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Davis MJ, Earley S, Li YS, Chien S. Vascular mechanotransduction. Physiol Rev 2023; 103:1247-1421. [PMID: 36603156 PMCID: PMC9942936 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00053.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 45.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2021] [Revised: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 10/04/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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This review aims to survey the current state of mechanotransduction in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) and endothelial cells (ECs), including their sensing of mechanical stimuli and transduction of mechanical signals that result in the acute functional modulation and longer-term transcriptomic and epigenetic regulation of blood vessels. The mechanosensors discussed include ion channels, plasma membrane-associated structures and receptors, and junction proteins. The mechanosignaling pathways presented include the cytoskeleton, integrins, extracellular matrix, and intracellular signaling molecules. These are followed by discussions on mechanical regulation of transcriptome and epigenetics, relevance of mechanotransduction to health and disease, and interactions between VSMCs and ECs. Throughout this review, we offer suggestions for specific topics that require further understanding. In the closing section on conclusions and perspectives, we summarize what is known and point out the need to treat the vasculature as a system, including not only VSMCs and ECs but also the extracellular matrix and other types of cells such as resident macrophages and pericytes, so that we can fully understand the physiology and pathophysiology of the blood vessel as a whole, thus enhancing the comprehension, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of vascular diseases.
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- Michael J Davis
- Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, California
- Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, California
- Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California
- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California
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Wray S, Prendergast C, Arrowsmith S. Calcium-Activated Chloride Channels in Myometrial and Vascular Smooth Muscle. Front Physiol 2021; 12:751008. [PMID: 34867456 PMCID: PMC8637852 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.751008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2021] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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In smooth muscle tissues, calcium-activated chloride channels (CaCC) provide the major anionic channel. Opening of these channels leads to chloride efflux and depolarization of the myocyte membrane. In this way, activation of the channels by a rise of intracellular [Ca2+], from a variety of sources, produces increased excitability and can initiate action potentials and contraction or increased tone. We now have a good mechanistic understanding of how the channels are activated and regulated, due to identification of TMEM16A (ANO1) as the molecular entity of the channel, but key questions remain. In reviewing these channels and comparing two distinct smooth muscles, myometrial and vascular, we expose the differences that occur in their activation mechanisms, properties, and control. We find that the myometrium only expresses “classical,” Ca2+-activated, and voltage sensitive channels, whereas both tonic and phasic blood vessels express classical, and non-classical, cGMP-regulated CaCC, which are voltage insensitive. This translates to more complex activation and regulation in vascular smooth muscles, irrespective of whether they are tonic or phasic. We therefore tentatively conclude that although these channels are expressed and functionally important in all smooth muscles, they are probably not part of the mechanisms governing phasic activity. Recent knockdown studies have produced unexpected functional results, e.g. no effects on labour and delivery, and tone increasing in some but decreasing in other vascular beds, strongly suggesting that there is still much to be explored concerning CaCC in smooth muscle.
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- Susan Wray
- Department of Women and Children's Health, Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Department of Women and Children's Health, Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Department of Life Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Hawn MB, Akin E, Hartzell H, Greenwood IA, Leblanc N. Molecular mechanisms of activation and regulation of ANO1-Encoded Ca 2+-Activated Cl - channels. Channels (Austin) 2021; 15:569-603. [PMID: 34488544 PMCID: PMC8480199 DOI: 10.1080/19336950.2021.1975411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2021] [Accepted: 08/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Ca2+-activated Cl- channels (CaCCs) perform a multitude of functions including the control of cell excitability, regulation of cell volume and ionic homeostasis, exocrine and endocrine secretion, fertilization, amplification of olfactory sensory function, and control of smooth muscle cell contractility. CaCCs are the translated products of two members (ANO1 and ANO2, also known as TMEM16A and TMEM16B) of the Anoctamin family of genes comprising ten paralogs. This review focuses on recent progress in understanding the molecular mechanisms involved in the regulation of ANO1 by cytoplasmic Ca2+, post-translational modifications, and how the channel protein interacts with membrane lipids and protein partners. After first reviewing the basic properties of native CaCCs, we then present a brief historical perspective highlighting controversies about their molecular identity in native cells. This is followed by a summary of the fundamental biophysical and structural properties of ANO1. We specifically address whether the channel is directly activated by internal Ca2+ or indirectly through the intervention of the Ca2+-binding protein Calmodulin (CaM), and the structural domains responsible for Ca2+- and voltage-dependent gating. We then review the regulation of ANO1 by internal ATP, Calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II-(CaMKII)-mediated phosphorylation and phosphatase activity, membrane lipids such as the phospholipid phosphatidyl-(4,5)-bisphosphate (PIP2), free fatty acids and cholesterol, and the cytoskeleton. The article ends with a survey of physical and functional interactions of ANO1 with other membrane proteins such as CLCA1/2, inositol trisphosphate and ryanodine receptors in the endoplasmic reticulum, several members of the TRP channel family, and the ancillary Κ+ channel β subunits KCNE1/5.
