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McEwen DP, Schumacher SM, Li Q, Benson MD, Iñiguez-Lluhí JA, Van Genderen KM, Martens JR. Rab-GTPase-dependent endocytic recycling of Kv1.5 in atrial myocytes. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:29612-20. [PMID: 17673464 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m704402200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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The number of ion channels expressed on the cell surface shapes the complex electrical response of excitable cells. Maintaining a balance between anterograde and retrograde trafficking of channel proteins is vital in regulating steady-state cell surface expression. Kv1.5 is an important voltage-gated K(+) channel in the cardiovascular system underlying the ultra-rapid rectifying potassium current (Ik(ur)), a major repolarizing current in atrial myocytes, and regulating the resting membrane potential and excitability of smooth muscle cells. Defects in the expression of Kv1.5 are associated with pathological states such as chronic atrial fibrillation and hypoxic pulmonary hypertension. There is, thus, substantial interest in understanding the mechanisms regulating cell surface channel levels. Here, we investigated the internalization and recycling of Kv1.5 in the HL-1 immortalized mouse atrial myocytes. Kinetic studies indicate that Kv1.5 is rapidly internalized to a perinuclear region where it co-localizes with the early endosomal marker, EEA1. Importantly, we identified that a population of Kv1.5, originating on the cell surface, internalized and recycled back to the plasma membrane. Notably, Kv1.5 recycling processes are driven by specific Rab-dependent endosomal compartments. Thus, co-expression of GDP-locked Rab4S22N and Rab11S25N dominant-negative mutants decreased the steady-state Kv1.5 surface levels, whereas GTPase-deficient Rab4Q67L and Rab11Q70L mutants increased steady-state Kv1.5 surface levels. These data reveal an unexpected dynamic trafficking of Kv1.5 at the myocyte plasma membrane and demonstrate a role for recycling in the maintenance of steady-state ion channel surface levels.
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- Dyke P McEwen
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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Dietrich A, Kalwa H, Fuchs B, Grimminger F, Weissmann N, Gudermann T. In vivo TRPC functions in the cardiopulmonary vasculature. Cell Calcium 2007; 42:233-44. [PMID: 17433435 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2007.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2007] [Revised: 02/07/2007] [Accepted: 02/08/2007] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in the industrialized countries. The cardiovascular system includes the systemic blood circulation, the heart and the pulmonary circulation providing sufficient blood flow and oxygen to peripheral tissues and organs according to their metabolic demand. This review focuses on three major cell types of the cardiovascular system: myocytes of the heart as well as smooth muscle cells and endothelial cells from the systemic and pulmonary circulation. Ion channels initiate and regulate contraction in all three cell types, and the identification of their genes has significantly improved our knowledge of signal transduction pathways in these cells. Among the ion channels expressed in smooth muscle cells, cation channels of the TRPC family allow for the entry of Na(+) and Ca(2+). Physiological functions of TRPC1, TRPC3, TRPC4, TRPC5, TRPC6 and TRPC7 in the cardiovascular system, dissected by down-regulating channel activity in isolated tissues or by the analysis of gene-deficient mouse models, are reviewed. Possible functional roles and physiological regulation of TRPCs as homomeric or heteromeric channels in these cell types are discussed. Moreover, TRP channels may also be responsible for pathophysiological processes of the cardiovascular system like hypertension as well as cardiac hypertrophy and increased endothelial permeability.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Endothelium, Vascular/cytology
- Endothelium, Vascular/metabolism
- Endothelium, Vascular/physiology
- Heart Diseases/etiology
- Humans
- Hypertension/etiology
- Mice
- Muscle Contraction
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/cytology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/physiology
- Myocytes, Cardiac/metabolism
- Myocytes, Cardiac/physiology
- Pulmonary Circulation
- Rats
- TRPC Cation Channels/physiology
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- Alexander Dietrich
- Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Marburg, 35043 Marburg, Germany.
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Buckler KJ. TASK-like potassium channels and oxygen sensing in the carotid body. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2007; 157:55-64. [PMID: 17416212 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2007.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2006] [Revised: 02/12/2007] [Accepted: 02/13/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Chemosensing by type-1 cells of the carotid body involves a series of events which culminate in the calcium-dependent secretion of neurotransmitter substances which then excite afferent nerves. This response is mediated via membrane depolarisation and voltage-gated calcium entry. Studies utilising isolated cells indicates that the membrane depolarisation in response to hypoxia, and acidosis, appears to be primarily mediated via the inhibition of a background K(+)-current. The pharmacological and biophysical characteristics of these channels suggest that they are probably closely related to the TASK subfamily of tandem-P-domain K(+)-channels. Indeed they show greatest similarity to TASK-1 and -3. In addition to being sensitive to hypoxia and acidosis, the background K(+)-channels of the type-1 cell are also remarkably sensitive to inhibition of mitochondrial energy metabolism. Metabolic poisons are known potent stimulants of the carotid body and cause membrane depolarisation of type-1 cells. In the presence of metabolic inhibitors hypoxic sensitivity is lost suggesting that oxygen sensing may itself be mediated via depression of mitochondrial energy production. Thus these TASK-like background channels play a central role in mediating the chemotransduction of several different stimuli within the type-1 cell. The mechanisms by which metabolic/oxygen sensitivity might be conferred upon these channels are briefly discussed.
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- Keith J Buckler
- Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics, Sherrington Building, Parks Road, Oxford, UK.
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Ortega-Sáenz P, Pascual A, Piruat JI, López-Barneo J. Mechanisms of acute oxygen sensing by the carotid body: Lessons from genetically modified animals. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2007; 157:140-7. [PMID: 17360248 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2007.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2006] [Revised: 02/06/2007] [Accepted: 02/09/2007] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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We have studied carotid body (CB) glomus cell sensitivity to changes in O(2) tension in three different genetically engineered animals models using thin CB slices and monitoring the secretory response to hypoxia by amperometry. Glomus cells from partially HIF-1alpha deficient mice exhibited a normal sensitivity to hypoxia. Animals with complete deletion of the small membrane anchoring subunit of succinate dehydrogenase (SDHD) died during embryonic life but heterozygous SDHD +/- mice showed a normal CB response to low O(2) tension. SDHD +/- mice had, however, a clear CB phenotype characterized by a decrease of K(+) current amplitude, an increase of basal catecholamine release from glomus cells, and a slight organ growth. The lack of hemeoxygenase-2 (HO-2), a ubiquitous powerful antioxidant enzyme, produces a notable CB phenotype, characterized by hypertrophy and alteration in the level of CB expression of some stress-dependent genes (including down-regulation of the maxi-K(+) channel alpha-subunit). Nevertheless, in HO-2 deficient mice the exquisite intrinsic O(2) responsiveness of CB glomus cells remains unaltered. Therefore, HO-2 is not absolutely necessary for acute CB O(2) sensing. Although the nature of the CB acute O(2) sensor(s) is yet unknown, studies similar to those summarized here serve to test the existing hypothesis and help to distinguish between those that need to be explored further and those that definitively lack experimental support.
