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Lin J, Scullion L, Garland CJ, Dora K. Gβγ subunit signalling underlies neuropeptide Y-stimulated vasoconstriction in rat mesenteric and coronary arteries. Br J Pharmacol 2023; 180:3045-3058. [PMID: 37460913 PMCID: PMC10953346 DOI: 10.1111/bph.16192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2023] [Revised: 06/27/2023] [Accepted: 07/09/2023] [Indexed: 08/10/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Raised serum concentrations of the sympathetic co-transmitter neuropeptide Y (NPY) are linked to cardiovascular diseases. However, the signalling mechanism for vascular smooth muscle (VSM) constriction to NPY is poorly understood. Therefore, the present study investigated the mechanisms of NPY-induced vasoconstriction in rat small mesenteric (RMA) and coronary (RCA) arteries. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Third-order mesenteric or intra-septal arteries from male Wistar rats were assessed in wire myographs for isometric tension, VSM membrane potential and VSM intracellular Ca2+ events. KEY RESULTS NPY stimulated concentration-dependent vasoconstriction in both RMA and RCA, which was augmented by blocking NO synthase or endothelial denudation in RMA. NPY-mediated vasoconstriction was blocked by the selective Y1 receptor antagonist BIBO 3304 and Y1 receptor protein expression was detected in both the VSM and endothelial cells in RMA and RCA. The selective Gβγ subunit inhibitor gallein and the PLC inhibitor U-73122 attenuated NPY-induced vasoconstriction. Signalling via the Gβγ-PLC pathway stimulated VSM Ca2+ waves and whole-field synchronised Ca2+ flashes in RMA and increased the frequency of Ca2+ flashes in myogenically active RCA. Furthermore, in RMA, the Gβγ pathway linked NPY to VSM depolarization and generation of action potential-like spikes associated with intense vasoconstriction. This depolarization activated L-type voltage-gated Ca2+ channels, as nifedipine abolished NPY-mediated vasoconstriction. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS These data suggest that the Gβγ subunit, which dissociates upon Y1 receptor activation, initiates VSM membrane depolarization and Ca2+ mobilisation to cause vasoconstriction. This model may help explain the development of microvascular vasospasm during raised sympathetic nerve activity.
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- JinHeng Lin
- Department of PharmacologyUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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- Department of PharmacologyUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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Nayeem MA, Geldenhuys WJ, Hanif A. Role of cytochrome P450-epoxygenase and soluble epoxide hydrolase in the regulation of vascular response. ADVANCES IN PHARMACOLOGY 2023; 97:37-131. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.apha.2022.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Nayeem MA, Hanif A, Geldenhuys WJ, Agba S. Crosstalk between adenosine receptors and CYP450-derived oxylipins in the modulation of cardiovascular, including coronary reactive hyperemic response. Pharmacol Ther 2022; 240:108213. [PMID: 35597366 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2022.108213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Revised: 05/11/2022] [Accepted: 05/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Adenosine is a ubiquitous endogenous nucleoside or autacoid that affects the cardiovascular system through the activation of four G-protein coupled receptors: adenosine A1 receptor (A1AR), adenosine A2A receptor (A2AAR), adenosine A2B receptor (A2BAR), and adenosine A3 receptor (A3AR). With the rapid generation of this nucleoside from cellular metabolism and the widespread distribution of its four G-protein coupled receptors in almost all organs and tissues of the body, this autacoid induces multiple physiological as well as pathological effects, not only regulating the cardiovascular system but also the central nervous system, peripheral vascular system, and immune system. Mounting evidence shows the role of CYP450-enzymes in cardiovascular physiology and pathology, and the genetic polymorphisms in CYP450s can increase susceptibility to cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). One of the most important physiological roles of CYP450-epoxygenases (CYP450-2C & CYP2J2) is the metabolism of arachidonic acid (AA) and linoleic acid (LA) into epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) and epoxyoctadecaenoic acid (EpOMEs) which generally involve in vasodilation. Like an increase in coronary reactive hyperemia (CRH), an increase in anti-inflammation, and cardioprotective effects. Moreover, the genetic polymorphisms in CYP450-epoxygenases will change the beneficial cardiovascular effects of metabolites or oxylipins into detrimental effects. The soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) is another crucial enzyme ubiquitously expressed in all living organisms and almost all organs and tissues. However, in contrast to CYP450-epoxygenases, sEH converts EETs into dihydroxyeicosatrienoic acid (DHETs), EpOMEs into dihydroxyoctadecaenoic acid (DiHOMEs), and others and reverses the beneficial effects of epoxy-fatty acids leading to vasoconstriction, reducing CRH, increase in pro-inflammation, increase in pro-thrombotic and become less cardioprotective. Therefore, polymorphisms in the sEH gene (Ephx2) cause the enzyme to become overactive, making it more vulnerable to CVDs, including hypertension. Besides the sEH, ω-hydroxylases (CYP450-4A11 & CYP450-4F2) derived metabolites from AA, ω terminal-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acids (19-, 20-HETE), lipoxygenase-derived mid-chain hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acids (5-, 11-, 12-, 15-HETEs), and the cyclooxygenase-derived prostanoids (prostaglandins: PGD2, PGF2α; thromboxane: Txs, oxylipins) are involved in vasoconstriction, hypertension, reduction in CRH, pro-inflammation and cardiac toxicity. Interestingly, the interactions of adenosine receptors (A2AAR, A1AR) with CYP450-epoxygenases, ω-hydroxylases, sEH, and their derived metabolites or oxygenated polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs or oxylipins) is shown in the regulation of the cardiovascular functions. In addition, much evidence demonstrates polymorphisms in CYP450-epoxygenases, ω-hydroxylases, and sEH genes (Ephx2) and adenosine receptor genes (ADORA1 & ADORA2) in the human population with the susceptibility to CVDs, including hypertension. CVDs are the number one cause of death globally, coronary artery disease (CAD) was the leading cause of death in the US in 2019, and hypertension is one of the most potent causes of CVDs. This review summarizes the articles related to the crosstalk between adenosine receptors and CYP450-derived oxylipins in vascular, including the CRH response in regular salt-diet fed and high salt-diet fed mice with the correlation of heart perfusate/plasma oxylipins. By using A2AAR-/-, A1AR-/-, eNOS-/-, sEH-/- or Ephx2-/-, vascular sEH-overexpressed (Tie2-sEH Tr), vascular CYP2J2-overexpressed (Tie2-CYP2J2 Tr), and wild-type (WT) mice. This review article also summarizes the role of pro-and anti-inflammatory oxylipins in cardiovascular function/dysfunction in mice and humans. Therefore, more studies are needed better to understand the crosstalk between the adenosine receptors and eicosanoids to develop diagnostic and therapeutic tools by using plasma oxylipins profiles in CVDs, including hypertensive cases in the future.
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- Mohammed A Nayeem
- Faculties of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.
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- Faculties of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA
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- Faculties of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA
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- Graduate student, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA
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Pak ES, Cha JJ, Cha DR, Kanasaki K, Ha H. Adenosine receptors as emerging therapeutic targets for diabetic kidney disease. Kidney Res Clin Pract 2022; 41:S74-S88. [PMID: 36239063 PMCID: PMC9590297 DOI: 10.23876/j.krcp.22.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2022] [Revised: 04/27/2022] [Accepted: 05/05/2022] [Indexed: 08/07/2023] Open
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Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is now a pandemic worldwide, and novel therapeutic options are urgently required. Adenosine, an adenosine triphosphate metabolite, plays a role in kidney homeostasis through interacting with four types of adenosine receptors (ARs): A1AR, A2AAR, A2BAR, and A3AR. Increasing evidence highlights the role of adenosine and ARs in the development and progression of DKD: 1) increased adenosine in the plasma and urine of diabetics with kidney injury, 2) increased expression of each of the ARs in diabetic kidneys, 3) the protective effect of coffee, a commonly ingested nonselective AR antagonist, on DKD, and 4) the protective effect of AR modulators in experimental DKD models. We propose AR modulators as a new therapeutic option to treat DKD. Detailed mechanistic studies on the pharmacology of AR modulators will help us to develop effective first-in-class AR modulators against DKD.
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- Eun Seon Pak
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Nephrology, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Nephrology, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medical 1, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Singh AP, Chandrasekharan P, Gugino S, Berkelhamer S, Wang H, Nielsen L, Kumar VHS. Effects of Neonatal Caffeine Administration on Vessel Reactivity in Adult Mice. Am J Perinatol 2021; 38:1320-1329. [PMID: 32485758 DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1712953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The effects of neonatal caffeine therapy in adults born preterm are uncertain. We studied the impact of neonatal caffeine on systemic blood pressure, vessel reactivity, and response to stress in adult mice. STUDY DESIGN Mice pups were randomized to caffeine (20 mg/kg/d) or saline by intraperitoneal injection for 10 days after birth. We performed tail-cuff BP (8/12 weeks), urinary 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine and fecal corticosterone (14 weeks), and vessel reactivity in aortic rings (16 weeks) in adult mice. RESULTS No differences were noted in systolic, diastolic, and mean blood pressures between the two groups at 8 and 12 weeks of age. However, norepinephrine-induced vasoconstriction was substantially higher in aortic rings in CAF-treated male mice. More significant vasodilator responses to nitric oxide donors in aortic rings in female mice may suggest gender-specific effects of caffeine. Female mice exposed to caffeine had significantly lower body weight over-time. Caffeine-treated male mice had substantially higher fecal corticosterone and urinary 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine at 14 weeks, suggestive of chronic stress. CONCLUSION We conclude sex-specific vulnerability to the heightened vascular tone of the aorta in male mice following neonatal caffeine therapy. Altered vessel reactivity and chronic stress in the presence of other risk factors may predispose to the development of systemic hypertension in adults born preterm.
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- Ajay Pratap Singh
- Department of Pediatrics, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas
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- Department of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
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- Department of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
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- Department of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
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- Department of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
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Guieu R, Brignole M, Deharo JC, Deharo P, Mottola G, Groppelli A, Paganelli F, Ruf J. Adenosine Receptor Reserve and Long-Term Potentiation: Unconventional Adaptive Mechanisms in Cardiovascular Diseases? Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22147584. [PMID: 34299203 PMCID: PMC8303608 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22147584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2021] [Revised: 07/10/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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While the concept of a receptor reserve (spare receptors) is old, their presence on human cells as an adaptive mechanism in cardiovascular disease is a new suggestion. The presence of spare receptors is suspected when the activation of a weak fraction of receptors leads to maximal biological effects, in other words, when the half-maximal effective concentration (EC50) for a biological effect (cAMP production, for example) is lower than the affinity (KD) of the ligand for a receptor. Adenosine is an ATP derivative that strongly impacts the cardiovascular system via its four membrane receptors, named A1R, A2AR, A2BR, and A3R, with the A1R being more particularly involved in heart rhythm, while the A2AR controls vasodilation. After a general description of the tools necessary to explore the presence of spare receptors, this review focuses on the consequences of the presence of spare adenosine receptors in cardiovascular physiopathology. Finally, the role of the adenosinergic system in the long-term potentiation and its possible consequences on the physiopathology are also mentioned.
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- Régis Guieu
- Center for CardioVascular and Nutrition Research, INSERM, INRAE, Aix-Marseille University, 13005 Marseille, France; (J.C.D.); (P.D.); (G.M.); (F.P.); (J.R.)
- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Assistance Publique des Hopitaux, 13005 Marseille, France
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +33-491-385-650
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- IRCCS, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Ospedale San Luca, 13000 Milan, Italy;
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- Center for CardioVascular and Nutrition Research, INSERM, INRAE, Aix-Marseille University, 13005 Marseille, France; (J.C.D.); (P.D.); (G.M.); (F.P.); (J.R.)