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- M. B. Hawn
- Department of Pharmacology and Center of Biomedical Research Excellence for Molecular and Cellular Signal Transduction in the Cardiovascular System, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Reno, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Center of Biomedical Research Excellence for Molecular and Cellular Signal Transduction in the Cardiovascular System, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Reno, United States
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- Department of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, USA
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- Department of Vascular Pharmacology, St. George’s University of London, UK
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- Department of Pharmacology and Center of Biomedical Research Excellence for Molecular and Cellular Signal Transduction in the Cardiovascular System, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Reno, United States
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Wang H, Ma D, Zhu X, Liu P, Li S, Yu B, Yang H. Nimodipine inhibits intestinal and aortic smooth muscle contraction by regulating Ca 2+-activated Cl - channels. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2021; 421:115543. [PMID: 33872679 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2021.115543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2021] [Revised: 04/07/2021] [Accepted: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Nimodipine is a clinically used dihydropyridine L-type calcium channel antagonist that effectively inhibits transmembrane Ca2+ influx following the depolarization of smooth muscle cells, but the detailed effect on smooth muscle contraction is not fully understood. Ca2+-activated Cl- channels (CaCCs) in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) may regulate vascular contractility. We found that nimodipine can inhibit transmembrane protein 16A (TMEM16A) activity in a concentration-dependent manner by cell-based fluorescence-quenching assay and short-circuit current analysis, with an IC50 value of ~5 μM. Short-circuit current analysis also showed that nimodipine prevented Ca2+-activated Cl- current in both HT-29 cells and mouse colonic epithelia accompanied by significantly decreased cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentrations. In the absence of extracellular Ca2+, nimodipine still exhibited an inhibitory effect on TMEM16A/CaCCs. Additionally, the application of nimodipine to CFTR-expressing FRT cells and mouse colonic mucosa resulted in mild activation of CFTR-mediated Cl- currents. Nimodipine inhibited basolateral CCh-activated K+ channel activity with no effect on Na+/K+-ATPase activity. Evaluation of intestinal smooth muscle contraction showed that nimodipine inhibits intestinal smooth muscle contractility and frequency, with an activity pattern that was similar to that of non-specific inhibitors of CaCCs. In aortic smooth muscle, the expression of TMEM16A in thoracic aorta is higher than that in abdominal aorta, corresponding to stronger maximum contractility in thoracic aorta smooth muscle stimulated by phenylephrine (PE) and Eact. Nimodipine completely inhibited the contraction of aortic smooth muscle stimulated by Eact, and partially inhibited the contraction stimulated by PE. In summary, the results indicate that nimodipine effectively inhibits TMEM16A/CaCCs by reduction transmembrane Ca2+ influx and directly interacting with TMEM16A, explaining the mechanisms of nimodipine relaxation of intestinal and aortic smooth muscle contraction and providing new targets for pharmacological applications.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Anoctamin-1/antagonists & inhibitors
- Anoctamin-1/metabolism
- Aorta, Abdominal/drug effects
- Aorta, Abdominal/metabolism
- Aorta, Thoracic/drug effects
- Aorta, Thoracic/metabolism
- Calcium Channel Blockers/toxicity
- Calcium Signaling/drug effects
- HT29 Cells
- Humans
- Ileum/drug effects
- Ileum/metabolism
- In Vitro Techniques
- Male
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Muscle Contraction/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth/metabolism
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Nimodipine/toxicity
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Vasoconstriction/drug effects
- Mice
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Affiliation(s)
- Hao Wang
- Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology and Drug Discovery, School of Life Sciences, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116000, PR China; Laboratory medical college, Jilin Medical University, Jilin 132013, PR China
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- Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology and Drug Discovery, School of Life Sciences, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116000, PR China
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- Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology and Drug Discovery, School of Life Sciences, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116000, PR China
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- Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology and Drug Discovery, School of Life Sciences, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116000, PR China
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- Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology and Drug Discovery, School of Life Sciences, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116000, PR China
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- Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology and Drug Discovery, School of Life Sciences, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116000, PR China.
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- Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology and Drug Discovery, School of Life Sciences, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116000, PR China.
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Cui Y, Hou Y, Zhang H, Liu Y, Mao K, Nie H, Ding Y. Regulation of Electrolyte Permeability by Herbal Monomers in Edematous Disorders. Curr Pharm Des 2021; 27:833-839. [PMID: 32940173 DOI: 10.2174/1381612826666200917144655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2020] [Accepted: 08/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Edema is a gradual accumulation of fluid in the interstitial tissues or luminal cavities, which is regulated by ion transport pathways and reflects dysfunction of fluid and salt homeostasis. Increasing evidence suggests that some herbal monomers significantly reduce organ/tissue edema. In this review, we briefly summarized the electrolyte permeability involved in pathomechanisms of organ edema, and the benefits of herbal monomers on ionic transport machinery, including Na+-K+-ATPase, Na+ and Cl- channels, Na+-K+-2Cl- co-transporter, etc. Pharmaceutical relevance is implicated in developing advanced strategies to mitigate edematous disorders. In conclusion, the natural herbal monomers regulate electrolyte permeability in many edematous disorders, and further basic and clinical studies are needed.
