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Gonzalez Bosc LV, Wilkerson MK, Bradley KN, Eckman DM, Hill-Eubanks DC, Nelson MT. Intraluminal pressure is a stimulus for NFATc3 nuclear accumulation: role of calcium, endothelium-derived nitric oxide, and cGMP-dependent protein kinase. J Biol Chem 2003; 279:10702-9. [PMID: 14688253 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m312920200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The transcription factor NFAT (nuclear factor of activated T-cells) is implicated in cardiac hypertrophy and vasculogenesis. NFAT activation, reflecting dephosphorylation by the calcium-dependent phosphatase, calcineurin, and subsequent nuclear localization, is generally thought to require a sustained increase in intracellular calcium. However, in smooth muscle we have found that elevation of calcium by membrane depolarization fails to induce an increase in nuclear localization of the NFATc3 isoform. Here, we demonstrate that physiological intravascular pressure (100 mm Hg) induces an increase in NFATc3 nuclear localization in mouse cerebral arteries. Pressure-induced NFATc3 nuclear accumulation is abrogated by endothelial denudation and by nitric-oxide synthase, cGMP-dependent kinase (PKG), and voltage-dependent calcium channels inhibition. We further show that exogenous nitric oxide, in combination with an elevation in calcium, is an effective stimulus for NFATc3 nuclear accumulation. c-Jun terminal kinase 2 (JNK) activity, which has been shown to regulate NFATc3 nuclear export, is also reduced by pressure, an effect that is prevented by pretreatment with a PKG inhibitor. Consistent with this, pressure-induced NFATc3 nuclear accumulation is independent of PKG in arteries from JNK2(-/-) mice. Collectively, our results indicate that both activation of the NO/PKG pathway and elevation of smooth muscle calcium are required for NFATc3 nuclear accumulation and that PKG inhibits JNK2 to decrease NFAT nuclear export. Our findings suggest that at physiological intravascular pressures NFATc3 is localized to the nucleus in smooth muscle cells of intact arteries and indicate a novel and unexpected role for nitric oxide/PKG in NFAT activation.
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- Laura V Gonzalez Bosc
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington 05405, USA
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Fossa P, Menozzi G, Dorigo P, Floreani M, Mosti L. Synthesis and pharmacological characterization of functionalized 2-pyridones structurally related to the cardiotonic agent milrinone. Bioorg Med Chem 2003; 11:4749-59. [PMID: 14556790 DOI: 10.1016/s0968-0896(03)00528-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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A new class of cardiotonic agents characterized by a 2-pyridone structure was synthesized. Appropriate sym-2-dimethylaminomethylene-1,3-diones reacted with methylcyanoacetate to afford the desired compounds. These derivatives were evaluated for their ability in inducing cardiotonic response on guinea pig isolated myocardial preparations. Compound 8b increased atrial contractility to an extent which is significantly higher than that of milrinone, the parent drug used as a reference compound. The pharmacological characterization and the docking studies performed on 8b highlighted its selective mechanism of action via type 3 PDE (PDE3) inhibition.
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- Paola Fossa
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Genova, Viale Benedetto XV 3, 16132 Genova, Italy
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Dazert P, Meissner K, Vogelgesang S, Heydrich B, Eckel L, Böhm M, Warzok R, Kerb R, Brinkmann U, Schaeffeler E, Schwab M, Cascorbi I, Jedlitschky G, Kroemer HK. Expression and localization of the multidrug resistance protein 5 (MRP5/ABCC5), a cellular export pump for cyclic nucleotides, in human heart. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2003; 163:1567-77. [PMID: 14507663 PMCID: PMC1868287 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)63513-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The multidrug resistance protein 5 (MRP5/ABCC5) has been recently identified as cellular export pump for cyclic nucleotides with 3',5'-cyclic GMP (cGMP) as a high-affinity substrate. In view of the important role of cGMP for cardiovascular function, expression of this transport protein in human heart is of relevance. We analyzed the expression and localization of MRP5 in human heart [21 auricular (AS) and 15 left ventricular samples (LV) including 5 samples of dilated and ischemic cardiomyopathy]. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction normalized to beta-actin revealed expression of the MRP5 gene in all samples (LV, 38.5 +/- 12.9; AS, 12.7 +/- 5.6; P < 0.001). An MRP5-specific polyclonal antibody detected a glycoprotein of approximately 190 kd in crude cell membrane fractions from these samples. Immunohistochemistry with the affinity-purified antibody revealed localization of MRP5 in cardiomyocytes as well as in cardiovascular endothelial and smooth muscle cells. Furthermore, we could detect MRP5 and ATP-dependent transport of [(3)H]cGMP in sarcolemma vesicles of human heart. Quantitative analysis of the immunoblots indicated an interindividual variability with a higher expression of MRP5 in the ischemic (104 +/- 38% of recombinant MRP5 standard) compared to normal ventricular samples (53 +/- 36%, P < 0.05). In addition, we screened genomic DNA from our samples for 20 single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the MRP5 gene. These results indicate that MRP5 is localized in cardiac and cardiovascular myocytes as well as endothelial cells with increased expression in ischemic cardiomyopathy. Therefore, MRP5-mediated cellular export may represent a novel, disease-dependent pathway for cGMP removal from cardiac cells.
