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Elasmobranch Cardiovascular System. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-801286-4.00001-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Effects of environmental salinity on gill endothelin receptor expression in the killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2009; 152:58-65. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.08.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2008] [Revised: 08/27/2008] [Accepted: 08/27/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Mesquita LSM, Frias FT, Carmona E, Borgheresi RAMB. Differences in endothelin receptor types in the vasculature of Bothrops jararaca (Viperidae) and Oxyrhopus guibei (Colubridae) snakes. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2008; 148:61-7. [PMID: 18436483 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2008.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2007] [Revised: 03/07/2008] [Accepted: 03/08/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Endothelins (ETs) are vasoactive peptides evolutionary well conserved that exert their effects through two specific receptors (ET(A) and ET(B)) widely distributed in all vertebrates. In snakes, the presence and function of endothelins and their receptors are still scarcely described. We have recently demonstrated the presence of ET(A) and ET(B2) receptors in the snake Bothrops jararaca (Bj). In the present work we showed that distinctively from Bj, the vascular contraction induced by endothelin in Oxyrhopus guibei (Og) snake is mediated only by ET(A) receptors. Selective ET(B) agonists (SRTX-c and IRL(1620)) and antagonists (IRL(1038) and BQ(788)) were ineffective in Og preparations of isolated aorta. We also showed that ET-1 response on Og arterial blood pressure was monophasic hypertensive as opposed to biphasic (hypotension followed by hypertension) in Bj. Furthermore, we characterized the relaxing properties of endothelin receptor ET(B1) in pre-contracted aorta preparations. We showed that IRL(1620) induced relaxation of pre-contracted Bj aorta but was ineffective in relaxing Og preparations. IRL(1620) relaxing effect on Bj aorta was abolished by l-NAME, indicating involvement of NO release, and was reduced by selective ET(B) antagonists. Our findings suggest that Og snake has a more primitive spectrum of ET receptors (only ET(A) receptor) than Bj (presence of ET(A), ET(B1) and ET(B2) receptors).
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Evans DH. Teleost fish osmoregulation: what have we learned since August Krogh, Homer Smith, and Ancel Keys. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2008; 295:R704-13. [PMID: 18525009 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.90337.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 191] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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In the 1930s, August Krogh, Homer Smith, and Ancel Keys knew that teleost fishes were hyperosmotic to fresh water and hyposmotic to seawater, and, therefore, they were potentially salt depleted and dehydrated, respectively. Their seminal studies demonstrated that freshwater teleosts extract NaCl from the environment, while marine teleosts ingest seawater, absorb intestinal water by absorbing NaCl, and excrete the excess salt via gill transport mechanisms. During the past 70 years, their research descendents have used chemical, radioisotopic, pharmacological, cellular, and molecular techniques to further characterize the gill transport mechanisms and begin to study the signaling molecules that modulate these processes. The cellular site for these transport pathways was first described by Keys and is now known as the mitochondrion-rich cell (MRC). The model for NaCl secretion by the marine MRC is well supported, but the model for NaCl uptake by freshwater MRC is more unsettled. Importantly, these ionic uptake mechanisms also appear to be expressed in the marine gill MRC, for acid-base regulation. A large suite of potential endocrine control mechanisms have been identified, and recent evidence suggests that paracrines such as endothelin, nitric oxide, and prostaglandins might also control MRC function.
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- David H Evans
- Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
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Hyndman KA, Evans DH. Endothelin and endothelin converting enzyme-1 in the fish gill:evolutionary and physiological perspectives. J Exp Biol 2007; 210:4286-97. [DOI: 10.1242/jeb.009969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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In euryhaline fishes like the killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus)that experience daily fluctuations in environmental salinity, endothelin 1(EDN1) may be an important regulator molecule necessary to maintain ion homeostasis. The purpose of this study was to determine if EDN1 and the endothelin converting enzyme (ECE1; the enzyme necessary for cleaving the precursor proendothelin-1 to EDN1) are present in the killifish, to determine if environmental salinity regulates their expression, and to examine the phylogenetic relationships among the EDNs and among the ECEs. We sequenced killifish gill cDNA for two EDN1 orthologues, EDN1A and EDN1B, and also sequenced a portion of ECE1 cDNA. EDN1A and ECE1 mRNA are expressed ubiquitously in the killifish while EDN1B mRNA has little expression in the killifish opercular epithelium or gill. Using in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry, EDN1 was localized to large round cells adjacent to the mitochondrion-rich cells of the killifish gill, and to lamellar pillar cells. In the gill, EDN1A and EDN1B mRNA levels did not differ with acute (<24 h) or chronic (30 days) acclimation to seawater (SW); however, EDN1B levels increased threefold post SW to freshwater (FW) transfer,and ECE1 mRNA levels significantly increased twofold over this period. ECE1 mRNA levels also increased sixfold over 24 h post FW to SW transfer. Chronic exposure to SW or FW had little effect on ECE1mRNA levels. Based upon our cellular localization studies, we modeled EDN1 expression in the fish gill and conclude that it is positioned to act as a paracrine regulator of gill functions in euryhaline fishes. It also may function as an autocrine on pillar cells, where it is hypothesized to regulate local blood flow in the lamellae. From our phylogenetic analyses, ECE is predicted to have an ancient origin and may be a generalist endoprotease in non-vertebrate organisms, while EDNs are vertebrate-specific peptides and may be key characters in vertebrate evolution.