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- Patricia Ortega-Sáenz
- Laboratorio de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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Packer CS, Pelaez NJ. Point:Counterpoint "Release of an endothelium-derived vasoconstrictor and RhoA/Rho kinase-mediated calcium sensitization of smooth muscle cell contraction are/are not the main effectors for full and sustained hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction". J Appl Physiol (1985) 2007; 102:2078-9; discussion 2080. [PMID: 17549821 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01435.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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- C Subah Packer
- Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, USA
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Hoshino Y, Shioji K, Nakamura H, Masutani H, Yodoi J. From oxygen sensing to heart failure: role of thioredoxin. Antioxid Redox Signal 2007; 9:689-99. [PMID: 17511584 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2007.1575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Oxidative stress has been widely recognized to be involved in the pathogenesis of cardiopulmonary disorders. In ischemic heart diseases, it is involved not only in the development of atherosclerosis but also in ongoing ischemic injury, especially in the reperfusion process. Cardiomyopathy is another cardiac disorder in which oxidative stress is involved. In diabetic cardiomyopathy, homocysteine, a well-known source of oxidative stress, is believed to play major roles in its development. Thioredoxin (TRX) is a redox-acting protein ubiquitously present in the human body. It also is inducible by a wide variety of oxidative stresses. TRX is a multifunctional protein and has anti-inflammatory and antiapoptotic effects, as well as antioxidative effects. It is therefore feasible to think that TRX is a potential therapy for cardiac disease. Moreover, serum TRX is a well-recognized biomarker of various diseases involving oxidative stress, and this is also the case for cardiac disorders. Here we discuss how TRX is useful as a biomarker of and therapeutic agent for cardiopulmonary disorders, especially focusing on ischemic heart disease, myocarditis and oxygen sensing, and acute respiratory distress syndrome.
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- Yuma Hoshino
- Department of Experimental Therapeutics, Translational Research Center, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan.
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Tipparaju SM, Liu SQ, Barski O, Bhatnagar A. NADPH binding to beta-subunit regulates inactivation of voltage-gated K(+) channels. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007; 359:269-76. [PMID: 17540341 PMCID: PMC1948100 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.05.102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2007] [Accepted: 05/12/2007] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Ancillary beta-subunits regulate the voltage-dependence and the kinetics of Kv currents. The Kvbeta proteins bind pyridine nucleotides with high affinity but the role of cofactor binding in regulating Kv currents remains unclear. We found that recombinant rat Kvbeta 1.3 binds NADPH (K(d)=1.8+/-0.02 microM) and NADP(+) (K(d)=5.5+/-0.9 microM). Site-specific modifications at Tyr-307 and Arg-316 decreased NADPH binding; whereas, K(d) NADPH was unaffected by the R241L mutation. COS-7 cells transfected with Kv1.5 cDNA displayed non-inactivating currents. Co-transfection with Kvbeta1.3 accelerated Kv activation and inactivation and induced a hyperpolarizing shift in voltage-dependence of activation. Kvbeta-mediated inactivation of Kv currents was prevented by the Y307F and R316E mutations but not by the R241L substitution. Additionally, the R316E mutation weakened Kvalpha-beta interaction. Inactivation of Kv currents by Kvbeta:R316E was restored when excess NADPH was included in the patch pipette. These observations suggest that NADPH binding is essential for optimal interaction between Kvalpha and beta subunits and for Kvbeta-induced inactivation of Kv currents.
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- Address for correspondence: Aruni Bhatnagar, Ph.D., Division of Cardiology/Medicine, 421F Delia Baxter Bldg, 580 South Preston St., University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA, Ph: 502-852-5966, FAX: 502-852-3663,
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Caplanusi A, Fuller AJ, Gonzalez-Villalobos RA, Hammond TG, Navar LG. Metabolic inhibition-induced transient Ca2+ increase depends on mitochondria in a human proximal renal cell line. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2007; 293:F533-40. [PMID: 17522266 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00030.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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During ischemia or hypoxia an increase in intracellular cytosolic Ca(2+) induces deleterious events but is also implicated in signaling processes triggered in such conditions. In MDCK cells (distal tubular origin), it was shown that mitochondria confer protection during metabolic inhibition (MI), by buffering the Ca(2+) overload via mitochondrial Na(+)-Ca(2+) exchanger (NCX). To further assess this process in cells of human origin, human cortical renal epithelial cells (proximal tubular origin) were subjected to MI and changes in cytosolic Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)](i)), Na(+), and ATP concentrations were monitored. MI was accomplished with both antimycin A and 2-deoxyglucose and induced a 3.5-fold increase in [Ca(2+)](i), reaching 136.5 +/- 15.8 nM in the first 3.45 min. Subsequently [Ca(2+)](i) dropped and stabilized to 62.7 +/- 7.3 nM by 30 min. The first phase of the transient increase was La(3+) sensitive, not influenced by diltiazem, and abolished when mitochondria were deenergized with the protonophore carbonylcyanide p-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone. The subsequent recovery phase was impaired in a Na(+)-free medium and weakened when the mitochondrial NCX was blocked with 7-chloro-5-(2-chlorophenyl)-1,5-dihydro-4,1-benzothiazepin-2(3H)-one (CGP-37157). Thus Ca(2+) entry is likely mediated by store-operated Ca(2+) channels and depends on energized mitochondria, whereas [Ca(2+)](i) recovery relied partially on the activity of mitochondrial NCX. These results indicate a possible mitochondrial-mediated signaling process triggered by MI, support the hypothesis that mitochondrial NCX has an important role in the Ca(2+) clearance, and overall suggest that mitochondria play a preponderant role in the regulation of responses to MI in human renal epithelial cells.
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- Adrian Caplanusi
- Department of Physiology, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Ward DS, Voter WA, Karan S. The effects of hypo- and hyperglycaemia on the hypoxic ventilatory response in humans. J Physiol 2007; 582:859-69. [PMID: 17478538 PMCID: PMC2075331 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.130112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Animal and tissue studies have indicated that the carotid bodies are sensitive to glucose concentrations within the physiological range. This glucose sensitivity may modulate the ventilatory response to hypoxia, with hyperglycaemia suppressing the hypoxic response and hypoglycaemia stimulating it. This study was designed to determine whether hypo- and hyperglycaemia modulate the hypoxic ventilatory response in humans. In 11 normal research participants, glucose levels were clamped at 2.8 and 11.2 mmol l(-1) for 30 min. At the start and end of each clamp, blood was drawn for hormone measurement and the isocapnic hypoxic ventilatory response was measured. Because generation of reactive oxygen species may be a common pathway for the interaction between glucose and oxygen levels, the experiments were repeated with and without pretreatment for 1 week with vitamins C and E. Hypoglycaemia caused an increase in the counter-regulatory hormones, a 54% increase in isocapnic ventilation, and a 108% increase in the hypoxic ventilatory response. By contrast, hyperglycaemia resulted in small but significant increases in both ventilation and the hypoxic ventilatory response. Antioxidant vitamin pretreatment altered neither response. In conclusion, the stimulant effect of hypoglycaemia on the hypoxic ventilatory response is consistent with a direct effect on the carotid body, but an indirect effect through the activation of the counter-regulatory response cannot be excluded. The mechanisms behind the mild stimulating effect of hyperglycaemia remain to be elucidated.
