Up-regulation of endothelin type B receptors in the human internal mammary artery in culture is dependent on protein kinase C and mitogen-activated kinase signaling pathways.
Nilsson, David LU ; Gustafsson, Lotta LU
; Wackenfors, Angelica
LU
; Gesslein, Bodil
LU
; Edvinsson, Lars
LU
; Paulsson, Per
LU
; Ingemansson, Richard
LU
and Malmsjö, Malin
LU
(2008)
In BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
8.
- Abstract
- BACKGROUND: Up-regulation of vascular endothelin type B (ETB) receptors is implicated in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease. Culture of intact arteries has been shown to induce similar receptor alterations and has therefore been suggested as a suitable method for, ex vivo, in detail delineation of the regulation of endothelin receptors. We hypothesize that mitogen-activated kinases (MAPK) and protein kinase C (PKC) are involved in the regulation of endothelin ETB receptors in human internal mammary arteries. METHODS: Human internal mammary arteries were obtained during coronary artery bypass graft surgery and were studied before and after 24 hours of organ culture, using in vitro pharmacology, real time PCR and Western blot... (More)
- BACKGROUND: Up-regulation of vascular endothelin type B (ETB) receptors is implicated in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease. Culture of intact arteries has been shown to induce similar receptor alterations and has therefore been suggested as a suitable method for, ex vivo, in detail delineation of the regulation of endothelin receptors. We hypothesize that mitogen-activated kinases (MAPK) and protein kinase C (PKC) are involved in the regulation of endothelin ETB receptors in human internal mammary arteries. METHODS: Human internal mammary arteries were obtained during coronary artery bypass graft surgery and were studied before and after 24 hours of organ culture, using in vitro pharmacology, real time PCR and Western blot techniques. Sarafotoxin 6c and endothelin-1 were used to examine the endothelin ETA and ETB receptor effects, respectively. The involvement of PKC and MAPK in the endothelin receptor regulation was examined by culture in the presence of antagonists. RESULTS: The endohtelin-1-induced contraction (after endothelin ETB receptor desensitization) and the endothelin ETA receptor mRNA expression levels were not altered by culture. The sarafotoxin 6c contraction, endothelin ETB receptor protein and mRNA expression levels were increased after organ culture. This increase was antagonized by; (1) PKC inhibitors (10 microM bisindolylmaleimide I and 10 microM Ro-32-0432), and (2) inhibitors of the p38, extracellular signal related kinases 1 and 2 (ERK1/2) and C-jun terminal kinase (JNK) MAPK pathways (10 microM SB203580, 10 microM PD98059 and 10 microM SP600125, respectively). CONCLUSION: In conclusion, PKC and MAPK seem to be involved in the up-regulation of endothelin ETB receptor expression in human internal mammary arteries. Inhibiting these intracellular signal transduction pathways may provide a future therapeutic target for hindering the development of vascular endothelin ETB receptor changes in cardiovascular disease. (Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/1243268
- author
- Nilsson, David
LU
; Gustafsson, Lotta
LU
; Wackenfors, Angelica
LU
; Gesslein, Bodil
LU
; Edvinsson, Lars
LU
; Paulsson, Per
LU
; Ingemansson, Richard
LU
and Malmsjö, Malin
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2008
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- in
- BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
- volume
- 8
- article number
- 21
- publisher
- BioMed Central (BMC)
- external identifiers
-
- wos:000266879400001
- pmid:18778461
- scopus:53149136712
- pmid:18778461
- ISSN
- 1471-2261
- DOI
- 10.1186/1471-2261-8-21
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- e507b4d8-054f-4439-b4d4-6e9aadf5750b (old id 1243268)
- alternative location
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18778461?dopt=Abstract
- date added to LUP
- 2016-04-04 09:45:34
- date last changed
- 2024-01-12 17:55:46
@article{e507b4d8-054f-4439-b4d4-6e9aadf5750b,
abstract = {{BACKGROUND: Up-regulation of vascular endothelin type B (ETB) receptors is implicated in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease. Culture of intact arteries has been shown to induce similar receptor alterations and has therefore been suggested as a suitable method for, ex vivo, in detail delineation of the regulation of endothelin receptors. We hypothesize that mitogen-activated kinases (MAPK) and protein kinase C (PKC) are involved in the regulation of endothelin ETB receptors in human internal mammary arteries. METHODS: Human internal mammary arteries were obtained during coronary artery bypass graft surgery and were studied before and after 24 hours of organ culture, using in vitro pharmacology, real time PCR and Western blot techniques. Sarafotoxin 6c and endothelin-1 were used to examine the endothelin ETA and ETB receptor effects, respectively. The involvement of PKC and MAPK in the endothelin receptor regulation was examined by culture in the presence of antagonists. RESULTS: The endohtelin-1-induced contraction (after endothelin ETB receptor desensitization) and the endothelin ETA receptor mRNA expression levels were not altered by culture. The sarafotoxin 6c contraction, endothelin ETB receptor protein and mRNA expression levels were increased after organ culture. This increase was antagonized by; (1) PKC inhibitors (10 microM bisindolylmaleimide I and 10 microM Ro-32-0432), and (2) inhibitors of the p38, extracellular signal related kinases 1 and 2 (ERK1/2) and C-jun terminal kinase (JNK) MAPK pathways (10 microM SB203580, 10 microM PD98059 and 10 microM SP600125, respectively). CONCLUSION: In conclusion, PKC and MAPK seem to be involved in the up-regulation of endothelin ETB receptor expression in human internal mammary arteries. Inhibiting these intracellular signal transduction pathways may provide a future therapeutic target for hindering the development of vascular endothelin ETB receptor changes in cardiovascular disease.}},
author = {{Nilsson, David and Gustafsson, Lotta and Wackenfors, Angelica and Gesslein, Bodil and Edvinsson, Lars and Paulsson, Per and Ingemansson, Richard and Malmsjö, Malin}},
issn = {{1471-2261}},
language = {{eng}},
publisher = {{BioMed Central (BMC)}},
series = {{BMC Cardiovascular Disorders}},
title = {{Up-regulation of endothelin type B receptors in the human internal mammary artery in culture is dependent on protein kinase C and mitogen-activated kinase signaling pathways.}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-8-21}},
doi = {{10.1186/1471-2261-8-21}},
volume = {{8}},
year = {{2008}},
}