- Department of Cardiology, CHU Timone, 13005 Marseille, France
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- Center for CardioVascular and Nutrition Research, INSERM, INRAE, Aix-Marseille University, 13005 Marseille, France; (J.C.D.); (P.D.); (G.M.); (F.P.); (J.R.)
- Department of Cardiology, CHU Timone, 13005 Marseille, France
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- Center for CardioVascular and Nutrition Research, INSERM, INRAE, Aix-Marseille University, 13005 Marseille, France; (J.C.D.); (P.D.); (G.M.); (F.P.); (J.R.)
- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Assistance Publique des Hopitaux, 13005 Marseille, France
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- Center for CardioVascular and Nutrition Research, INSERM, INRAE, Aix-Marseille University, 13005 Marseille, France; (J.C.D.); (P.D.); (G.M.); (F.P.); (J.R.)
- Department of Cardiovascular, Neural and Metabolic Sciences, Faint & Fall Programme, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, San Luca Hospital, 13000 Milan, Italy
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- Center for CardioVascular and Nutrition Research, INSERM, INRAE, Aix-Marseille University, 13005 Marseille, France; (J.C.D.); (P.D.); (G.M.); (F.P.); (J.R.)
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"Adenosine an old player with new possibilities in kidney diseases": Preclinical evidences and clinical perspectives. Life Sci 2020; 265:118834. [PMID: 33249096 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2020.118834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2020] [Revised: 10/02/2020] [Accepted: 11/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Renal injury might originate from multiple factors like ischemia reperfusion (I/R), drug toxicity, cystic fibrosis, radio contrast agent etc. The four adenosine receptor subtypes have been identified and found to show diverse physiological and pathological roles in kidney diseases. The activation of A1 adenosine receptor (A1) protects against acute kidney injury by improving renal hemodynamic alterations, decreasing tubular necrosis and its inhibition might facilitate removal of toxin or drug metabolite in chronic kidney disease models. Furthermore, recent findings revealed that A2A receptor subtype activation regulates macrophage phenotype in experimental models of nephritis. Interestingly the emerging role of adenosine kinase inhibitors in kidney diseases has been discussed which act by increasing adenosine availability at target sites and thereby promote A2A receptor stimulation. In addition, the least explored adenosine receptor subtype A3 inhibition was observed to exert anti- oxidant, immunosuppressive and anti-fibrotic effects, but more studies are required to confirm its benefits in other renal injury models. The clinical studies targeting A1 receptor in patients with pre-existing kidney disease have yielded disappointing results, perhaps owing to the origin of unexpected neurological complications during the course of trial. Importantly, conducting well designed clinical trials and testing adenosine modulators with lesser brain penetrability could clear the way for clinical approval of these agents for patients with renal functional impairments.
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Calderón-Zamora L, Canizalez-Román A, León-Sicairos N, Aguilera-Mendez A, Huang F, Hong E, Villafaña S. Changes in expression of orphan receptors GPR99 and GPR107 during the development and establishment of hypertension in spontaneously hypertensive rats. J Recept Signal Transduct Res 2020; 41:558-565. [PMID: 33121311 DOI: 10.1080/10799893.2020.1835959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Hypertension is a disease, which in spite of existing treatments continues to have high morbidity and mortality, which suggests that there are other mechanisms involved in this pathology. In this sense, the orphan receptors are G protein-coupled receptor associated with various pathologies such as GPR99 which has been linked to mice develop left ventricular hypertrophy induced by blood pressure overload while GPR107 with patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension. For this reason, the aim of this work was to study if the expression of the orphan receptors GPR99 and GPR107 are modified by arterial hypertension. Male SHR and WKY rats of 6-8 and 10-12 weeks old were used. The weight, systolic blood pressure and heart rate were measured, as well as the mRNA of the receptors GPR99 and GPR107 in the aorta, kidney, heart and brain by RT-PCR, also was realized an in silico analysis to predict which G protein could be coupled the orphan receptor GPR107. Our results showed that receptors GPR99 and GPR107 are expressed in the analyzed tissues and their expression profile tends to change at different ages and with the development of hypertension, for the other hand, the bioinformatics analysis for GPR107 showed that is coupled to Gi protein. Therefore, we do not rule out that GPR99 and GPR107 could be involved in the pathophysiology of hypertension and could be used as targets therapeutic in hypertension.
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- CIASaP, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Culiacán, México
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químico Biológicas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás Hidalgo, Morelia, México
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- Laboratorio de Investigación de Farmacología, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez (HIMFG), Ciudad de México, México
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- Laboratorio de Farmacología Molecular, Sección de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ciudad de México, México
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Paganelli F, Gaudry M, Ruf J, Guieu R. Recent advances in the role of the adenosinergic system in coronary artery disease. Cardiovasc Res 2020; 117:1284-1294. [PMID: 32991685 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvaa275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2020] [Revised: 08/14/2020] [Accepted: 09/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Adenosine is an endogenous nucleoside that plays a major role in the physiology and physiopathology of the coronary artery system, mainly by activating its A2A receptors (A2AR). Adenosine is released by myocardial, endothelial, and immune cells during hypoxia, ischaemia, or inflammation, each condition being present in coronary artery disease (CAD). While activation of A2AR improves coronary blood circulation and leads to anti-inflammatory effects, down-regulation of A2AR has many deleterious effects during CAD. A decrease in the level and/or activity of A2AR leads to: (i) lack of vasodilation, which decreases blood flow, leading to a decrease in myocardial oxygenation and tissue hypoxia; (ii) an increase in the immune response, favouring inflammation; and (iii) platelet aggregation, which therefore participates, in part, in the formation of a fibrin-platelet thrombus after the rupture or erosion of the plaque, leading to the occurrence of acute coronary syndrome. Inflammation contributes to the development of atherosclerosis, leading to myocardial ischaemia, which in turn leads to tissue hypoxia. Therefore, a vicious circle is created that maintains and aggravates CAD. In some cases, studying the adenosinergic profile can help assess the severity of CAD. In fact, inducible ischaemia in CAD patients, as assessed by exercise stress test or fractional flow reserve, is associated with the presence of a reserve of A2AR called spare receptors. The purpose of this review is to present emerging experimental evidence supporting the existence of this adaptive adenosinergic response to ischaemia or inflammation in CAD. We believe that we have achieved a breakthrough in the understanding and modelling of spare A2AR, based upon a new concept allowing for a new and non-invasive CAD management.
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- Franck Paganelli
- C2VN, INSERM, INRAE, Aix-Marseille University, Campus Santé Timone, Faculté de Pharmacie, 27 Bd Jean Moulin, F-13005 Marseille, France.,Department of Cardiology, North Hospital, Chemin des Bourrely, F-13015 Marseille, France
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Timone Hospital, 278 Rue Saint Pierre, F-13005 Marseille, France
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- C2VN, INSERM, INRAE, Aix-Marseille University, Campus Santé Timone, Faculté de Pharmacie, 27 Bd Jean Moulin, F-13005 Marseille, France
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- C2VN, INSERM, INRAE, Aix-Marseille University, Campus Santé Timone, Faculté de Pharmacie, 27 Bd Jean Moulin, F-13005 Marseille, France.,Laboratory of Biochemistry, Timone Hospital, 278 Rue Saint Pierre, F-13005 Marseille, France
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Gyimesi G, Pujol-Giménez J, Kanai Y, Hediger MA. Sodium-coupled glucose transport, the SLC5 family, and therapeutically relevant inhibitors: from molecular discovery to clinical application. Pflugers Arch 2020; 472:1177-1206. [PMID: 32767111 PMCID: PMC7462921 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-020-02433-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2020] [Revised: 06/24/2020] [Accepted: 07/02/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Sodium glucose transporters (SGLTs) belong to the mammalian solute carrier family SLC5. This family includes 12 different members in human that mediate the transport of sugars, vitamins, amino acids, or smaller organic ions such as choline. The SLC5 family belongs to the sodium symporter family (SSS), which encompasses transporters from all kingdoms of life. It furthermore shares similarity to the structural fold of the APC (amino acid-polyamine-organocation) transporter family. Three decades after the first molecular identification of the intestinal Na+-glucose cotransporter SGLT1 by expression cloning, many new discoveries have evolved, from mechanistic analysis to molecular genetics, structural biology, drug discovery, and clinical applications. All of these advances have greatly influenced physiology and medicine. While SGLT1 is essential for fast absorption of glucose and galactose in the intestine, the expression of SGLT2 is largely confined to the early part of the kidney proximal tubules, where it reabsorbs the bulk part of filtered glucose. SGLT2 has been successfully exploited by the pharmaceutical industry to develop effective new drugs for the treatment of diabetic patients. These SGLT2 inhibitors, termed gliflozins, also exhibit favorable nephroprotective effects and likely also cardioprotective effects. In addition, given the recent finding that SGLT2 is also expressed in tumors of pancreas and prostate and in glioblastoma, this opens the door to potential new therapeutic strategies for cancer treatment by specifically targeting SGLT2. Likewise, further discoveries related to the functional association of other SGLTs of the SLC5 family to human pathologies will open the door to potential new therapeutic strategies. We furthermore hope that the herein summarized information about the physiological roles of SGLTs and the therapeutic benefits of the gliflozins will be useful for our readers to better understand the molecular basis of the beneficial effects of these inhibitors, also in the context of the tubuloglomerular feedback (TGF), and the renin-angiotensin system (RAS). The detailed mechanisms underlying the clinical benefits of SGLT2 inhibition by gliflozins still warrant further investigation that may serve as a basis for future drug development.
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- Gergely Gyimesi
- Membrane Transport Discovery Lab, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, and Department of Biomedical Research, Inselspital, University of Bern, Kinderklinik, Office D845, Freiburgstrasse 15, CH-3010, Bern, Switzerland
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- Membrane Transport Discovery Lab, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, and Department of Biomedical Research, Inselspital, University of Bern, Kinderklinik, Office D845, Freiburgstrasse 15, CH-3010, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Bio-system Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Membrane Transport Discovery Lab, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, and Department of Biomedical Research, Inselspital, University of Bern, Kinderklinik, Office D845, Freiburgstrasse 15, CH-3010, Bern, Switzerland.
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Jones NK, Stewart K, Czopek A, Menzies RI, Thomson A, Moran CM, Cairns C, Conway BR, Denby L, Livingstone DEW, Wiseman J, Hadoke PW, Webb DJ, Dhaun N, Dear JW, Mullins JJ, Bailey MA. Endothelin-1 Mediates the Systemic and Renal Hemodynamic Effects of GPR81 Activation. Hypertension 2020; 75:1213-1222. [PMID: 32200679 PMCID: PMC7176350 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.119.14308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text. GPR81 (G-protein-coupled receptor 81) is highly expressed in adipocytes, and activation by the endogenous ligand lactate inhibits lipolysis. GPR81 is also expressed in the heart, liver, and kidney, but roles in nonadipose tissues are poorly defined. GPR81 agonists, developed to improve blood lipid profile, might also provide insights into GPR81 physiology. Here, we assessed the blood pressure and renal hemodynamic responses to the GPR81 agonist, AZ′5538. In male wild-type mice, intravenous AZ′5538 infusion caused a rapid and sustained increase in systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Renal artery blood flow, intrarenal tissue perfusion, and glomerular filtration rate were all significantly reduced. AZ′5538 had no effect on blood pressure or renal hemodynamics in Gpr81−/− mice. Gpr81 mRNA was expressed in renal artery vascular smooth muscle, in the afferent arteriole, in glomerular and medullary perivascular cells, and in pericyte-like cells isolated from kidney. Intravenous AZ′5538 increased plasma ET-1 (endothelin 1), and pretreatment with BQ123 (endothelin-A receptor antagonist) prevented the pressor effects of GPR81 activation, whereas BQ788 (endothelin-B receptor antagonist) did not. Renal ischemia-reperfusion injury, which increases renal extracellular lactate, increased the renal expression of genes encoding ET-1, KIM-1 (Kidney Injury Molecule 1), collagen type 1-α1, TNF-α (tumor necrosis factor-α), and F4/80 in wild-type mice but not in Gpr81−/− mice. In summary, activation of GPR81 in vascular smooth muscle and perivascular cells regulates renal hemodynamics, mediated by release of the potent vasoconstrictor ET-1. This suggests that lactate may be a paracrine regulator of renal blood flow, particularly relevant when extracellular lactate is high as occurs during ischemic renal disease.
