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Iijima A, Švecová O, Hošek J, Kula R, Bébarová M. Sildenafil affects the human Kir2.1 and Kir2.2 channels at clinically relevant concentrations: Inhibition potentiated by low Ba 2. Front Pharmacol 2023; 14:1136272. [PMID: 36817146 PMCID: PMC9932908 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2023.1136272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2023] [Accepted: 01/23/2023] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Sildenafil (Viagra), the first approved and widely used oral drug for the treatment of erectile dysfunction, was occasionally associated with life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias in patients. Since inward rectifier potassium current (I K1) may considerably contribute to this arrhythmogenesis, we investigated the effect of sildenafil on the human Kir2.1 and Kir2.2, the prevailing subunits forming the ventricular I K1 channels. Experiments were performed by the whole-cell patch clamp technique at 37°C using Chinese hamster ovary cells transiently expressing the human Kir2.1 and Kir2.2 channels. Changes of both the inward and outward current components (at -110 and -50 mV, respectively) were tested to be able to consider the physiological relevance of the sildenafil effect (changes at -110 and -50 mV did not significantly differ, results at -50 mV are listed below). A significant Kir2.1 inhibition was observed at all applied sildenafil concentrations (16.1% ± 3.7%, 20.0% ± 2.6%, and 15.0% ± 3.0% at 0.1, 1, and 10 μM, respectively). The inhibitory effect of 0.1 μM sildenafil was potentiated by the presence of a low concentration of Ba2+ (0.1 μM) which induced only a slight Kir2.1 inhibition by 5.95% ± 0.75% alone (the combined effect was 35.5% ± 3.4%). The subtherapeutic and therapeutic sildenafil concentrations (0.1 and 1 μM) caused a dual effect on Kir2.2 channels whereas a significant Kir2.2 activation was observed at the supratherapeutic sildenafil concentration (10 μM: 34.1% ± 5.6%). All effects were fully reversible. This is the first study demonstrating that sildenafil at clinically relevant concentrations inhibits both the inward and outward current components of the main human ventricular I K1 subunit Kir2.1. This inhibitory effect was significantly potentiated by a low concentration of environmental contaminant Ba2+ in agreement with recently reported data on rat ventricular I K1 which additionally showed a significant repolarization delay. Considering the similar subunit composition of the human and rat ventricular I K1 channels, the observed effects might contribute to sildenafil-associated arrhythmogenesis in clinical practice.
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- Akimasa Iijima
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic,*Correspondence: Markéta Bébarová,
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Ranchoux B, Harvey LD, Ayon RJ, Babicheva A, Bonnet S, Chan SY, Yuan JXJ, Perez VDJ. Endothelial dysfunction in pulmonary arterial hypertension: an evolving landscape (2017 Grover Conference Series). Pulm Circ 2018; 8:2045893217752912. [PMID: 29283043 PMCID: PMC5798691 DOI: 10.1177/2045893217752912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2017] [Accepted: 12/18/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Endothelial dysfunction is a major player in the development and progression of vascular pathology in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a disease associated with small vessel loss and obstructive vasculopathy that leads to increased pulmonary vascular resistance, subsequent right heart failure, and premature death. Over the past ten years, there has been tremendous progress in our understanding of pulmonary endothelial biology as it pertains to the genetic and molecular mechanisms that orchestrate the endothelial response to direct or indirect injury, and how their dysregulation can contribute to the pathogenesis of PAH. As one of the major topics included in the 2017 Grover Conference Series, discussion centered on recent developments in four areas of pulmonary endothelial biology: (1) angiogenesis; (2) endothelial-mesenchymal transition (EndMT); (3) epigenetics; and (4) biology of voltage-gated ion channels. The present review will summarize the content of these discussions and provide a perspective on the most promising aspects of endothelial dysfunction that may be amenable for therapeutic development.