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- Peter Dazert
- Department of Pharmacology, Peter Holtz Research Center of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University, Greifswald, Germany
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Kohn AB, Roberts-Misterly JM, Anderson PAV, Greenberg RM. Creation by mutagenesis of a mammalian Ca2+ channel β subunit that confers praziquantel sensitivity to a mammalian Ca2+ channel. Int J Parasitol 2003; 33:1303-8. [PMID: 14527513 DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7519(03)00209-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Voltage-gated Ca(2+) channel beta subunits are important modulators of the pore-forming alpha(1) subunit. We have cloned two schistosome beta subunits that confer sensitivity to the antischistosomal drug praziquantel (PZQ) to an otherwise insensitive mammalian alpha(1) subunit. The primary site of beta subunit interaction with alpha(1) subunits is the beta interaction domain (BID). The BID contains two conserved serines (225, 235 in rat beta2a) that constitute consensus sites for protein kinase C phosphorylation. However, these serines are absent in these schistosome beta subunits. Here we show that the capability to confer PZQ sensitivity can be created in the rat beta2a subunit by eliminating both serines in the BID. These results are consistent with, and should help our understanding of, the selective toxicity of PZQ.
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- Andrea B Kohn
- Whitney Laboratory, University of Florida, 9505 Ocean Shore Boulevard, St. Augustine, FL 32080-8610, USA
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Curtis TM, Major EH, Trimble ER, Scholfield CN. Diabetes-induced activation of protein kinase C inhibits store-operated Ca2+ uptake in rat retinal microvascular smooth muscle. Diabetologia 2003; 46:1252-9. [PMID: 12898009 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-003-1178-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2003] [Revised: 05/02/2003] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS To assess the effects of diabetes-induced activation of protein kinase C (PKC) on voltage-dependent and voltage-independent Ca2+ influx pathways in retinal microvascular smooth muscle cells. METHODS Cytosolic Ca2+ was estimated in freshly isolated rat retinal arterioles from streptozotocin-induced diabetic and non-diabetic rats using fura-2 microfluorimetry. Voltage-dependent Ca2+ influx was tested by measuring rises in [Ca2+]i with KCl (100 mmol/l) and store-operated Ca2+ influx was assessed by depleting [Ca2+]i stores with Ca2+ free medium containing 5 micromol/l cyclopiazonic acid over 10 min and subsequently measuring the rate of rise in Ca2+ on adding 2 mmol/l or 10 mmol/l Ca2+ solution. RESULTS Ca2+ entry through voltage-dependent L-type Ca2+ channels was unaffected by diabetes. In contrast, store-operated Ca2+ influx was attenuated. In microvessels from non-diabetic rats 20 mmol/l D-mannitol had no effect on store-operated Ca2+ influx. Diabetic rats injected daily with insulin had store-operated Ca2+ influx rates similar to non-diabetic control rats. The reduced Ca2+ entry in diabetic microvessels was reversed by 2-h exposure to 100 nmol/l staurosporine, a non-specific PKC antagonist and was mimicked in microvessels from non-diabetic rats by 10-min exposure to the PKC activator phorbol myristate acetate (100 nmol/l). The specific PKCbeta antagonist LY379196 (100 nmol/l) also reversed the poor Ca2+ influx although its action was less efficacious than staurosporine. CONCLUSION/INTERPRETATION These results show that store-operated Ca2+ influx is inhibited in retinal arterioles from rats having sustained increased blood glucose and that PKCbeta seems to play a role in mediating this effect.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Arterioles/metabolism
- Biological Transport
- Blood Glucose/metabolism
- Calcium/metabolism
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/enzymology
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/pathology
- Enzyme Activation
- Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Indoles/pharmacology
- Kinetics
- Male
- Mannitol/pharmacology
- Microcirculation/drug effects
- Microcirculation/metabolism
- Microcirculation/pathology
- Microcirculation/ultrastructure
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/pathology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/ultrastructure
- Mycotoxins/pharmacology
- Protein Kinase C/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Reference Values
- Retinal Vessels/drug effects
- Retinal Vessels/metabolism
- Retinal Vessels/pathology