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- Kelly A. Hyndman
- Department of Zoology, University of Florida, 221 Bartram Hall,Gainesville, FL 32608, USA and Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory,Salisbury Cove, ME 04672, USA
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- Department of Zoology, University of Florida, 221 Bartram Hall,Gainesville, FL 32608, USA and Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory,Salisbury Cove, ME 04672, USA
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Feng J, Yano K, Monahan-Earley R, Morgan ES, Dvorak AM, Sellke FW, Aird WC. Vascular bed-specific endothelium-dependent vasomomotor relaxation in the hagfish, Myxine glutinosa. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2007; 293:R894-900. [PMID: 17537844 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00080.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The last common ancestor of hagfish and gnathostomes was also the last common ancestor of all extant vertebrates that lived some time more than 500 million years ago. Features that are shared between hagfish and gnathostomes can be inferred to have already been present in this ancestral vertebrate. We recently reported that hagfish endothelium displays phenotypic heterogeneity in ultrastructure, lectin binding, and mechanisms of leukocyte adhesion. Thus, phenotypic cell heterogeneity evolved as an early feature of the endothelium. In the present study, we wanted to extend these observations by determining whether hagfish endothelium plays a role in mediating vasomotor tone. Response of mesenteric and skeletal muscle arteries to a variety of mediators was assayed by videomicroscopy. Phenylephrine and acetylcholine induced vasoconstriction of mesenteric and skeletal muscle arteries. Bradykinin (BK) and ADP promoted vasorelaxation in precontracted mesenteric arteries but not those from skeletal muscle. BK- and ADP-mediated vasorelaxation of the mesenteric artery was abrogated by mechanical denudation of the endothelium but was unaffected by N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester. Indomethacin significantly inhibited the vasodilatory response to ADP but not BK. The nitric oxide donor sodium nitroprusside resulted in endothelium-independent relaxation of both mesenteric and skeletal muscle arteries. Together, these data suggest that site-specific endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation is an evolutionarily conserved property of this cell lineage.
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- Jun Feng
- The Center for Vascular Biology Research, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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Stensløkken KO, Sundin L, Nilsson GE. Endothelin receptors in teleost fishes: cardiovascular effects and branchial distribution. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2006; 290:R852-60. [PMID: 16223845 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00618.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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By observing gill blood flow using epi-illuminating microscopy, in parallel with cardiovascular recordings and immunohistochemistry, we have tried to identify the receptor mediating endothelin (ET) type 1 (ET1)-induced pillar cell contraction in the lamellae of the Atlantic cod ( Gadus morhua). Intra-arterial injection of the specific ETBreceptor agonist BQ-3020 induced dose-dependent increases in ventral aortic blood pressure, gill vascular resistance, and pillar cell area (indicating contraction). The specific ETAreceptor antagonist BQ-610 did not prevent either pillar cell contraction or increased gill vascular resistance induced by ET-1 injection. The cardiovascular responses were corroborated by the detection of ETBreceptor-like immunoreactivity (IR) associated with pillar cells in the lamellar region and in neuroendocrine cells. ETBreceptor-like IR was also found lining the muscle layer of lamellar arterioles and filament arteries. In contrast, strong ETAreceptor-like IR was found on branchial nerves throughout the filaments. In addition, ET-like IR was concentrated in neuroendocrine cells in the filament and lamellae. We also present data suggesting that ET-mediated pillar cell contraction is widespread among teleost fish, including Atlantic cod, rainbow trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss), sculpin ( Myoxocephalus scorpius), and mackerel ( Scomber scombrus). Taken together, our results suggest that an ETB-like receptor mediates pillar cell contraction in fishes, whereas ETA-like receptors may serve another function in the gill, inasmuch as ETAreceptor-like IR is found on branchial nerves.