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- Yong Cui
- Department of Anesthesiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, College of Basic Medical Science, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, College of Basic Medical Science, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, College of Basic Medical Science, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, College of Basic Medical Science, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, College of Basic Medical Science, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, College of Basic Medical Science, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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Jensen AB, Joergensen HB, Dam VS, Kamaev D, Boedtkjer D, Füchtbauer EM, Aalkjaer C, Matchkov VV. Variable Contribution of TMEM16A to Tone in Murine Arterial Vasculature. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 2018; 123:30-41. [DOI: 10.1111/bcpt.12984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2016] [Accepted: 01/31/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- Department of Biomedicine; Aarhus University; Aarhus Denmark
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- Department of Biomedicine; Aarhus University; Aarhus Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine; Aarhus University; Aarhus Denmark
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Boedtkjer E, Matchkov VV, Boedtkjer DMB, Aalkjaer C. Negative News: Cl− and HCO3− in the Vascular Wall. Physiology (Bethesda) 2016; 31:370-83. [DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00001.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Cl− and HCO3− are the most prevalent membrane-permeable anions in the intra- and extracellular spaces of the vascular wall. Outwardly directed electrochemical gradients for Cl− and HCO3− permit anion channel opening to depolarize vascular smooth muscle and endothelial cells. Transporters and channels for Cl− and HCO3− also modify vascular contractility and structure independently of membrane potential. Transport of HCO3− regulates intracellular pH and thereby modifies the activity of enzymes, ion channels, and receptors. There is also evidence that Cl− and HCO3− transport proteins affect gene expression and protein trafficking. Considering the extensive implications of Cl− and HCO3− in the vascular wall, it is critical to understand how these ions are transported under physiological conditions and how disturbances in their transport can contribute to disease development. Recently, sensing mechanisms for Cl− and HCO3− have been identified in the vascular wall where they modify ion transport and vasomotor function, for instance, during metabolic disturbances. This review discusses current evidence that transport (e.g., via NKCC1, NBCn1, Ca2+-activated Cl− channels, volume-regulated anion channels, and CFTR) and sensing (e.g., via WNK and RPTPγ) of Cl− and HCO3− influence cardiovascular health and disease.
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- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Denmark; and
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- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Denmark
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Golubinskaya V, Elvin J, Ebefors K, Gustafsson H, Mallard C, Nyström J, Nilsson H. Bestrophin-3 is differently expressed in normal and injured mouse glomerular podocytes. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2015; 214:481-96. [PMID: 25912364 DOI: 10.1111/apha.12516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2015] [Revised: 03/17/2015] [Accepted: 04/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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AIM Bestrophins are putative calcium-activated chloride channels. Recently, cell-protective functions for Bestrophin-3 (Best3) were proposed. Best3 exists in different splice variants. We have here examined expression, alternative splicing and localization of Best3 in mouse podocytes under normal conditions and during endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. METHODS Best3 expression was determined on the mRNA level using quantitative PCR and on the protein level by immunohistochemistry and Western blotting. RESULTS Staining for Best3 was pronounced in glomeruli and was detected in cultured mouse podocytes. Best3 did not co-localize with markers for endothelial cells (CD31), podocyte foot processes (synaptopodin) or microtubules (actin). However, immunogold-based electron microscopy and co-localization with nestin showed Best3 presence in podocyte primary processes and cell bodies. Only two splice variants of Best3 mRNA (both lacking exons 2 and 3, and one also lacking exon 6), but no full-length variant, were detected. ER stress induced by lipopolysaccharides in vivo transiently elevated mRNA levels of total Best3 and its two splice variants with different time courses. In cultured podocytes under ER stress induced by thapsigargin, the expression of total Best3, its splice variants and nestin transiently increased with similar time courses. The ER stress marker C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP) and nestin mRNA increased during ER stress in vivo and in vitro. CONCLUSIONS Best3 is localized intracellularly in cell bodies and primary processes of mouse podocytes and is co-localized with nestin. Two splice variants of Best3 are expressed in glomeruli and in cultured podocytes, and their expression is differentially regulated in ER stress.
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- V. Golubinskaya
- Department of Physiology; Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology; The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg; Gothenburg Sweden
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine; Institute of Medicine; The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg; Gothenburg Sweden
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- Department of Physiology; Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology; The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg; Gothenburg Sweden
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- Department of Physiology; Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology; The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg; Gothenburg Sweden
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- Department of Physiology; Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology; The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg; Gothenburg Sweden
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- Department of Physiology; Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology; The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg; Gothenburg Sweden
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- Department of Physiology; Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology; The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg; Gothenburg Sweden
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Dam VS, Boedtkjer DMB, Aalkjaer C, Matchkov V. The bestrophin- and TMEM16A-associated Ca(2+)- activated Cl(–) channels in vascular smooth muscles. Channels (Austin) 2015; 8:361-9. [PMID: 25478625 PMCID: PMC4203738 DOI: 10.4161/chan.29531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The presence of Ca2+-activated Cl– currents (ICl(Ca)) in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) is well established. ICl(Ca) are supposedly important for arterial contraction by linking changes in [Ca2+]i and membrane depolarization. Bestrophins and some members of the TMEM16 protein family were recently associated with ICl(Ca). Two distinct ICl(Ca) are characterized in VSMCs; the cGMP-dependent ICl(Ca) dependent upon bestrophin expression and the ‘classical’ Ca2+-activated Cl– current, which is bestrophin-independent. Interestingly, TMEM16A is essential for both the cGMP-dependent and the classical ICl(Ca). Furthermore, TMEM16A has a role in arterial contraction while bestrophins do not. TMEM16A’s role in the contractile response cannot be explained however only by a simple suppression of the depolarization by Cl– channels. It is suggested that TMEM16A expression modulates voltage-gated Ca2+ influx in a voltage-independent manner and recent studies also demonstrate a complex role of TMEM16A in modulating other membrane proteins.