- Retinal Vessels/ultrastructure
- Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate/pharmacology
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- T M Curtis
- Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, The Queen's University of Belfast, Institute of Clinical Sciences, The Royal Victoria Hospital, Grosvenor Road, Belfast, N. Ireland, UK
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Zhang WM, Yip KP, Lin MJ, Shimoda LA, Li WH, Sham JSK. ET-1 activates Ca2+ sparks in PASMC: local Ca2+ signaling between inositol trisphosphate and ryanodine receptors. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2003; 285:L680-90. [PMID: 12740215 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00067.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Ca+ sparks originating from ryanodine receptors (RyRs) are known to cause membrane hyperpolarization and vasorelaxation in systemic arterial myocytes. By contrast, we have found that Ca2+ sparks of pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells (PASMCs) are associated with membrane depolarization and activated by endothelin-1 (ET-1), a potent vasoconstrictor that mediates/modulates acute and chronic hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction. In this study, we characterized the effects of ET-1 on the physical properties of Ca2+ sparks and probed the signal transduction mechanism for spark activation in rat intralobar PASMCs. Application of ET-1 at 0.1-10 nM caused concentration-dependent increases in frequency, duration, and amplitude of Ca2+ sparks. The ET-1-induced increase in spark frequency was inhibited by BQ-123, an ETA-receptor antagonist; by U-73122, a PLC inhibitor; and by xestospongin C and 2-aminoethyl diphenylborate, antagonists of inositol trisphosphate (IP3) receptors (IP3Rs). However, it was unrelated to sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ content, activation of L-type Ca2+ channels, PKC, or cADP ribose. Photorelease of caged-IP3 indicated that Ca2+ release from IP3R could cross-activate RyRs to generate Ca2+ sparks. Immunocytochemistry showed that the distributions of IP3Rs and RyRs were similar in PASMCs. Moreover, inhibition of Ca2+ sparks with ryanodine caused a significant rightward shift in the ET-1 concentration-tension relationship in pulmonary arteries. These results suggest that ET-1 activation of Ca2+ sparks is mediated via the ETA receptor-PLC-IP3 pathway and local Ca2+ cross-signaling between IP3Rs and RyRs; in addition, this novel signaling mechanism contributes significantly to the ET-1-induced vasoconstriction in pulmonary arteries.
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- Wei-Min Zhang
- Div. of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Asthma and Allergy Center, 5501 Hopkins Bayview Circle, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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Liew R, Macleod KT, Collins P. Novel stimulatory actions of the phytoestrogen genistein: effects on the gain of cardiac excitation-contraction coupling. FASEB J 2003; 17:1307-9. [PMID: 12759336 DOI: 10.1096/fj.02-0760fje] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Genistein, a phytoestrogen found abundantly in soy products, is thought to be cardioprotective, partly through its ability to act as a natural Ca2+ channel antagonist. However, the precise nature and significance of such direct cardiac actions remain obscure. We investigated the hypothesis that genistein exerts important additional actions on cardiac excitation-contraction coupling (ECC). Genistein acutely increased cell shortening and the Ca2+ transient in field stimulated guinea-pig ventricular myocytes despite potently inhibiting the L-type Ca2+ current, I(Ca,L). The specific phosphotyrosine phosphatase inhibitor, bpV(phen), diminished the stimulatory effects of genistein on myocyte contractility, suggesting that the mechanism partly involved tyrosine kinase inhibition. Genistein increased sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ load as measured with a caffeine pulse in Na+-free/ Ca2+-free solution. Furthermore, in the continued presence of caffeine, genistein increased the time constant of decline of the caffeine-induced Ca2+ transient, implying impaired sarcolemmal Na+/Ca2+ exchanger function. Tetanization studies in intact myocytes revealed that 43% of cells exhibited increased myofilament Ca2+ sensitivity in the presence of genistein. These findings demonstrate novel cardiac actions of genistein on the SR Ca2+ load, Na+/Ca2+ exchanger, and myofilament Ca2+ sensitivity, which result in an overall increase in myocyte contractility and consequently the gain of ECC.