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- Kåre-Olav Stensløkken
- Physiology Program, Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Oslo, PO Box 1041, N-0316 Oslo, Norway
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Skovgaard N, Warren DE, Jackson DC, Wang T. Endothelin-1 causes systemic vasodilatation in anaesthetised turtles(Trachemys scripta) through activation of ETB-receptors. J Exp Biol 2005; 208:3739-46. [PMID: 16169951 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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SUMMARYThe effects of endothelin-1 (ET-1) on systemic and pulmonary circulation were investigated in anaesthetised freshwater turtles (Trachemys scripta) instrumented with arterial catheters and blood flow probes. Bolus intra-arterial injections of ET-1 (0.4–400 pmol kg-1)caused a dose-dependent systemic vasodilatation that was associated with a decrease in systemic pressure (Psys) and a rise in systemic blood flow (Q̇sys),causing systemic conductance (Gsys) to increase. ET-1 had no significant effects on the pulmonary vasculature, heart rate(fh) or total stroke volume(Vstot). This response differs markedly from mammals, where ET-1 causes an initial vasodilatation that is followed by a pronounced pressor response. In mammals, the initial dilatation is caused by stimulation of ETB-receptors, while the subsequent constriction is mediated by ETA-receptors. In the turtles, infusion of the ETB-receptor agonist BQ-3020 (150 pmol kg-1) elicited haemodynamic changes that were similar to those of ET-1, and the effects of ET-1 were not affected by the ETA-antagonist BQ-610 (0.15 μmol kg-1). Conversely, all effects of ET-1 were virtually abolished after specific ETB-receptor blockade with the ETB-antagonist BQ-788 (0.15 μmol kg-1). The subsequent treatment with the general ET-receptor antagonist tezosentan (15.4μmol kg-1) did not produce effects that differed from the treatment with ETB-antagonist, and the blockade of ET-1 responses persisted. This present study indicates, therefore, that ETB-receptors are responsible for the majority of the cardiovascular responses to ET-1 in Trachemys.
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- Nini Skovgaard
- Department of Zoophysiology, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
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Evans DH, Piermarini PM, Choe KP. The Multifunctional Fish Gill: Dominant Site of Gas Exchange, Osmoregulation, Acid-Base Regulation, and Excretion of Nitrogenous Waste. Physiol Rev 2005; 85:97-177. [PMID: 15618479 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00050.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1579] [Impact Index Per Article: 83.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The fish gill is a multipurpose organ that, in addition to providing for aquatic gas exchange, plays dominant roles in osmotic and ionic regulation, acid-base regulation, and excretion of nitrogenous wastes. Thus, despite the fact that all fish groups have functional kidneys, the gill epithelium is the site of many processes that are mediated by renal epithelia in terrestrial vertebrates. Indeed, many of the pathways that mediate these processes in mammalian renal epithelial are expressed in the gill, and many of the extrinsic and intrinsic modulators of these processes are also found in fish endocrine tissues and the gill itself. The basic patterns of gill physiology were outlined over a half century ago, but modern immunological and molecular techniques are bringing new insights into this complicated system. Nevertheless, substantial questions about the evolution of these mechanisms and control remain.
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- David H Evans
- Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611, USA.
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Fellner SK, Parker LA. Endothelin B receptor Ca2+ signaling in shark vascular smooth muscle: participation of inositol trisphosphate and ryanodine receptors. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 207:3411-7. [PMID: 15326217 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01134] [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: 11/20/2022]
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In mammals, endothelin receptors are sub-classified into ET(A) receptors (ET(A)R), which are purely constrictive in vascular smooth muscle (VSM), and ET(B)R, which may produce constriction in VSM or dilatation by stimulating the production of nitric oxide (NO) from endothelial cells. In contrast, previous studies suggested that shark VSM is stimulated exclusively by ET(B)R. The Ca(2+) signaling pathways utilized by shark VSM in response to stimulation by endothelin-1 (ET-1) have not previously been investigated. We measured cytosolic Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) in fura-2-loaded VSM of anterior mesenteric artery of Squalus acanthias and show that the ET(B)R agonists IRL 1620 and sarafotoxin S6c (SRX) increase [Ca(2+)](i) in VSM to the same extent as ET-1 and ET(B)R appears to be the only ETR subtype in sharks. To investigate the participation of the inositol trisphosphate (IP(3)) receptors (IP(3)R), we utilized two inhibitors of the mammalian IP(3)R, TMB-8 and 2-APB. In Ca(2+)-free Ringer, these agents inhibit the response to ET(B)R agonist stimulation by 71%. The ryanodine-sensitive receptor (RyR) may be activated by low concentrations of ryanodine, by abrupt local increases of [Ca(2+)](i), (calcium-induced calcium release) or by cyclic adeninediphosphate ribose (cADPR). We employed three inhibitors of activation of the RyR, Ruthenium Red, 8-Br cADPR and high concentrations of ryanodine; these agents blocked the [Ca(2+)](i) response to ET(B)R agonist stimulation by a mean of 39%. These data show for the first time that in VSM of the shark, ET(B)R activation stimulates both IP(3)R and RyR, and that cADPR is involved in RyR activation.
