Endothelin-1 and PKC Induce Positive Inotropy Without Affecting pHi in Ventricular Myocytes
Endothelin-1 and PKC Induce Positive Inotropy Without Affecting pHi in Ventricular Myocytes
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Endothelin-1 和 PKC 在心室肌细胞中诱导正性肌力而不影响 pHi
DOI:
10.3181/00379727-231-2310865
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发表时间:
2006
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
Jeffery W. Walker
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作者:
Misuk Kang;Jeffery W. Walker
It has been proposed that intracellular alkalinization underlies the enhanced contractility of ventricular myocytes exposed to endothelin (ET)-1. The effects of ET-1 on the contractility and intracellular pH (pHi) were examined here in cultured adult rat ventricular myocytes by employing the pH-sensitive fluorescent dye SNARF-1. Variable pHi changes were observed on ET-1 stimulation. Most myocytes (n = 20 of 32) did not alkalinize, but showed an approximate 60% increase in twitch amplitude in response to ET-1. In the remaining myocytes (12 of 32), ET-1 induced an increase in pHi by 0.05 ± 0.02 pH units with a similar approximate 60% increase in twitch amplitude. Therefore, there was no strong correlation between ET-1–mediated positive inotropy (enhanced contractility) and intracellular alkalinization. To determine whether ET-1 contractile and pHi responses were mediated by protein kinase C (PKC), yellow fluorescent protein (YFP)–fused dominant negative (dn) PKC constructs were used as isoform specific inhibitors. In dn-PKC-ε-YFP–expressing myocytes, the ET-1–mediated positive inotropic response was greatly diminished to 13 ± 15%, but alkalinization was still observed. Expression of dn-PKC-δ-YFP also did not block alkalinization, but in this case the positive inotropic response was still observed. In a previous study, we showed that expression of PKC-δ and PKC-ε caused a strong positive inotropy on stimulation with phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate (PDBu). Using this system, PDBu failed to affect pHi in the majority of PKC expressing myocytes despite increases in twitch amplitudes of >60%. Overall, the poor correlation of positive inotropic responses and alkalinization was observed for ET-1 with and without dn-PKC constructs and for PDBu with and without wild-type PKC constructs. These results suggest that ET-1 produces positive inotropy via PKC-ε by mechanisms other than intracellular alkalinization.
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DOI:
10.1152/ajpheart.1998.275.4.h1473
发表时间:
1998
期刊:
The American journal of physiology
影响因子:
--
作者:
Pi,Y;Walker,JW
通讯作者:
Walker,JW
影响因子:
20.1
作者:
Pi,Y;Sreekumar,R;Huang,X;Walker,JW
通讯作者:
Walker,JW
影响因子:
20.1
作者:
Krämer,BK;Smith,TW;Kelly,RA
通讯作者:
Kelly,RA
影响因子:
5
作者:
Danthuluri,NR;Berk,BC;Brock,TA;CragoeJr,EJ;Deth,RC
通讯作者:
Deth,RC