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- Reginald Liew
- Department of Cardiac Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, Dovehouse St., London SW3 6LY, UK.
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Denda M, Fuziwara S, Inoue K. Beta2-adrenergic receptor antagonist accelerates skin barrier recovery and reduces epidermal hyperplasia induced by barrier disruption. J Invest Dermatol 2003; 121:142-8. [PMID: 12839574 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2003.12310.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Effects of topical application of adrenergic receptor agonists and antagonists on epidermal barrier repair rate after barrier disruption were studied. Agonists and antagonists of beta1-adrenergic receptor did not affect the barrier repair rate. On the other hand, beta2-adrenergic receptor agonists, procaterol and alprenol, delayed barrier recovery and the beta2 receptor antagonist, ICI-118551, blocked the delay. Moreover, topical application of ICI-118551 or beta1,2 receptor antagonist, clenbuterol alone accelerated barrier recovery. Antagonists of alpha1 and alpha2 receptors did not affect barrier recovery. The delay of barrier repair induced by prodaterol hydrochloride was blocked by a voltage-gated calcium channel blocker, verapamil or nifedipine. In cultured human keratinocytes, procaterol increased the intracellular calcium concentration and the increase was blocked by ICI-118551 and also by verapamil or nifedipine. Topical application of ICI-118551 partially blocked the epidermal hyperplasia induced by acetone treatment under low environmental humidity. These results suggest that the beta2-adrenergic receptor is specifically associated with skin barrier homeostasis.
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Quignard JF, Rakotoarisoa L, Mironneau J, Mironneau C. Stimulation of L-type Ca2+ channels by inositol pentakis- and hexakisphosphates in rat vascular smooth muscle cells. J Physiol 2003; 549:729-37. [PMID: 12717004 PMCID: PMC2342985 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2002.037473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The electrophysiological effects of D-myo-inositol 1,3,4,5,6-pentakisphosphate (InsP5) and D-myo-inositol hexakisphosphate (InsP6), which represent the main cellular inositol polyphosphates, were studied on L-type Ca2+ channels in single myocytes of rat portal vein. Intracellular infusion of InsP5 (up to 50 micro M) or 10 micro M InsP6 had no action on Ba2+ current, whereas 50 micro M InsP6 or 10 micro M InsP5 plus 10 micro M InsP6 (InsP5,6) stimulated the inward current. The stimulatory effect of InsP5,6 was also obtained in external Ca2+-containing solution. The stimulated Ba2+ current retained the properties of L-type Ba2+ current and was oxodipine sensitive. PKC inhibitors Ro 32-0432 (up to 500 nM), GF109203X (5 micro M) or calphostin C (100 nM) abolished the InsP5,6-induced stimulation. Neither the PKA inhibitor H89 (1 micro M) nor the protein phosphatase inhibitors okadaic acid (500 nM) or cypermethrin (1 micro M) prevented or mimicked the InsP5,6-induced stimulation of Ba2+ current. However, InsP5 or InsP6 could mimic some effects of protein phosphatase inhibitor so as to extend after washing-out forskolin the stimulatory effects of the adenylyl cyclase activator on Ba2+ current. These results indicate that InsP5 and InsP6 may act as intracellular messengers in modulating L-type Ca2+ channel activity and so could be implicated in mediator-induced contractions of vascular smooth muscle cells.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Calcium Channels, L-Type/drug effects
- Cell Separation
- Colforsin/pharmacology
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Electrophysiology
- Enzyme Activators/pharmacology
- Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
- In Vitro Techniques
- Inositol Phosphates/pharmacology
- Membrane Potentials/drug effects
- Membrane Potentials/physiology
- Muscle Cells/drug effects
- Muscle Cells/metabolism
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/cytology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Okadaic Acid/pharmacology
- Patch-Clamp Techniques
- Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/antagonists & inhibitors
- Phytic Acid/pharmacology
- Protein Kinase Inhibitors
- Protein Kinases/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Stimulation, Chemical
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- J F Quignard
- Laboratoire de Signalisation et Interactions Cellulaires, CNRS UMR 5017, UFR Sciences Pharmaceutiques, Université Bordeaux 2, 146 rue Léo Saignat, 33076 Bordeaux, France.