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Matchkov VV, Boedtkjer DM, Aalkjaer C. The role of Ca2+ activated Cl− channels in blood pressure control. Curr Opin Pharmacol 2015; 21:127-37. [DOI: 10.1016/j.coph.2015.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2014] [Revised: 02/02/2015] [Accepted: 02/04/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Hübner CA, Schroeder BC, Ehmke H. Regulation of vascular tone and arterial blood pressure: role of chloride transport in vascular smooth muscle. Pflugers Arch 2015; 467:605-14. [DOI: 10.1007/s00424-014-1684-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2014] [Revised: 12/24/2014] [Accepted: 12/29/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Bulley S, Jaggar JH. Cl⁻ channels in smooth muscle cells. Pflugers Arch 2014; 466:861-72. [PMID: 24077695 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-013-1357-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2013] [Revised: 09/09/2013] [Accepted: 09/09/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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In smooth muscle cells (SMCs), the intracellular chloride ion (Cl−) concentration is high due to accumulation by Cl−/HCO3− exchange and Na+–K+–Cl− cotransportation. The equilibrium potential for Cl− (ECl) is more positive than physiological membrane potentials (Em), with Cl− efflux inducing membrane depolarization. Early studies used electrophysiology and nonspecific antagonists to study the physiological relevance of Cl− channels in SMCs. More recent reports have incorporated molecular biological approaches to identify and determine the functional significance of several different Cl− channels. Both "classic" and cGMP-dependent calcium (Ca2+)-activated (ClCa) channels and volume-sensitive Cl− channels are present, with TMEM16A/ANO1, bestrophins, and ClC-3, respectively, proposed as molecular candidates for these channels. The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) has also been described in SMCs. This review will focus on discussing recent progress made in identifying each of these Cl− channels in SMCs, their physiological functions, and contribution to diseases that modify contraction, apoptosis, and cell proliferation.
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Jin X, Shah S, Du X, Zhang H, Gamper N. Activation of Ca(2+) -activated Cl(-) channel ANO1 by localized Ca(2+) signals. J Physiol 2014; 594:19-30. [PMID: 25398532 PMCID: PMC4704509 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2014.275107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2014] [Accepted: 11/08/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Ca2+‐activated chloride channels (CaCCs) regulate numerous physiological processes including epithelial transport, smooth muscle contraction and sensory processing. Anoctamin‐1 (ANO1, TMEM16A) is a principal CaCC subunit in many cell types, yet our understanding of the mechanisms of ANO1 activation and regulation are only beginning to emerge. Ca2+ sensitivity of ANO1 is rather low and at negative membrane potentials the channel requires several micromoles of intracellular Ca2+ for activation. However, global Ca2+ levels in cells rarely reach such levels and, therefore, there must be mechanisms that focus intracellular Ca2+ transients towards the ANO1 channels. Recent findings indeed indicate that ANO1 channels often co‐localize with sources of intracellular Ca2+ signals. Interestingly, it appears that in many cell types ANO1 is particularly tightly coupled to the Ca2+ release sites of the intracellular Ca2+ stores. Such preferential coupling may represent a general mechanism of ANO1 activation in native tissues.
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- Xin Jin
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Department of Pharmacology, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.,Department of Pharmacology, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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TMEM16 proteins, also known as anoctamins, are involved in a variety of functions that include ion transport, phospholipid scrambling, and regulation of other membrane proteins. The first two members of the family, TMEM16A (anoctamin-1, ANO1) and TMEM16B (anoctamin-2, ANO2), function as Ca2+-activated Cl- channels (CaCCs), a type of ion channel that plays important functions such as transepithelial ion transport, smooth muscle contraction, olfaction, phototransduction, nociception, and control of neuronal excitability. Genetic ablation of TMEM16A in mice causes impairment of epithelial Cl- secretion, tracheal abnormalities, and block of gastrointestinal peristalsis. TMEM16A is directly regulated by cytosolic Ca2+ as well as indirectly by its interaction with calmodulin. Other members of the anoctamin family, such as TMEM16C, TMEM16D, TMEM16F, TMEM16G, and TMEM16J, may work as phospholipid scramblases and/or ion channels. In particular, TMEM16F (ANO6) is a major contributor to the process of phosphatidylserine translocation from the inner to the outer leaflet of the plasma membrane. Intriguingly, TMEM16F is also associated with the appearance of anion/cation channels activated by very high Ca2+ concentrations. Furthermore, a TMEM16 protein expressed in Aspergillus fumigatus displays both ion channel and lipid scramblase activity. This finding suggests that dual function is an ancestral characteristic of TMEM16 proteins and that some members, such as TMEM16A and TMEM16B, have evolved to a pure channel function. Mutations in anoctamin genes (ANO3, ANO5, ANO6, and ANO10) cause various genetic diseases. These diseases suggest the involvement of anoctamins in a variety of cell functions whose link with ion transport and/or lipid scrambling needs to be clarified.
