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Zhao L, Cao X, Li L, Wang Q, Zhou S, Xu N, Jiang S, Chen L, Schmidt MO, Wei Q, Zhao J, Labes R, Patzak A, Wilcox CS, Fu X, Wellstein A, Lai EY. Acute Kidney Injury Sensitizes the Brain Vasculature to Ang II (Angiotensin II) Constriction via FGFBP1 (Fibroblast Growth Factor Binding Protein 1). Hypertension 2020; 76:1924-1934. [PMID: 33040621 PMCID: PMC9112323 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.120.15582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2020] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Acute kidney injury (AKI) causes multiple organ dysfunction. Here, we identify a possible mechanism that can drive brain vessel injury after AKI. We induced 30-minute bilateral renal ischemia-reperfusion injury in C57Bl/6 mice and isolated brain microvessels and macrovessels 24 hours or 1 week later to test their responses to vasoconstrictors and found that after AKI brain vessels were sensitized to Ang II (angiotensin II). Upregulation of FGF2 (fibroblast growth factor 2) and FGFBP1 (FGF binding protein 1) expression in both serum and kidney tissue after AKI suggested a potential contribution to the vascular sensitization. Administration of FGF2 and FGFBP1 proteins to isolated healthy brain vessels mimicked the sensitization to Ang II after AKI. Brain vessels in Fgfbp1-/- AKI mice failed to induce Ang II sensitization. Complementary to this, systemic treatment with the clinically used FGF receptor kinase inhibitor BGJ398 (Infigratinib) reversed the AKI-induced brain vascular sensitization to Ang II. All these findings lead to the conclusion that FGFBP1 is especially necessary for AKI-mediated brain vascular sensitization to Ang II and inhibitors of FGFR pathway may be beneficial in preventing AKI-induced brain vessel injury.
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- Liang Zhao
- Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, China
- Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China
- Institute of Vegetative Physiology, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin 10117, Germany
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- Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007, USA
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- Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China
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- Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China
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- Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China
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- Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China
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- Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Institute of Neuroscience, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute of Vegetative Physiology, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin 10117, Germany
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- Institute of Vegetative Physiology, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin 10117, Germany
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007, USA
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, the Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511518, China
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- Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007, USA
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- Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, China
- Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China
- Institute of Vegetative Physiology, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin 10117, Germany
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007, USA
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Tassi E, Lai EY, Li L, Solis G, Chen Y, Kietzman WE, Ray PE, Riegel AT, Welch WJ, Wilcox CS, Wellstein A. Blood Pressure Control by a Secreted FGFBP1 (Fibroblast Growth Factor-Binding Protein). Hypertension 2018; 71:160-167. [PMID: 29158353 PMCID: PMC5730494 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.117.10268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2017] [Revised: 10/06/2017] [Accepted: 10/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) participate in organ development and tissue maintenance, as well as the control of vascular function. The paracrine-acting FGFs are stored in the extracellular matrix, and their release is controlled by a secreted FGF-binding protein (FGF-BP, FGFBP1, and BP1) that modulates FGF receptor signaling. A genetic polymorphism in the human FGFBP1 gene was associated with higher gene expression and an increased risk of familial hypertension. Here, we report on the effects of inducible BP1 expression in a transgenic mouse model. Induction of BP1 expression in adult animals leads to a sustained rise in mean arterial pressure by >30 mm Hg. The hypertensive effect of BP1 expression is prevented by candesartan, an angiotensin II (AngII) receptor antagonist, or by tempol, an inhibitor of reactive oxygen species. In vivo, BP1 expression sensitizes peripheral resistance vessels to AngII constriction by 20-fold but does not alter adrenergic vasoconstriction. FGF receptor kinase inhibition reverses the sensitization to AngII. Also, constriction of isolated renal afferent arterioles by AngII is enhanced after BP1 expression and blocked by FGF receptor kinase inhibition. Furthermore, AngII-mediated constriction of renal afferent arterioles is abolished in FGF2-/- mice but can be restored by add-back of FGF2 plus BP1 proteins. In contrast to AngII, adrenergic constriction is not affected in the FGF2-/- model. Proteomics and gene expression analysis of kidney tissues after BP1 induction show that MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase) signaling via MKK4 (MAPK kinase 4), p38, and JNK (c-Jun N-terminal kinase) integrates the crosstalk of the FGF receptor and AngII pathways and thus impact vascular tone and blood pressure.