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- University of Pittsburgh Vascular Medicine Institute Division of Cardiology, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Division of Translational and Regenerative Medicine, The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Division of Translational and Regenerative Medicine, The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- University of Pittsburgh Vascular Medicine Institute Division of Cardiology, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Division of Translational and Regenerative Medicine, The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, USA
- The Vera Moulton Wall Center for Pulmonary Vascular Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, USA
- Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, USA
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Gai XY, Wei YH, Zhang W, Wuren TN, Wang YP, Li ZQ, Liu S, Ma L, Lu DX, Zhou Y, Ge RL. Echinacoside induces rat pulmonary artery vasorelaxation by opening the NO-cGMP-PKG-BKCa channels and reducing intracellular Ca2+ levels. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2015; 36:587-96. [PMID: 25864652 DOI: 10.1038/aps.2014.126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2014] [Accepted: 10/14/2014] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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AIM Sustained pulmonary vasoconstriction as experienced at high altitude can lead to pulmonary hypertension (PH). The main purpose of this study is to investigate the vasorelaxant effect of echinacoside (ECH), a phenylethanoid glycoside from the Tibetan herb Lagotis brevituba Maxim and Cistanche tubulosa, on the pulmonary artery and its potential mechanism. METHODS Pulmonary arterial rings obtained from male Wistar rats were suspended in organ chambers filled with Krebs-Henseleit solution, and isometric tension was measured using a force transducer. Intracellular Ca(2+) levels were measured in cultured rat pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells (PASMCs) using Fluo 4-AM. RESULTS ECH (30-300 μmol/L) relaxed rat pulmonary arteries precontracted by noradrenaline (NE) in a concentration-dependent manner, and this effect could be observed in both intact endothelium and endothelium-denuded rings, but with a significantly lower maximum response and a higher EC50 in endothelium-denuded rings. This effect was significantly blocked by L-NAME, TEA, and BaCl2. However, IMT, 4-AP, and Gli did not inhibit ECH-induced relaxation. Under extracellular Ca(2+)-free conditions, the maximum contraction was reduced to 24.54%±2.97% and 10.60%±2.07% in rings treated with 100 and 300 μmol/L of ECH, respectively. Under extracellular calcium influx conditions, the maximum contraction was reduced to 112.42%±7.30%, 100.29%±8.66%, and 74.74%±4.95% in rings treated with 30, 100, and 300 μmol/L of ECH, respectively. After cells were loaded with Fluo 4-AM, the mean fluorescence intensity was lower in cells treated with ECH (100 μmol/L) than with NE. CONCLUSION ECH suppresses NE-induced contraction of rat pulmonary artery via reducing intracellular Ca(2+) levels, and induces its relaxation through the NO-cGMP pathway and opening of K(+) channels (BKCa and KIR).
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It has been known for more than 60 years, and suspected for over 100, that alveolar hypoxia causes pulmonary vasoconstriction by means of mechanisms local to the lung. For the last 20 years, it has been clear that the essential sensor, transduction, and effector mechanisms responsible for hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV) reside in the pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cell. The main focus of this review is the cellular and molecular work performed to clarify these intrinsic mechanisms and to determine how they are facilitated and inhibited by the extrinsic influences of other cells. Because the interaction of intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms is likely to shape expression of HPV in vivo, we relate results obtained in cells to HPV in more intact preparations, such as intact and isolated lungs and isolated pulmonary vessels. Finally, we evaluate evidence regarding the contribution of HPV to the physiological and pathophysiological processes involved in the transition from fetal to neonatal life, pulmonary gas exchange, high-altitude pulmonary edema, and pulmonary hypertension. Although understanding of HPV has advanced significantly, major areas of ignorance and uncertainty await resolution.