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Heinze C, Seniuk A, Sokolov MV, Huebner AK, Klementowicz AE, Szijártó IA, Schleifenbaum J, Vitzthum H, Gollasch M, Ehmke H, Schroeder BC, Hübner CA. Disruption of vascular Ca2+-activated chloride currents lowers blood pressure. J Clin Invest 2014; 124:675-86. [PMID: 24401273 DOI: 10.1172/jci70025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2013] [Accepted: 10/24/2013] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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High blood pressure is the leading risk factor for death worldwide. One of the hallmarks is a rise of peripheral vascular resistance, which largely depends on arteriole tone. Ca2+-activated chloride currents (CaCCs) in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) are candidates for increasing vascular contractility. We analyzed the vascular tree and identified substantial CaCCs in VSMCs of the aorta and carotid arteries. CaCCs were small or absent in VSMCs of medium-sized vessels such as mesenteric arteries and larger retinal arterioles. In small vessels of the retina, brain, and skeletal muscle, where contractile intermediate cells or pericytes gradually replace VSMCs, CaCCs were particularly large. Targeted disruption of the calcium-activated chloride channel TMEM16A, also known as ANO1, in VSMCs, intermediate cells, and pericytes eliminated CaCCs in all vessels studied. Mice lacking vascular TMEM16A had lower systemic blood pressure and a decreased hypertensive response following vasoconstrictor treatment. There was no difference in contractility of medium-sized mesenteric arteries; however, responsiveness of the aorta and small retinal arterioles to the vasoconstriction-inducing drug U46619 was reduced. TMEM16A also was required for peripheral blood vessel contractility, as the response to U46619 was attenuated in isolated perfused hind limbs from mutant mice. Out data suggest that TMEM16A plays a general role in arteriolar and capillary blood flow and is a promising target for the treatment of hypertension.
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Dam VS, Boedtkjer DMB, Nyvad J, Aalkjaer C, Matchkov V. TMEM16A knockdown abrogates two different Ca(2+)-activated Cl (-) currents and contractility of smooth muscle in rat mesenteric small arteries. Pflugers Arch 2013; 466:1391-409. [PMID: 24162234 PMCID: PMC4062836 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-013-1382-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2013] [Revised: 10/10/2013] [Accepted: 10/10/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The presence of Ca2+-activated Cl− channels (CaCCs) in vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) is well established. Their molecular identity is, however, elusive. Two distinct Ca2+-activated Cl− currents (ICl(Ca)) were previously characterized in SMCs. We have shown that the cGMP-dependent ICl(Ca) depends on bestrophin expression, while the “classical” ICl(Ca) is not. Downregulation of bestrophins did not affect arterial contraction but inhibited the rhythmic contractions, vasomotion. In this study, we have used in vivo siRNA transfection of rat mesenteric small arteries to investigate the role of a putative CaCC, TMEM16A. Isometric force, [Ca2+]i, and SMC membrane potential were measured in isolated arterial segments. ICl(Ca) and GTPγS-induced nonselective cation current were measured in isolated SMCs. Downregulation of TMEM16A resulted in inhibition of both the cGMP-dependent ICl(Ca) and the “classical” ICl(Ca) in SMCs. TMEM16A downregulation also reduced expression of bestrophins. TMEM16A downregulation suppressed vasomotion both in vivo and in vitro. Downregulation of TMEM16A reduced agonist (noradrenaline and vasopressin) and K+-induced contractions. In accordance with the depolarizing role of CaCCs, TMEM16A downregulation suppressed agonist-induced depolarization and elevation in [Ca2+]i. Surprisingly, K+-induced depolarization was unchanged but Ca2+ entry was reduced. We suggested that this is due to reduced expression of the L-type Ca2+ channels, as observed at the mRNA level. Thus, the importance of TMEM16A for contraction is, at least in part, independent from membrane potential. This study demonstrates the significance of TMEM16A for two SMCs ICl(Ca) and vascular function and suggests an interaction between TMEM16A and L-type Ca2+ channels.
