Aging-related alterations in eNOS and nNOS responsiveness and smooth muscle reactivity of murine basilar arteries are modulated by apocynin and phosphorylation of myosin phosphatase targeting subunit-1
Aging-related alterations in eNOS and nNOS responsiveness and smooth muscle reactivity of murine basilar arteries are modulated by apocynin and phosphorylation of myosin phosphatase targeting subunit-1
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DOI:
10.1177/0271678x16649402
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发表时间:
2017-03-01
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6.3
通讯作者:
Pfitzer, Gabriele
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Lubomirov, Lubomir T.;Papadopoulos, Symeon;Pfitzer, Gabriele
Aging causes major alterations of all components of the neurovascular unit and compromises brain blood supply. Here, we tested how aging affects vascular reactivity in basilar arteries from young (22months; o-BA) and old (>22months) heterozygous MYPT1-T-696A/+knock-in mice. In isometrically mounted o-BA, media thickness was increased by approximate to 10% while the passive length tension relations were not altered. Endothelial denudation or pan-NOS inhibition (100 mu mol/L L-NAME) increased the basal tone by 11% in y-BA and 23% in o-BA, while inhibition of nNOS (1 mu mol/L L-NPA) induced approximate to 10% increase in both ages. eNOS expression was approximate to 2-fold higher in o-BA. In o-BA, U46619-induced force was augmented (pEC(50) approximate to 6.9 vs. pEC(50) approximate to 6.5) while responsiveness to DEA-NONOate, electrical field stimulation or nicotine was decreased. Basal phosphorylation of MLC20-S19 and MYPT1-T-853 was higher in o-BA and was reversed by apocynin. Furthermore, permeabilized o-BA showed enhanced Ca2+-sensitivity. Old T-696A/+BA displayed a reduced phosphorylation of MYPT1-T696 and MLC20, a lower basal tone in response to L-NAME and a reduced eNOS expression. The results indicate that the vascular hypercontractility found in o-BA is mediated by inhibition of MLCP and is partially compensated by an upregulation of endothelial NO release.