Ca2+-independent hypoxic vasorelaxation in porcine coronary artery.
Ca2+-independent hypoxic vasorelaxation in porcine coronary artery.
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猪冠状动脉中Ca2+独立的缺氧血管舒张作用。
DOI:
10.1113/jphysiol.2004.073692
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发表时间:
2005
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Paul,RichardJ
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Gu,Min;Thorne,GeorgeD;Wardle,RobertL;Ishida,Yukisato;Paul,RichardJ
To demonstrate a Ca2+‐independent component of hypoxic vasorelaxation and to investigate its mechanism, we utilized permeabilized porcine coronary arteries, in which [Ca2+] could be clamped. Arteries permeabilized with β‐escin developed maximum force in response to free Ca2+(6.6 μm), concomitant with a parallel increase in myosin regulatory light chain phosphorylation (MRLC‐Pi), from 0.183 ± 0.023 to 0.353 ± 0.019 MRLC‐Pi(total light chain)−1. Hypoxia resulted in a significant decrease in both force (–31.9 ± 4.1% prior developed force) and MRLC‐Pi(from 0.353 to 0.280 ± 0.023), despite constant [Ca2+] buffered by EGTA (4 mm). Forces developed in response to Ca2+(6.6 μm), Ca2+(0.2 μm) + GTPγS (1 mm), or in the absence of Ca2+after treatment with ATPγS (1 mm), were of similar magnitude. Hypoxia also relaxed GTPγS contractures but importantly, arteries could not be relaxed after treatment with ATPγS. Permeabilization with Triton X‐100 for 60 min also abolished hypoxic relaxation. The blocking of hypoxic relaxation after ATPγS suggests that this Ca2+‐independent mechanism(s) may operate through alteration of MRLC‐Pior of phosphorylation of the myosin binding subunit of myosin light chain phosphatase. Treatment with the Rho kinase inhibitor Y27632 (1 μm) relaxed GTPγS and Ca2+contractures; but the latter required a higher concentration (10 μm) for consistent relaxation. Relaxations to N2and/or Y27632 averaged 35% and were not additive or dependent on order. Our data suggest that the GTP‐mediated, Rho kinase‐coupled pathway merits further investigation as a potential site of this novel, Ca2+‐independent O2‐sensing mechanism. Importantly, these results unambiguously show that hypoxia‐induced vasorelaxation can occur in permeabilized arteries where the Ca2+is clamped at a constant value.