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- Vibeke Secher Dam
- Department of Biomedicine, MEMBRANES, Aarhus University, Ole Worms Alle bygn.4, 1163, Aarhus, C 8000, Denmark
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Matchkov VV, Secher Dam V, Bødtkjer DMB, Aalkjær C. Transport and Function of Chloride in Vascular Smooth Muscles. J Vasc Res 2013; 50:69-87. [DOI: 10.1159/000345242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2012] [Accepted: 10/16/2012] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Thomas-Gatewood C, Neeb ZP, Bulley S, Adebiyi A, Bannister JP, Leo MD, Jaggar JH. TMEM16A channels generate Ca²⁺-activated Cl⁻ currents in cerebral artery smooth muscle cells. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2011; 301:H1819-27. [PMID: 21856902 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00404.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Transmembrane protein (TMEM)16A channels are recently discovered membrane proteins that display electrophysiological properties similar to classic Ca(2+)-activated Cl(-) (Cl(Ca)) channels in native cells. The molecular identity of proteins that generate Cl(Ca) currents in smooth muscle cells (SMCs) of resistance-size arteries is unclear. Similarly, whether cerebral artery SMCs generate Cl(Ca) currents is controversial. Here, using molecular biology and patch-clamp electrophysiology, we examined TMEM16A channel expression and characterized Cl(-) currents in arterial SMCs of resistance-size rat cerebral arteries. RT-PCR amplified transcripts for TMEM16A but not TMEM16B-TMEM16H, TMEM16J, or TMEM16K family members in isolated pure cerebral artery SMCs. Western blot analysis using an antibody that recognized recombinant (r)TMEM16A channels detected TMEM16A protein in cerebral artery lysates. Arterial surface biotinylation and immunofluorescence indicated that TMEM16A channels are located primarily within the arterial SMC plasma membrane. Whole cell Cl(Ca) currents in arterial SMCs displayed properties similar to those generated by rTMEM16A channels, including Ca(2+) dependence, current-voltage relationship linearization by an elevation in intracellular Ca(2+) concentration, a Nerstian shift in reversal potential induced by reducing the extracellular Cl(-) concentration, and a negative reversal potential shift when substituting extracellular I(-) for Cl(-). A pore-targeting TMEM16A antibody similarly inhibited both arterial SMC Cl(Ca) and rTMEM16A currents. TMEM16A knockdown using small interfering RNA also inhibited arterial SMC Cl(Ca) currents. In summary, these data indicate that TMEM16A channels are expressed, insert into the plasma membrane, and generate Cl(Ca) currents in cerebral artery SMCs.
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- Candice Thomas-Gatewood
- Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA
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This minireview discusses vasomotion, which is the oscillation in tone of blood vessels leading to flowmotion. We will briefly discuss the prevalence of vasomotion and its potential physiological and pathophysiological relevance. We will also discuss the models that have been suggested to explain how a coordinated oscillatory activity of the smooth muscle tone can occur and emphasize the role of the endothelium, the handling of intracellular Ca(2+) and the role of smooth muscle cell ion conductances. It is concluded that vasomotion is likely to enhance tissue dialysis, although this concept still requires more experimental verification, and that an understanding at the molecular level for the pathways leading to vasomotion is beginning to emerge.
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- C Aalkjær
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, The Water and Salt Centre, Aarhus University, Denmark.
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Broegger T, Jacobsen JCB, Secher Dam V, Boedtkjer DMB, Kold-Petersen H, Pedersen FS, Aalkjaer C, Matchkov VV. Bestrophin is important for the rhythmic but not the tonic contraction in rat mesenteric small arteries. Cardiovasc Res 2011; 91:685-93. [PMID: 21498420 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvr111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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AIMS We have previously characterized a cGMP-dependent Ca(2+)-activated Cl(-) current in vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) and have shown its dependence on bestrophin-3 expression. We hypothesize that this current is important for synchronization of SMCs in the vascular wall. In the present study, we aimed to test this hypothesis by transfecting rat mesenteric small arteries in vivo with siRNA specifically targeting bestrophin-3. METHODS AND RESULTS The arteries were tested 3 days after transfection in vitro for isometric force development and for intracellular Ca(2+) in SMCs. Bestrophin-3 expression was significantly reduced compared with arteries transfected with mutated siRNA. mRNA levels for bestrophin-1 and -2 were also significantly reduced by bestrophin-3 down-regulation. This is suggested to be secondary to specific bestrophin-3 down-regulation since siRNAs targeting different exons of the bestrophin-3 gene had identical effects on bestrophin-1 and -2 expression. The transfection affected neither the maximal contractile response nor the sensitivity to norepinephrine and arginine-vasopressin. The amplitude of agonist-induced vasomotion was significantly reduced in arteries down-regulated for bestrophins compared with controls, and asynchronous Ca(2+) waves appeared in the SMCs. The average frequency of vasomotion was not different. 8Br-cGMP restored vasomotion in arteries where the endothelium was removed, but oscillation amplitude was still significantly less in bestrophin-down-regulated arteries. Thus, vasomotion properties were consistent with those previously characterized for rat mesenteric small arteries. Data from our mathematical model are consistent with the experimental results. CONCLUSION This study demonstrates the importance of bestrophins for synchronization of SMCs and strongly supports our hypothesis for generation of vasomotion.
