title: A pertussis toxin-sensitive mechanism of endothelin action in porcine coronary artery smooth muscle.
abstract: 1. Endothelin-1 (ET-1)-induced contraction of porcine coronary artery strips may be mediated via at least two intracellular signalling mechanisms, the activation of dihydropyridine-sensitive voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels and the stimulation of phosphoinositide breakdown. Here we have investigated the possible involvement of pertussis toxin (PT)-sensitive guanosine-5'-triphosphate (GTP)-binding proteins (G-proteins) in ET-1-induced activation of these two signalling pathways in porcine coronary artery smooth muscle. 2. Increase in extracellular K+ concentration (10, 15 mM) shifted the dose-response relationship for the ET-1-induced contraction to the left. 3. The dihydropyridine Ca2+ channel blocker, nifedipine (10(-8) M), induced a rightward shift in the dose-response curve for ET-1. Pretreatment of the arterial strips with PT (0.1 microgram ml-1) induced a similar rightward shift of the ET-1 dose-response curve but not of the KCl response. Nifedipine (10(-8) M) did not further attenuate the ET-1-induced contraction in the PT-pretreated strips. 4. The pretreatment with PT significantly reduced 45Ca2+ uptake of the arterial strips stimulated by ET-1, but had no effect on ET-1-induced production of inositol phosphates. 5. The contractile response of the arterial strips to phorbol dibutyrate, an active phorbol ester, was not significantly affected by 10(-8) M nifedipine. 6. We confirmed that the pretreatment of the tissue with PT induced ADP-ribosylation of a 41 kDa membrane protein. 7. These findings indicate that activation of dihydropyridine-sensitive voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels by ET-1 in this tissue is mediated via a PT-sensitive G-protein in a manner apparently independent of the ET-1-induced activation of protein kinase C. It is concluded that the action of ET-1 in porcine coronary artery is mediated via two distinct signal transduction pathways, which are coupled to PT-sensitive and PT-insensitive GTP-binding proteins, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kasuya
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takuwa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yanagisawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Masaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Goto
mesh_terms: D000246:Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001158:Arteries / Q000187:drug effects; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000187:drug effects; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D016232:Endothelins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000494:pharmacology; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D015240:Phorbol 12,13-Dibutyrate / Q000494:pharmacology; D013552:Swine; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D016232:Endothelins; D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D000246:Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose; D015240:Phorbol 12,13-Dibutyrate; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D009543:Nifedipine; D002118:Calcium