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Kobayashi H, Miwa T, Nagao T, Adachi-Akahane S. Negative modulation of L-type Ca2+ channels via beta-adrenoceptor stimulation in guinea-pig detrusor smooth muscle cells. Eur J Pharmacol 2003; 470:9-15. [PMID: 12787825 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(03)01762-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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beta-Adrenergic stimulation enhances the activity of L-type Ca(2+) channels through mechanisms mediated by adenosine 3'5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) and protein kinase A in cardiac myocytes. However, in smooth muscle cells, the effect of beta-adrenoceptor stimulation on the L-type Ca(2+) channel activity has been controversial, and the exact mechanism is still unclear. The present study was aimed at elucidating the effect of beta-adrenergic stimulation upon the activity of L-type Ca(2+) channels in guinea-pig detrusor smooth muscle cells. Isoproterenol (0.1-1 microM) inhibited Ba(2+) currents through L-type Ca(2+) channels (I(Ba)). Isoproterenol (0.1 microM) shifted the steady-state inactivation curve to negative voltages by 11 mV without affecting activation curves. The stimulation of cAMP-mediated signal transduction pathway by forskolin, 8-bromoadenosine 3'5'-cyclic monophosphate (8-Br-cAMP), or the intracellular application of cAMP also mimicked the effects of isoproterenol on I(Ba), which was blocked by the inhibition of protein kinase A. These results indicate that, in detrusor smooth muscles, the stimulation of beta-adrenoceptors exerts negative modulation of L-type Ca(2+) channels via cAMP/protein kinase A-dependent mechanism.
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- Hiroyuki Kobayashi
- Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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The mechanism of labour is not fully understood and further research into this important physiological process is needed. In some species, notably sheep, parturition is due to activation of the fetal hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. However, in primates, this axis appears to have a supportive, rather than essential role. Successful parturition requires an increase in coordinated uterine contractility together with changes in connective tissue that allow cervical ripening and dilatation. In most mammals, however, these changes are synchronised by a fall in maternal progesterone levels and a rise in oestrogens. This is not the case in women in whom the onset of labour occurs without apparent changes in circulating steroid levels. The basis of uterine contractility is the interaction between actin and myosin in myometrial smooth muscle cells. This is driven by calcium through Ca(2+)-calmodulin-dependent myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) activity. Moreover, calcium sensitisation occurs via activation of Rho kinase, a calcium-independent pathway that promotes contractility by inhibiting myosin phosphatase and probably by phosphorylating myosin on the same site as MLCK. Uterine activity can be modulated by many G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs). For example, receptors coupled to Galpha(q) (oxytocin-, prostanoid FP and TP, endothelin-receptors) stimulate contractility by activating the phospholipase C/Ca(2+) pathway; receptors coupled to Galpha(s) (beta(2)-adrenoceptors, prostanoid EP2 and IP, some 5-hydroxytryptamine receptors e.g. 5-HT(7)) relax the uterus by increasing myometrial cyclic AMP levels; and receptors coupled to Galpha(i) (alpha(2)-adrenoceptors, muscarinic, 5-HT(1)) potentiate contractility, probably by inhibiting cAMP production. Because of its relative abundance in pregnant uterine tissue, the oxytocin receptor is an obvious target for tocolytic therapy. Oxytocin antagonists have been introduced into clinical practice for the management of preterm labour and offer the advantage of uterine selectivity and fewer side effects than conventional beta-agonist therapy.