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- Denham S Ward
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
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Rochefort GY, Michelakis ED. COUNTERPOINT: RELEASE OF AN ENDOTHELIUM-DERIVED VASOCONSTRICTOR AND RHOA/RHO KINASE-MEDIATED CALCIUM SENSITIZATION OF SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL CONTRACTION ARE NOT THE MAIN EFFECTORS FOR FULL AND SUSTAINED HPV. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2007; 102:2072-5; discussion 2075, 2080. [PMID: 17483441 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01258a.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Kajimoto H, Hashimoto K, Bonnet SN, Haromy A, Harry G, Moudgil R, Nakanishi T, Rebeyka I, Thébaud B, Michelakis ED, Archer SL. Oxygen activates the Rho/Rho-kinase pathway and induces RhoB and ROCK-1 expression in human and rabbit ductus arteriosus by increasing mitochondria-derived reactive oxygen species: a newly recognized mechanism for sustaining ductal constriction. Circulation 2007; 115:1777-88. [PMID: 17353442 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.106.649566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [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 Constriction of the ductus arteriosus (DA) is initiated at birth by inhibition of O2-sensitive K+ channels in DA smooth muscle cells. Subsequent membrane depolarization and calcium influx through L-type calcium channels initiates functional closure. We hypothesize that Rho-kinase activation is an additional mechanism that sustains DA constriction. METHODS AND RESULTS The effect of increased PO2 on the activity and expression of Rho-kinase was assessed in DAs from neonates with hypoplastic left-heart syndrome (n=15) and rabbits (339 term and 99 preterm rabbits). Rho-kinase inhibitors (Y-27632 and fasudil) prevent and reverse O2 constriction. Heterogeneity exists in the sensitivity of constrictors (PO2=endothelin=phenylephrine>KCl) and of fetal vessels (DA=pulmonary artery>aorta) to Rho-kinase inhibition. Inhibition of L-type calcium channels (nifedipine) or removal of extracellular calcium inhibits approximately two thirds of O2 constriction. Residual DA constriction reflects calcium sensitization, which persists after removal of extracellular calcium and blocking of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase. In term DA, an increase in PO2 activates Rho-kinase and thereby increases RhoB and ROCK-1 expression. Activation of Rho-kinase in DA smooth muscle cells is initiated by a PO2-dependent, rotenone-sensitive increase in mitochondrion-derived reactive O2 species. O2 effects on Rho-kinase are mimicked by exogenous H2O2. In preterm DAs, immaturity of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species generation is associated with reduced and delayed O2 constriction and lack of PO2-dependent upregulation of Rho-kinase expression. CONCLUSIONS O2 activates Rho-kinase and increases Rho-kinase expression in term DA smooth muscle cells by a redox-regulated, positive-feedback mechanism that promotes sustained vasoconstriction. Conversely, Rho-kinase inhibitors may be useful in maintaining DA patency, as a bridge to congenital heart surgery.
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- Hidemi Kajimoto
- Vascular Biology Group, Alberta Cardiovascular and Stroke Research Centre (ABACUS), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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Zhang L, Foster K, Li Q, Martens JR. S-acylation regulates Kv1.5 channel surface expression. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2007; 293:C152-61. [PMID: 17344312 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00480.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The number of ion channels expressed on the cell surface shapes the complex electrical response of excitable cells. An imbalance in the ratio of inward and outward conducting channels is unfavorable and often detrimental. For example, over- or underexpression of voltage-gated K(+) (Kv) channels can be cytotoxic and in some cases lead to disease. In this study, we demonstrated a novel role for S-acylation in Kv1.5 cell surface expression. In transfected fibroblasts, biochemical evidence showed that Kv1.5 is posttranslationally modified on both the NH(2) and COOH termini via hydroxylamine-sensitive thioester bonds. Pharmacological inhibition of S-acylation, but not myristoylation, significantly decreased Kv1.5 expression and resulted in accumulation of channel protein in intracellular compartments and targeting for degradation. Channel protein degradation was rescued by treatment with proteasome inhibitors. Time course experiments revealed that S-acylation occurred in the biosynthetic pathway of nascent channel protein and showed that newly synthesized Kv1.5 protein, but not protein expressed on the cell surface, is sensitive to inhibitors of thioacylation. Sensitivity to inhibitors of S-acylation was governed by COOH-terminal, but not NH(2)-terminal, cysteines. Surprisingly, although intracellular cysteines were required for S-acylation, mutation of these residues resulted in an increase in Kv1.5 cell surface channel expression, suggesting that screening of free cysteines by fatty acylation is an important regulatory step in the quality control pathway. Together, these results show that S-acylation can regulate steady-state expression of Kv1.5.
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- Lian Zhang
- Dept. of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, 1150 W. Medical Center Dr., 1301 MSRB III, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0632, USA
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Cutz E, Perrin DG, Pan J, Haas EA, Krous HF. Pulmonary neuroendocrine cells and neuroepithelial bodies in sudden infant death syndrome: potential markers of airway chemoreceptor dysfunction. Pediatr Dev Pathol 2007; 10:106-16. [PMID: 17378691 DOI: 10.2350/06-06-0113.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2006] [Accepted: 08/17/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Pulmonary neuroendocrine cells (PNEC), including neuroepithelial bodies (NEB), are amine- and peptide (for example, bombesin)-producing cells that function as hypoxia/hypercapnia-sensitive chemoreceptors that could be involved in the pathophysiology of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). We assessed morphometrically the frequency and size of PNEC/NEB in lungs of infants who died of SIDS (n = 21) and compared them to an equal number PNEC/NEB in lungs of age-matched control infants who died of accidental death or homicide, with all cases obtained from the San Diego SIDS/SUDC Research Project database. As a marker for PNEC/NEB we used an antibody against chromogranin A (CGA), and computer-assisted morphometric analysis was employed to determine the relative frequency of PNEC per airway epithelial area (% immunostained area, %IMS), the size of NEB, the number of nuclei/NEB, and the size of the NEB cells. The lungs of SIDS infants showed significantly greater %IMS of airway epithelium (2.72 +/- 0.28 [standard error of the mean, SEM] versus 1.88 +/- 0.24; P < 0.05) and larger NEB (1557 +/- 153 microm(2) versus 1151 +/- 106 microm(2); P < 0.05) compared to control infants. The size of NEB cells was also significantly increased in SIDS cases compared to the controls (180 +/- 6.39 microm(2) versus 157 +/- 8.0 microm(2); P < 0.05), indicating the presence of hypertrophy in addition to hyperplasia. Our findings support previous studies demonstrating hyperplasia of PNEC/NEB in lungs of infants who died of SIDS. These changes could be secondary to chronic hypoxia and/or could be attributable to maturational delay. Morphometric assessment and/or measurement of the secretory products of these cells (for example, CGA, bombesin) could provide a potential biological marker for SIDS.
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- Ernest Cutz
- Division of Pathology, Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G1X8, Canada.
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van Wolferen SA, Grünberg K, Vonk Noordegraaf A. Diagnosis and management of pulmonary hypertension over the past 100 years. Respir Med 2007; 101:389-98. [PMID: 17222544 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2006.11.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2006] [Revised: 11/18/2006] [Accepted: 11/30/2006] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Pulmonary hypertension is a rare disease with a poor prognosis. It was first described in the late 19th century as a clinical-pathological syndrome characterised by obstruction of the small pulmonary arteries and right ventricular hypertrophy in patients presenting with severe dyspnoea and cyanosis. After the development of right heart catheterisation in the second half of the 20th century, it was found that many diseases could cause pulmonary hypertension, which is now recognised to be high blood pressure in the arteries that supply the lungs. In the 1960s, an epidemic of pulmonary hypertension caused by appetite suppressants initiated a systematic collection of information on pulmonary hypertension, leading to the first international classification of pulmonary hypertension. Increased understanding of the pathogenesis of the various forms of pulmonary hypertension has led to novel treatments and holds promise for the future.