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- Natalie K Jones
- From the University/British Heart Foundation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom (N.K.J., K.S., A.C., R.I.M., A.T., C.M.M., C.C., B.R.C., L.D., D.E.W.L., P.W.H., D.J.W., N.D., J.W.D., J.J.M., M.A.B.)
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- From the University/British Heart Foundation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom (N.K.J., K.S., A.C., R.I.M., A.T., C.M.M., C.C., B.R.C., L.D., D.E.W.L., P.W.H., D.J.W., N.D., J.W.D., J.J.M., M.A.B.)
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- From the University/British Heart Foundation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom (N.K.J., K.S., A.C., R.I.M., A.T., C.M.M., C.C., B.R.C., L.D., D.E.W.L., P.W.H., D.J.W., N.D., J.W.D., J.J.M., M.A.B.)
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- From the University/British Heart Foundation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom (N.K.J., K.S., A.C., R.I.M., A.T., C.M.M., C.C., B.R.C., L.D., D.E.W.L., P.W.H., D.J.W., N.D., J.W.D., J.J.M., M.A.B.)
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- From the University/British Heart Foundation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom (N.K.J., K.S., A.C., R.I.M., A.T., C.M.M., C.C., B.R.C., L.D., D.E.W.L., P.W.H., D.J.W., N.D., J.W.D., J.J.M., M.A.B.)
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- From the University/British Heart Foundation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom (N.K.J., K.S., A.C., R.I.M., A.T., C.M.M., C.C., B.R.C., L.D., D.E.W.L., P.W.H., D.J.W., N.D., J.W.D., J.J.M., M.A.B.)
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- From the University/British Heart Foundation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom (N.K.J., K.S., A.C., R.I.M., A.T., C.M.M., C.C., B.R.C., L.D., D.E.W.L., P.W.H., D.J.W., N.D., J.W.D., J.J.M., M.A.B.)
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- From the University/British Heart Foundation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom (N.K.J., K.S., A.C., R.I.M., A.T., C.M.M., C.C., B.R.C., L.D., D.E.W.L., P.W.H., D.J.W., N.D., J.W.D., J.J.M., M.A.B.)
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- From the University/British Heart Foundation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom (N.K.J., K.S., A.C., R.I.M., A.T., C.M.M., C.C., B.R.C., L.D., D.E.W.L., P.W.H., D.J.W., N.D., J.W.D., J.J.M., M.A.B.)
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- From the University/British Heart Foundation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom (N.K.J., K.S., A.C., R.I.M., A.T., C.M.M., C.C., B.R.C., L.D., D.E.W.L., P.W.H., D.J.W., N.D., J.W.D., J.J.M., M.A.B.)
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- Discovery Sciences, IMED Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca R&D Gothenburg, Sweden (J.W.)
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- From the University/British Heart Foundation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom (N.K.J., K.S., A.C., R.I.M., A.T., C.M.M., C.C., B.R.C., L.D., D.E.W.L., P.W.H., D.J.W., N.D., J.W.D., J.J.M., M.A.B.)
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- From the University/British Heart Foundation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom (N.K.J., K.S., A.C., R.I.M., A.T., C.M.M., C.C., B.R.C., L.D., D.E.W.L., P.W.H., D.J.W., N.D., J.W.D., J.J.M., M.A.B.)
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- From the University/British Heart Foundation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom (N.K.J., K.S., A.C., R.I.M., A.T., C.M.M., C.C., B.R.C., L.D., D.E.W.L., P.W.H., D.J.W., N.D., J.W.D., J.J.M., M.A.B.)
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- From the University/British Heart Foundation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom (N.K.J., K.S., A.C., R.I.M., A.T., C.M.M., C.C., B.R.C., L.D., D.E.W.L., P.W.H., D.J.W., N.D., J.W.D., J.J.M., M.A.B.)
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- From the University/British Heart Foundation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom (N.K.J., K.S., A.C., R.I.M., A.T., C.M.M., C.C., B.R.C., L.D., D.E.W.L., P.W.H., D.J.W., N.D., J.W.D., J.J.M., M.A.B.)
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- From the University/British Heart Foundation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom (N.K.J., K.S., A.C., R.I.M., A.T., C.M.M., C.C., B.R.C., L.D., D.E.W.L., P.W.H., D.J.W., N.D., J.W.D., J.J.M., M.A.B.)
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Verschuren EHJ, Castenmiller C, Peters DJM, Arjona FJ, Bindels RJM, Hoenderop JGJ. Sensing of tubular flow and renal electrolyte transport. Nat Rev Nephrol 2020; 16:337-351. [DOI: 10.1038/s41581-020-0259-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/06/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Soni H, Peixoto-Neves D, Buddington RK, Adebiyi A. Adenosine A 1 receptor-operated calcium entry in renal afferent arterioles is dependent on postnatal maturation of TRPC3 channels. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2017; 313:F1216-F1222. [PMID: 28855189 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00335.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2017] [Revised: 08/14/2017] [Accepted: 08/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Adenosine, a regulator of cardiovascular development and renal function, constricts renal afferent arterioles by inducing intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) elevation in smooth muscle cells (SMCs) via activation of its cognate A1 receptors (A1Rs). Mechanisms that underlie A1R-dependent [Ca2+]i elevation in renal vascular SMCs are not fully resolved. Whether A1R expression and function in preglomerular microvessels are dependent on postnatal kidney maturation is also unclear. In this study, we show that selective activation of A1Rs by 2-chloro-N6-cyclopentyladenosine (CCPA) does not stimulate store-operated Ca2+ entry in afferent arterioles isolated from neonatal pigs. However, CCPA-induced [Ca2+]i elevation is dependent on phospholipase C and transient receptor potential cation channel, subfamily C, member 3 (TRPC3). Basal [Ca2+]i was unchanged in afferent arterioles isolated from newborn (0-day-old) pigs compared with their 20-day-old counterparts. By contrast, CCPA treatment resulted in significantly larger [Ca2+]i in afferent arterioles from 20-day-old pigs. A1R protein expression levels in the kidneys and afferent arterioles were unaltered in 0- vs. 20-day-old pigs. However, the TRPC3 channel protein expression level was ~92 and 78% higher in 20-day-old pig kidneys and afferent arterioles, respectively. These data suggest that activation of A1Rs elicits receptor-operated Ca2+ entry in porcine afferent arterioles, the level of which is dependent on postnatal maturation of TRPC3 channels. We propose that TRPC3 channels may contribute to the physiology and pathophysiology of A1Rs.
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- Hitesh Soni
- Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee; and
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- Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee; and
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- Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee; and.,School of Health Studies, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee; and
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Khayat MT, Nayeem MA. The Role of Adenosine A 2A Receptor, CYP450s, and PPARs in the Regulation of Vascular Tone. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2017; 2017:1720920. [PMID: 28884118 PMCID: PMC5572598 DOI: 10.1155/2017/1720920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2017] [Revised: 06/22/2017] [Accepted: 07/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
Abstract
Adenosine is an endogenous mediator involved in a myriad of physiologic functions, including vascular tone regulation. It is also implicated in some pathologic conditions. Four distinct receptor subtypes mediate the effects of adenosine, such as its role in the regulation of the vascular tone. Vascular tone regulation is a complex and continuous process which involves many mechanisms and mediators that are not fully disclosed. The vascular endothelium plays a pivotal role in regulating blood flow to and from all body organs. Also, the vascular endothelium is not merely a physical barrier; it is a complex tissue with numerous functions. Among adenosine receptors, A2A receptor subtype (A2AAR) stands out as the primary receptor responsible for the vasodilatory effects of adenosine. This review focuses on important effectors of the vascular endothelium, including adenosine, adenosine receptors, EETs (epoxyeicosatrienoic acids), HETEs (hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acids), PPARs (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors), and KATP channels. Given the impact of vascular tone regulation in cardiovascular physiology and pathophysiology, better understanding of the mechanisms affecting it could have a significant potential for developing therapeutic agents for cardiovascular diseases.
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- Maan T. Khayat
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
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Wu J, Li N, Liu Y, Li W, He A, Zhu D, Feng X, Liu B, Shi R, Zhang Y, Lv J, Xu Z. Maternal high salt diet altered Adenosine-mediated vasodilatation via PKA/BK channel pathway in offspring rats. Mol Nutr Food Res 2017; 61. [PMID: 28133948 DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201600963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2016] [Revised: 01/16/2017] [Accepted: 01/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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SCOPE High salt (HS) diets are related to cardiovascular diseases, and prenatal HS was suggested to increase risks of coronary artery diseases in the offspring. This study tested the hypothesis that prenatal HS may influence Adenosine-induced vasodilatation via protein kinase A (PKA) pathway in coronary arteries. METHODS AND RESULTS Sprague-Dawley rats were fed with 8% salt diet for gestation, the control was fed with 0.3% salt diet. Coronary arteries from male adult offspring were tested for K+ channels and Adenosine signal pathways. Adenosine-mediated vasodilatation was reduced in coronary arteries in HS. There was no difference in gene expression of A2A receptors between the two groups. After pretreatment with PKA inhibitor, vasodilatation to Adenosine was decreased to a smaller extent in HS than that in control. Forskolin (activator of adenylate cyclase)-mediated vasodilatation was decreased in HS. Iberiotoxin (large-conductance Ca2+ -activated K+ channel [BK channel] inhibitor) attenuated Forskolin-induced vasodilatation in control, not in HS group. Currents of BK channels decreased in coronary artery smooth muscle cells, and PKA-modulated BK channel functions were declined. Protein levels of BK β1 and PKA C-subunits in coronary arteries of HS offspring were reduced. CONCLUSIONS Prenatal HS diets altered Adenosine-mediated coronary artery vasodilatation in the offspring, which was linked to downregulation of cAMP/PKA/BK channel pathway.
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MESH Headings
- Adenosine/metabolism
- Adenosine/pharmacology
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Coronary Vessels/drug effects
- Coronary Vessels/metabolism
- Cyclic AMP/metabolism
- Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases/metabolism
- Female
- Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels/metabolism
- Male
- Maternal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/cytology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Pregnancy
- Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Receptor, Adenosine A2A/metabolism
- Signal Transduction
- Sodium Chloride, Dietary/pharmacology
- Vasodilation/drug effects
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- Jue Wu
- Institute for Fetology, First Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Institute for Fetology, First Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Institute for Fetology, First Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Institute for Fetology, First Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Institute for Fetology, First Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Institute for Fetology, First Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Institute for Fetology, First Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Institute for Fetology, First Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Institute for Fetology, First Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Institute for Fetology, First Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Institute for Fetology, First Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Institute for Fetology, First Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
- Center for Prenatal Biology, Loma Linda University, CA 92350, USA
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Schnermann J. Concurrent activation of multiple vasoactive signaling pathways in vasoconstriction caused by tubuloglomerular feedback: a quantitative assessment. Annu Rev Physiol 2015; 77:301-22. [PMID: 25668021 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-physiol-021014-071829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Tubuloglomerular feedback (TGF) describes the negative relationship between (a) NaCl concentration at the macula densa and (b) glomerular filtration rate or glomerular capillary pressure. TGF-induced vasoconstriction of the afferent arteriole results from the enhanced effect of several vasoconstrictors with an effect size sequence of adenosine = 20-HETE > angiotensin II > thromboxane = superoxide > renal nerves > ATP. TGF-mediated vasoconstriction is limited by the simultaneous release of several vasodilators with an effect size sequence of nitric oxide > carbon monoxide = kinins > adenosine. The sum of the constrictor effects exceeds that of the dilator effects by the magnitude of the TGF response. The validity of the additive model used in this analysis can be tested by determining the effect of combined inhibition of some or all agents contributing to TGF. Multiple independent contributors to TGF are consistent with the variability of TGF and of the factors contributing to TGF resetting.