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- Elena Tassi
- From the Lombardi Cancer Center (E.T., W.E.K., A.T.R., A.W.) and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension (E.Y.L., L.L., G.S., Y.C., W.J.W., C.S.W.), Georgetown University, Washington, DC; Department of Physiology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China (E.Y.L.); and Children's National Medical Center, George Washington University, DC (P.E.R.)
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- From the Lombardi Cancer Center (E.T., W.E.K., A.T.R., A.W.) and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension (E.Y.L., L.L., G.S., Y.C., W.J.W., C.S.W.), Georgetown University, Washington, DC; Department of Physiology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China (E.Y.L.); and Children's National Medical Center, George Washington University, DC (P.E.R.)
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- From the Lombardi Cancer Center (E.T., W.E.K., A.T.R., A.W.) and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension (E.Y.L., L.L., G.S., Y.C., W.J.W., C.S.W.), Georgetown University, Washington, DC; Department of Physiology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China (E.Y.L.); and Children's National Medical Center, George Washington University, DC (P.E.R.)
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- From the Lombardi Cancer Center (E.T., W.E.K., A.T.R., A.W.) and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension (E.Y.L., L.L., G.S., Y.C., W.J.W., C.S.W.), Georgetown University, Washington, DC; Department of Physiology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China (E.Y.L.); and Children's National Medical Center, George Washington University, DC (P.E.R.)
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- From the Lombardi Cancer Center (E.T., W.E.K., A.T.R., A.W.) and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension (E.Y.L., L.L., G.S., Y.C., W.J.W., C.S.W.), Georgetown University, Washington, DC; Department of Physiology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China (E.Y.L.); and Children's National Medical Center, George Washington University, DC (P.E.R.)
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- From the Lombardi Cancer Center (E.T., W.E.K., A.T.R., A.W.) and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension (E.Y.L., L.L., G.S., Y.C., W.J.W., C.S.W.), Georgetown University, Washington, DC; Department of Physiology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China (E.Y.L.); and Children's National Medical Center, George Washington University, DC (P.E.R.)
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- From the Lombardi Cancer Center (E.T., W.E.K., A.T.R., A.W.) and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension (E.Y.L., L.L., G.S., Y.C., W.J.W., C.S.W.), Georgetown University, Washington, DC; Department of Physiology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China (E.Y.L.); and Children's National Medical Center, George Washington University, DC (P.E.R.)
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- From the Lombardi Cancer Center (E.T., W.E.K., A.T.R., A.W.) and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension (E.Y.L., L.L., G.S., Y.C., W.J.W., C.S.W.), Georgetown University, Washington, DC; Department of Physiology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China (E.Y.L.); and Children's National Medical Center, George Washington University, DC (P.E.R.)
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- From the Lombardi Cancer Center (E.T., W.E.K., A.T.R., A.W.) and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension (E.Y.L., L.L., G.S., Y.C., W.J.W., C.S.W.), Georgetown University, Washington, DC; Department of Physiology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China (E.Y.L.); and Children's National Medical Center, George Washington University, DC (P.E.R.)
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- From the Lombardi Cancer Center (E.T., W.E.K., A.T.R., A.W.) and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension (E.Y.L., L.L., G.S., Y.C., W.J.W., C.S.W.), Georgetown University, Washington, DC; Department of Physiology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China (E.Y.L.); and Children's National Medical Center, George Washington University, DC (P.E.R.)
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- From the Lombardi Cancer Center (E.T., W.E.K., A.T.R., A.W.) and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension (E.Y.L., L.L., G.S., Y.C., W.J.W., C.S.W.), Georgetown University, Washington, DC; Department of Physiology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China (E.Y.L.); and Children's National Medical Center, George Washington University, DC (P.E.R.).
