction.
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- Hiu-Yee Kwan
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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