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- Torbjoern Broegger
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Aarhus University, Ole Worms Alle bygn.4, 1163, Aarhus C 8000, Denmark
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Manoury B, Tamuleviciute A, Tammaro P. TMEM16A/anoctamin 1 protein mediates calcium-activated chloride currents in pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells. J Physiol 2010; 588:2305-14. [PMID: 20421283 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.189506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Calcium-activated chloride channels (CaCCs) play important roles in several physiological processes. In vascular smooth muscle, activation of these ion channels by agonist-induced Ca(2+) release results in membrane depolarization and vasoconstriction. The molecular identity of vascular CaCCs is not fully defined. Here we present evidence that TMEM16A (or anoctamin 1), a member of the transmembrane 16 (TMEM16) protein family, forms CaCCs in pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PASMCs). Patch-clamp analysis in freshly isolated PASMCs revealed strongly outward-rectifying, slowly activating Ca(2+)-activated Cl(-) currents sharing a high degree of similarity with heterologous TMEM16A currents. TMEM16A mRNA was identified in rat and human pulmonary arteries and various other vascular smooth muscle cell types. Further analyses revealed that several TMEM16A splice variants were detected in rat PASMCs and that TMEM16F and TMEM16K were also expressed in these cells, while TMEM16B, TMEM16D and TMEM16E were all at least 50 times less abundantly expressed and the remaining TMEM16 family members were absent. Downregulation of TMEM16A gene expression in primary cultures of rat PASMCs, with small interfering RNAs, was accompanied by almost total loss of whole-cell CaCC currents. Based on these results, we propose that TMEM16A is the major constituent of the vascular calcium-activated chloride channel in rat pulmonary artery smooth muscle.
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- Boris Manoury
- Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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Fellner SK, Arendshorst WJ. Complex interactions of NO/cGMP/PKG systems on Ca2+ signaling in afferent arteriolar vascular smooth muscle. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2009; 298:H144-51. [PMID: 19880669 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00485.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Little is known about the effects of nitric oxide (NO) and the cyclic GMP (cGMP)/protein kinase G (PKG) system on Ca(2+) signaling in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) of resistance vessels in general and afferent arterioles in particular. We tested the hypotheses that cGMP-, Ca(2+)-dependent big potassium channels (BK(Ca(2+))) buffer the Ca(2+) response to depolarization by high extracellular KCl and that NO inhibits adenosine diphosphoribose (ADPR) cyclase, thereby reducing the Ca(2+)-induced Ca(2+) release. We isolated rat afferent arterioles, utilizing the magnetized microsphere method, and measured cytosolic Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) with fura-2, a preparation in which endothelial cells do not participate in [Ca(2+)](i) responses. KCl (50 mM)-induced depolarization causes an immediate increase in [Ca(2+)](i) of 151 nM. The blockers N(omega)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (of nitric oxide synthase), 1,2,4-oxodiazolo-[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ, of guanylyl cyclase), KT-5823 (of PKG activation), and iberiotoxin (IBX, of BK(Ca(2+)) activity) do not alter the [Ca(2+)](i) response to KCl, suggesting no discernible endogenous NO production under basal conditions. The NO donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP) reduces the [Ca(2+)](i) response to 77 nM; IBX restores the response to control values. These data show that activation of BK(Ca(2+)) in the presence of NO/cGMP provides a brake on KCl-induced [Ca(2+)](i) responses. Experiments with the inhibitor of cyclic ADPR 8-bromo-cyclic ADPR (8-Br-cADPR) and SNP + downstream inhibitors of PKG and BK(Ca(2+)) suggest that NO inhibits ADPR cyclase in intact arterioles. When we pretreat afferent arterioles with 8-bromoguanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (8-Br-cGMP; 10 muM), the response to KCl is 143 nM. However, in the presence of both IBX and 8-Br-cGMP, we observe a surprising doubling of the [Ca(2+)](i) response to KCl. In summary, we present evidence for effects of the NO/cGMP/PKG system to reduce [Ca(2+)](i), via activation of BK(Ca(2+)) and possibly by inhibition of ADPR cyclase, and to increase [Ca(2+)](i), by a mechanism(s) yet to be defined.
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- Susan K Fellner
- Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7545, USA.
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Xu L, Ting-Lou, Lv N, Zhu X, Chen Y, Yang J. Emodin augments calcium activated chloride channel in colonic smooth muscle cells by Gi/Go protein. Eur J Pharmacol 2009; 615:171-6. [PMID: 19409890 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2009.04.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2008] [Revised: 04/12/2009] [Accepted: 04/20/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Emodin is a natural anthraquinone in rhubarb. It has been identified as a prokinetic drug for gastrointestinal motility in Chinese traditional medicine. Emodin contracts smooth muscle by increasing the concentration of intracellular Ca(2+). In many smooth muscles, increasing intracellular Ca(2+) activates Ca(2+)-activated Cl(-) channels (ClCA). The study was aimed to investigate the effects of emodin on ClCA channels in colonic smooth muscle. 4 channel physiology signal acquire system was used to measure isometric contraction of smooth muscle strips. ClCA currents were recorded by EPC10 with perforated whole cell model. Emodin contracted strips and cells in colonic smooth muscle and augmented ClCA currents. Niflumic acid (NFA) and 4', 4'-diisothiostilbene-2, 2-disulfonic acid (DIDS) blocked the effects. Gi/Go protein inhibits protein kinase A (PKA) and protein kinase C (PKC), and PKA and PKC reduced ClCA currents. Pertussis toxin (PTX, a special inhibitor of Gi/Go protein), 8-bromoadenosine 38, 58-cyclic monophosphate (8-BrcAMP, a membrane-permeant protein kinase A activator) and Phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate (PMA, a membrane-permeant protein kinase C activator) inhibited the effects on ClCA currents significantly. Our findings suggest that emodin augments ClCA channels to contract smooth muscle in colon, and the effect is induced mostly by enhancement of membrane Gi/Go protein signal transducer pathway.