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- J T Sylvester
- Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School ofMedicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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The choroid plexus is a specialized tissue that lines subdomains within the four ventricles of the brain where most of the cerebrospinal fluid is produced. Maintenance of an equilibrium in volume and composition of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is vital for a normal brain function, ensuring an optimal environment for the neurons. The necessarily high water permeability of the choroid plexus barrier is made possible by the abundant expression of a water channel, Aquaporin-1 (AQP1), on the apical side of the membrane from early stages of development through adulthood. Data from studies of AQP1 suggest that it also can contribute as a gated ion channel, and suggest that the AQP1-mediated ionic conductance has physiological significance for the regulation of cerebrospinal fluid secretion. The regulation of AQP1 ion channels could be one of several transport mechanisms that contribute to the decreased CSF secretion in response to endogenous signaling molecules such as atrial natriuretic peptide. Numerous classes of ion channels and transporters are targeted specifically to each side of the cellular membrane, and they all work in concert to secrete CSF. Several signaling cascades have a direct effect on transporters and ion channels present in the choroid plexus epithelium, altering their transport activity and therefore modulating the net transcellular movement of solutes and water. Several neurotransmitters, neuropeptides, and growth factors can influence CSF secretion by direct effect on transport mechanisms of the epithelium. The mammalian choroid plexus receives innervation from noradrenergic sympathetic fibers, cholinergic and peptidergic fibers that modulate CSF secretion. Water imbalance in the brain can have life-threatening consequences resulting from altered excitability and neurodegeneration, disruption of the supply of nutrients, loss of signaling molecules, and the accumulation of unwanted toxins and metabolites. Understanding the mechanisms involved in the modulation of CSF secretion is of fundamental importance. An appreciation of AQP1 as an ion channel in addition to its role as a water channel should offer new targets for therapeutic strategies in diseases involving water imbalance in the brain.
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- Daniela Boassa
- Department of Physiology, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona 85724, USA
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Simon A, Harrington EO, Liu GX, Koren G, Choudhary G. Mechanism of C-type natriuretic peptide-induced endothelial cell hyperpolarization. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2008; 296:L248-56. [PMID: 19036874 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.90303.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) has a demonstrated hyperpolarizing effect on vascular smooth muscle cells. However, its autocrine function, including its electrophysiological effect on endothelial cells, is not known. Here, we report the effect of CNP on the membrane potential (E(m)) of pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells and describe its target receptors, second messengers, and ion channels. We measured changes in E(m) using fluorescence imaging and perforated patch-clamping techniques. In imaging experiments, samples were preincubated in the potentiometric dye DiBAC(4)(3), and subsequently exposed to CNP in the presence of selective inhibitors of ion channels or second messengers. CNP exposure induced a dose-dependent decrease in fluorescence, indicating that CNP induces endothelial cell hyperpolarization. CNP-induced hyperpolarization was inhibited by the K(+) channel blockers, tetraethylammonium or iberiotoxin, the nonspecific cation channel blocker, La(3+), or by depletion or repletion of extracellular Ca(2+) or K(+), respectively. CNP-induced hyperpolarization was also blocked by pharmacological inhibition of PKG or by small interfering RNA (siRNA)-mediated knockdown of natriuretic peptide receptor-B (NPR-B). CNP-induced hyperpolarization was mimicked by the PKG agonist, 8-bromo-cGMP, and attenuated by both the endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) inhibitor, N(omega)-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (l-NAME), and the soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC) inhibitor, 1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one. Presence of iberiotoxin-sensitive, CNP-induced outward current was confirmed by perforated patch-clamping experiments. We conclude that CNP hyperpolarizes pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells by activating large-conductance calcium-activated potassium channels mediated by the activation of NPR-B, PKG, eNOS, and sGC.