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- S A van Wolferen
- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Institute for Cardiovascular Research ICaR-VU, VU University Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Zhao G, Adebiyi A, Xi Q, Jaggar JH. Hypoxia reduces KCa channel activity by inducing Ca2+ spark uncoupling in cerebral artery smooth muscle cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2007; 292:C2122-8. [PMID: 17314264 PMCID: PMC2241735 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00629.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Arterial smooth muscle cell large-conductance Ca(2+)-activated potassium (K(Ca)) channels have been implicated in modulating hypoxic dilation of systemic arteries, although this is controversial. K(Ca) channel activity in arterial smooth muscle cells is controlled by localized intracellular Ca(2+) transients, termed Ca(2+) sparks, but hypoxic regulation of Ca(2+) sparks and K(Ca) channel activation by Ca(2+) sparks has not been investigated. We report here that in voltage-clamped (-40 mV) cerebral artery smooth muscle cells, a reduction in dissolved O(2) partial pressure from 150 to 15 mmHg reversibly decreased Ca(2+) spark-induced transient K(Ca) current frequency and amplitude to 61% and 76% of control, respectively. In contrast, hypoxia did not alter Ca(2+) spark frequency, amplitude, global intracellular Ca(2+) concentration, or sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) load. Hypoxia reduced transient K(Ca) current frequency by decreasing the percentage of Ca(2+) sparks that activated a transient K(Ca) current from 89% to 63%. Hypoxia reduced transient K(Ca) current amplitude by attenuating the amplitude relationship between Ca(2+) sparks that remained coupled and the evoked transient K(Ca) currents. Consistent with these data, in inside-out patches at -40 mV hypoxia reduced K(Ca) channel apparent Ca(2+) sensitivity and increased the K(d) for Ca(2+) from approximately 17 to 32 microM, but did not alter single-channel amplitude. In summary, data indicate that hypoxia reduces K(Ca) channel apparent Ca(2+) sensitivity via a mechanism that is independent of cytosolic signaling messengers, and this leads to uncoupling of K(Ca) channels from Ca(2+) sparks. Transient K(Ca) current inhibition due to uncoupling would oppose hypoxic cerebrovascular dilation.
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- Guiling Zhao
- Dept. of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA
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Kobayashi-Miura M, Shioji K, Hoshino Y, Masutani H, Nakamura H, Yodoi J. Oxygen sensing and redox signaling: the role of thioredoxin in embryonic development and cardiac diseases. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2007; 292:H2040-50. [PMID: 17293486 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01316.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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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It is important to regulate the oxygen concentration and scavenge oxygen radicals throughout the life of animals. In mammalian embryos, proper oxygen concentration gradually increases in utero and excessive oxygen is rather toxic during early embryonic development. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are generated as by-products in the respiratory system and increased under inflammatory conditions. In the pathogenesis of a variety of adult human diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular disorders, ROS cause an enhancement of tissue injuries. ROS promote not only the development of atherosclerosis but also tissue injury during the reperfusion process. The thioredoxin (TRX) system is one of the most important mechanisms for regulating the redox balance. TRX is a small redox active protein distributed ubiquitously in various mammalian tissues and cells. TRX acts as not only an antioxidant but also an anti-inflammatory and an antiapoptotic protein. TRX is induced by oxidative stress and released from cells in response to oxidative stress. In various human diseases, the serum/plasma level of TRX is a well-recognized biomarker of oxidative stress. Here we discuss the roles of TRX on oxygen stress and redox regulation from different perspectives, in embryogenesis and in adult diseases focusing on cardiac disorders.
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- M Kobayashi-Miura
- Departmrnt of Biological Responses, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, 53 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 6068507, Japan.
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Benson MD, Li QJ, Kieckhafer K, Dudek D, Whorton MR, Sunahara RK, Iñiguez-Lluhí JA, Martens JR. SUMO modification regulates inactivation of the voltage-gated potassium channel Kv1.5. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104:1805-10. [PMID: 17261810 PMCID: PMC1794304 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0606702104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The voltage-gated potassium (Kv) channel Kv1.5 mediates the I(Kur) repolarizing current in human atrial myocytes and regulates vascular tone in multiple peripheral vascular beds. Understanding the complex regulation of Kv1.5 function is of substantial interest because it represents a promising pharmacological target for the treatment of atrial fibrillation and hypoxic pulmonary hypertension. Herein we demonstrate that posttranslational modification of Kv1.5 by small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) proteins modulates Kv1.5 function. We have identified two membrane-proximal and highly conserved cytoplasmic sequences in Kv1.5 that conform to established SUMO modification sites in transcription factors. We find that Kv1.5 interacts specifically with the SUMO-conjugating enzyme Ubc9 and is a target for modification by SUMO-1, -2, and -3 in vivo. In addition, purified recombinant Kv1.5 serves as a substrate in a minimal in vitro reconstituted SUMOylation reaction. The SUMO-specific proteases SENP2 and Ulp1 efficiently deconjugate SUMO from Kv1.5 in vivo and in vitro, and disruption of the two identified target motifs results in a loss of the major SUMO-conjugated forms of Kv1.5. In whole-cell patch-clamp electrophysiological studies, loss of Kv1.5 SUMOylation, by either disruption of the conjugation sites or expression of the SUMO protease SENP2, leads to a selective approximately 15-mV hyperpolarizing shift in the voltage dependence of steady-state inactivation. Reversible control of voltage-sensitive channels through SUMOylation constitutes a unique and likely widespread mechanism for adaptive tuning of the electrical excitability of cells.
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- Mark D. Benson
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0632
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0632
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0632
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0632
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0632
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0632
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0632
- To whom correspondence may be addressed. E-mail:
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0632
- To whom correspondence may be addressed. E-mail:
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Zhang DX, Gutterman DD. Mitochondrial reactive oxygen species-mediated signaling in endothelial cells. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2007; 292:H2023-31. [PMID: 17237240 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01283.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 304] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Once thought of as toxic by-products of cellular metabolism, reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been implicated in a large variety of cell-signaling processes. Several enzymatic systems contribute to ROS production in vascular endothelial cells, including NA(D)PH oxidase, xanthine oxidase, uncoupled endothelial nitric oxide synthase, and the mitochondrial electron transport chain. The respiratory chain is the major source of ROS in most mammalian cells, but the role of mitochondria-derived ROS in vascular cell signaling has received little attention. A new paradigm has evolved in recent years postulating that, in addition to producing ATP, mitochondria also play a key role in cell signaling and regulate a variety of cellular functions. This review focuses on the emerging role of mitochondrial ROS as signaling molecules in vascular endothelial cells. Specifically, we discuss some recent findings that indicate that mitochondrial ROS regulate vascular endothelial function, focusing on major sites of ROS production in endothelial mitochondria, factors modulating mitochondrial ROS production, the physiological and clinical implications of endothelial mitochondrial ROS, and methodological considerations in the study of mitochondrial contribution to vascular ROS generation.
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- David X Zhang
- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.
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Wyatt CN, Mustard KJ, Pearson SA, Dallas ML, Atkinson L, Kumar P, Peers C, Hardie DG, Evans AM. AMP-activated protein kinase mediates carotid body excitation by hypoxia. J Biol Chem 2006; 282:8092-8. [PMID: 17179156 PMCID: PMC1832262 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m608742200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Early detection of an O2 deficit in the bloodstream is essential to initiate corrective changes in the breathing pattern of mammals. Carotid bodies serve an essential role in this respect; their type I cells depolarize when O2 levels fall, causing voltage-gated Ca2+ entry. Subsequent neurosecretion elicits increased afferent chemosensory fiber discharge to induce appropriate changes in respiratory function (1). Although depolarization of type I cells by hypoxia is known to arise from K+ channel inhibition, the identity of the signaling pathway has been contested, and the coupling mechanism is unknown (2). We tested the hypothesis that AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is the effector of hypoxic chemotransduction. AMPK is co-localized at the plasma membrane of type I cells with O2-sensitive K+ channels. In isolated type I cells, activation of AMPK using 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide riboside (AICAR) inhibited O2-sensitive K+ currents (carried by large conductance Ca2+-activated (BKCa) channels and TASK (tandem pore, acid-sensing potassium channel)-like channels, leading to plasma membrane depolarization, Ca2+ influx, and increased chemosensory fiber discharge. Conversely, the AMPK antagonist compound C reversed the effects of hypoxia and AICAR on type I cell and carotid body activation. These results suggest that AMPK activation is both sufficient and necessary for the effects of hypoxia. Furthermore, AMPK activation inhibited currents carried by recombinant BKCa channels, whereas purified AMPK phosphorylated thealpha subunit of the channel in immunoprecipitates, an effect that was stimulated by AMP and inhibited by compound C. Our findings demonstrate a central role for AMPK in stimulus-response coupling by hypoxia and identify for the first time a link between metabolic stress and ion channel regulation in an O2-sensing system.