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- Andrés López Bernal
- University of Bristol, Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St Michael's Hospital, Bristol, UK
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Bayguinov O, Hagen B, Sanders KM. Substance P modulates localized calcium transients and membrane current responses in murine colonic myocytes. Br J Pharmacol 2003; 138:1233-43. [PMID: 12711623 PMCID: PMC1573765 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0705139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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1. Neurokinins contribute to the neural regulation of gastrointestinal (GI) smooth muscles. We studied responses of murine colonic smooth muscle cells to substance P (SP) and NK(1) and NK(2) agonists using confocal microscopy and the patch clamp technique. 2. Colonic myocytes generated localized Ca(2+) transients that were coupled to spontaneous transient outward currents (STOCs). SP (10(-10) M) increased Ca(2+) transients and STOCs. Higher concentrations of SP (10(-6) M) increased basal Ca(2+) and inhibited Ca(2+) transients and STOCs. 3. Effects of SP were due to increased Ca(2+) entry via L-type Ca(2+) channels, and were mediated by protein kinase C (PKC). Nifedipine (10(-6) M) and the PKC inhibitor, GF 109203X (10(-6) M) reduced L-type Ca(2+) current and blocked the effects of SP. 4. SP responses depended upon parallel stimulation of NK(1) and NK(2) receptors. NK(1) agonist ([Sar(9),Met(O(2))(11)]-substance P; SSP) and NK(2) agonists (neurokinin A (NKA) or GR-64349) did not mimic the effects of SP alone, but NK(1) and NK(2) agonists were effective when added in combination (10(-10)-10(-6) M). Consistent with this, either an NK(1)-specific antagonist (GR-82334; 10(-7) M) or an NK(2)-specific antagonist (MEN 10,627; 10(-7) M) blocked responses to SP (10(-6) M). 5. Ryanodine (10(-5) M) blocked the increase in Ca(2+) transients and STOCs in response to SP (10(-10) M). 6. Our findings show that low concentrations of SP, via PKC-dependent enhancement of L-type Ca(2+) current and recruitment of ryanodine receptors, stimulate Ca(2+) transients. At higher concentrations of SP (10(-6) M), basal Ca(2+) increases and spontaneous Ca(2+) transients and STOCs are inhibited.
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- Orline Bayguinov
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, NV 89557-0046, U.S.A
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, NV 89557-0046, U.S.A
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, NV 89557-0046, U.S.A
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Erxleben C, Gomez-Alegria C, Darden T, Mori Y, Birnbaumer L, Armstrong DL. Modulation of cardiac Ca(V)1.2 channels by dihydropyridine and phosphatase inhibitor requires Ser-1142 in the domain III pore loop. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003; 100:2929-34. [PMID: 12601159 PMCID: PMC151443 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2628046100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/31/2002] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Dihydropyridine-sensitive, voltage-activated calcium channels respond to membrane depolarization with two distinct modes of activity: short bursts of very short openings (mode 1) or repetitive openings of much longer duration (mode 2). Here we show that both the dihydropyridine, BayK8644 (BayK), and the inhibitor of SerThr protein phosphatases, okadaic acid, have identical effects on the gating of the recombinant cardiac calcium channel, Ca(V)1.2 (alpha(1)C). Each produced identical mode 2 gating in cell-attached patches, and each prevented rundown of channel activity when the membrane patch was excised into ATP-free solutions. These effects required Ser or Thr at position 1142 in the domain III pore loop between transmembrane segments S5 and S6, where dihydropyridines bind to the channel. Mutation of Ser-1142 to Ala or Cys produced channels with very low activity that could not be modulated by either BayK or okadaic acid. A molecular model of Ca(V)1.2 indicates that Ser-1142 is unlikely to be phosphorylated, and thus we conclude that BayK binding stabilizes mode 2 gating allosterically by either protecting a phospho Ser/Thr on the alpha(1)C subunit or mimicking phosphorylation at that site.