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- Jurgen Schnermann
- Kidney Disease Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892;
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Burke M, Pabbidi MR, Farley J, Roman RJ. Molecular mechanisms of renal blood flow autoregulation. Curr Vasc Pharmacol 2015; 12:845-58. [PMID: 24066938 PMCID: PMC4416696 DOI: 10.2174/15701611113116660149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2011] [Revised: 12/18/2011] [Accepted: 07/02/2013] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Diabetes and hypertension are the leading causes of chronic kidney disease and their incidence is increasing at
an alarming rate. Both are associated with impairments in the autoregulation of renal blood flow (RBF) and greater transmission
of fluctuations in arterial pressure to the glomerular capillaries. The ability of the kidney to maintain relatively
constant blood flow, glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and glomerular capillary pressure is mediated by the myogenic response
of afferent arterioles working in concert with tubuloglomerular feedback that adjusts the tone of the afferent arteriole
in response to changes in the delivery of sodium chloride to the macula densa. Despite intensive investigation, the factors
initiating the myogenic response and the signaling pathways involved in the myogenic response and tubuloglomerular
feedback remain uncertain. This review focuses on current thought regarding the molecular mechanisms underlying myogenic
control of renal vascular tone, the interrelationships between the myogenic response and tubuloglomerular feedback,
the evidence that alterations in autoregulation of RBF contributes to hypertension and diabetes-induced nephropathy and
the identification of vascular therapeutic targets for improved renoprotection in hypertensive and diabetic patients.
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, MS 39216, USA.
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Intrarenal autoregulatory mechanisms maintain renal blood flow (RBF) and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) independent of renal perfusion pressure (RPP) over a defined range (80-180 mmHg). Such autoregulation is mediated largely by the myogenic and the macula densa-tubuloglomerular feedback (MD-TGF) responses that regulate preglomerular vasomotor tone primarily of the afferent arteriole. Differences in response times allow separation of these mechanisms in the time and frequency domains. Mechanotransduction initiating the myogenic response requires a sensing mechanism activated by stretch of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) and coupled to intracellular signaling pathways eliciting plasma membrane depolarization and a rise in cytosolic free calcium concentration ([Ca(2+)]i). Proposed mechanosensors include epithelial sodium channels (ENaC), integrins, and/or transient receptor potential (TRP) channels. Increased [Ca(2+)]i occurs predominantly by Ca(2+) influx through L-type voltage-operated Ca(2+) channels (VOCC). Increased [Ca(2+)]i activates inositol trisphosphate receptors (IP3R) and ryanodine receptors (RyR) to mobilize Ca(2+) from sarcoplasmic reticular stores. Myogenic vasoconstriction is sustained by increased Ca(2+) sensitivity, mediated by protein kinase C and Rho/Rho-kinase that favors a positive balance between myosin light-chain kinase and phosphatase. Increased RPP activates MD-TGF by transducing a signal of epithelial MD salt reabsorption to adjust afferent arteriolar vasoconstriction. A combination of vascular and tubular mechanisms, novel to the kidney, provides for high autoregulatory efficiency that maintains RBF and GFR, stabilizes sodium excretion, and buffers transmission of RPP to sensitive glomerular capillaries, thereby protecting against hypertensive barotrauma. A unique aspect of the myogenic response in the renal vasculature is modulation of its strength and speed by the MD-TGF and by a connecting tubule glomerular feedback (CT-GF) mechanism. Reactive oxygen species and nitric oxide are modulators of myogenic and MD-TGF mechanisms. Attenuated renal autoregulation contributes to renal damage in many, but not all, models of renal, diabetic, and hypertensive diseases. This review provides a summary of our current knowledge regarding underlying mechanisms enabling renal autoregulation in health and disease and methods used for its study.
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- Mattias Carlström
- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension and Hypertension, Kidney and Vascular Research Center, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia; Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; and Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, UNC Kidney Center, and McAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension and Hypertension, Kidney and Vascular Research Center, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia; Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; and Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, UNC Kidney Center, and McAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension and Hypertension, Kidney and Vascular Research Center, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia; Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; and Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, UNC Kidney Center, and McAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Heterotrimeric G proteins play a crucial role in regulating signal processing to maintain normal cellular homeostasis, and subtle perturbations in its activity can potentially lead to the pathogenesis of renal disorders or diseases. Cell-surface receptors and accessory proteins, which normally modify and organize the coupling of individual G protein subunits, contribute to the regulation of heterotrimeric G protein activity and their convergence and/or divergence of downstream signaling initiated by effector systems. Activators of G protein signaling (AGS) are a family of accessory proteins that intervene at multiple distinct points during the activation-inactivation cycle of G proteins, even in the absence of receptor stimulation. Perturbations in the expression of individual AGS proteins have been reported to modulate signal transduction pathways in a wide array of diseases and disorders within the brain, heart, immune system, and more recently, the kidney. This review will provide an overview of the expression profile, localization, and putative biologic role of the AGS family in the context of normal and diseased states of the kidney.
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- Frank Park
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee
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Gao X, Peleli M, Zollbrecht C, Patzak A, Persson AEG, Carlström M. Adenosine A1 receptor-dependent and independent pathways in modulating renal vascular responses to angiotensin II. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2015; 213:268-76. [PMID: 25251152 DOI: 10.1111/apha.12399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2014] [Revised: 08/09/2014] [Accepted: 09/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIM Renal afferent arterioles are the effector site for autoregulation of glomerular perfusion and filtration. There is synergistic interaction between angiotensin II (ANG II) and adenosine (Ado) in regulating arteriolar contraction; however, the mechanisms are not clear. In this context, this study investigated the contribution of A1 receptor-dependent and independent signalling mechanisms. METHODS Isolated perfused afferent arterioles from transgenic mice (A1 (+/+) and A1 (-/-) ) were used for vascular reactivity studies. Cultured vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) were used for phosphorylation studies of signalling proteins that induce arteriolar contraction. RESULTS Maximal arteriolar contraction to ANG II was attenuated in A1 (-/-) (22%) compared with A1 (+/+) (40%). Simultaneous incubation with low-dose ado (10(-8) mol L(-1) ) enhanced ANG II-induced contraction in A1 (+/+) (58%), but also in A1 (-/-) (42%). An ado transporter inhibitor (NBTI) abolished this synergistic effect in A1 (-/-) , but not in wild-type mice. Incubation with Ado + ANG II increased p38 phosphorylation in aortic VSMC from both genotypes, but treatment with NBTI only blocked phosphorylation in A1 (-/-) . Combination of ANG II + Ado also increased MLC phosphorylation in A1 (+/+) but not significantly in A1 (-/-) , and NBTI had no effects. In agreement, Ado + ANG II-induced phosphorylation of p38 and MLC in rat pre-glomerular VSMC was not affected by NBTI. However, during pharmacological inhibition of the A1 receptor simultaneous treatment with NBTI reduced phosphorylation of both p38 and MLC to control levels. CONCLUSION Interaction between ANG II and Ado in VSMC normally involves A1 receptor signalling, but this can be compensated by receptor independent actions that phosphorylate p38 MAPK and MLC.
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- X. Gao
- Department of Medical Cell Biology; Uppsala University; Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Physiology & Pharmacology; Karolinska Institutet; Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Physiology & Pharmacology; Karolinska Institutet; Stockholm Sweden
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- Institute of Vegetative Physiology; Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin; Berlin Germany
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- Department of Medical Cell Biology; Uppsala University; Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Physiology & Pharmacology; Karolinska Institutet; Stockholm Sweden
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High salt (4% NaCl, HS) diet modulates adenosine-induced vascular response through adenosine A(2A) receptor (A(2A)AR). Evidence suggests that A(2A)AR stimulates cyp450-epoxygenases, leading to epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) generation. The aim of this study was to understand the vascular reactivity to HS and underlying signaling mechanism in the presence or absence of A(2A)AR. Therefore, we hypothesized that HS enhances adenosine-induced relaxation through EETs in A(2A)AR⁺/⁺, but exaggerates contraction in A(2A)AR⁻/⁻. Organ bath and Western blot experiments were conducted in HS and normal salt (NS, 0.18% NaCl)-fed A(2A)AR⁺/⁺ and A(2A)AR⁻/⁻ mice aorta. HS produced concentration-dependent relaxation to non-selective adenosine analog, NECA in A(2A)AR⁺/⁺, whereas contraction was observed in A(2A)AR⁻/⁻ mice and this was attenuated by A₁AR antagonist (DPCPX). CGS 21680 (selective A(2A)AR agonist) enhanced relaxation in HS-A(2A)AR⁺/⁺ versus NS-A(2A)AR⁺/⁺, which was blocked by EETs antagonist (14,15-EEZE). Compared with NS, HS significantly upregulated the expression of vasodilators A(2A)AR and cyp2c29, whereas vasoconstrictors A₁AR and cyp4a in A(2A)AR⁺/⁺ were downregulated. In A(2A)AR⁻/⁻ mice, however, HS significantly downregulated the expression of cyp2c29, whereas A₁AR and cyp4a were upregulated compared with A(2A)AR⁺/⁺ mice. Hence, our data suggest that in A(2A)AR⁺/⁺, HS enhances A(2A)AR-induced relaxation through increased cyp-expoxygenases-derived EETs and decreased A₁AR levels, whereas in A(2A)AR⁻/⁻, HS exaggerates contraction through decreased cyp-epoxygenases and increased A₁AR levels.
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Evaluating the association of autonomic drug use to the development and severity of retinopathy of prematurity. J AAPOS 2014; 18:332-7. [PMID: 25173894 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2014.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2013] [Revised: 02/10/2014] [Accepted: 02/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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PURPOSE To explore the association of autonomic agents with the development and severity of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). METHODS The medical records of all preterm infants screened for ROP were retrospective reviewed. The association between development and severity of ROP and the use and dose(s) of autonomic agents was analyzed, after adjustment for the covariates gestational age, weight, development of septicemia, intraventricular hemorrhage, and respiratory distress syndrome. RESULTS A total of 350 infants were screened. Caffeine was used in 338 infants; dopamine in 98 infants. There was a significant association between the use of dopamine and development of ROP (P < 0.001; relative risk [RR] = 1.6 [95% CI, 1.23-2.06]) and the need for ROP treatment (P = 0.001; RR = 4.63 [95% CI, 1.82-11.79]). The number of dopamine doses was significantly associated with the development of any ROP (P < 0.001; RR = 1.07 [95% CI, 1.03-1.1]), the severity of ROP (P < 0.001; RR = 1.09 [95% CI, 1.05-1.14]), and the need for treatment (P < 0.001; RR = 1.09 [95% CI, 1.05-1.14]). The total dose of caffeine was significantly associated with the development of any ROP (P = 0.003; RR = 1.03 [95% CI, 1.01-1.05]) and the need for treatment (P = 0.006, RR = 1.073 [95% CI; 1.021-1.13]). CONCLUSIONS Although a causal relationship was not identified, the use of the autonomic agents caffeine and dopamine was associated with the development and severity of retinopathy of prematurity in this cohort.