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- Susan K Fellner
- Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
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BACKGROUND The endothelin (ET) receptors are subclassified into ET(A,) which are purely vasoconstrictive, and ET(B). The ET(B) receptors may cause either vasodilation by stimulating the release of nitric oxide from endothelial cells, or vasoconstriction of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC). The relative contribution of ET(A) and ET(B) receptors to calcium signaling and vasoconstriction in the renal microcirculation is not clear. Our goal was to study the cytosolic calcium concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) responses of fresh rat preglomerular VSMC and afferent arterioles to agonists and antagonists of ET(A) and ET(B) receptors in rats. METHODS Fresh VSMC and afferent arterioles were isolated using the magnetized microsphere/sieving technique, followed by gentle collagenase digestion. [Ca(2+)](i) was measured with fura-2 ratiometric fluorescence. RESULTS Afferent arterioles and VSMC responded to ET-1 stimulation with a rapid peak increase in [Ca(2+)](i) (Delta= 287 +/- 81 and 342 +/- 55 nmol/L, respectively). The ET(B) receptor agonist IRL 1620 stimulated a rise in [Ca(2+)](i) in afferent arterioles (106 +/- 35 nmol/L); subsequent addition of ET-1 at the IRL 1620 nadir to stimulate ET(A) receptors caused a second peak that was twice as large (213 +/- 44 nmol/L). In VSMC, the ET(B) agonist peak increase was 99 +/- 12 nmol/L; addition of ET-1 then increased [Ca(2+)](i) by 294 +/- 23 nmol/L. The ET(B) inhibitor BQ-788 prevented stimulation of [Ca(2+)](i) by IRL 1620 in afferent arterioles and VSMC; subsequent stimulation of ET(A) receptors with ET-1 caused an increase in [Ca(2+)](i) (239 +/- 17 and 248 +/- 22 nmol/L). Pretreatment with the selective ET(A) inhibitor PD 156707 attenuated but did not abolish the responses to ET-1, suggesting that the residual [Ca(2+)](i) response was caused by ET(B) stimulation. CONCLUSION These results indicate that fresh preglomerular VSMC as well as afferent arterioles have both ET(A) and ET(B) receptors, and that the rapid peak [Ca(2+)](i) responses to the ET(B) agonist IRL 1620 are less than half that of subsequent stimulation of ET(A) receptors with ET-1. The similarity of findings in isolated VSMC and afferent arterioles suggests that responses in VSMC in our arteriolar preparation overshadow any potential contribution of endothelial cells when reagents are administered abluminally.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Arterioles/drug effects
- Arterioles/metabolism
- Calcium/metabolism
- Calcium Signaling/drug effects
- Cytosol/metabolism
- Dioxoles/pharmacology
- Endothelin A Receptor Antagonists
- Endothelin B Receptor Antagonists
- Endothelin-1/pharmacology
- Endothelins/pharmacology
- In Vitro Techniques
- Kidney/blood supply
- Kidney/metabolism
- Kidney Glomerulus/blood supply
- Kidney Glomerulus/metabolism
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/cytology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Oligopeptides/pharmacology
- Peptide Fragments/pharmacology
- Piperidines/pharmacology
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Receptor, Endothelin A/metabolism
- Receptor, Endothelin B/agonists
- Receptor, Endothelin B/metabolism
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- Susan K Fellner
- Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7545, USA.
