TY - JOUR
T1 - Endothelin-1-induced responses in isolated mouse vessels
T2 - The expression and function of receptor types
AU - Zhou, Yingbi
AU - Dirksen, Wessel P.
AU - Zweier, Jay L.
AU - Periasamy, Muthu
PY - 2004/8
Y1 - 2004/8
N2 - Mice have been increasingly used as models for investigating cardiovascular diseases. However, the responsiveness of mouse vasculature to endothelin (ET)-1 has not been clearly established. The goal of this study was to determine the role of ET receptors (ETA and ETB) in mouse vessels using isometric force measurements. Results showed that in the abdominal aorta ET-1 induced a concentration-dependent contraction (EC50: 1.4 nM) with maximum reaching 89.5 ± 4.9% (10 nM) of that induced by 60 mM K + [with nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor Nω- nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME)]. However, in the thoracic aorta or the carotid artery, ET-1 was poorly effective. RT-PCR revealed that in the endothelium-denuded abdominal aorta, the PCR product for ETB receptors was very low compared with ETA. Similarly in tissues treated with L-NAME, the ETB receptor-specific agonist sarafotoxin 6c (S6c; 100 nM) induced only a minimal contraction (A antagonist BQ-123 (1 μM) completely inhibited the maximum ET-1 (10 nM) contractile response. Furthermore, we found that in the abdominal aorta that had not been treated with L-NAME, ET-1-induced contraction significantly decreased. However, in such specimens, S6c was unable to induce any relaxation on phenylephrine-induced contraction. These results indicate that the role of ET receptors differs considerably among mouse vessels. In the abdominal aorta, ETA receptor mediates a potent vasoconstrictor response, whereas ETB has, if any, only a minimal functional presence. Also, our data suggest that ET-1 might involve a NOS-dependent vasodilation in the abdominal aorta, which remains to be further defined.
AB - Mice have been increasingly used as models for investigating cardiovascular diseases. However, the responsiveness of mouse vasculature to endothelin (ET)-1 has not been clearly established. The goal of this study was to determine the role of ET receptors (ETA and ETB) in mouse vessels using isometric force measurements. Results showed that in the abdominal aorta ET-1 induced a concentration-dependent contraction (EC50: 1.4 nM) with maximum reaching 89.5 ± 4.9% (10 nM) of that induced by 60 mM K + [with nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor Nω- nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME)]. However, in the thoracic aorta or the carotid artery, ET-1 was poorly effective. RT-PCR revealed that in the endothelium-denuded abdominal aorta, the PCR product for ETB receptors was very low compared with ETA. Similarly in tissues treated with L-NAME, the ETB receptor-specific agonist sarafotoxin 6c (S6c; 100 nM) induced only a minimal contraction (A antagonist BQ-123 (1 μM) completely inhibited the maximum ET-1 (10 nM) contractile response. Furthermore, we found that in the abdominal aorta that had not been treated with L-NAME, ET-1-induced contraction significantly decreased. However, in such specimens, S6c was unable to induce any relaxation on phenylephrine-induced contraction. These results indicate that the role of ET receptors differs considerably among mouse vessels. In the abdominal aorta, ETA receptor mediates a potent vasoconstrictor response, whereas ETB has, if any, only a minimal functional presence. Also, our data suggest that ET-1 might involve a NOS-dependent vasodilation in the abdominal aorta, which remains to be further defined.
KW - Endothelin receptor
KW - Endothelin receptor
KW - Nitric oxide synthase
KW - Vasoconstriction
KW - Vasodilation
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U2 - 10.1152/ajpheart.01170.2003
DO - 10.1152/ajpheart.01170.2003
M3 - Article
C2 - 15072961
AN - SCOPUS:3242733931
VL - 287
JO - American Journal of Physiology
JF - American Journal of Physiology
SN - 0363-6135
IS - 2 56-2
ER -