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- Long Xu
- Department of gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330006, Jiangxi, China
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Dombkowski RA, Whitfield NL, Motterlini R, Gao Y, Olson KR. Effects of carbon monoxide on trout and lamprey vessels. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2009; 296:R141-9. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.90507.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Carbon monoxide (CO) is endogenously produced by heme oxygenase (HO) and is involved in vascular, neural, and inflammatory responses in mammals. However, the biological activities of CO in nonmammalian vertebrates is unknown. To this extent, we used smooth muscle myography to investigate the effects of exogenously applied CO (delivered via a water-soluble CO-releasing molecule, CORM-3) on isolated lamprey ( Petromyzon marinus) dorsal aortas and examined its mechanisms of action on trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss) efferent branchial (EBA) and celiacomesenteric (CMA) arteries. CORM-3 dose-dependently relaxed all vessels examined. Trout EBA were twofold more sensitive to CORM-3 when precontracted with norepinephrine (NE) than KCl and CORM-3 relaxed five-fold more of the NE- than KCl-induced tension. Glybenclamide (10 μM), an ATP-sensitive potassium channel inhibitor, inhibited NE-induced contraction, but did not affect CORM-3-induced relaxation. NS-2028 (10 μM), a soluble guanylyl cyclase inhibitor, had no effect on a NE-contraction, but inhibited a subsequent CORM-3-induced relaxation. Zinc protopophyrin-IX (ZnPP-IX, 0.3–30 μM), a HO inhibitor, elicited a small, yet dose-dependent and significant, increase in baseline tension but did not have any effect on subsequent NE-induced contractions or a nitric oxide-induced relaxation (via sodium nitroprusside). [ZnPP-IX] greater than 3 μM, however, significantly reduced the predominant vasodilatory response of trout EBA to hydrogen sulfide. These results implicate an active HO/CO pathway in trout vessels having an impact on resting vessel tone and CO-induced vasoactivity that is at least partially mediated by soluble guanylyl cyclase.
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Matchkov VV, Larsen P, Bouzinova EV, Rojek A, Boedtkjer DMB, Golubinskaya V, Pedersen FS, Aalkjaer C, Nilsson H. Bestrophin-3 (vitelliform macular dystrophy 2-like 3 protein) is essential for the cGMP-dependent calcium-activated chloride conductance in vascular smooth muscle cells. Circ Res 2008; 103:864-72. [PMID: 18776041 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.108.178517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Although the biophysical fingerprints (ion selectivity, voltage-dependence, kinetics, etc) of Ca(2+)-activated Cl(-) currents are well established, their molecular identity is still controversial. Several molecular candidates have been suggested; however, none of them has been fully accepted. We have recently characterized a cGMP-dependent Ca(2+)-activated Cl(-) current with unique characteristics in smooth muscle cells. This novel current has been shown to coexist with a "classic" (cGMP-independent) Ca(2+)-activated Cl(-) current and to have characteristics distinct from those previously known for Ca(2+)-activated Cl(-) currents. Here, we suggest that a bestrophin, a product of the Best gene family, is responsible for the cGMP-dependent Ca(2+)-activated Cl(-) current based on similarities between the membrane currents produced by heterologous expressions of bestrophins and the cGMP-dependent Ca(2+)-activated Cl(-) current. This is supported by similarities in the distribution pattern of the cGMP-dependent Ca(2+)-activated Cl(-) current and bestrophin-3 (the product of Best-3 gene) expression in different smooth muscle. Furthermore, downregulation of Best-3 gene expression with small interfering RNA both in cultured cells and in vascular smooth muscle cells in vivo was associated with a significant reduction of the cGMP-dependent Ca(2+)-activated Cl(-) current, whereas the magnitude of the classic Ca(2+)-activated Cl(-) current was not affected. The majority of previous suggestions that bestrophins are a new Cl(-) channel family were based on heterologous expression in cell culture studies. Our present results demonstrate that at least 1 family member, bestrophin-3, is essential for a well-defined endogenous Ca(2+)-activated Cl(-) current in smooth muscles in the intact vascular wall.
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- Vladimir V Matchkov
- Water and Salt Centre, Institute of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Aarhus, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
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Vasomotion has chloride-dependency in rat mesenteric small arteries. Pflugers Arch 2008; 457:389-404. [DOI: 10.1007/s00424-008-0532-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2008] [Revised: 04/22/2008] [Accepted: 05/13/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Changes of noradrenaline-induced contractility and gene expression in aorta of rats acclimated to heat in two different modes. Eur J Appl Physiol 2008; 104:29-40. [DOI: 10.1007/s00421-008-0772-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/24/2008] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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