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- Aaron Simon
- Providence VA Medical Center, Providence, RI 02908, USA
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Dodd-o JM, Hristopoulos ML, Kibler K, Gutkowska J, Mukaddam-Daher S, Gonzalez A, Welsh-Servinsky LE, Pearse DB. The role of natriuretic peptide receptor-A signaling in unilateral lung ischemia-reperfusion injury in the intact mouse. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2008; 294:L714-23. [PMID: 18223163 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00185.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Ischemia-reperfusion (IR) causes human lung injury in association with the release of atrial and brain natriuretic peptides (ANP and BNP), but the role of ANP/BNP in IR lung injury is unknown. ANP and BNP bind to natriuretic peptide receptor-A (NPR-A) generating cGMP and to NPR-C, a clearance receptor that can decrease intracellular cAMP. To determine the role of NPR-A signaling in IR lung injury, we administered the NPR-A blocker anantin in an in vivo SWR mouse preparation of unilateral lung IR. With uninterrupted ventilation, the left pulmonary artery was occluded for 30 min and then reperfused for 60 or 150 min. Anantin administration decreased IR-induced Evans blue dye extravasation and wet weight in the reperfused left lung, suggesting an injurious role for NPR-A signaling in lung IR. In isolated mouse lungs, exogenous ANP (2.5 nM) added to the perfusate significantly increased the filtration coefficient sevenfold only if lungs were subjected to IR. This effect of ANP was also blocked by anantin. Unilateral in vivo IR increased endogenous plasma ANP, lung cGMP concentration, and lung protein kinase G (PKG(I)) activation. Anantin enhanced plasma ANP concentrations and attenuated the increase in cGMP and PKG(I) activation but had no effect on lung cAMP. These data suggest that lung IR triggered ANP release and altered endothelial signaling so that NPR-A activation caused increased pulmonary endothelial permeability.
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- Jeffrey M Dodd-o
- Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21287-9106, USA.
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Ledoux J, Bonev AD, Nelson MT. Ca2+-activated K+ channels in murine endothelial cells: block by intracellular calcium and magnesium. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 131:125-35. [PMID: 18195387 PMCID: PMC2213563 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200709875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The intermediate (IK(Ca)) and small (SK(Ca)) conductance Ca(2+)-sensitive K(+) channels in endothelial cells (ECs) modulate vascular diameter through regulation of EC membrane potential. However, contribution of IK(Ca) and SK(Ca) channels to membrane current and potential in native endothelial cells remains unclear. In freshly isolated endothelial cells from mouse aorta dialyzed with 3 microM free [Ca(2+)](i) and 1 mM free [Mg(2+)](i), membrane currents reversed at the potassium equilibrium potential and exhibited an inward rectification at positive membrane potentials. Blockers of large-conductance, Ca(2+)-sensitive potassium (BK(Ca)) and strong inward rectifier potassium (K(ir)) channels did not affect the membrane current. However, blockers of IK(Ca) channels, charybdotoxin (ChTX), and of SK(Ca) channels, apamin (Ap), significantly reduced the whole-cell current. Although IK(Ca) and SK(Ca) channels are intrinsically voltage independent, ChTX- and Ap-sensitive currents decreased steeply with membrane potential depolarization. Removal of intracellular Mg(2+) significantly increased these currents. Moreover, concomitant reduction of the [Ca(2+)](i) to 1 microM caused an additional increase in ChTX- and Ap-sensitive currents so that the currents exhibited theoretical outward rectification. Block of IK(Ca) and SK(Ca) channels caused a significant endothelial membrane potential depolarization (approximately 11 mV) and decrease in [Ca(2+)](i) in mesenteric arteries in the absence of an agonist. These results indicate that [Ca(2+)](i) can both activate and block IK(Ca) and SK(Ca) channels in endothelial cells, and that these channels regulate the resting membrane potential and intracellular calcium in native endothelium.