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- Christopher N. Wyatt
- From the Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Biology, Bute Building, University of St Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife. KY16 9TS, UK
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- Division of Molecular Physiology, College of Life Sciences, Sir James Black Centre, University of Dundee, Dow Street,DD1 5EH, UK
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- Department of Physiology, The Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- Department of Physiology, The Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- Division of Molecular Physiology, College of Life Sciences, Sir James Black Centre, University of Dundee, Dow Street,DD1 5EH, UK
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- From the Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Biology, Bute Building, University of St Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife. KY16 9TS, UK
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García-Fernández M, Mejías R, López-Barneo J. Developmental changes of chromaffin cell secretory response to hypoxia studied in thin adrenal slices. Pflugers Arch 2006; 454:93-100. [PMID: 17165070 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-006-0186-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2006] [Revised: 10/16/2006] [Accepted: 11/30/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Adrenomedullary chromaffin (AMC) cells are sensitive to hypoxia in the newborn, but whether this property is lost during postnatal maturation is a matter of controversy. We have developed a rat adrenal slice preparation that allows the study of neonatal and adult AMC cell sensitivity to hypoxia in almost optimal physiological conditions. Responses to secretagogues can be quantitatively and noninvasively monitored in intact cells by amperometry. We have found hypoxia "responsive" (R) and "non-responsive" AMC cells in both neonatal (P0-P8) and juvenile/adult (P12-P60) adrenal glands. However, in the neonate, the proportion of R cells and the magnitude of the response to hypoxia were larger than in the adult. This developmental change of hypoxia responsiveness did not seem to depend on a decrease of the AMC cell's excitability. Spontaneous secretory activity in slices from adult rats was even increased with respect to neonatal animals. The analysis of the secretory events suggests that changes in spike frequency, rather than in vesicle size, account for the increased basal secretion rate in adult AMC cells. Thus, we report a major, but not complete, loss of direct hypoxia sensitivity in adult AMC cells. The adrenal slice appears to be a valuable technique to study acute O(2) sensing and its modifications in pathophysiological states.
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- María García-Fernández
- Laboratorio de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Edificio de Laboratorios, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Avenida Manuel Siurot s/n, 41013 Seville, Spain
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Fike CD, Kaplowitz MR, Zhang Y, Madden JA. Voltage-gated K+ channels at an early stage of chronic hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension in newborn piglets. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2006; 291:L1169-76. [PMID: 16861383 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00117.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Our purpose was to determine whether smooth muscle cell membrane properties are altered in small pulmonary arteries (SPA) of piglets at an early stage of pulmonary hypertension. Piglets were raised in either room air (control) or hypoxia for 3 days. A microelectrode technique was used to measure smooth muscle cell membrane potential ( Em) in cannulated, pressurized SPA (100- to 300-μm diameter). SPA responses to the voltage-gated K+ (KV) channel antagonist 4-aminopyridine (4-AP) and the KV1 family channel antagonist correolide were measured. Other SPA were used to assess amounts of KV1.2, KV1.5, and KV2.1 (immunoblot technique). Em was more positive in SPA of chronically hypoxic piglets than in SPA of comparable-age control piglets. The magnitude of constriction elicited by either 4-AP or correolide was diminished in SPA from hypoxic piglets. Abundances of KV1.2 were reduced, whereas abundances of both KV1.5 and KV2.1 were unaltered, in SPA from hypoxic piglets. At least partly because of reduced amounts of KV1.2, smooth muscle cell membrane properties are altered such that Em is depolarized and KV channel family function is impaired in SPA of piglets at an early stage of chronic hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension.
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- Candice D Fike
- Department of Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
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Weissmann N, Dietrich A, Fuchs B, Kalwa H, Ay M, Dumitrascu R, Olschewski A, Storch U, Mederos y Schnitzler M, Ghofrani HA, Schermuly RT, Pinkenburg O, Seeger W, Grimminger F, Gudermann T. Classical transient receptor potential channel 6 (TRPC6) is essential for hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction and alveolar gas exchange. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:19093-8. [PMID: 17142322 PMCID: PMC1748182 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0606728103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 239] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Regional alveolar hypoxia causes local vasoconstriction in the lung, shifting blood flow from hypoxic to normoxic areas, thereby maintaining gas exchange. This mechanism is known as hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV). Disturbances in HPV can cause life-threatening hypoxemia whereas chronic hypoxia triggers lung vascular remodeling and pulmonary hypertension. The signaling cascade of this vitally important mechanism is still unresolved. Using transient receptor potential channel 6 (TRPC6)-deficient mice, we show that this channel is a key regulator of acute HPV as this regulatory mechanism was absent in TRPC6(-/-) mice whereas the pulmonary vasoconstrictor response to the thromboxane mimetic U46619 was unchanged. Accordingly, induction of regional hypoventilation resulted in severe arterial hypoxemia in TRPC6(-/-) but not in WT mice. This effect was mirrored by a lack of hypoxia-induced cation influx and currents in smooth-muscle cells from precapillary pulmonary arteries (PASMC) of TRPC6(-/-) mice. In both WT and TRPC6(-/-) PASMC hypoxia caused diacylglycerol (DAG) accumulation. DAG seems to exert its action via TRPC6, as DAG kinase inhibition provoked a cation influx only in WT but not in TRPC6(-/-) PASMC. Notably, chronic hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension was independent of TRPC6 activity. We conclude that TRPC6 plays a unique and indispensable role in acute hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction. Manipulation of TRPC6 function may thus offer a therapeutic strategy for the control of pulmonary hemodynamics and gas exchange.
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- Norbert Weissmann
- *University of Giessen Lung Center (UGLC), Department of Internal Medicine II/V, Klinikstrasse 36, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Marburg, Karl-von-Frisch-Strasse 1, 35033 Marburg, Germany; and
- To whom correspondence may be addressed. E-mail:
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- *University of Giessen Lung Center (UGLC), Department of Internal Medicine II/V, Klinikstrasse 36, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Marburg, Karl-von-Frisch-Strasse 1, 35033 Marburg, Germany; and
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- *University of Giessen Lung Center (UGLC), Department of Internal Medicine II/V, Klinikstrasse 36, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- *University of Giessen Lung Center (UGLC), Department of Internal Medicine II/V, Klinikstrasse 36, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine, Pain Therapy, Justus-Liebig-University, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Marburg, Karl-von-Frisch-Strasse 1, 35033 Marburg, Germany; and
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- Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Marburg, Karl-von-Frisch-Strasse 1, 35033 Marburg, Germany; and
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- *University of Giessen Lung Center (UGLC), Department of Internal Medicine II/V, Klinikstrasse 36, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- *University of Giessen Lung Center (UGLC), Department of Internal Medicine II/V, Klinikstrasse 36, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Marburg, Karl-von-Frisch-Strasse 1, 35033 Marburg, Germany; and
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- *University of Giessen Lung Center (UGLC), Department of Internal Medicine II/V, Klinikstrasse 36, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- *University of Giessen Lung Center (UGLC), Department of Internal Medicine II/V, Klinikstrasse 36, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Marburg, Karl-von-Frisch-Strasse 1, 35033 Marburg, Germany; and
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Weir EK, Archer SL. Counterpoint: Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction is not mediated by increased production of reactive oxygen species. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2006; 101:995-8; discussion 998. [PMID: 16902070 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00480a.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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- E Kenneth Weir
- Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.