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Evans DH, Rose RE, Roeser JM, Stidham JD. NaCl transport across the opercular epithelium ofFundulus heteroclitusis inhibited by an endothelin to NO, superoxide, and prostanoid signaling axis. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2004; 286:R560-8. [PMID: 14630622 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00281.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Recent evidence suggests that paracrine signaling agents, such as endothelin (ET), nitric oxide (NO), superoxide (O2-), and prostanoids can modulate mammalian renal function by affecting both hemodynamic and epithelial ionic transport pathways. Since these signaling pathways have been described in fish blood vessels, we hypothesized that they may control salt transport across the gill epithelium—the primary site of ion excretion in marine teleost fishes. We found that ET, the NO donors sodium nitroprusside and spermine NONOate, and the prostanoid PGE2each can produce a concentration-dependent reduction in the short circuit current ( Isc) across the isolated opercular epithelium of the killifish ( Fundulus heteroclitus), the generally accepted model for the marine teleost gill epithelium. Sarafotoxin S6c was equipotent to ET-1, suggesting that ETBreceptors are involved. Incubation with NG-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (l-NAME) or indomethacin reduced the effect of subsequent addition of SRXS6c by 17 and 89%, respectively, suggesting the presence of an ET to NO and PGE axis. The effects of l-NAME and indomethacin were not additive, but the superoxide dismutase mimetic 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine 1-oxyl (TEMPOL) reduced the effect of SRXS6c by 34% and preincubation with l-NAME, indomethacin, and TEMPOL reduced the SRXS6c response to zero. This suggests a direct role for O2-in this axis. COX-2 appears to be the major enzyme involved in this axis because the specific COX-2 inhibitor NS-398 was twice as effective as the COX-1 inhibitor SC560 in inhibiting the SRXS6c effect. The Iscwas stimulated by the EP2agonist butaprost and inhibited by the EP1,3agonist sulprostone, suggesting both stimulatory and inhibitory PGE receptors in this tissue. Carbaprostacyclin (PGI2analog), thromboxane A2, PGF2α, and PGD2did not affect the Isc. Our data are the first to suggest the importance of an ET-stimulated and NO-, O2--, and PGE2-mediated signaling axis that can modify active extrusion of NaCl across the killifish opercular epithelium and, by inference, the marine teleost gill epithelium.
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- David H Evans
- Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA.
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Karnaky KJ, Hazen-Martin D, Miller DS. The xenobiotic transporter, MRP2, in epithelia from insects, sharks, and the human breast: Implications for health and disease. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003; 300:91-7. [PMID: 14598391 DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.10314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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A large number of mechanisms, including special excretory transporters, have evolved to help organisms excrete deleterious xenobiotics and endogenous molecules. We have examined the xenobiotic transport function of a putative multidrug resistance associated protein, MRP2, in three different epithelia: the insect renal (Malpighian) tubules, the secretory tubule of the shark rectal gland, and in ductules of the human breast. In the case of the insect and shark, transporter activity occurs in epithelia capable of great fluid transport. In the case of the insect Malpighian tubule, understanding the underlying mechanisms of this transporter may help with efforts to control populations of disease-carrying agriculturally important insects. In striking contrast, ductule architecture in nonlactating human breast ductules is that of an epithelium with a closed lumen. Immunocytochemical studies show that MRP2 is localized in the apical region of the ductule epithelial cells. In this unique case, MRP2 substrates transported into the lumen could possibly be concentrated. Transport substrates of MRP2 include carcinogens as well as antioxidants and other salutary molecules. Thus, in the breast ductule, MRP2 may play a significant role in breast epithelial cell health and cancer carcinogenesis.
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- Karl John Karnaky
- Departments of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA.
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Evans DH, Harrie AC, Kozlowski MS. Characterization of the effects of vasoactive substances on the bulbus arteriosus of the eel, Anguilla rostrata. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY. PART A, COMPARATIVE EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 2003; 297:45-51. [PMID: 12911112 DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.10238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The fish bulbus arteriosus (BA) smooths cardiac output by expanding during cardiac systole and rebounding during diastole, thereby providing constant perfusion of the gills downstream. Published data have demonstrated innervation of the teleost BA and shown that the tension and compliance of the BA responded to vasoactive agonists, such as epinephrine and acetylcholine, suggesting that the BA was more than a mere "windkessel." To examine vasoactivity in the BA more directly, we measured the responses of isolated tissue rings from the BA of the eel, Anguilla rostrata to a suite of putative vasoactive agonists, which had been shown to affect vascular smooth muscle in a variety of teleosts. The BA of the eel was insensitive to acetylcholine but constricted when endothelin (ET-1) was applied. Nitric oxide, sodium nitroprusside (SNP; NO donor), natriuretic peptides (NP), and prostaglandin E1 (but not the prostacyclin agonist carbaprostacyclin) produced significant dilation in the BA. Since both ET-1 and sarafotoxin S6c produced concentration-dependent constriction, it appears that endothelin receptor B-type (ETB) receptors (and possibly ETA receptors) are present. The dilation produced by SNP was also concentration dependent, as were the dilations produced by porcine C-type natriuretic peptide, eel atrial natriuretic peptide (NP receptor agonists), Sulprostone and Butaprost (PGE receptor agonists). Our data demonstrate that the BA of eel is responsive to a variety of vasoactive agonists, suggesting that the BA is under neurohumoral control. The role of agonist-induced changes in BA tension in fish cardiovascular physiology remains to be determined, as do the specific receptor types involved.