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- Jonathan Ledoux
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington 05405, USA
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Tennant BP, Cui Y, Tinker A, Clapp LH. Functional expression of inward rectifier potassium channels in cultured human pulmonary smooth muscle cells: evidence for a major role of Kir2.4 subunits. J Membr Biol 2007; 213:19-29. [PMID: 17347781 PMCID: PMC1973150 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-006-0037-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2006] [Revised: 10/04/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Strong inwardly rectifying K(+) (K(IR)) channels that contribute to maintaining the resting membrane potential are encoded by the Kir2.0 family (Kir2.1-2.4). In smooth muscle, K(IR) currents reported so far have the characteristics of Kir2.1. However, Kir2.4, which exhibits unique characteristics of barium block, has been largely overlooked. Using patch-clamp techniques, we characterized K(IR) channels in cultured human pulmonary artery smooth muscle (HPASM) cells and compared them to cloned Kir2.1 and Kir2.4 channels. In a physiological K(+) gradient, inwardly rectifying currents were observed in HPASM cells, the magnitude and reversal potential of which were sensitive to extracellular K(+) concentration. Ba(2+) (100 microM ) significantly inhibited inward currents and depolarized HPASM cells by approximately 10 mV. In 60 mM extracellular K(+), Ba(2+) blocked K(IR) currents in HPASM cells with a 50% inhibitory concentration of 39.1 microM at -100 mV compared to 3.9 microM and 65.6 microM for Kir2.1 and Kir2.4, respectively. Cloned Kir2.4 and K(IR) currents in HPASM cells showed little voltage dependence to Ba(2+) inhibition, which blocked at a more superficial site than for Kir2.1. Single-channel recordings revealed strong inwardly rectifying channels with an average conductance of 21 pS in HPASM cells, not significantly different from either Kir2.1 (19.6 pS) or Kir2.4 (19.4 pS). Reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction detected products corresponding to Kir2.1, Kir2.2 and Kir2.4 but not Kir2.3. We demonstrate that cultured HPASM cells express K(IR) channels and suggest both Kir2.1 and Kir2.4 subunits contribute to these channels, although the whole-cell current characteristics described share more similarity with Kir2.4.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Barium/pharmacology
- Base Sequence
- Biophysical Phenomena
- Biophysics
- Cells, Cultured
- DNA Primers/genetics
- Humans
- Membrane Potentials/drug effects
- Mice
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/cytology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/drug effects
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/metabolism
- Patch-Clamp Techniques
- Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying/genetics
- Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying/metabolism
- Pulmonary Artery/cytology
- Pulmonary Artery/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Rats
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Transfection
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- Author for Correspondence, BHF Laboratories, Department of Medicine, 4 Floor Rayne Institute, University College, 5 University Street, London WC1E 6JJ, Tel 020 7679 6180, Fax 020 7679 6205, Email
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Ca2+, nitric oxide (NO), and protein kinase G (PKG) are important signaling molecules that play pivotal roles in many physiological processes such as vascular tone control, platelet activation, and synaptic plasticity. TRPC channels allow Ca2+ influx, thus contributing to the production of NO, which subsequently stimulates PKG. It has been demonstrated that PKG can phosphorylate human TRPC3 at Thr-11 and Ser-263 and that this phosphorylation inactivates TRPC3. These two PKG phosphorylation sites, Thr-11 and Ser-263 in human TRPC3, are conserved in other members of the TRPC3/6/7 subfamily, suggesting that PKG may also phosphorylate TRPC6 and TRPC7. In addition, protein kinase C (PKC) also inactivates TRPC3, partly through activating PKG. The PKG-mediated inhibition of TRPC channels may provide a feedback control for the fine tuning of [Ca2+]i levels and protect the cells from the detrimental effects of excessive [Ca2+]i and/or NO.
