title: Hypoxic contractile response in isolated human pulmonary artery: role of calcium ion.
abstract: The mechanism for hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPVC) was investigated in human pulmonary arterial strips. Hypoxia in the presence of histamine (10(-6) M) caused marked pulmonary arterial contraction, which was reversed by O2. The hypoxic contraction in the presence of histamine was inhibited by diphenhydramine, but not by cimetidine. The hypoxic histamine-mediated contraction was attenuated but still present in the absence of extracellular Ca2+, or by the inhibitors of voltage-dependent Ca2+ influx. However, it was inhibited significantly by a further depletion of intracellular Ca2+, or by HA 1004, an intracellular calcium antagonist. A low concentration (10(-7) M) of a calcium ionophore, A23187, enhanced the hypoxic contraction in the presence of histamine, whereas procaine completely inhibited it. W-7, a calmodulin inhibitor, significantly decreased the hypoxic histamine-mediated contraction, but 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA), a C-kinase promotor, had no effect. The hypoxic contractile response was also observed in the presence of both A23187 and KCl instead of histamine, but the hypoxia-induced contraction with KCl alone was much smaller than that. These results indicate that hypoxia in the presence of certain other vasoactive agents has a potent contractile effect on the human pulmonary artery and that the response is dependent on Ca2+. Enhancement of both Ca2+ influx and Ca2+ release from intracellular storage sites by hypoxia, which interacts with calmodulin, were suggested to be involved in the mechanism of HPVC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Kobe University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hoshino
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Obara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kusunoki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iwai
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006632:Histamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000001:Calcimycin; D011189:Potassium Chloride; D006632:Histamine; D002118:Calcium