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Sutendra G, Michelakis ED. The chicken embryo as a model for ductus arteriosus developmental biology: cracking into new territory. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2006; 292:R481-4. [PMID: 16990484 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00654.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Ortega-Sáenz P, Pascual A, Gómez-Díaz R, López-Barneo J. Acute oxygen sensing in heme oxygenase-2 null mice. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 128:405-11. [PMID: 16966473 PMCID: PMC2151578 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200609591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Hemeoxygenase-2 (HO-2) is an antioxidant enzyme that can modulate recombinant maxi-K(+) channels and has been proposed to be the acute O(2) sensor in the carotid body (CB). We have tested the physiological contribution of this enzyme to O(2) sensing using HO-2 null mice. HO-2 deficiency leads to a CB phenotype characterized by organ growth and alteration in the expression of stress-dependent genes, including the maxi-K(+) channel alpha-subunit. However, sensitivity to hypoxia of CB is remarkably similar in HO-2 null animals and their control littermates. Moreover, the response to hypoxia in mouse and rat CB cells was maintained after blockade of maxi-K(+) channels with iberiotoxin. Hypoxia responsiveness of the adrenal medulla (AM) (another acutely responding O(2)-sensitive organ) was also unaltered by HO-2 deficiency. Our data suggest that redox disregulation resulting from HO-2 deficiency affects maxi-K(+) channel gene expression but it does not alter the intrinsic O(2) sensitivity of CB or AM cells. Therefore, HO-2 is not a universally used acute O(2) sensor.
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- Patricia Ortega-Sáenz
- Laboratorio de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla 41013, Spain
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Hoffman DL, Salter JD, Brookes PS. Response of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species generation to steady-state oxygen tension: implications for hypoxic cell signaling. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2006; 292:H101-8. [PMID: 16963616 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00699.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Mitochondria are proposed to play an important role in hypoxic cell signaling. One currently accepted signaling paradigm is that the mitochondrial generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) increases in hypoxia. This is paradoxical, because oxygen is a substrate for ROS generation. Although the response of isolated mitochondrial ROS generation to [O(2)] has been examined previously, such investigations did not apply rigorous control over [O(2)] within the hypoxic signaling range. With the use of open-flow respirometry and fluorimetry, the current study determined the response of isolated rat liver mitochondrial ROS generation to defined steady-state [O(2)] as low as 0.1 microM. In mitochondria respiring under state 4 (quiescent) or state 3 (ATP turnover) conditions, decreased ROS generation was always observed at low [O(2)]. It is concluded that the biochemical mechanism to facilitate increased ROS generation in response to hypoxia in cells is not intrinsic to the mitochondrial respiratory chain alone but may involve other factors. The implications for hypoxic cell signaling are discussed.
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- David L Hoffman
- Box 604 Anesthesiology, Univ. of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Ave., Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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Sacks RS, Remillard CV, Agange N, Auger WR, Thistlethwaite PA, Yuan JXJ. Molecular Biology of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006; 18:265-76. [PMID: 17185190 DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2006.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/02/2006] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Recent efforts have seen major advances in elucidating the mechanisms underlying pulmonary arterial hypertension. However, chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) often has been excluded from these studies. Consequently, whereas the clinical, radiographic, and hemodynamic characteristics of CTEPH have been well described, there remains a deficit in our understanding of the cellular, molecular, and genetic mechanisms underlying CTEPH. Furthermore, although prior venous thromboembolism may act as the inciting event, it is still unclear what predisposes some patients to develop CTEPH. CTEPH has two major pathogenic components. The first is the primary obstruction of central pulmonary arteries by accumulation of thrombotic material. The second is characterized by severe pulmonary vascular remodeling, similar to that seen in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension. Other articles in this series describe the pathological, surgical, and therapeutic aspects of CTEPH. Here, we review the potential molecular and cellular mechanisms that may contribute to the pathogenesis of CTEPH.
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- Richard S Sacks
- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0725, USA
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Agren P, Cogolludo AL, Kessels CGA, Pérez-Vizcaíno F, De Mey JGR, Blanco CE, Villamor E. Ontogeny of chicken ductus arteriosus response to oxygen and vasoconstrictors. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2006; 292:R485-96. [PMID: 16917023 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00204.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The present study aimed to characterize the contractile reactivity of the chicken ductus arteriosus (DA) from the last stage of prenatal development and throughout the perinatal period. Isolated DA rings from 15-day, noninternally-pipped 19-day, and externally-pipped 21-day embryos were studied using myograph techniques. On embryonic day 15, the chicken DA did not respond to O(2) (0 to 21%), norepinephrine (NE), or phenylephrine (Phe) but contracted in response to high-K(+) solution, the inhibitor of voltage-gated channels 4-aminopyridine, U-46619, and endothelin (ET)-1. These responses increased with advancing incubation age. Contractile responses to O(2), NE, and Phe were present in the 19- and 21-day embryo. Oxygen-induced contraction was restricted to the pulmonary side of the DA and was augmented by the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor N(omega)-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester and the soluble guanylate cyclase inhibitor 1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one and reduced by the peptidic ET(A) and ET(B)-receptor antagonist PD-142,893. Transmural electrical stimulation of nerves, the nonselective cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitor indomethacin, the COX-1 inhibitor valeryl salicylate, the COX-2 inhibitor nimesulide, the inhibitor of ATP-sensitive K(+) channels glibenclamide, and the inhibitor of Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channels tetraethylammonium did not cause contraction of the DA rings at any age. We conclude that transition to ex ovo life is accompanied by dramatic changes in chicken DA reactivity. At 0.7 incubation, excitation-contraction and pharmacomechanical coupling for several contractile agonists are already present, whereas the constrictor effects of O(2) and cathecolamines appear later in development and are located in the pulmonary side of the DA.
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- Pia Agren
- Department of Pediatrics, Maastricht University Hospital, Research Institute Growth and Development (GROW), University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Du W, McMahon TJ, Zhang ZS, Stiber JA, Meissner G, Eu JP. Excitation-contraction coupling in airway smooth muscle. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:30143-51. [PMID: 16891657 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m606541200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Excitation-contraction (EC) coupling in striated muscles is mediated by the cardiac or skeletal muscle isoform of voltage-dependent L-type Ca(2+) channel (Ca(v)1.2 and Ca(v)1.1, respectively) that senses a depolarization of the cell membrane, and in response, activates its corresponding isoform of intracellular Ca(2+) release channel/ryanodine receptor (RyR) to release stored Ca(2+), thereby initiating muscle contraction. Specifically, in cardiac muscle following cell membrane depolarization, Ca(v)1.2 activates cardiac RyR (RyR2) through an influx of extracellular Ca(2+). In contrast, in skeletal muscle, Ca(v)1.1 activates skeletal muscle RyR (RyR1) through a direct physical coupling that negates the need for extracellular Ca(2+). Since airway smooth muscle (ASM) expresses Ca(v)1.2 and all three RyR isoforms, we examined whether a cardiac muscle type of EC coupling also mediates contraction in this tissue. We found that the sustained contractions of rat ASM preparations induced by depolarization with KCl were indeed partially reversed ( approximately 40%) by 200 mum ryanodine, thus indicating a functional coupling of L-type channels and RyRs in ASM. However, KCl still caused transient ASM contractions and stored Ca(2+) release in cultured ASM cells without extracellular Ca(2+). Further analyses of rat ASM indicated that this tissue expresses as many as four L-type channel isoforms, including Ca(v)1.1. Moreover, Ca(v)1.1 and RyR1 in rat ASM cells have a similar distribution near the cell membrane in rat ASM cells and thus may be directly coupled as in skeletal muscle. Collectively, our data implicate that EC-coupling mechanisms in striated muscles may also broadly transduce diverse smooth muscle functions.