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- David H Evans
- Mt. Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Salsbury Cove, Maine 04672, USA.
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Miller DS, Masereeuw R, Karnaky KJ. Regulation of MRP2-mediated transport in shark rectal salt gland tubules. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2002; 282:R774-81. [PMID: 11832398 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00333.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We examined endothelin-1 (ET-1) regulation of the xenobiotic efflux pump, multidrug resistance-associated protein isoform 2 (MRP2), in intact dogfish shark rectal salt gland tubules using a fluorescent substrate sulforhodamine 101 and confocal microscopy. Subnanomolar to nanomolar concentrations of ET-1 rapidly reduced the cell-to-lumen transport of sulforhodamine 101. These effects were prevented by an ET(B) receptor antagonist but not by an ET(A) receptor antagonist. Immunostaining with an antibody to mammalian ET(B) receptors showed specific localization to the basolateral membrane of the shark rectal gland epithelial cells. ET-1 effects on transport were blocked by a protein kinase C (PKC)-selective inhibitor, implicating PKC in ET-1 signaling. A protein kinase A (PKA)-selective inhibitor had no effect. Forskolin reduced luminal accumulation of sulforhodamine 101, but inhibition of PKA did not block the forskolin effect. Consistent with this observation, a cAMP analog that does not activate PKA reduced luminal accumulation of sulforhodamine 101. These results indicate that shark rectal gland transport on MRP2 is regulated by ET acting through an ET(B) receptor and PKC. In addition, cAMP affects transporter function through a PKA-independent mechanism, possibly by competition for transport.
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- David S Miller
- Laboratory of Pharmacology and Chemistry, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA.
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Evans DH, Harrie AC. Vasoactivity of the ventral aorta of the American eel (Anguilla rostrata), Atlantic hagfish ( Myxine glutinosa), and sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus). THE JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY 2001; 289:273-84. [PMID: 11241398 DOI: 10.1002/1097-010x(20010415/30)289:5<273::aid-jez1>3.0.co;2-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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To determine if vascular smooth muscle from teleost and agnathan fishes expresses receptors for signaling agents that are important in vascular tension in other vertebrates, we exposed rings of aortic vascular smooth muscle from the eel (Anguilla rostrata), the hagfish (Myxine glutinosa), and the lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) to a suite of putative agonists, including: acetylcholine, endothelin, nitric oxide, natriuretic peptides, and prostanoids. Acetylcholine constricted aortic rings from the eel, but had no effect on the rings from lamprey. On the other hand, endothelin constricted rings from all three species. Use of receptor-specific ET agonists demonstrated that only ET(A) receptors are expressed in the eel and lamprey aorta. The nitric oxide donor sodium nitroprusside or nitric oxide itself dilated rings from the eel, but both agonists constricted rings from the hagfish and NO produced a biphasic response (constriction followed by dilation) in the lamprey. Two natriuretic peptides, eel ANP and porcine CNP, produced marginally significant dilation in the eel aorta, human ANP dilated the hagfish rings, and pCNP and eANP dilated the lamprey rings. The prostanoids PGE(1) and PGE(2) both dilated the eel aortic rings, and PGE(1) and carbaprostacyclin (stable PGI(2) agonist) dilated the hagfish and lamprey rings. Our results suggest that receptors for a variety of vasoactive signaling agents are expressed in the aortic smooth muscle of the earliest vertebrates (lamprey and hagfish), as well as the more advanced teleosts (eel).
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- D H Evans
- Mt. Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Salsbury Cove, Maine 04672, USA.