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Jackson EK, Gillespie DG, Mi Z, Cheng D, Bansal R, Janesko-Feldman K, Kochanek PM. Role of 2',3'-cyclic nucleotide 3'-phosphodiesterase in the renal 2',3'-cAMP-adenosine pathway. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2014; 307:F14-24. [PMID: 24808540 PMCID: PMC4080157 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00134.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2014] [Accepted: 05/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Energy depletion increases the renal production of 2',3'-cAMP (a positional isomer of 3',5'-cAMP that opens mitochondrial permeability transition pores) and 2',3'-cAMP is converted to 2'-AMP and 3'-AMP, which in turn are metabolized to adenosine. Because the enzymes involved in this "2',3'-cAMP-adenosine pathway" are unknown, we examined whether 2',3'-cyclic nucleotide 3'-phosphodiesterase (CNPase) participates in the renal metabolism of 2',3'-cAMP. Western blotting and real-time PCR demonstrated expression of CNPase in rat glomerular mesangial, preglomerular vascular smooth muscle and endothelial, proximal tubular, thick ascending limb and collecting duct cells. Real-time PCR established the expression of CNPase in human glomerular mesangial, proximal tubular and vascular smooth muscle cells; and the level of expression of CNPase was greater than that for phosphodiesterase 4 (major enzyme for the metabolism of 3',5'-cAMP). Overexpression of CNPase in rat preglomerular vascular smooth muscle cells increased the metabolism of exogenous 2',3'-cAMP to 2'-AMP. Infusions of 2',3'-cAMP into isolated CNPase wild-type (+/+) kidneys increased renal venous 2'-AMP, and this response was diminished by 63% in CNPase knockout (-/-) kidneys, whereas the conversion of 3',5'-cAMP to 5'-AMP was similar in CNPase +/+ vs. -/- kidneys. In CNPase +/+ kidneys, energy depletion (metabolic poisons) increased kidney tissue levels of adenosine and its metabolites (inosine, hypoxanthine, xanthine, and uric acid) without accumulation of 2',3'-cAMP. In contrast, in CNPase -/- kidneys, energy depletion increased kidney tissue levels of 2',3'-cAMP and abolished the increase in adenosine and its metabolites. In conclusion, kidneys express CNPase, and renal CNPase mediates in part the renal 2',3'-cAMP-adenosine pathway.
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- Edwin K Jackson
- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;
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- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut
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- Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Adenosine A1 receptors link to smooth muscle contraction via CYP4a, protein kinase C-α, and ERK1/2. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2013; 62:78-83. [PMID: 23519140 DOI: 10.1097/fjc.0b013e3182919591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Adenosine A1 receptor (A1AR) activation contracts smooth muscle, although signaling mechanisms are not thoroughly understood. Activation of A1AR leads to metabolism of arachidonic acid, including the production of 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (20-HETE) by cytochrome P4504a (CYP4a). The 20-HETE can activate protein kinase C-α (PKC-α), which crosstalks with extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK1/2) pathway. Both these pathways can regulate smooth muscle contraction, we tested the hypothesis that A1AR contracts smooth muscle through a pathway involving CYP4a, PKC-α, and ERK1/2. Experiments included isometric tension recordings of aortic contraction and Western blots of signaling molecules in wild type (WT) and A1AR knockout (A1KO) mice. Contraction to the A1-selective agonist 2-chloro-N cyclopentyladenosine (CCPA) was absent in A1KO mice aortae, indicating the contractile role of A1AR. Inhibition of CYP4a (HET0016) abolished 2-chloro-N cyclopentyladenosine-induced contraction in WT aortae, indicating a critical role for 20-HETE. Both WT and A1KO mice aortae contracted in response to exogenous 20-HETE. Inhibition of PKC-α (Gö6976) or ERK1/2 (PD98059) attenuated 20-HETE-induced contraction equally, suggesting that ERK1/2 is downstream of PKC-α. Contractions to exogenous 20-HETE were significantly less in A1KO mice; reduced protein levels of PKC-α, p-ERK1/2, and total ERK1/2 supported this observation. Our data indicate that A1AR mediates smooth muscle contraction via CYP4a and a PKC-α-ERK1/2 pathway.
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Beierwaltes WH, Harrison-Bernard LM, Sullivan JC, Mattson DL. Assessment of renal function; clearance, the renal microcirculation, renal blood flow, and metabolic balance. Compr Physiol 2013; 3:165-200. [PMID: 23720284 DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c120008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Historically, tools to assess renal function have been developed to investigate the physiology of the kidney in an experimental setting, and certain of these techniques have utility in evaluating renal function in the clinical setting. The following work will survey a spectrum of these tools, their applications and limitations in four general sections. The first is clearance, including evaluation of exogenous and endogenous markers for determining glomerular filtration rate, the adaptation of estimated glomerular filtration rate in the clinical arena, and additional clearance techniques to assess various other parameters of renal function. The second section deals with in vivo and in vitro approaches to the study of the renal microvasculature. This section surveys a number of experimental techniques including corticotomy, the hydronephrotic kidney, vascular casting, intravital charge coupled device videomicroscopy, multiphoton fluorescent microscopy, synchrotron-based angiography, laser speckle contrast imaging, isolated renal microvessels, and the perfused juxtamedullary nephron microvasculature. The third section addresses in vivo and in vitro approaches to the study of renal blood flow. These include ultrasonic flowmetry, laser-Doppler flowmetry, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), phase contrast MRI, cine phase contrast MRI, dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI, blood oxygen level dependent MRI, arterial spin labeling MRI, x-ray computed tomography, and positron emission tomography. The final section addresses the methodologies of metabolic balance studies. These are described for humans, large experimental animals as well as for rodents. Overall, the various in vitro and in vivo topics and applications to evaluate renal function should provide a guide for the investigator or physician to understand and to implement the techniques in the laboratory or clinic setting.
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- William H Beierwaltes
- Hypertension and Vascular Research Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, and Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
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Ortiz-Capisano MC, Atchison DK, Harding P, Lasley RD, Beierwaltes WH. Adenosine inhibits renin release from juxtaglomerular cells via an A1 receptor-TRPC-mediated pathway. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2013; 305:F1209-19. [PMID: 23884142 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00710.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Renin is synthesized and released from juxtaglomerular (JG) cells. Adenosine inhibits renin release via an adenosine A1 receptor (A1R) calcium-mediated pathway. How this occurs is unknown. In cardiomyocytes, adenosine increases intracellular calcium via transient receptor potential canonical (TRPC) channels. We hypothesized that adenosine inhibits renin release via A1R activation, opening TRPC channels. However, higher concentrations of adenosine may stimulate renin release through A2R activation. Using primary cultures of isolated mouse JG cells, immunolabeling demonstrated renin and A1R in JG cells, but not A2R subtypes, although RT-PCR indicated the presence of mRNA of both A2AR and A2BR. Incubating JG cells with increasing concentrations of adenosine decreased renin release. Different concentrations of the adenosine receptor agonist N-ethylcarboxamide adenosine (NECA) did not change renin. Activating A1R with 0.5 μM N6-cyclohexyladenosine (CHA) decreased basal renin release from 0.22 ± 0.05 to 0.14 ± 0.03 μg of angiotensin I generated per milliliter of sample per hour of incubation (AngI/ml/mg prot) (P < 0.03), and higher concentrations also inhibited renin. Reducing extracellular calcium with EGTA increased renin release (0.35 ± 0.08 μg AngI/ml/mg prot; P < 0.01), and blocked renin inhibition by CHA (0.28 ± 0.06 μg AngI/ml/mg prot; P < 0. 005 vs. CHA alone). The intracellular calcium chelator BAPTA-AM increased renin release by 55%, and blocked the inhibitory effect of CHA. Repeating these experiments in JG cells from A1R knockout mice using CHA or NECA demonstrated no effect on renin release. However, RT-PCR showed mRNA from TRPC isoforms 3 and 6 in isolated JG cells. Adding the TRPC blocker SKF-96365 reversed CHA-mediated inhibition of renin release. Thus A1R activation results in a calcium-dependent inhibition of renin release via TRPC-mediated calcium entry, but A2 receptors do not regulate renin release.
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- M Cecilia Ortiz-Capisano
- Henry Ford Hospital, Dept. of Medicine, Hypertension and Vascular Research Division, 7088 E&R Bldg., 2799 W. Grand Blvd., Detroit, MI 48202.
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Persson AEG, Lai EY, Gao X, Carlström M, Patzak A. Interactions between adenosine, angiotensin II and nitric oxide on the afferent arteriole influence sensitivity of the tubuloglomerular feedback. Front Physiol 2013; 4:187. [PMID: 23882224 PMCID: PMC3714451 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2013.00187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2013] [Accepted: 06/28/2013] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Adenosine, via activation of A1 receptors on the afferent arteriole (AA), mediates the tubuloglomerular feedback (TGF) mechanism. Angiotensin II and nitric oxide (NO) can modulate the sensitivity of the TGF mechanism. However, the interaction among these substances in regulating the TGF resetting phenomenon has been debated. Studies in isolated perfused AA have shown a biphasic response to accumulating doses of adenosine alone. In the nanomolar range adenosine has a weak contractile effect (7%), whereas vasodilatation is observed at high concentrations. However, a synergistic interaction between the contractile response by adenosine and that of angiotensin II has been demonstrated. Adenosine in low concentrations strongly enhances the response to angiotensin II. At the same time, angiotensin II in physiological concentrations increases significantly the contractile response to adenosine. Moreover, addition of a NO donor (spermine NONOate) to increase NO bioavailability abolished the contractile response from combined application of angiotensin II and adenosine. These mutual modulating effects of adenosine and angiotensin II, and the effect of NO on the response of AA can contribute to the resetting of the TGF sensitivity.
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- A E G Persson
- Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University Uppsala, Sweden
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Li L, Lai EY, Huang Y, Eisner C, Mizel D, Wilcox CS, Schnermann J. Renal afferent arteriolar and tubuloglomerular feedback reactivity in mice with conditional deletions of adenosine 1 receptors. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2012; 303:F1166-75. [PMID: 22896040 PMCID: PMC3469676 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00222.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2012] [Accepted: 08/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Adenosine 1 receptors (A1AR) have been shown in previous experiments to play a major role in the tubuloglomerular feedback (TGF) constrictor response of afferent arterioles (AA) to increased loop of Henle flow. Overexpression studies have pointed to a critical role of vascular A1AR, but it has remained unclear whether selective deletion of A1AR from smooth muscle cells is sufficient to abolish TGF responsiveness. To address this question, we have determined TGF response magnitude in mice in which vascular A1AR deletion was achieved using the loxP recombination approach with cre recombinase being controlled by a smooth muscle actin promoter (SmCre/A1ARff). Effective vascular deletion of A1AR was affirmed by absence of vasoconstrictor responses to adenosine or cyclohexyl adenosine (CHA) in microperfused AA. Elevation of loop of Henle flow from 0 to 30 nl/min caused a 22.1 ± 3.1% reduction of stop flow pressure in control mice and of 7.2 ± 1.5% in SmCre/A1ARff mice (P < 0.001). Maintenance of residual TGF activity despite absence of A1AR-mediated responses in AA suggests participation of extravascular A1AR in TGF. Support for this notion comes from the observation that deletion of A1ARff by nestin-driven cre causes an identical TGF response reduction (7.3 ± 2.4% in NestinCre/A1ARff vs. 20.3 ± 2.7% in controls), whereas AA responsiveness was reduced but not abolished. A1AR on AA smooth muscle cells are primarily responsible for TGF activation, but A1AR on extravascular cells, perhaps mesangial cells, appear to contribute to the TGF response.
