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Mechanosensitive nonselective cation channel facilitation by endothelin-1 is regulated by protein kinase C in arterial myocytes
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- Issue Date
- 2007-07-31
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Citation
- Cardiovasc Res. 2007;76(2):224-235
- Keywords
- Animals ; Calcium/metabolism ; Endothelin-1/*pharmacology ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/cytology/*drug effects/physiology ; Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/*drug effects/physiology ; Peptides/pharmacology ; Protein Kinase C/*physiology ; Pulmonary Artery/cytology/drug effects/physiology ; Rabbits ; Spider Venoms/pharmacology ; Stress, Mechanical ; TRPC Cation Channels/drug effects/physiology ; TRPM Cation Channels/drug effects/physiology ; Transient Receptor Potential Channels/*drug effects/physiology
- Abstract
- OBJECTIVE: The mechanosensitive nonselective cation channel (NSC(MS)) and endothelin-1 (ET-1) play critical roles in the regulation of vascular tone. This study was undertaken to investigate the effect of ET-1 on NSC(MS) and on the myogenic response of arteries. METHODS: Cell-attached patch-clamp techniques were applied to rabbit pulmonary and cerebral arterial smooth muscle cells using a 140 mM CsCl pipette and bath solutions (Ca(2+)-free, 1 mM EGTA). Myogenic responses were determined by video analysis of pressurized arteries. RESULTS: The application of negative pressures through the pipette activated NSC(MS), and this was augmented by bath application of ET-1 (1 pM-30 nM). ET-1 lowered the lowest pressure required for NSC(MS) activation. NSC(MS) facilitation by ET-1 was prevented by BQ-123 (1 microM, an ET(A) antagonist) but not by BQ-788 (1 microM, an ET(B) antagonist). Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA, 100 nM), a protein kinase C activator, also increased the activity of NSC(MS). ET-1- or PMA-induced facilitation of NSC(MS) was abolished by GF109203X (10 microM), a protein kinase C inhibitor. Video analysis of pressurized cerebral artery showed inhibition of the myogenic response by the NSC(MS) channel blockers GsMTx-4 (5 microM) and DIDS (3-100 microM). Treatment with ET-1 (10 pM) augmented the myogenic response and this was inhibited by DIDS (30 microM). CONCLUSION: Stimulation of ET-1 receptor (ET(A)) facilitates NSC(MS) via a protein kinase C-dependent signaling pathway in rabbit arterial myocytes. Our findings suggest that NSC(MS) play a role in the myogenic response and its augmentation by ET-1.
- ISSN
- 0008-6363 (Print)
- Language
- English
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- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=17658500
https://hdl.handle.net/10371/68478
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