Activating P2Y1 receptors improves function in arteries with repressed autophagy
Activating P2Y1 receptors improves function in arteries with repressed autophagy
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DOI:
10.1093/cvr/cvac061
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发表时间:
2022-04-14
影响因子:
10.8
通讯作者:
Symons, J. David
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作者:
Cho, Jae Min;Park, Seul-Ki;Symons, J. David
Aim The importance of endothelial cell (EC) autophagy to vascular homeostasis in the context of health and disease is evolving. Earlier, we reported that intact EC autophagy is requisite to maintain shear-stress-induced nitric oxide (NO) generation via glycolysis-dependent purinergic signalling to endothelial NO synthase (eNOS). Here, we illustrate the translational and functional significance of these findings. Methods and results First, we assessed translational relevance using older male humans and mice that exhibit blunted EC autophagy and impaired arterial function vs. adult controls. Active hyperaemia evoked by rhythmic handgrip exercise-elevated radial artery shear-rate similarly from baseline in adult and older subjects for 60 min. Compared with baseline, indexes of autophagy initiation, p-eNOS(S1177) activation, and NO generation, occurred in radial artery ECs obtained from adult but not older volunteers. Regarding mice, indexes of autophagy and p-eNOS(S1177) activation were robust in ECs from adult but not older animals that completed 60-min treadmill-running. Furthermore, 20 dyne center dot cm(2) laminar shear stress x 45-min increased autophagic flux, glycolysis, ATP production, and p-eNOS(S1177) in primary arterial ECs obtained from adult but not older mice. Concerning functional relevance, we next questioned whether the inability to initiate EC autophagy, glycolysis, and p-eNOS(S1177) in vitro precipitates arterial dysfunction ex vivo. Compromised intraluminal flow-mediated vasodilation displayed by arteries from older vs. adult mice was recapitulated in vessels from adult mice by (i) NO synthase inhibition; (ii) acute autophagy impairment using 3-methyladenine (3-MA); (iii) EC Atg3 depletion (iecAtg3KO mice); (iv) purinergic 2Y(1)-receptor (P2Y(1)-R) blockade; and (v) germline depletion of P2Y(1)-Rs. Importantly, P2Y(1)-R activation using 2-methylthio-ADP (2-Me-ADP) improved vasodilatory capacity in arteries from (i) adult mice treated with 3-MA; (ii) adult iecAtg3KO mice; and (iii) older animals with repressed EC autophagy. Conclusions Arterial dysfunction concurrent with pharmacological, genetic, and age-associated EC autophagy compromise is improved by activating P2Y(1)-Rs.