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Dabertrand F, Porte Y, Macrez N, Morel JL. Spaceflight regulates ryanodine receptor subtype 1 in portal vein myocytes in the opposite way of hypertension. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2011; 112:471-80. [PMID: 22096120 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00733.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Gravity has a structural role for living systems. Tissue development, architecture, and organization are modified when the gravity vector is changed. In particular, microgravity induces a redistribution of blood volume and thus pressure in the astronaut body, abolishing an upright blood pressure gradient, inducing orthostatic hypotension. The present study was designed to investigate whether isolated vascular smooth muscle cells are directly sensitive to altered gravitational forces and, second, whether sustained blood pressure changes act on the same molecular target. Exposure to microgravity during 8 days in the International Space Station induced the decrease of ryanodine receptor subtype 1 expression in primary cultured myocytes from rat hepatic portal vein. Identical results were found in portal vein from mice exposed to microgravity during an 8-day shuttle spaceflight. To evaluate the functional consequences of this physiological adaptation, we have compared evoked calcium signals obtained in myocytes from hindlimb unloaded rats, in which the shift of blood pressure mimics the one produced by the microgravity, with those obtained in myocytes from rats injected with antisense oligonucleotide directed against ryanodine receptor subtype 1. In both conditions, calcium signals implicating calcium-induced calcium release were significantly decreased. In contrast, in spontaneous hypertensive rat, an increase in ryanodine receptor subtype 1 expression was observed as well as the calcium-induced calcium release mechanism. Taken together, our results shown that myocytes were directly sensitive to gravity level and that they adapt their calcium signaling pathways to pressure by the regulation of the ryanodine receptor subtype 1 expression.
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- Fabrice Dabertrand
- Universite de Bordeaux, Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives, Bordeaux, France
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Campos-Toimil M, Elíes J, Orallo F. Trans- and cis-resveratrol increase cytoplasmic calcium levels in A7r5 vascular smooth muscle cells. Mol Nutr Food Res 2005; 49:396-404. [PMID: 15830338 DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.200400108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The effects of trans- and cis-resveratrol on cytosolic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) were studied using fura-2 in vascular smooth muscle cells (A7r5). Both isomers of resveratrol caused a sustained elevation in [Ca2+]i, cis-resveratrol being significantly more effective than the trans-isomer. The resveratrol-induced increase in [Ca2+]i was significantly potentiated by the previous application of low concentrations of thapsigargin, partially inhibited by nifedipine or Ni2+, and not affected by SKF 96365. In the absence of extracellular Ca2+, both isomers of resveratrol induced a transient, slow increase in [Ca2+]i, which was inhibited by the previous depletion of intracellular stores with thapsigargin and completely blocked by preincubation with TMB-8, an inhibitor of intracellular calcium release. Reintroduction of Ca2+ in the external solution after the resveratrol-induced release of Ca2+ activated the Ca2+ influx through store-operated calcium channels. The resveratrol-induced increase in [Ca2+]i in the absence of extracelullar Ca2+ partially reduced the increase in [Ca2+]i evoked by the subsequent application of thapsigargin. Our results suggest that trans- and cis-resveratrol induce a depletion of Ca2+ from the same intracellular stores released by thapsigargin and subsequent capacitative influx of Ca2+. Additionally, a direct activation of transmembrane Ca2+ influx through another type of channel may be also implicated.
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- Manuel Campos-Toimil
- Departamento de Farmacología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela A Coruña, Spain
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Chan ASL, Wong YH. Gβγ signaling and Ca2+ mobilization co-operate synergistically in a Sos and Rac-dependent manner in the activation of JNK by Gq-coupled receptors. Cell Signal 2004; 16:823-36. [PMID: 15115661 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2003.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2003] [Revised: 12/21/2003] [Accepted: 12/22/2003] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The mechanism by which G(q)-coupled receptors stimulate the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) activity has not been fully delineated. Here, we showed that stimulation of endogenous G(q)-coupled receptors in human hepatocarcinoma HepG2 cells resulted in an Src family kinase- and Ca(2+)-dependent JNK activation. Cos-7 cells transfected with HA-tagged JNK and various G(q)-coupled receptors also exhibited similar characteristics and provided further evidence for the involvement of Gbetagamma, an upstream intermediate for Src family kinases. The Ca(2+) and Gbetagamma signals operate in a high degree of independence. Transient expression of Gbetagamma subunits and elevation of cytoplasmic Ca(2+) level by thapsigargin activated JNK in a synergistic fashion. JNK activities triggered by G(q)-coupled receptors, Gbetagamma and thapsigargin were all suppressed by dominant negative (DN) mutants of Son of sevenless (Sos) and Rac. We propose that the co-operative effect between Gbetagamma-mediated signaling and the increased intracellular Ca(2+) level represents a robust mechanism for the stimulation of JNK by G(q)-coupled receptors.