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MESH Headings
- 3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid, 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-5-nitro-4-(2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-, Methyl ester/pharmacology
- Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism
- Animals
- Calcium Channel Agonists/pharmacology
- Calcium Channels/metabolism
- Calcium Channels, L-Type/metabolism
- Calcium Channels, L-Type/physiology
- Cell Line
- Cell Membrane/metabolism
- Cricetinae
- Dihydropyridines/pharmacology
- Electrophysiology
- Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Models, Molecular
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- Mutation
- Okadaic Acid/pharmacology
- Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/antagonists & inhibitors
- Phosphorylation
- Protein Binding
- Protein Structure, Secondary
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Rabbits
- Serine/chemistry
- Threonine/chemistry
- Time Factors
- Transfection
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Affiliation(s)
- Christian Erxleben
- Laboratory of Signal Transduction and Structural Biology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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Ceccarelli F, Scavuzzo MC, Giusti L, Bigini G, Costa B, Carnicelli V, Zucchi R, Lucacchini A, Mazzoni MR. ETA receptor-mediated Ca2+ mobilisation in H9c2 cardiac cells. Biochem Pharmacol 2003; 65:783-93. [PMID: 12628492 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-2952(02)01624-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Expression and pharmacological properties of endothelin receptors (ETRs) were investigated in H9c2 cardiomyoblasts. The mechanism of receptor-mediated modulation of intracellular Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) was examined by measuring fluorescence increase of Fluo-3-loaded cells with flow cytometry. Binding assays showed that [125I]endothelin-1 (ET-1) bound to a single class of high affinity binding sites in cardiomyoblast membranes. Endothelin-3 (ET-3) displaced bound [125I]ET-1 in a biphasic manner, in contrast to an ET(B)-selective agonist, IRL-1620, that was ineffective. The ET(B)-selective antagonist, BQ-788, inhibited [125I]ET-1 binding in a monophasic manner and with low potency. An ET(A)-selective antagonist, BQ-123, competed [125I]ET-1 binding in a monophasic manner. This antagonist was found to be 13-fold more potent than BQ-788. Immunoblotting analysis using anti-ET(A) and -ET(B) antibodies confirmed a predominant expression of the ET(A) receptor. ET-1 induced a concentration-dependent increase of Fluo-3 fluorescence in cardiomyoblasts resuspended in buffer containing 1mM CaCl(2). Treatment of cells with antagonists, PD-145065 and BQ-123, or a phospholipase C-beta inhibitor, U-73122, abolished ET-1-mediated increases in fluorescence. The close structural analogue of U-73122, U-73343, caused a minimal effect on the concentration-response curve of ET-1. ET-3 produced no major increase of Fluo-3 fluorescence. Removal of extracellular Ca(2+) resulted in a shift to the right of the ET-1 concentration-response curve. Both the L-type voltage-operated Ca(2+) channel blocker, nifedipine, and the ryanodine receptor inhibitor, dantrolene, reduced the efficacy of ET-1. Two protein kinase C inhibitors reduced both potency and efficacy of ET-1. Our results demonstrate that ET(A) receptors are expressed and functionally coupled to rise of [Ca(2+)](i) in H9c2 cardiomyoblasts. ET-1-induced [Ca(2+)](i) increase is triggered by Ca(2+) release from intracellular inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate-gated stores; plasma membrane Ca(2+) channels and ryanodine receptors participate in sustaining the Ca(2+) response. Regulation of channel opening by protein kinase C is also involved in the process of [Ca(2+)](i) increase.
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Affiliation(s)
- Francesca Ceccarelli
- Dipartimento di Psichiatria, Neurobiologia, Farmacologia e Biotecnologie, Università di Pisa, Italy
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Saada N, Dai B, Echetebu C, Sarna SK, Palade P. Smooth muscle uses another promoter to express primarily a form of human Cav1.2 L-type calcium channel different from the principal heart form. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2003; 302:23-8. [PMID: 12593842 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(03)00097-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Several different first exons and amino termini have been reported for the cardiac Ca channel known as alpha(1C) or Ca(V)1.2. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the expression of this channel is regulated by different promoters in smooth muscle cells and in heart in humans. Ribonuclease protection assay (RPA) indicates that the longer first exon 1a is found in certain human smooth muscle-containing tissues, notably bladder and fetal aorta, but that it is not expressed to any significant degree in lung or intestine. On the other hand, all four smooth muscle-containing tissues examined strongly express transcripts containing exon 1b, first reported cloned from human fibroblast cells. In addition, primary cultures of human colonic myocytes and coronary artery smooth muscle cells express predominantly transcripts containing exon 1b. The promoter immediately upstream of exon 1b was cloned, and it displays functional promoter activity when luciferase-expressing constructs were transfected into three different cultured smooth muscle cells: primary human coronary artery smooth muscles cells, primary human colonocytes, and the fetal rat aorta-derived A7r5 cell line. These results indicate that expression in smooth muscle is primarily driven by a promoter different from that which drives expression in cardiac myocytes.