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- Wanglei Du
- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University, Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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Chronic hypoxic stimulation in mammals can induce several phenotypic changes, such as polycythemia, pulmonary vascular changes, pulmonary hypertension, and carotid body (CB) enlargement. These phenotypic alterations provide a tool to test whether an oxygen sensor candidate is involved in an organism's response to environmental hypoxia. Here I evaluate the phenotypic evidence for several commonly considered oxygen sensor candidates. Germline mutations in NADPH oxidase, mitochondrial complexes I, III, IV, and heme oxygenase 2 genes cause different phenotypic consequences, suggesting distinct physiological roles rather than oxygen sensing. Germline mutations in VHL and HIF1 prolyl hydroxylase 2 genes cause polycythemia consistent with their role in oxygen homeostasis. However, it is unclear whether environmental variations affecting oxygen availability modify their phenotype, as would be expected from a defect in an oxygen sensor. Succinate dehydrogenase (SDH); mitochondrial complex II) germline mutations cause CB paragangliomas and there is evidence that the severity and the population genetics of paragangliomas may be influenced by altitude. Thus, from a phenotypic perspective, succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) appears to be a well-supported oxygen sensor candidate. It is suggested that a universal oxygen sensor candidate must be supported by evidence from multiple layers of biological complexity.
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- Bora E Baysal
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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Ramasubramanian R, Johnson RF, Downing JW, Minzter BH, Paschall RL. Hypoxemic Fetoplacental Vasoconstriction: A Graduated Response to Reduced Oxygen Conditions in the Human Placenta. Anesth Analg 2006; 103:439-42, table of contents. [PMID: 16861430 DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000222468.76942.d8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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We investigated the characteristics of hypoxemic fetoplacental vasoconstriction (HFPV) in the dual perfused, single isolated human placental cotyledon. Fetal arterial blood pressures (FAP) were measured in four cotyledons (Group 1) equilibrated with 21% oxygen (O2), 5% carbon dioxide (CO2), and nitrogen (N2) [control] followed by 5% CO2 in N2 for 30 min. FAP (mean +/- sd) increased from 69.8 (+/- 6.4) to 105 (+/- 3.0) mm Hg (P < 0.05), confirming the utility of HFPV in the human placenta. Eight more cotyledons (Group 2) were exposed sequentially and alternately at 15-min intervals to the control gases and to gas blends containing 15%, 12%, 5%, and 0% O2 with 5% CO2 and N2. FAP increased significantly (P < 0.05) in a stepwise fashion from 68.7 (+/- 3.7) to 70.5 (+/- 3.3) mm Hg with 15% O2; from 69.3 (+/- 3.8) to 72.4 (+/- 4.3) mm Hg with 12% O2; from 67.8 (+/- 3.2) to 74.5 (+/- 3.4) mm Hg with 5% O2; and from 69.7 (+/- 3.4) to 77.9 (+/- 5.9) mm Hg with 0% O2, suggesting that HFPV is a graduated response to reduced O2 conditions in the human placenta.
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Brookes PS, Freeman RS, Barone MC. A shortcut to mitochondrial signaling and pathology: a commentary on "Nonenzymatic formation of succinate in mitochondria under oxidative stress". Free Radic Biol Med 2006; 41:41-5. [PMID: 16781451 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2006.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2006] [Accepted: 03/22/2006] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Paul S Brookes
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Box 604, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
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Paddenberg R, König P, Faulhammer P, Goldenberg A, Pfeil U, Kummer W. Hypoxic vasoconstriction of partial muscular intra-acinar pulmonary arteries in murine precision cut lung slices. Respir Res 2006; 7:93. [PMID: 16808843 PMCID: PMC1524949 DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-7-93] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2006] [Accepted: 06/29/2006] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Acute alveolar hypoxia causes pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV) which serves to match lung perfusion to ventilation. The underlying mechanisms are not fully resolved yet. The major vascular segment contributing to HPV, the intra-acinar artery, is mostly located in that part of the lung that cannot be selectively reached by the presently available techniques, e.g. hemodynamic studies of isolated perfused lungs, recordings from dissected proximal arterial segments or analysis of subpleural vessels. The aim of the present study was to establish a model which allows the investigation of HPV and its underlying mechanisms in small intra-acinar arteries. Methods Intra-acinar arteries of the mouse lung were studied in 200 μm thick precision-cut lung slices (PCLS). The organisation of the muscle coat of these vessels was characterized by α-smooth muscle actin immunohistochemistry. Basic features of intra-acinar HPV were characterized, and then the impact of reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavengers, inhibitors of the respiratory chain and Krebs cycle metabolites was analysed. Results Intra-acinar arteries are equipped with a discontinuous spiral of α-smooth muscle actin-immunoreactive cells. They exhibit a monophasic HPV (medium gassed with 1% O2) that started to fade after 40 min and was lost after 80 min. This HPV, but not vasoconstriction induced by the thromboxane analogue U46619, was effectively blocked by nitro blue tetrazolium and diphenyleniodonium, indicating the involvement of ROS and flavoproteins. Inhibition of mitochondrial complexes II (3-nitropropionic acid, thenoyltrifluoroacetone) and III (antimycin A) specifically interfered with HPV, whereas blockade of complex IV (sodium azide) unspecifically inhibited both HPV and U46619-induced constriction. Succinate blocked HPV whereas fumarate had minor effects on vasoconstriction. Conclusion This study establishes the first model for investigation of basic characteristics of HPV directly in intra-acinar murine pulmonary vessels. The data are consistent with a critical involvement of ROS, flavoproteins, and of mitochondrial complexes II and III in intra-acinar HPV. In view of the lack of specificity of any of the classical inhibitors used in such types of experiments, validation awaits the use of appropriate knockout strains and siRNA interference, for which the present model represents a well-suited approach.
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- Renate Paddenberg
- University of Giessen Lung Center, Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
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- University of Giessen Lung Center, Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
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- University of Giessen Lung Center, Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
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- University of Giessen Lung Center, Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
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- University of Giessen Lung Center, Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
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- University of Giessen Lung Center, Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
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Bonnet S, Michelakis ED, Porter CJ, Andrade-Navarro MA, Thébaud B, Bonnet S, Haromy A, Harry G, Moudgil R, McMurtry MS, Weir EK, Archer SL. An Abnormal Mitochondrial–Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1α–Kv Channel Pathway Disrupts Oxygen Sensing and Triggers Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Fawn Hooded Rats. Circulation 2006; 113:2630-41. [PMID: 16735674 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.105.609008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 432] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Background—
The cause of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) was investigated in humans and fawn hooded rats (FHR), a spontaneously pulmonary hypertensive strain.