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- Anthony S L Chan
- Department of Biochemistry, the Biotechnology Research Institute, and the Molecular Neuroscience Center, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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Samain E, Pili-Floury S, Bouillier H, Clichet A, Safar M, Dagher G, Marty J, Renaud JF. EFFECT OF PROPOFOL ON VASOCONSTRICTION AND CALCIUM MOBILIZATION INDUCED BY ANGIOTENSIN II DIFFERS IN AORTAS FROM NORMOTENSIVE AND HYPERTENSIVE RATS. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2004; 31:163-8. [PMID: 15008959 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2004.03968.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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1. Angiotensin (Ang) II is a potent vasopressor agent, involved in the short-term control of arterial blood pressure during anaesthesia. The aim of the present study was to test the hypothesis that propofol, a widely used intravenous anaesthetic agent, could alter the arterial response to AngII and to evaluate its effect in genetic hypertension. 2. We studied the effect of increasing concentrations of propofol (5.6 x 10-7 to 5.6 x 10-4 mol/L) on aortic ring maximal isometric tension elicited by AngII and on AngII-induced Ca2+ mobilization in aortic smooth muscle cells from Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). 3. Maximal tension developed by aortic rings from WKY rats was greater than that developed by rings from SHR. In both WKY rats and SHR, propofol at concentrations from 5.6 x 10-6 mol/L decreased maximal tension induced by AngII in a concentration-dependent manner. The magnitude of inhibition was higher in SHR than in WKY rats, whereas pD2 values were not different. In addition, Ca2+ mobilization induced by AngII was inhibited by propofol in a concentration-dependent manner, with the same magnitude and pD2 values. 4. These results suggest that the arterial response to AngII may be altered during propofol anaesthesia, particularly in hypertension.
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- Emmanuel Samain
- Department of Medical Research, CNRS UMR 8078, Marie Lannelongue Hospital, University of Paris XI, Le Plessis-Robinson, France.
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Mergler S, Dannowski H, Bednarz J, Engelmann K, Hartmann C, Pleyer U. Calcium influx induced by activation of receptor tyrosine kinases in SV40-transfected human corneal endothelial cells. Exp Eye Res 2003; 77:485-95. [PMID: 12957147 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-4835(03)00154-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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This study was undertaken to investigate electrophysiological properties of immortalized SV40-transfected human corneal endothelial cells (HCEC-SV40) combined with the analysis of intracellular Ca(2+) responses mediated by ligands for receptor tyrosine kinases (RTK). In addition, the effects of several tyrosine kinase inhibitors were tested on Ca(2+) inflow mediated by induction of capacitative calcium entry (CCE). Patch-clamp techniques and measurements of the intracellular free Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)](i)) by fura-2 were performed using HCEC-SV40. Stimulation of fibroblast growth factor receptors (FGFR) (e.g. by basic-FGF) (10 ng ml(-1)) elicited activation of Ca(2+) permeable channels and a subsequent increase of cytosolic free Ca(2+) in HCEC-SV40. This effect could be disrupted by the L-type Ca(2+) channel blocker nifedipine (5 microM). In addition, nifedipine significantly reduced the magnitude of CCE. Inhibition of protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs) by genistein, lavendustin A, or tyrphostin 51 (all 5 microM) also led to a reduction of CCE in HCEC-SV40. This study demonstrates for the first time that L-type Ca(2+) channel activity in HCEC-SV40 is linked to the activity of FGF receptor tyrosine kinases. These data regarding Ca(2+) inflow through Ca(2+) channels could be useful for investigation of culture and vitality conditions of HCEC.
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- Stefan Mergler
- Medizinische Klinik m. S. Hepatologie und Gastroenterologie, Universitätsklinikum Charité der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Augustenburger Platz 1, D-13353 Berlin, Germany.