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- X Yao
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
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Moldobaeva A, Welsh-Servinsky LE, Shimoda LA, Stephens RS, Verin AD, Tuder RM, Pearse DB. Role of protein kinase G in barrier-protective effects of cGMP in human pulmonary artery endothelial cells. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2005; 290:L919-30. [PMID: 16339778 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00434.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Increases in endothelial cGMP prevent oxidant-mediated endothelial barrier dysfunction, but the downstream mechanisms remain unclear. To determine the role of cGMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG)(I), human pulmonary artery endothelial cells (HPAEC) lacking PKG(I) expression were infected with a recombinant adenovirus encoding PKG(Ibeta) (Ad.PKG) and compared with uninfected and control-infected (Ad.betagal) HPAEC. Transendothelial electrical resistance (TER), an index of permeability, was measured after H(2)O(2) (250 microM) exposure with or without pretreatment with 8-(4-chlorophenylthio)guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (CPT-cGMP). HPAEC infected with Ad.PKG, but not Ad.betagal, expressed PKG(I) protein and demonstrated Ser(239) and Ser(157) phosphorylation of vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein after treatment with CPT-cGMP. Adenoviral infection decreased basal permeability equally in Ad.PKG- and Ad.betagal-infected HPAEC compared with uninfected cells. Treatment with CPT-cGMP (100 microM) caused a PKG(I)-independent decrease in permeability (8.2 +/- 0.6%). In all three groups, H(2)O(2) (250 microM) caused a similar approximately 35% increase in permeability associated with increased actin stress fiber formation, intercellular gaps, loss of membrane VE-cadherin, and increased intracellular Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)). In uninfected and Ad.betagal-infected HPAEC, pretreatment with CPT-cGMP (100 microM) partially blocked the increased permeability induced by H(2)O(2). In Ad.PKG-infected HPAEC, CPT-cGMP (50 microM) prevented the H(2)O(2)-induced TER decrease, cytoskeletal rearrangement, and loss of junctional VE-cadherin. CPT-cGMP attenuated the peak [Ca(2+)](i) caused by H(2)O(2) similarly (23%) in Ad.betagal- and Ad.PKG-infected HPAEC, indicating a PKG(I)-independent effect. These data suggest that cGMP decreased HPAEC basal permeability by a PKG(I)-independent process, whereas the ability of cGMP to prevent H(2)O(2)-induced barrier dysfunction was predominantly mediated by PKG(I) through a Ca(2+)-independent mechanism.
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- Aigul Moldobaeva
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, 5501 Hopkins Bayview Circle, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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Lin MT, Longo LD, Pearce WJ, Hessinger DA. Ca2+-activated K+ channel-associated phosphatase and kinase activities during development. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2005; 289:H414-25. [PMID: 15708961 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01079.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In ovine basilar arterial smooth muscle cells (SMCs), the fetal "big" Ca2+-activated K+ (BK) channel activity is significantly greater and has a lower Ca2+ setpoint than BK channels from adult cells. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that these differences result from developmentally regulated phosphorylation of these channels. Using the patch-clamp technique and a novel in situ enzymological approach, we measured the rates and extents of changes in BK channel voltage activation from SMC inside-out patch preparations in response to selective activation and inhibition of channel-associated protein phosphatases and kinases (CAPAKs). We show that BK channel activity is modulated during development by differential phosphorylation and that the activities of CAPAKs change substantially during development. In particular, excised membrane patches from adult SMCs exhibited greater protein kinase A activity than those from a fetus. In contrast, fetal SMCs exhibited greater protein kinase G activity and phosphatase activity than adult SMCs. These findings extend our previous observation that the BK channel Ca2+ setpoint differs significantly in adult and fetal cerebrovascular myocytes and suggest a biochemical mechanism for this difference. In addition, these findings suggest that the functional stoichiometry of CAPAKs varies significantly during development and that such variation may be a hitherto unrecognized mechanism of ion channel regulation.
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- Mike T Lin
- Center for Perinatal Biology, School of Medicine, Loma Linda Univ., Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA
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Pearse DB, Shimoda LA, Verin AD, Bogatcheva N, Moon C, Ronnett GV, Welsh LE, Becker PM. Effect of cGMP on lung microvascular endothelial barrier dysfunction following hydrogen peroxide. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 10:309-17. [PMID: 14741846 DOI: 10.1080/10623320390272307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The authors determined the effect of cyclic guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cGMP) on hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2))-induced barrier dysfunction in bovine lung microvascular endothelial cell (BLMVEC) monolayers and compared the results to bovine pulmonary artery endothelial cells (BPAECs). In BLMVECs, H(2)O(2) (250 microM) caused a 31.9% +/- 4.8% decrease in transendothelial electrical resistance (TER) associated with increased actin stress fiber formation, intercellular gaps, and intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)). The cGMP analogue 8-(p-chlorophenylthio)-cGMP (8p-CPT-cGMP; 30 or 50 microM) prevented the H(2)O(2)-induced decrease in TER (p <.001) as well as the cytoskeletal rearrangement and intercellular gap formation. 8-pCPT-cGMP (50 microM) attenuated the peak (418.8 +/- 42.1 versus 665.2 +/- 38.0 nmol/L; p <.001) and eliminated the sustained increase in [Ca(2+)](i) (193.5 +/- 21.3 versus 418.8 +/- 42.1 nmol/L; p <.001) caused by H(2)O(2). 8-pCPT-cGMP also increased TER (14.2% +/- 2.2%; p <.05) and decreased [Ca(2+)](i) (201.2 +/- 12.5 vs. 214.4 +/- 12.1 nmol/L; p <.03) before H(2)O(2). In BPAECs, 8p-CPT-cGMP significantly attenuated H(2)O(2)-induced increases in permeability and [Ca(2+)](i) but less effectively than in BLMVECs. These results suggest that in BLMVECs, cGMP countered the adverse effects of H(2)O(2) on barrier function by preventing actin cytoskeletal rearrangement and attenuating the increase in [Ca(2+)](i).