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The importance of the rectal gland in elasmobranch osmoregulation is well established. The rate of secretion by the gland is under the control of a variety of secretagogues and inhibitors. Early morphological work suggested that a band of smooth muscle cells surrounds the periphery of the shark rectal gland between the secretory tubules and the connective tissue capsule. To confirm the presence of the muscle ring, we examined histological sections from two species of shark, Squalus acanthias and Carcharodon carcharius, and from the stingray Dasyatis sabina and stained sections from S. acanthias with the actin-specific ligand phalloidin. In all three species, a distinct band of what appeared to be smooth muscle cells was evident, and the putative muscle ring in S. acanthias stained specifically with phalloidin. Moreover, isolated rings of rectal gland tissue from S. acanthias constricted when acetylcholine or endothelin was applied and responded to nitric oxide with an initial dilation, followed by a more substantial constriction. Subsequent addition of porcine C-type natriuretic peptide dilated the rings, but two prostanoids (carbaprostacyclin and prostaglandin E(1)) did not change ring tension significantly. The rings did not respond to the endothelin-B-specific agonist sarafotoxoin S6c, suggesting that the response to endothelin was mediated via endothelin-A-type receptors. Our data confirm the presence of a smooth muscle ring in the periphery of the elasmobranch rectal gland and demonstrate that the gland responds to a suite of smooth muscle agonists, suggesting that changes in the dimensions of the whole rectal gland may play a role in its secretory function.
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- D H Evans
- Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
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Evans DH. Vasoactive receptors in abdominal blood vessels of the dogfish shark, Squalus acanthias. Physiol Biochem Zool 2001; 74:120-6. [PMID: 11226020 DOI: 10.1086/319308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Previous studies have demonstrated that the ventral aorta of the dogfish shark, Squalus acanthias, responds to a variety of cell-signaling agents. To investigate the generality of vasoactive receptors in the shark vasculature, in particular a conductance artery (anterior mesenteric) and vein (posterior intestinal), I measured the effect of acetylcholine, endothelin, nitric oxide, natriuretic peptides, and prostaglandins on tension in isolated rings from these vessels. Both vessels responded to these agents, and responses to receptor-specific ligands for endothelin and natriuretic peptide receptors suggest that B-type endothelin receptors are expressed in both vessels and that the artery expresses both A- and B-type natriuretic peptide receptors; however, the vein (like the ventral aorta) expresses only the B-type natriuretic peptide receptor. My data suggest that a suite of signaling systems is ubiquitous in both arteries and veins in at least this elasmobranch species. Their role in hemodynamics and osmoregulation (perfusion of gill and rectal gland) remains to be determined.
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- D H Evans
- Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Salsbury Cove, Maine 04672, USA.
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Hoagland TM, Weaver L, Conlon JM, Wang Y, Olson KR. Effects of endothelin-1 and homologous trout endothelin on cardiovascular function in rainbow trout. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2000; 278:R460-8. [PMID: 10666148 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.2000.278.2.r460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The cardiovascular effects of endothelin (ET)-1 and the recently sequenced homologous trout ET were examined in unanesthetized trout, and vascular capacitance curves were constructed to evaluate the responsiveness of the venous system to ET-1. A bolus dose of 667 pmol/kg ET-1 doubled ventral aortic pressure; produced a triphasic pressor-depressor-pressor response in dorsal aortic pressure (P(DA)); increased central venous pressure, gill resistance, and systemic resistance; and decreased cardiac output, heart rate, and stroke volume. These responses were dose dependent. Bolus injection of trout ET (333 or 1,000 pmol/kg) produced essentially identical, dose-dependent cardiovascular responses as ET-1. Dorsal aortic infusion of 1 and 3 pmol. kg(-1). min(-1) ET-1 and central venous infusion into the ductus Cuvier of 0.3 and 1 pmol. kg(-1). min(-1) produced similar dose-dependent cardiovascular responses, although the increase in P(DA) became monophasic. The heightened sensitivity to central venous infusion was presumably due to the more immediate exposure of the branchial vasculature to the peptide. Infusion of 1 pmol. kg(-1). min(-1) ET-1 decreased vascular compliance but had no effect on unstressed blood volume. These results show that ETs affect a variety of cardiovascular functions in trout and that branchial vascular resistance and venous compliance are especially sensitive. The multiplicity of effectors stimulated by ET suggests that this peptide was extensively integrated into cardiovascular function early on in vertebrate phylogeny.