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Touyz RM, Deschepper C, Park JB, He G, Chen X, Neves MFT, Virdis A, Schiffrin EL. Inhibition of mitogen-activated protein/extracellular signal-regulated kinase improves endothelial function and attenuates Ang II-induced contractility of mesenteric resistance arteries from spontaneously hypertensive rats. J Hypertens 2002; 20:1127-34. [PMID: 12023682 DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200206000-00024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERK1/2) modulate vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) growth and contractility, important factors in blood pressure regulation. In the present in vivo study, we investigated whether short-term inhibition of ERK1/2-dependent signaling pathways influences vascular function and blood pressure (BP) in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). METHODS SHR and Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats were injected subcutaneously with either PD98059, selective MEK1/2 inhibitor (20 mg/kg), or vehicle. BP was measured by telemetry. Rats were killed 24 h after injection and small mesenteric arteries mounted as pressurized systems for morphometric analysis and assessment of endothelial function and angiotensin II (Ang II)-induced contractility. ERK1/2 phosphorylation was measured by Western blots, using protein extracts from mesenteric arteries, aorta, heart and kidneys. RESULTS BP was higher (P < 0.01) in SHR than in WKY rats. PD98059 did not influence BP in either group. Endothelial-dependent relaxation (acetylcholine-induced), which was impaired in SHR, was improved by PD98059 (P < 0.05). Ang II increased contraction, with greater responses in SHR (Emax = 25 +/- 4%) than WKY (Emax = 9 +/- 3%) (P < 0.01). PD98059 reduced Ang II-induced contraction in SHR (Emax = 5.8 +/- 0.4%) and WKY (Emax = 4 +/- 0.4%). Vascular structure was unaltered by PD98059. Vascular and renal ERK1/2 phosphorylation, which was higher in SHR than WKY, was decreased by PD98059 in SHR. CONCLUSION Short-term treatment with PD98059 improves endothelial function and vascular contractility without influencing BP in SHR. These findings provide evidence that vascular ERK1/2 activity is upregulated and that MEK1/2-sensitive signaling pathways play an important role in the regulation of vascular function in SHR. Acute inhibition of MEK1/2 does not alter blood pressure despite improved endothelial function and reduced arterial reactivity to Ang II.
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- Rhian M Touyz
- Laboratory of Experimental Hypertension, bLaboratory of Experimental Cardiovascular Biology, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Moses S, Dreja K, Lindqvist A, Lövdahl C, Hellstrand P, Hultgårdh-Nilsson A. Smooth muscle cell response to mechanical injury involves intracellular calcium release and ERK1/ERK2 phosphorylation. Exp Cell Res 2001; 269:88-96. [PMID: 11525642 DOI: 10.1006/excr.2001.5308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We have investigated possible signaling pathways coupled to injury-induced ERK1/2 activation and the subsequent initiation of vascular rat smooth muscle cell migration and proliferation. Aortic smooth muscle cells were cultured to confluency and subjected to in vitro injury under serum-free conditions. In fluo-4-loaded cells, injury induced a rapid wave of intracellular Ca(2+) release that propagated about 200 microm in radius from the injured zone, reached a peak in about 20 s, and subsided to the baseline within 2 min. The wave was abolished by prior treatment with the sarcoplasmic reticulum ATPase inhibitor thapsigargin, but not by omission of extracellular Ca(2+). ERK1/2 activation reached a peak at 10 min after injury and was inhibited by the MEK1 inhibitor PD98059, as well as by thapsigargin, fluphenazine, genistein, and the Src inhibitor PP2. These inhibitors also reduced [(3)H]thymidine incorporation and migration of cells into the injured area determined at 48 h after injury. These results show that mechanical injury to vascular smooth muscle cells induces a Ca(2+) wave which is dependent on intracellular Ca(2+) release. Furthermore, the injury activates ERK1/2 phosphorylation as well as cell migration and replication.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Arteries/injuries
- Arteries/metabolism
- Arteries/physiopathology
- Calcimycin/pharmacology
- Calcium/metabolism
- Calcium Channel Blockers/pharmacology
- Calmodulin/antagonists & inhibitors
- Calmodulin/metabolism
- Cell Division/drug effects
- Cell Division/physiology
- Cell Movement/drug effects
- Cell Movement/physiology
- Cells, Cultured/drug effects
- Cells, Cultured/metabolism
- DNA/biosynthesis
- DNA/drug effects
- Egtazic Acid/pharmacology
- Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Flavonoids/pharmacology
- Fluphenazine/pharmacology
- Genistein/pharmacology
- Intracellular Fluid/drug effects
- Intracellular Fluid/metabolism
- Ionomycin/pharmacology
- Ionophores/pharmacology
- Male
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/drug effects
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/cytology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Octanols/pharmacology
- Phosphorylation/drug effects
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Stress, Mechanical
- Thapsigargin/pharmacology
- Verapamil/pharmacology
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- S Moses
- Section for Connective Tissue Biology, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Lund University, S-221 84 Lund, Sweden.