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- Lingli Li
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive-MSC 1370, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Jackson EK, Cheng D, Mi Z, Verrier JD, Janesko-Feldman K, Kochanek PM. Role of A1 receptors in renal sympathetic neurotransmission in the mouse kidney. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2012; 303:F1000-5. [PMID: 22874760 PMCID: PMC3469685 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00363.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2012] [Accepted: 08/01/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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A(1) receptors may participate in renal sympathetic neurotransmission by enhancing the postjunctional effects of norepinephrine. The purpose of this study was to test this concept using A(1) receptor knockout (A(1)AR-/-) mice. In isolated kidneys from nontransgenic mice perfused with Tyrode's solution at a constant rate, renal sympathetic nerve stimulation (RSNS) increased (P < 0.0001) renal venous perfusate levels of inosine (adenosine metabolite) from 23.9 ± 3.7 to 32.7 ± 5.1, 68.2 ± 12.4, and 94.0 ± 14.3 ng/ml at 3, 5, and 7 Hz, respectively (n = 28), suggesting frequency-dependent production of adenosine. Conversely, RSNS decreased (P < 0.0001) renal venous perfusate levels of 5'-AMP (adenosine precursor) from 1.4 ± 0.3 to 1.1 ± 0.3, 0.80 ± 0.2, and 0.6 ± 0.2 ng/ml at 3, 5, and 7 Hz, respectively (n = 28), suggesting frequency-dependent increased metabolism of 5'-AMP. In kidneys from nontransgenic mice, blockade of adenosine receptors with 1,3-dipropyl-8-p-sulfophenylxanthine attenuated (P = 0.0130) vasoconstrictor responses to RSNS at 3, 5, and 7 Hz [control (n = 29): 22 ± 4, 34 ± 6, 42 ± 6 mmHg, respectively; 1,3-dipropyl-8-p-sulfophenylxanthine-treated (n = 11): 6 ± 1, 12 ± 3, 15 ± 3 mmHg, respectively]. In A(1)AR-/- kidneys (n = 10), vasoconstrictor responses to RSNS at 3, 5, and 7 Hz were 7 ± 3, 20 ± 5, and 36 ± 9 mmHg, respectively. In kidneys from wild-type littermates (n = 9), responses were 27 ± 9, 58 ± 14, and 59 ± 11 mmHg, respectively (effect of genotype: P = 0.0363). In kidneys from nontransgenic mice, 2-chloro-N(6)-cyclopentyladenosine (CCPA; highly selective A(1) receptor agonist) increased renal vasoconstriction induced by norepinephrine (P = 0.0008; n = 28). In kidneys from A(1)AR-/- the response to norepinephrine was attenuated and the ability of CCPA to enhance responses to norepinephrine was abolished. In conclusion, adenosine formed during RSNS enhances the postjunctional effects of released norepinephrine by activating A(1) receptors.
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- Edwin K Jackson
- Dept. of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, 100 Technology Dr., Rm. 514, Univ. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA.
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Ponnoth DS, Nayeem MA, Tilley SL, Ledent C, Jamal Mustafa S. CYP-epoxygenases contribute to A2A receptor-mediated aortic relaxation via sarcolemmal KATP channels. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2012; 303:R1003-10. [PMID: 23019210 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00335.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Previously, we have shown that A(2A) adenosine receptor (A(2A)AR) mediates aortic relaxation via cytochrome P-450 (CYP)-epoxygenases. However, the signaling mechanism is not understood properly. We hypothesized that ATP-sensitive K(+) (K(ATP)) channels play an important role in A(2A)AR-mediated relaxation. Organ bath and Western blot experiments were done using isolated aorta from A(2A)KO and corresponding wild-type (WT) mice. Aortic rings from WT and A(2A) knockout (KO) mice were precontracted with submaximal dose of phenylephrine (PE, 10(-6) M), and concentration-response curves for pinacidil, cromakalim (nonselective K(ATP) openers), and diazoxide (mitochondrial K(ATP) opener) were obtained. Diazoxide did not have any relaxation effect on PE-precontracted tissues, whereas relaxation to pinacidil (48.09 ± 5.23% in WT vs. 25.41 ± 2.73% in A(2A)KO; P < 0.05) and cromakalim (51.19 ± 2.05% in WT vs. 38.50 ± 2.26% in A(2A)KO; P < 0.05) was higher in WT than A(2A)KO aorta. This suggested the involvement of sarcolemmal rather than mitochondrial K(ATP) channels. Endothelium removal, treatment with SCH 58651 (A(2A)AR antagonist; 10(-6) M), N(G)-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (l-NAME, nitric oxide synthase inhibitor) and methylsulfonyl-propargyloxyphenylhexanamide (MS-PPOH, CYP-epoxygenases inhibitor; 10(-5) M) significantly reduced pinacidil-induced relaxation in WT compared with controls, whereas these treatments did not have any effect in A(2A)KO aorta. Glibenclamide (K(ATP) channel inhibitor, 10(-5) M) blocked 2-p-(2-carboxyethyl)phenethylamino-5'N-ethylcarboxamido adenosine hydrochloride (CGS 21680, A(2A)AR agonist)-induced relaxation in WT and changed 5'-N-ethylcarboxamide (NECA) (nonselective adenosine analog)-induced response to higher contraction in WT and A(2A)KO. 5-Hydroxydecanoate (5-HD, mitochondrial K(ATP) channel inhibitor, 10(-4) M) had no effect on CGS 21680-mediated response in WT aorta. Our data suggest that A(2A)AR-mediated vasorelaxation occurs through opening of sarcolemmal K(ATP) channels via CYP-epoxygenases and possibly, nitric oxide, contributing to pinacidil-induced responses.
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- Dovenia S Ponnoth
- Dept of Physiology and Pharmacology, Center for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences, West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
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Schnermann J, Briggs JP. Tubular control of renin synthesis and secretion. Pflugers Arch 2012; 465:39-51. [PMID: 22665048 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-012-1115-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2012] [Revised: 05/04/2012] [Accepted: 05/07/2012] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The intratubular composition of fluid at the tubulovascular contact site of the juxtaglomerular apparatus serves as regulatory input for secretion and synthesis of renin. Experimental evidence, mostly from in vitro perfused preparations, indicates an inverse relation between luminal NaCl concentration and renin secretion. The cellular transduction mechanism is initiated by concentration-dependent NaCl uptake through the Na-K-2Cl cotransporter (NKCC2) with activation of NKCC2 causing inhibition and deactivation of NKCC2 causing stimulation of renin release. Changes in NKCC2 activity are coupled to alterations in the generation of paracrine factors that interact with granular cells. Among these factors, generation of PGE2 in a COX-2-dependent fashion appears to play a dominant role in the stimulatory arm of tubular control of renin release. [NaCl] is a determinant of local PG release over an appropriate concentration range, and blockade of COX-2 activity interferes with the NaCl dependency of renin secretion. The complex array of local paracrine controls also includes nNOS-mediated synthesis of nitric oxide, with NO playing the role of a modifier of the intracellular signaling pathway. A role of adenosine may be particularly important when [NaCl] is increased, and at least some of the available evidence is consistent with an important suppressive effect of adenosine at higher salt concentrations.
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- Jurgen Schnermann
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Rm 4D50, NIDDK, NIH, 10 Center Drive MSC 1370, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Ponnoth DS, Nayeem MA, Kunduri SS, Tilley SL, Zeldin DC, Ledent C, Mustafa SJ. Role of ω-hydroxylase in adenosine-mediated aortic response through MAP kinase using A2A-receptor knockout mice. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2012; 302:R400-8. [PMID: 22160543 PMCID: PMC3293507 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00481.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2011] [Accepted: 11/29/2011] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Previously, we have shown that A(2A) adenosine receptor (A(2A)AR) knockout mice (KO) have increased contraction to adenosine. The signaling mechanism(s) for A(2A)AR is still not fully understood. In this study, we hypothesize that, in the absence of A(2A)AR, ω-hydroxylase (Cyp4a) induces vasoconstriction through mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) via upregulation of adenosine A(1) receptor (A(1)AR) and protein kinase C (PKC). Organ bath and Western blot experiments were done using isolated aorta from A(2A)KO and corresponding wild-type (WT) mice. Isolated aortic rings from WT and A(2A)KO mice were precontracted with submaximal dose of phenylephrine (10(-6) M), and concentration responses for selective A(1)AR, A(2A)AR agonists, angiotensin II and cytochrome P-450-epoxygenase, 20-hydroxyeicosatrienoic acid (20-HETE) PKC, PKC-α, and ERK1/2 inhibitors were obtained. 2-p-(2-Carboxyethyl)-phenethylamino-5'-N-ethylcarboxamidoadenosine hydrochloride (CGS-21680, A(2A)AR agonist) induced concentration-dependent relaxation in WT, which was blocked by methylsulfonyl-propargyloxyphenylhexanamide (cytochrome P-450-epoxygenase inhibitor; 10(-5) M) and also with removal of endothelium. A(1) agonist, 2-chloro-N(6)-cyclopentyladenosine (CCPA) produced higher contraction in A(2A)KO aorta than WT (49.2 ± 8.5 vs. 27 ± 5.9% at 10(-6) M, P < 0.05). 20-HETE produced higher contraction in A(2A)KO than WT (50.6 ± 8.8 vs. 21.1 ± 3.3% at 10(-7) M, P < 0.05). Contraction to CCPA in WT and A(2A)KO aorta was inhibited by PD-98059 (p42/p44 MAPK inhibitor; 10(-6) M), chelerythrine chloride (nonselective PKC blocker; 10(-6) M), Gö-6976 (selective PKC-α inhibitor; 10(-7) M), and HET0016 (20-HETE inhibitor; 10(-5) M). Also, contraction to 20-HETE in WT and A(2A)KO aorta was inhibited by PD-98059 and Gö-6976. Western blot analysis indicated the upregulation of A(1)AR, Cyp4a, PKC-α, and phosphorylated-ERK1/2 in A(2A)KO compared with WT (P < 0.05), while expression of Cyp2c29 was significantly higher in WT. CCPA (10(-6) M) increased the protein expression of PKC-α and phosphorylated-ERK1/2, while HET0016 significantly reduced the CCPA-induced increase in expression of these proteins. These data suggest that, in the absence of A(2A)AR, Cyp4a induces vasoconstriction through MAPK via upregulation of A(1)AR and PKC-α.
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- Dovenia S Ponnoth
- Dept. of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
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Jackson EK, Cheng D, Tofovic SP, Mi Z. Endogenous adenosine contributes to renal sympathetic neurotransmission via postjunctional A1 receptor-mediated coincident signaling. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2011; 302:F466-76. [PMID: 22114202 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00495.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Adenosine A(1) receptor antagonists have diuretic/natriuretic activity and may be useful for treating sodium-retaining diseases, many of which are associated with increased renal sympathetic tone. Therefore, it is important to determine whether A(1) receptor antagonists alter renal sympathetic neurotransmission. In isolated, perfused rat kidneys, renal vasoconstriction induced by renal sympathetic nerve simulation was attenuated by 1) 1,3-dipropyl-8-p-sulfophenylxanthine (xanthine analog that is a nonselective adenosine receptor antagonist, but is cell membrane impermeable and thus does not block intracellular phosphodiesterases), 2) xanthine amine congener (xanthine analog that is a selective A(1) receptor antagonist), 3) 1,3-dipropyl-8-cyclopentylxanthine (xanthine analog that is a highly selective A(1) receptor antagonist), and 4) FK453 (nonxanthine analog that is a highly selective A(1) receptor antagonist). In contrast, FR113452 (enantiomer of FK453 that does not block A(1) receptors), MRS-1754 (selective A(2B) receptor antagonist), and VUF-5574 (selective A(3) receptor antagonist) did not alter responses to renal sympathetic nerve stimulation, and ZM-241385 (selective A(2A) receptor antagonist) enhanced responses. Antagonism of A(1) receptors did not alter renal spillover of norepinephrine. 2-Chloro-N(6)-cyclopentyladenosine (highly selective A(1) receptor agonist) increased renal vasoconstriction induced by exogenous norepinephrine, an effect that was blocked by 1,3-dipropyl-8-cyclopentylxanthine, U73122 (phospholipase C inhibitor), GF109203X (protein kinase C inhibitor), PP1 (c-src inhibitor), wortmannin (phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibitor), and OSU-03012 (3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase-1 inhibitor). These results indicate that adenosine formed during renal sympathetic nerve stimulation enhances the postjunctional effects of released norepinephrine via coincident signaling and contributes to renal sympathetic neurotransmission. Likely, the coincident signaling pathway is: phospholipase C → protein kinase C → c-src → phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase → 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase-1.