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- T M Hoagland
- Indiana University School of Medicine, South Bend Center for Medical Education, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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Evans DH, Gunderson MP. Characterization of an endothelin ET(B) receptor in the gill of the dogfish shark Squalus acanthias. J Exp Biol 1999; 202:3605-10. [PMID: 10574737 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.202.24.3605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Endothelins (ETs) are potent vasoconstrictive peptides that are secreted by the vascular endothelium and other tissues in vertebrates. Previous studies have demonstrated that ETs are expressed in a variety of fish tissues and contract various blood vessels. In order to determine if receptors for ET are expressed in fish gill tissue, we examined the binding kinetics of (125)I-labeled, human ET-1 to membrane fragments isolated from the gill of the dogfish shark, Squalus acanthias. (125)I-ET-1 bound at a single site, with a dissociation constant (K(d)) and binding site number (B(max)) very similar to those described in a variety of mammalian blood vessels. ET-1 and ET-3 competed equally with (125)I-ET-1, suggesting that the receptor was ET(B), which has been shown in mammalian systems to bind to both ligands equally. The ET(B)-specific agonists sarafotoxin S6c, IRL-1620, and BQ-3020 also competed against (125)I-ET-1 at a single site, supporting this hypothesis. We conclude that the shark gill expresses an ET(B) receptor with substantial homology to the mammalian receptor and that ET may play an important role in modulating such vital gill functions as gas exchange, ion regulation, acid-base balance, and excretion of nitrogen.
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- D H Evans
- Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
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Wang Y, Olson KR, Smith MP, Russell MJ, Conlon JM. Purification, structural characterization, and myotropic activity of endothelin from trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1999; 277:R1605-11. [PMID: 10600905 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1999.277.6.r1605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Endothelin (ET) from a nontetrapod species has never been characterized, either structurally or biologically. A single molecular form of trout ET with 21-amino-acid residues was isolated in pure form from an extract of the kidney of the steelhead trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss and its primary structure established as Cys-Ser-Cys-Ala-Thr-Phe-Leu-Asp-Lys-Glu10-Cys-Val-Tyr-Phe-Cys-His- L eu-Asp-Ile-Ile20-Trp. This amino acid sequence shows only three substitutions (Ala4-->Ser, Thr5-->Ser, and Phe6-->Trp) compared with human ET-2, demonstrating that the structure of the peptide has been well conserved during evolution and that the pathway of posttranslational processing of preproendothelin in the trout is probably similar to that in mammals. Synthetic trout ET produced concentration-dependent constrictions of isolated rings of vascular tissue from trout efferent branchial artery (EBA; pD2 = 7. 90 +/- 0.06, n = 5), caeliacomesenteric artery (pD2 = 8.03 +/- 0. 04, n = 4), anterior cardinal vein (ACV; pD2 = 8.57 +/- 0.25, n = 4), and rat abdominal aorta (AO; pD2 = 8.86 +/- 0.08, n = 7). Trout and rat vessels were more sensitive to mammalian ET-1 than to trout ET (pD(2) for human ET-1 in: EBA = 9.12 +/- 0.14; ACV = 9.90 +/- 0.15; AO = 8.86 +/- 0.08), but there was no significant difference in the maximum tension produced by either peptide in these vessels.
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- Regulatory Peptide Center, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska 68178, USA
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Evans DH, Gunderson MP. A prostaglandin, not NO, mediates endothelium-dependent dilation in ventral aorta of shark (Squalus acanthias). THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1998; 274:R1050-7. [PMID: 9575968 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.274.4.r1050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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In mammals, the vascular endothelium releases a variety of paracrine factors, including the vasodilatory prostaglandin (PG)I2 and nitric oxide (NO), which is generally accepted as the major endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF) in mammals. Current evidence for the vascular NO-EDRF system in fishes is contradictory. In addition, the role of PGs in the control of fish vascular tension is also unclear. We have utilized isolated rings of the ventral aorta of the spiny dogfish shark to examine the ability of various components of the NO system to dilate this vessel. Neither the NO precursor L-arginine, the NO donor sodium nitroprusside, nor NO itself dilated the rings. The Ca2+ ionophore A-23187 did produce an endothelium-dependent dilation that was not inhibited by the NO synthase inhibitor NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester but was inhibited by the cyclooxygenase inhibitor indomethacin, suggesting that PGs are involved. PGE1 and carbaprostacyclin, but not PGI2, produced concentration-dependent dilation, and intact aortic rings secreted five times as much PGI2 as PGE in both the unstimulated state and after stimulation with A-23187. Our data suggest strongly that a PG, most probably PGI2, is the EDRF in the ventral aorta of this shark species.
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- D H Evans
- Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611, USA
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