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Oriji GK. Angiotensin II stimulates PGF(2 alpha)release in cultured neonatal rat ventricular myocytes via L-type calcium channels. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 2001; 65:73-7. [PMID: 11545622 DOI: 10.1054/plef.2001.0291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Angiotensin II (Ang II) has been shown to cause Prostaglandin F(2 alpha)(PGF(2 alpha)) release in neonatal rat ventricular myocytes and smooth muscle cells. In these cells, Ang II has also been shown to regulate growth. We used neonatal rat ventricular myocytes to investigate the role of calcium in maintenance of Ang II-induced PGF(2 alpha)release. The amount of PGF(2 alpha)produced was determined by radioimmunoassay. Ang II-induced PGF(2 alpha)release. Pretreatment of neonatal rat ventricular myocytes with different doses (10(-8)M, 10(-7)M, 10(-6)M and 10(-5)M) of diltiazm (voltage-sensitive L-type calcium channel blocker) produced significant inhibition in Ang II-induced PGF(2 alpha)release. Inhibition was first noted at 10(-8)M and was complete at 10(-6)M. Conversely, pretreatment of neonatal rat ventricular myocytes with different doses (10(-8)M, 10(-7)M, 10(-6)M and 10(-5)M) of calcium channel blockers (conotoxin; voltage-sensitive N-type calcium channel blocker or thapsigargin; intracellular calcium channel blocker) produced no changes in Ang II-induced PGF(2 alpha)release. These results strongly suggest that Ang II-induced PGF(2 alpha)release in neonatal rat ventricular myocytes is maintained, at least in part, via increase in extracellular calcium influx.
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- G K Oriji
- Department of Biology, College of Science and Health, Wayne, NJ 07470, USA.
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Bouillier H, Samain E, Rücker-Martin C, Renaud JF, Safar M, Dagher G. Effect of extracellular matrix elements on angiotensin II-induced calcium release in vascular smooth muscle cells from normotensive and hypertensive rats. Hypertension 2001; 37:1465-72. [PMID: 11408396 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.37.6.1465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The interaction of the vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) with the components of the matrix determines several functions of the cell, such as growth and differentiation. In contrast, an alteration in angiotensin (Ang) II-induced Ca(2+) mechanisms in VSMCs was reported in genetic hypertension. In this study, we wished to assess the effect of different components of the extracellular matrix on the increase of [Ca(2+)](i) induced by Ang II in VSMCs from spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) compared with those from normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY). Results demonstrate for the first time that elements of the extracellular matrix modulate the Ang II-induced Ca(2+) transport mechanisms. This modulation is different in cells from WKY compared with those from SHR. Thus, growing cells from SHR on collagen I, collagen IV, fibronectin, vitronectin, or Matrigel induced a significant decrease in Ang II-induced Ca(2+) release from internal stores, whereas in cells from WKY, no effect could be observed except for those grown on collagen I, which increased Ca(2+) release. Fibronectin and vitronectin, however, induced a decrease in Ang II-induced Ca(2+) influx in WKY, whereas no effect could be observed in SHR. Conversely, collagen I and collagen IV induced an increase in this influx in SHR but not in WKY, whereas Matrigel increased the influx in both strains. These results suggest a modulation of the Ang II-associated signaling events by the matrix elements via the focal adhesion points. The understanding of these synergies should provide insight into issues such as development of hypertrophy of large vessels in hypertension.
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- H Bouillier
- INSERM U337, Faculty Broussais-Hotel Dieu, Paris, France
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Bouillier H, Samain E, Miserey S, Perret C, Renaud JF, Safar M, Dagher G. Transforming growth factor-beta1 modulates angiotensin II-induced calcium release in vascular smooth muscle cells from spontaneously hypertensive rats. J Hypertens 2000; 18:733-42. [PMID: 10872558 DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200018060-00011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate the role of transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1) on Ca2+-dependent mechanisms elicited by angiotensin II in aortic vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) of Wistar- Kyoto (WKY) rats and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). METHODS Cai2+ release induced by angiotensin II (1 micromol/ l) was studied in cultured VSMC isolated from the aortas of 6-week-old WKY rats and SHR. Intracellular Ca2+ (Cai2+) was assessed in Fura-2 loaded cells using fluorescent imaging microscopy. Angiotensin II receptors were analysed by binding studies. RESULTS Pretreatment of VSMC for 24 h with TGF-beta1 significantly increased angiotensin II-induced Cai2+ mobilization from internal stores in SHR, while Ca2+ influx was not altered. This effect involves tyrosine kinase and is not due to an increase in angiotensin II binding sites, or a change in the affinity of the receptors. By contrast, TGF-beta1 did not modify the response of VSMC from WKY rats to angiotensin II. CONCLUSIONS These results help our understanding of the interactions between the pathways activated by TGF-beta1 and the G protein-coupled receptor signalling pathway, and their role in genetic hypertension.
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- H Bouillier
- INSERM U337, Facultè Broussais-Hotel Dieu, Paris, France
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