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- Edwin K Jackson
- Dept. of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, 100 Technology Dr., Rm. 514, Univ. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA.
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Andersen H, Jaff MG, Høgh D, Vanhoutte P, Hansen PB. Adenosine elicits an eNOS-independent reduction in arterial blood pressure in conscious mice that involves adenosine A2A receptors. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2011; 203:197-207. [PMID: 21062422 DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2010.02218.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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AIMS Adenosine plays an important role in the regulation of heart rate (HR) and vascular reactivity. However, the mechanisms underlying the acute effect of adenosine on arterial blood pressure in conscious mice are unclear. Therefore, this study investigated the effect of the nucleoside on mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) and HR in conscious mice. METHODS Chronic indwelling catheters were placed in C57Bl/6J (WT) and endothelial nitric oxide synthase knockout (eNOS(-/-)) mice for continuous measurements of MAP and HR. Using PCR and myograph analysis, involvement of adenosine receptors was investigated in human and mouse renal blood vessels. RESULTS Bolus infusion of 0.5 mg kg(-1) adenosine elicited significant transient decreases in MAP (99.3 ± 2.3 to 70.4 ± 4.5 mmHg) and HR (603.2 ± 18.3 to 364.3 ± 49.2 min(-1)), which were inhibited by the A(2A) receptor antagonist ZM 241385. Activation of adenosine A(2A) receptors with CGS 21680 (0.02 mg kg(-1)) caused a significant reduction in MAP from 99.6 ± 1.2 to 73.1 ± 3.6 mmHg accompanied by tachycardia (610.5 ± 9.3 to 677.5 ± 9.5 min(-1)). The reduction in MAP observed after adenosine or CGS 21680 administrations was not significantly different in WT and eNOS(-/-) mice. In isolated human and mouse intrarenal arteries, adenosine caused a relaxation dependent on A(2A) adenosine receptor activation. A(2A) receptors were present in both human and mouse arteries whereas A(1) and A(2B) receptors were only present in mouse arteries. CONCLUSION In conclusion, acute adenosine administration and selective stimulation of adenosine A(2A) receptors results in an immediate, transient eNOS-independent reduction in MAP. A(2A) receptor activation causes relaxation of human and mouse arteries.
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- H Andersen
- Department of Cardiovascular and Renal Research, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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Bray JG, Mynlieff M. Involvement of protein kinase C and protein kinase A in the enhancement of L-type calcium current by GABAB receptor activation in neonatal hippocampus. Neuroscience 2011; 179:62-72. [PMID: 21277353 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.01.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2010] [Accepted: 01/23/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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In the early neonatal period activation of GABAB receptors attenuates calcium current through N-type calcium channels while enhancing current through L-type calcium channels in rat hippocampal neurons. The attenuation of N-type calcium current has been previously demonstrated to occur through direct interactions of the βγ subunits of Gi/o G-proteins, but the signal transduction pathway for the enhancement of L-type calcium channels in mammalian neurons remains unknown. In the present study, calcium currents were elicited in acute cultures from postnatal day 6-8 rat hippocampi in the presence of various modulators of protein kinase A (PKA) and protein kinase C (PKC) pathways. Overnight treatment with an inhibitor of Gi/o (pertussis toxin, 200 ng/ml) abolished the attenuation of calcium current by the GABAB agonist, baclofen (10 μM) with no effect on the enhancement of calcium current. These data indicate that while the attenuation of N-type calcium current is mediated by the Gi/o subtype of G-protein, the enhancement of L-type calcium current requires activation of a different G-protein. The enhancement of the sustained component of calcium current by baclofen was blocked by PKC inhibitors, GF-109203X (500 nM), chelerythrine chloride (5 μM), and PKC fragment 19-36 (2 μM) and mimicked by the PKC activator phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate (1 μM). The enhancement of the sustained component of calcium current was blocked by PKA inhibitors H-89 (1 μM) and PKA fragment 6-22 (500 nM) but not Rp-cAMPS (30 μM) and it was not mimicked by the PKA activator, 8-Br-cAMP (500 μM-1 mM). The data suggest that activation of PKC alone is sufficient to enhance L-type calcium current but that PKA may also be involved in the GABAB receptor mediated effect.
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- J G Bray
- Department of Biological Sciences, Marquette University, P.O. Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881, USA
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Ponnoth DS, Jamal Mustafa S. Adenosine receptors and vascular inflammation. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2010; 1808:1429-34. [PMID: 20832387 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2010.08.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2010] [Revised: 08/26/2010] [Accepted: 08/30/2010] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Epidemiological studies have shown a positive correlation between poor lung function and respiratory disorders like asthma and the development of adverse cardiovascular events. Increased adenosine (AD) levels are associated with lung inflammation which could lead to altered vascular responses and systemic inflammation. There is relatively little known about the cardiovascular effects of adenosine in a model of allergy. We have shown that A(1) adenosine receptors (AR) are involved in altered vascular responses and vascular inflammation in allergic mice. Allergic A(1)wild-type mice showed altered vascular reactivity, increased airway responsiveness and systemic inflammation. Our data suggests that A(1) AR is pro-inflammatory systemically in this model of asthma. There are also reports of the A(2B) receptor having anti-inflammatory effects in vascular stress; however its role in allergy with respect to vascular effects has not been fully explored. In this review, we have focused on the role of adenosine receptors in allergic asthma and the cardiovascular system and possible mechanism(s) of action.
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- Dovenia S Ponnoth
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, West Virginia University. Morgantown, WV, USA
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Kronlage M, Song J, Sorokin L, Isfort K, Schwerdtle T, Leipziger J, Robaye B, Conley PB, Kim HC, Sargin S, Schön P, Schwab A, Hanley PJ. Autocrine purinergic receptor signaling is essential for macrophage chemotaxis. Sci Signal 2010; 3:ra55. [PMID: 20664064 DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.2000588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 178] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Chemotaxis, the movement of cells along chemical gradients, is critical for the recruitment of immune cells to sites of inflammation; however, how cells navigate in chemotactic gradients is poorly understood. Here, we show that macrophages navigate in a gradient of the chemoattractant C5a through the release of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and autocrine "purinergic feedback loops" that involve receptors for ATP (P2Y(2)), adenosine diphosphate (ADP) (P2Y(12)), and adenosine (A2a, A2b, and A3). Whereas macrophages from mice deficient in pannexin-1 (which is part of a putative ATP release pathway), P2Y(2), or P2Y(12) exhibited efficient chemotactic navigation, chemotaxis was blocked by apyrase, which degrades ATP and ADP, and by the inhibition of multiple purinergic receptors. Furthermore, apyrase impaired the recruitment of monocytes in a mouse model of C5a-induced peritonitis. In addition, we found that stimulation of P2Y(2), P2Y(12), or adenosine receptors induced the formation of lamellipodial membrane protrusions, causing cell spreading. We propose a model in which autocrine purinergic receptor signaling amplifies and translates chemotactic cues into directional motility.
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- Moritz Kronlage
- Institut für Physiologie II, Wilhems-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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Estes AM, McAllen K, Parker MS, Sah R, Sweatman T, Park EA, Balasubramaniam A, Sallee FR, Walker MW, Parker SL. Maintenance of Y receptor dimers in epithelial cells depends on interaction with G-protein heterotrimers. Amino Acids 2010; 40:371-80. [DOI: 10.1007/s00726-010-0642-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2010] [Accepted: 05/25/2010] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Ponnoth DS, Nadeem A, Tilley S, Mustafa SJ. Involvement of A1 adenosine receptors in altered vascular responses and inflammation in an allergic mouse model of asthma. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2010; 299:H81-7. [PMID: 20400685 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01090.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Poor lung function and respiratory disorders like asthma have a positive correlation with the development of adverse cardiovascular events. Increased adenosine levels are associated with lung inflammation that could lead to altered vascular responses and systemic inflammation. We hypothesized that asthmatic lung inflammation has systemic effects through A(1) adenosine receptors (A(1)AR) and investigated the effects of aerosolized adenosine on vascular reactivity and inflammation, using A(1)AR knockout (A(1)KO) and corresponding wild-type (A(1)WT) mice that were divided into three experimental groups each: control (CON), allergen sensitized and challenged (SEN), and SEN + aerosolized adenosine (SEN + AD). Animals were sensitized with ragweed (200 microg ip; days 1 and 6), followed by 1% ragweed aerosol challenges (days 11 to 13). On day 14, the SEN + AD groups received one adenosine aerosol challenge (6 mg/ml) for 2 min, and aortae were collected on day 15. 5'-N-ethylcarboxamidoadenosine (NECA; nonselective adenosine analog) induced concentration-dependent aortic relaxation in the A(1)WT CON group, which was impaired in the A(1)WT SEN and SEN + AD groups. All groups of A(1)KO mice showed similar (no significant difference) concentration-dependent relaxation to NECA. The A(1)WT SEN and SEN + AD groups had a significantly higher contraction to selective A(1) agonist 2-chloro-N(6)-cyclopentyladenosine (CCPA) compared with the CON group. Western blot data showed that aortic A(1)AR expression was significantly increased in WT SEN and SEN + AD mice compared with CON mice. Gene expression of ICAM-1 and IL-5 was significantly increased in allergic A(1)WT aorta and were undetected in the A(1)KO groups. A(1)WT allergic mice had significantly higher airway hyperresponsiveness (enhanced pause) to NECA, with adenosine aerosol further enhancing it. In conclusion, allergic A(1)WT mice showed altered vascular reactivity, increased airway hyperresponsiveness, and systemic inflammation. These data suggest that A(1)AR is proinflammatory systemically in this model of allergic asthma.
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- Dovenia S Ponnoth
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Center for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
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Castrop H, Höcherl K, Kurtz A, Schweda F, Todorov V, Wagner C. Physiology of Kidney Renin. Physiol Rev 2010; 90:607-73. [PMID: 20393195 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00011.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 189] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The protease renin is the key enzyme of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone cascade, which is relevant under both physiological and pathophysiological settings. The kidney is the only organ capable of releasing enzymatically active renin. Although the characteristic juxtaglomerular position is the best known site of renin generation, renin-producing cells in the kidney can vary in number and localization. (Pro)renin gene transcription in these cells is controlled by a number of transcription factors, among which CREB is the best characterized. Pro-renin is stored in vesicles, activated to renin, and then released upon demand. The release of renin is under the control of the cAMP (stimulatory) and Ca2+(inhibitory) signaling pathways. Meanwhile, a great number of intrarenally generated or systemically acting factors have been identified that control the renin secretion directly at the level of renin-producing cells, by activating either of the signaling pathways mentioned above. The broad spectrum of biological actions of (pro)renin is mediated by receptors for (pro)renin, angiotensin II and angiotensin-( 1 – 7 ).