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Serial Doppler echocardiograms and cardiac catheterizations were performed in FHR and FHR/BN1, a consomic control that is genetically identical except for introgression of chromosome 1. PAH began after 20 weeks of age, causing death by &60 weeks. FHR/BN1 did not develop PAH. FHR pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells (PASMCs) had a rarified reticulum of hyperpolarized mitochondria with reduced expression of electron transport chain components and superoxide dismutase-2. These mitochondrial abnormalities preceded PAH and persisted in culture. Depressed mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) production caused normoxic activation of hypoxia inducible factor (HIF-1α), which then inhibited expression of oxygen-sensitive, voltage-gated K
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channels (eg, Kv1.5). Disruption of this mitochondrial-HIF-Kv pathway impaired oxygen sensing (reducing hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction, causing polycythemia), analogous to the pathophysiology of chronically hypoxic Sprague-Dawley rats. Restoring ROS (exogenous H
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) or blocking HIF-1α activation (dominant-negative HIF-1α) restored Kv1.5 expression/function. Dichloroacetate, a mitochondrial pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase inhibitor, corrected the mitochondrial-HIF-Kv pathway in FHR-PAH and human PAH PASMCs. Oral dichloroacetate regressed FHR-PAH and polycythemia, increasing survival. Chromosome 1 genes that were dysregulated in FHRs and relevant to the mitochondria-HIF-Kv pathway included HIF-3α (an HIF-1α repressor), mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase, and superoxide dismutase-2. Like FHRs, human PAH-PASMCs had dysmorphic, hyperpolarized mitochondria; normoxic HIF-1α activation; and reduced expression/activity of HIF-3α, cytochrome c oxidase, and superoxide dismutase-2.
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FHRs have a chromosome 1 abnormality that disrupts a mitochondria-ROS-HIF-Kv pathway, leading to PAH. Similar abnormalities occur in idiopathic human PAH. This study reveals an intersection between oxygen-sensing mechanisms and PAH. The mitochondria-ROS-HIF-Kv pathway offers new targets for PAH therapy.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1
- Dichloroacetic Acid/pharmacology
- Echocardiography, Doppler
- Electron Transport Complex IV/analysis
- Electron Transport Complex IV/genetics
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Hemodynamics/physiology
- Humans
- Hypertension, Pulmonary/etiology
- Hypertension, Pulmonary/physiopathology
- Hypoxia
- Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit/analysis
- Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit/genetics
- Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit/physiology
- Male
- Mitochondria/physiology
- Mitochondria/ultrastructure
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/chemistry
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/enzymology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/ultrastructure
- Oxygen/physiology
- Potassium Channels/analysis
- Potassium Channels/genetics
- Potassium Channels/physiology
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred Strains
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Reactive Oxygen Species
- Signal Transduction/drug effects
- Signal Transduction/physiology
- Superoxide Dismutase/analysis
- Superoxide Dismutase/genetics
- Vasoconstriction/physiology
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- Sébastien Bonnet
- Vascular Biology Group, Division of Cardiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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Guignabert C, Izikki M, Tu LI, Li Z, Zadigue P, Barlier-Mur AM, Hanoun N, Rodman D, Hamon M, Adnot S, Eddahibi S. Transgenic mice overexpressing the 5-hydroxytryptamine transporter gene in smooth muscle develop pulmonary hypertension. Circ Res 2006; 98:1323-30. [PMID: 16614302 DOI: 10.1161/01.res.0000222546.45372.a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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One intrinsic abnormality of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PA-SMCs) in human idiopathic pulmonary hypertension (iPH) is an exaggerated proliferative response to internalized serotonin (5-HT) caused by increased expression of the 5-HT transporter (5-HTT). To investigate whether 5-HTT overexpression in PA-SMCs is sufficient to produce PH, we generated transgenic mice overexpressing 5-HTT under the control of the SM22 promoter. Studies in SM22-LacZ(+) mice showed that the transgene was expressed predominantly in SMCs of pulmonary and systemic vessels. Compared with wild-type mice, SM22-5-HTT(+) mice exhibited a 3- to 4-fold increase in lung 5-HTT mRNA and protein, together with increased lung 5-HT uptake activity, but no changes in platelet 5-HTT activity or blood 5-HT levels. At 8 weeks of age, SM22-5-HTT(+) mice exhibited PH, with marked increases in right ventricular systolic pressure (RVSP), right ventricle/left ventricle+septum ratio, and muscularization of distal pulmonary vessels, but no changes in systemic arterial pressure. PH worsened with age. Except a marked decrease in Kv channels, no changes in the lung expression of mediators of pulmonary vascular remodeling were observed in SM22-5-HTT(+) mice. Compared with wild-type mice, SM22-5-HTT(+) mice showed depressed hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction contrasting with greater severity of hypoxia- or monocrotaline-induced PH. These results show that increased 5-HTT expression in PA-SMCs, to a level close to that found in human iPH, lead to PH in mice. They further support a central role for 5-HTT in the pathogenesis of PH, making 5-HTT a potential therapeutic target.
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Weng J, Cao Y, Moss N, Zhou M. Modulation of voltage-dependent Shaker family potassium channels by an aldo-keto reductase. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:15194-200. [PMID: 16569641 PMCID: PMC2862575 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m513809200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [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 beta subunit (Kvbeta) of the Shaker family voltage-dependent potassium channels (Kv1) is a cytosolic protein that forms a permanent complex with the channel. Sequence and structural conservation indicates that Kvbeta resembles an aldo-keto reductase (AKR), an enzyme that catalyzes a redox reaction using an NADPH cofactor. A putative AKR in complex with a Kv channel has led to the hypothesis that intracellular redox potential may dynamically influence the excitability of a cell through Kvbeta. Since the AKR function of Kvbeta has never been demonstrated, a direct functional coupling between the two has not been established. We report here the identification of Kvbeta substrates and the demonstration that Kvbeta is a functional AKR. We have also found that channel function is modulated when the Kvbeta-bound NADPH is oxidized. Further studies of the enzymatic properties of Kvbeta seem to favor the role of Kvbeta as a redox sensor. These results suggest that Kvbeta may couple the excitability of the cell to its metabolic state and present a new avenue of research that may lead to understanding of the physiological functions of Kvbeta.
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- Jun Weng
- Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
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White CW. Commentary on "Hypoxia, hypoxic signaling, tissue damage, and detection of reactive oxygen species (ROS)". Free Radic Biol Med 2006; 40:923-7. [PMID: 16540387 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2005.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Carl W White
- Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, 1400 Jackson Street, Room J-101, Denver, CO 80206-2761, USA.
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Michelakis ED. Spatio-temporal diversity of apoptosis within the vascular wall in pulmonary arterial hypertension: heterogeneous BMP signaling may have therapeutic implications. Circ Res 2006; 98:172-5. [PMID: 16456109 DOI: 10.1161/01.res.0000204572.65400.a5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Baysal BE. Role of mitochondrial mutations in cancer. Endocr Pathol 2006; 17:203-12. [PMID: 17308357 DOI: 10.1385/ep:17:3:203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/1999] [Revised: 11/30/1999] [Accepted: 11/30/1999] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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A role for mitochondria in cancer causation has been implicated through identification of mutations in the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and in nuclear-encoded mitochondrial genes. Although many mtDNA mutations were detected in common tumors, an unequivocal causal link between heritable mitochondrial abnormalities and cancer is provided only by the germ line mutations in the nuclear-encoded genes for succinate dehydrogenase (mitochondrial complex II) and fumarate hydratase (fumarase). The absence of evidence for highly penetrant tumors caused by inherited mtDNA mutations contrasts with the frequent occurrence of mtDNA mutations in many different tumor types. Thus, either the majority of diverse mtDNA mutations observed in tumors are not important for the process of carcinogenesis or that they play a common oncogenic role.
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- Bora E Baysal
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Graduate School of Public Health-Department of Human Genetics, Magee-Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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