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Hypertension ; 75(2): 539-548, 2020 02.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31865779

ABSTRACT

Obesity-related hypertension is one of the world's leading causes of death and yet little is understood as to how it develops. As a result, effective targeted therapies are lacking and pharmacological treatment is unfocused. To investigate underlying microvascular mechanisms, we studied small artery dysfunction in a high fat-fed mouse model of obesity. Pressure-induced constriction and responses to endothelial and vascular smooth muscle agonists were studied using myography; the corresponding intracellular Ca2+ signaling pathways were examined using confocal microscopy. Principally, we observed that the enhanced basal tone of mesenteric resistance arteries was due to failure of intraluminal pressure-induced Ca2+ spark activation of the large conductance Ca2+ activated K+ potassium channel (BK) within vascular smooth muscle cells. Specifically, the uncoupling site of this mechanotransduction pathway was at the sarcoplasmic reticulum, distal to intraluminal pressure-induced oxidation of Protein Kinase G. In contrast, the vasodilatory function of the endothelium and the underlying endothelial IP-3 and TRPV4 (vanilloid 4 transient receptor potential ion channel) Ca2+ signaling pathways were not affected by the high-fat diet or the elevated blood pressure. There were no structural alterations of the arterial wall. Our work emphasizes the importance of the intricate cellular pathway by which intraluminal pressure maintains Ca2+ spark vasoregulation in the origin of obesity-related hypertension and suggests previously unsuspected avenues for pharmacological intervention.


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Blood Pressure/physiology , Calcium/metabolism , Endothelium, Vascular/physiopathology , Hypertension/physiopathology , Obesity/complications , Vascular Resistance/physiology , Vasodilation/physiology , Animals , Calcium Signaling , Disease Models, Animal , Endothelium, Vascular/metabolism , Hypertension/etiology , Hypertension/metabolism , Mesenteric Arteries/metabolism , Mesenteric Arteries/physiopathology , Mice , Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism , Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/physiopathology , Obesity/metabolism , Obesity/physiopathology
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Sci Signal ; 9(449): ra100, 2016 10 11.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27729550

ABSTRACT

Activation of Ca2+-sensitive, large-conductance potassium (BK) channels in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) by local, ryanodine receptor-mediated Ca2+ signals (Ca2+ sparks) acts as a brake on pressure-induced (myogenic) vasoconstriction-a fundamental mechanism that regulates blood flow in small resistance arteries. We report that physiological intraluminal pressure within resistance arteries activated cGMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG) in VSMCs through oxidant-induced formation of an intermolecular disulfide bond between cysteine residues. Oxidant-activated PKG was required to trigger Ca2+ sparks, BK channel activity, and vasodilation in response to pressure. VSMCs from arteries from mice expressing a form of PKG that could not be activated by oxidants showed reduced Ca2+ spark frequency, and arterial preparations from these mice had decreased pressure-induced activation of BK channels. Thus, the absence of oxidative activation of PKG disabled the BK channel-mediated negative feedback regulation of vasoconstriction. Our results support the concept of a negative feedback control mechanism that regulates arterial diameter through mechanosensitive production of oxidants to activate PKG and enhance Ca2+ sparks.


Subject(s)
Blood Pressure/physiology , Calcium Signaling/physiology , Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinases/metabolism , Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels/metabolism , Mechanotransduction, Cellular/physiology , Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism , Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/metabolism , Vasoconstriction/physiology , Animals , Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinases/genetics , Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels/genetics , Mice , Mice, Mutant Strains
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