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- Nehad Saada
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-0641, USA
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Ohya S, Horowitz B. Differential transcriptional expression of Ca2+ BP superfamilies in murine gastrointestinal smooth muscles. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2002; 283:G1290-7. [PMID: 12388203 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00101.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Calmodulin (Cal) plays important roles for contractile activity in smooth muscles. Recently, two distinct Ca(2+)-binding protein superfamilies with sequence similarities to Cal have been identified in neuronal cells: neuronal Ca(2+)-binding proteins (NCBPs) and Cal-like Ca(2+)-binding proteins (CaBPs). Some NCBPs and CaBPs play significant roles for Ca(2+)-dependent cellular signaling in the nervous system. In gastrointestinal smooth muscles (GISMs), Cal functions as the regulator of contractile behavior and electrical rhythmicity. However, the molecular identification of NCBPs and CaBPs has not been elucidated in GISMs. Here, we have identified NCBPs and CaBPs expressed in GISMs and determined the expression levels of their transcripts by quantitative RT-PCR. Of 12 NCBPs, the transcripts for neuronal Ca(2+) sensor 1, neural visinin-like proteins 1, 2, and 3, and K(+) channel-interacting proteins 1 and 3 were detected in proximal colon, gastric fundus, gastric antrum, and jejunum. On the other hand, of seven CaBPs including alternatively spliced variants, only CaBP1L transcripts were detected in GISMs.
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- Susumu Ohya
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada 89557-0046, USA
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VanBavel E, Sorop O, Andreasen D, Pfaffendorf M, Jensen BL. Role of T-type calcium channels in myogenic tone of skeletal muscle resistance arteries. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002; 283:H2239-43. [PMID: 12388244 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00531.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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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T-type calcium channels may be involved in the maintenance of myogenic tone. We tested their role in isolated rat cremaster arterioles obtained after CO(2) anesthesia and decapitation. Total RNA was analyzed by RT-PCR and Southern blotting for calcium channel expression. We observed expression of voltage-operated calcium (Ca(V)) channels Ca(V)3.1 (T-type), Ca(V)3.2 (T-type), and Ca(V)1.2 (L-type) in cremaster arterioles (n = 3 rats). Amplification products were observed only in the presence of reverse transcriptase and cDNA. Concentration-response curves of the relatively specific L-type blocker verapamil and the relatively specific T-type blockers mibefradil and nickel were made on cannulated vessels with either myogenic tone (75 mmHg) or a similar level of constriction induced by 30 mM K(+) at 35 mmHg. Mibefradil and nickel were, respectively, 162-fold and 300-fold more potent in inhibiting myogenic tone compared with K(+)-induced constriction [log(IC(50), M): mibefradil, basal -7.3 +/- 0.2 (n = 9) and K(+) -5.1 +/- 0.1 (n = 5); nickel, basal -4.1 +/- 0.2 (n = 5) and K(+) -1.6 +/- 0.5 (n = 5); means +/- SE]. Verapamil had a 17-fold more potent effect [log(IC(50), M): basal -6.6 +/- 0.1 (n = 5); K(+) -5.4 +/- 0.3 (n = 4); all log(IC(50)) P < 0.05, basal vs. K(+)]. These data suggest that T-type calcium channels are expressed and involved in maintenance of myogenic tone in rat cremaster muscle arterioles.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ed VanBavel
- Department of Medical Physics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Kanemaru K, Morishita F, Matsushima O, Furukawa Y. Aplysia cardioactive peptide (NdWFamide) enhances the L-type Ca2+ current of Aplysia ventricular myocytes. Peptides 2002; 23:1991-8. [PMID: 12431737 DOI: 10.1016/s0196-9781(02)00186-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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NdWFamide is a D-amino acid containing tripeptide purified from Aplysia heart. Although the cardioexcitatory action of NdWFamide is well established, little is known about how the excitatory action is induced. To examine the action of the peptide on the ion channels expressed in the Aplysia heart muscles, we carried out whole cell clamp experiments in the isolated Aplysia ventricular myocytes. We found that the high voltage-activated (HVA) Ca(2+) current of Aplysia ventricular myocytes is mostly a nifedipine-sensitive L-type current, and that the current was enhanced by NdWFamide via the activation of G proteins.
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Affiliation(s)
- Kazunori Kanemaru
- Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama 1-3-1, Japan
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