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- David B Pearse
- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA.
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Seol GH, Ahn SC, Kim JA, Nilius B, Suh SH. Inhibition of endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation by extracellular K(+): a novel controlling signal for vascular contractility. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2004; 286:H329-39. [PMID: 12969893 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00503.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The effects of extracellular K+ on endothelium-dependent relaxation (EDR) and on intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) were examined in mouse aorta, mouse aorta endothelial cells (MAEC), and human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC). In mouse aortic rings precontracted with prostaglandin F2alpha or norepinephrine, an increase in extracellular K+ concentration ([K+]o) from 6 to 12 mM inhibited EDR concentration dependently. In endothelial cells, an increase in [K+]o inhibited the agonist-induced [Ca2+]i increase concentration dependently. Similar to K+, Cs+ also inhibited EDR and the increase in [Ca2+]i concentration dependently. In current-clamped HUVEC, increasing [K+]o from 6 to 12 mM depolarized membrane potential from -32.8 +/- 2.7 to -8.6 +/- 4.9 mV (n = 8). In voltage-clamped HUVEC, depolarizing the holding potential from -50 to -25 mV decreased [Ca2+]i significantly from 0.95 +/- 0.03 to 0.88 +/- 0.03 microM (n = 11, P < 0.01) and further decreased [Ca2+]i to 0.47 +/- 0.04 microM by depolarizing the holding potential from -25 to 0 mV (n = 11, P < 0.001). Tetraethylammonium (1 mM) inhibited EDR and the ATP-induced [Ca2+]i increase in voltage-clamped MAEC. The intermediate-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channel openers 1-ethyl-2-benzimidazolinone, chlorozoxazone, and zoxazolamine reversed the K+-induced inhibition of EDR and increase in [Ca2+]i. The K+-induced inhibition of EDR and increase in [Ca2+]i was abolished by the Na+-K+ pump inhibitor ouabain (10 microM). These results indicate that an increase of [K+]o in the physiological range (6-12 mM) inhibits [Ca2+]i increase in endothelial cells and diminishes EDR by depolarizing the membrane potential, decreasing K+ efflux, and activating the Na+-K+ pump, thereby modulating the release of endothelium-derived vasoactive factors from endothelial cells and vasomotor tone.
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Affiliation(s)
- Geun Hee Seol
- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Ewha Women's University, 911-1 Mok-6-dong, Yang Chun-gu, Seoul 158-710, Republic of Korea
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Nitric oxide production is stimulated by an increase of the concentration of cytosolic Ca(2+) in vascular endothelial cells. Recent evidence suggests that nitric oxide and cGMP might attenuate Ca(2+) influx and, at the same time, initiate a Ca(2+) removal mechanism, thereby decreasing the intracellular concentration of endothelial Ca(2+) in a negative feedback fashion. Such a negative feedback mechanism could serve to protect the endothelial cells from the detrimental effects of excessive nitric oxide and Ca(2+).
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- Xiaoqiang Yao
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
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