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- Hayo Castrop
- Institute of Physiology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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Osmond DA, Inscho EW. P2X(1) receptor blockade inhibits whole kidney autoregulation of renal blood flow in vivo. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2010; 298:F1360-8. [PMID: 20335318 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00016.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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In vitro experiments demonstrate that P2X(1) receptor activation is important for normal afferent arteriolar autoregulatory behavior, but direct in vivo evidence for this relationship occurring in the whole kidney is unavailable. Experiments were performed to test the hypothesis that P2X(1) receptors are important for autoregulation of whole kidney blood flow. Renal blood flow (RBF) was measured in anesthetized male Sprague-Dawley rats before and during P2 receptor blockade with PPADS, P2X(1) receptor blockade with IP5I, or A(1) receptor blockade with DPCPX. Both P2X(1) and A(1) receptor stimulation with alpha,beta-methylene ATP and CPA, respectively, caused dose-dependent decreases in RBF. Administration of either PPADS or IP5I significantly blocked P2X(1) receptor stimulation. Likewise, administration of DPCPX significantly blocked A(1) receptor activation to CPA. Autoregulatory behavior was assessed by measuring RBF responses to reductions in renal perfusion pressure. In vehicle-infused rats, as pressure was decreased from 120 to 100 mmHg, there was no decrease in RBF. However, in either PPADS- or IP5I-infused rats, each decrease in pressure resulted in a significant decrease in RBF, demonstrating loss of autoregulatory ability. In DPCPX-infused rats, reductions in pressure did not cause significant reductions in RBF over the pressure range of 100-120 mmHg, but the autoregulatory curve tended to be steeper than vehicle-infused rats over the range of 80-100 mmHg, suggesting that A(1) receptors may influence RBF at lower pressures. These findings are consistent with in vitro data from afferent arterioles and support the hypothesis that P2X(1) receptor activation is important for whole kidney autoregulation in vivo.
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- David A Osmond
- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia 30912, USA
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Inscho EW. ATP, P2 receptors and the renal microcirculation. Purinergic Signal 2009; 5:447-60. [PMID: 19294530 PMCID: PMC2776135 DOI: 10.1007/s11302-009-9147-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2007] [Accepted: 05/16/2008] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Purinoceptors are rapidly becoming recognised as important regulators of tissue and organ function. Renal expression of P2 receptors is broad and diverse, as reflected by the fact that P2 receptors have been identified in virtually every major tubular/vascular element. While P2 receptor expression by these renal structures is recognised, the physiological functions that they serve remains to be clarified. Renal vascular P2 receptor expression is complex and poorly understood. Evidence suggests that different complements of P2 receptors are expressed by individual renal vascular segments. This unique distribution has given rise to the postulate that P2 receptors are important for renal vascular function, including regulation of preglomerular resistance and autoregulatory behaviour. More recent studies have also uncovered evidence that hypertension reduces renal vascular reactivity to P2 receptor stimulation in concert with compromised autoregulatory capability. This review will consolidate findings related to the role of P2 receptors in regulating renal microvascular function and will present areas of controversy related to the respective roles of ATP and adenosine in autoregulatory resistance adjustments.
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- Edward W Inscho
- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia,
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Ponnoth DS, Sanjani MS, Ledent C, Roush K, Krahn T, Mustafa SJ. Absence of adenosine-mediated aortic relaxation in A(2A) adenosine receptor knockout mice. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2009; 297:H1655-60. [PMID: 19749167 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00192.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Adenosine mediates vascular responses through four receptor subtypes: A(1), A(2A), A(2B), and A(3). The role of A(2A) receptors in aortic vascular tone was investigated using A(2A) adenosine receptor (AR) knockout (A(2A)KO) and corresponding wild-type (A(2A)WT) mice. Isolated aortic rings from A(2A)WT and A(2A)KO mice were precontracted with phenylephrine (10(-7) M), and concentration responses for adenosine analogs and selective agonists/antagonists were obtained. Nonselective adenosine analog (NECA; EC(50) = 6.78 microM) and CGS-21680 (A(2A)AR selective agonist; EC(50) = 0.013 microM) produced concentration-dependent relaxation (maximum of 25% and 28% relaxation at 10(-5) M NECA and CGS-21680, respectively) in A(2A)WT aorta. In A(2A)KO aorta, NECA (EC(50) = 0.075 microM) induced concentration-dependent contraction (maximum contraction of 47% at 10(-6) M; P < 0.05 compared with A(2A)WT), whereas CGS-21680 produced no response. SCH-58261 (10(-6) M; A(2A)AR selective antagonist) abolished both NECA- and CGS-21680-mediated vasorelaxation in A(2A)WT (P < 0.05), whereas no change was observed in A(2A)KO. When DPCPX (10(-5) M; A(1) selective antagonist) was used in NECA concentration response, greater vasorelaxation was observed in A(2A)WT (50% vs. 25% in controls at 10(-5) M; P < 0.05), whereas lower contraction was seen in A(2A)KO tissues (5% vs. 47% in controls at 10(-6) M; P < 0.05). Aortic endothelial function, determined by response to acetylcholine, was significantly higher in WT compared with KO (66% vs. 51%; P < 0.05). BAY 60-6583 (A(2B) selective agonist) produced similar relaxation in both KO and WT tissues. In conclusion, A(2A)AR KO mice had significantly lower aortic relaxation and endothelial function, suggesting that the A(2A)AR plays an important role in vasorelaxation, probably through an endothelium-dependent mechanism.
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- Dovenia S Ponnoth
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Cardiovascular Sciences, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
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Lai EY, Patzak A, Persson AEG, Carlström M. Angiotensin II enhances the afferent arteriolar response to adenosine through increases in cytosolic calcium. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2009; 196:435-45. [PMID: 19141138 DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2009.01956.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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AIMS Angiotensin II (Ang II) is a strong renal vasoconstrictor and modulates the tubuloglomerular feedback (TGF). We hypothesized that Ang II at low concentrations enhances the vasoconstrictor effect of adenosine (Ado), the mediator of TGF. METHODS Afferent arterioles of mice were isolated and perfused, and both isotonic contractions and cytosolic calcium transients were measured. RESULTS Bolus application of Ang II (10(-12) and 10(-10) M) induced negligible vasoconstrictions, while Ang II at 10(-8) m reduced diameters by 35%. Ang II at 10(-12), 10(-10) and 10(-8) m clearly enhanced the arteriolar response to cumulative applications of Ado (10(-11) to 10(-4) M). Ado application increased the cytosolic calcium concentrations in the vascular smooth muscle, which were higher at 10(-5) M than at 10(-8) M. Ang II (10(-11) to 10(-6) M) also induced concentration-dependent calcium transients, which were attenuated by AT(1) receptor inhibition. Simultaneously applied Ang II (10(-10) M) additively enhanced the calcium transients induced by 10(-8) and 10(-5) M Ado. The transients were partly inhibited by AT(1) or A(1) receptor antagonists, but not significantly by A(2) receptor antagonists. CONCLUSION A low dose of Ang II enhances Ado-induced constrictions, partly via AT(1) receptor-mediated calcium increase. Ado increases intracellular calcium by acting on A(1) but not A(2) receptors. The potentiating effect of Ang II on Ado-induced arteriolar vasoconstrictions may involve calcium sensitization of the contractile machinery, as Ang II only additively increased cytosolic calcium concentrations, while its effect on the arteriolar constriction was more than additive. The potentiating effect of Ang II might contribute to the resetting of TGF.
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- E Y Lai
- Division of Physiology, Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University, S-75123 Uppsala, Sweden
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Gál A, Ducza E, Minorics R, Klukovits A, Gálik M, Falkay G, Gáspár R. The roles of alpha2-adrenoceptor subtypes in the control of cervical resistance in the late-pregnant rat. Eur J Pharmacol 2009; 615:193-200. [PMID: 19450576 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2009.04.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2009] [Revised: 04/22/2009] [Accepted: 04/29/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The roles of the alpha(2)-adrenoceptor subtypes in the regulation of cervical resistance have previously not been investigated. The aim of the present study was to identify these receptors in the late-pregnant cervix and determine their functions in vitro in the rat. The expressions of the alpha(2)-adrenoceptor subtypes were determined by means of RT-PCR and Western blotting techniques. The changes in cervical resistance due to subtype-selective antagonists were investigated in stretching tests. The cyclic AMP immunoassay technique was used to detect the level of cyclic AMP following stimulation of the alpha(2)-adrenoceptors with or without pertussis toxin. On pregnancy days 18, 20, 21 and 22, the RT-PCR and Western blotting studies revealed the expressions of all three alpha(2)-adrenoceptor subtype mRNAs and proteins. On days 18 and 20, noradrenaline increased and decreased the resistance, respectively. Its effect was blocked by each of the antagonists used, except ARC 239 on both days. On day 21, noradrenaline again increased the resistance, this effect being maintained only in the presence of spiroxatrine. Noradrenaline was ineffective on day 22. These results were supported by the changes in cyclic AMP levels. Pertussis toxin pretreatment eliminated the changes in the cyclic AMP level on days 18 and 21. We presume that the alpha(2A)- and alpha(2C)-adrenoceptors play predominant roles in the regulation of cervical resistance on days 18-21. Depending on the day of pregnancy, stimulation of these alpha(2)-adrenoceptors could even result in opposite effects. This fluctuation can be explained by the changes in the G(i)/G(s)-coupling of the alpha(2A)- and alpha(2C)-adrenoceptors.
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- Adrienn Gál
- Department of Pharmacodynamics and Biopharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Szeged, H-6720 Szeged, Eötvös u. 6, Hungary.
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Lyngsø C, Erikstrup N, Hansen JL. Functional interactions between 7TM receptors in the renin-angiotensin system--dimerization or crosstalk? Mol Cell Endocrinol 2009; 302:203-12. [PMID: 18930783 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2008.09.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2008] [Revised: 09/09/2008] [Accepted: 09/10/2008] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The Renin-Angiotensin System (RAS) is important for the regulation of cardiovascular physiology, where it controls blood pressure, and salt- and water homeostasis. Dysregulation of RAS can lead to severe diseases including hypertension, diabetic nephropathy, and cardiac arrhythmia, and -failure. The importance of the RAS is clearly emphasised by the widespread use of drugs targeting this system in clinical practice. These include, renin inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor type I blockers, and inhibitors of the angiotensin converting enzyme. Some of the important effectors within the system are 7 transmembrane (7TM) receptors (or G-protein-coupled receptors) such as the angiotensin II Receptors type I and II (AT1R and AT2R) and the MAS-oncogene receptor. Several findings indicate that the 7TM receptors can form both homo- and heterodimers, or higher orders of oligomers. Furthermore, dimerization may be important for receptor function, and in the development of cardiovascular diseases. This is very significant, since "dimers" may provide pharmacologists with novel targets for improved drug therapy. However, we know that 7TM receptors can mediate signals as monomeric units, and so far it has been very difficult to establish if our observations reflect actual well-defined dimerization or merely reflect close proximity between the receptors and/or various types of functional interaction. In this review, we will present and critically discuss the current data on 7TM receptor dimerization with a clear focus on the RAS, and delineate future challenges within the field.
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- Christina Lyngsø
- Danish National Research Foundation Centre for Cardiac Arrhythmia, Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Activation of A(2) adenosine receptors dilates cortical efferent arterioles in mouse. Kidney Int 2009; 75:793-9. [PMID: 19165174 DOI: 10.1038/ki.2008.684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Adenosine can induce vasodilatation and vasoconstriction of the renal afferent arteriole of the mouse. We determined here its direct effect on efferent arterioles of mouse kidneys. Using isolated-perfused cortical efferent arterioles, we measured changes in luminal diameter in response to adenosine. Extraluminal application of adenosine and cyclohexyladenosine had no effect on the luminal diameter. When the vessels were constricted by the thromboxane mimetic U46619, application of adenosine and 5'-N-ethylcarboxamido-adenosine dilated the efferent arterioles in a dose-dependent manner. We also found that the adenosine-induced vasodilatation was inhibited by the A(2)-specific receptor blocker 3,7-dimethyl-1-propargylxanthine. In the presence of this inhibitor, adenosine failed to alter the basal vessel diameter of quiescent efferent arterioles. Using primer-specific polymerase chain reaction we found that the adenosine A(1), A(2a), A(2b), and A(3) receptors were expressed in microdissected mouse efferent arterioles. We conclude that adenosine dilates the efferent arteriole using the A(2) receptor subtype at concentrations compatible with activation of the A(2b) receptor.
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Interaction of intrarenal adenosine and angiotensin II in kidney vascular resistance. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 2009; 18:63-7. [DOI: 10.1097/mnh.0b013e32831cf5d3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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