title: Angiotensin II-induced changes in smooth muscle calcium in rat renal arterioles.
abstract: The isolated rat renal arteriole technique was adapted for use in a fluorescence ratio imaging system in which angiotensin II (AII)-induced changes in lumen diameter and smooth muscle cell (SMC) cytosolic calcium [(Ca2+]i were serially determined for 4 min with Fura-2. Selective fluorescence acquisition from SMC was guided by direct image visualization of the vessel walls. A maximal constricting concentration of AII (10(-8) M) caused similar abrupt and sustained increases in SMC [Ca2+]i in afferent arterioles (AA) at 80 mm Hg and efferent arterioles (EA) at 30 mm Hg. When lumen pressure was reduced to 0 mm Hg, 10(-8) M AII caused abrupt peak increases in SMC [Ca2+]i in 15 s in both AA and EA, which declined rapidly thereafter--patterns distinctly different from pressurized vessels (P < 0.02). With diltiazem (10(-5) M) in the bathing media, 10(-8) M AII caused an abrupt rise and decline in SMC [Ca2+]i in AA, but a sustained elevation in EA (P < 0.02). In low-Ca(2+)-EGTA media, there was an abrupt peak and rapid decline in SMC [Ca2+]i to 10(-8) M AII in AA and EA; the abrupt peaks were attenuated by the prior addition of dantrolene (5 x 10(-5) M) to the low-Ca(2+)-EGTA media. When half-maximal constricting (EC50) AII for AA (4 x 10(-11) M) was added, there was a slow, progressive increase in SMC [Ca2+]i that was distinctly different from the abrupt peak and decline with EC50 AII (5 x 10(-12) M) in EA. Collectively, these findings indicate that maximal AII stimulates both Ca2+ entry and storage mobilization in AA and EA; EC50 AII stimulates primarily Ca2+ entry in AA, but storage mobilization in EA. Lumen pressure modifies the AII SMC [Ca2+]i response profiles.
authors.affiliation: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Conger
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Falk
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Robinette
mesh_terms: D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001160:Arterioles / Q000378:metabolism; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D003470:Culture Media; D003620:Dantrolene / Q000494:pharmacology; D004110:Diltiazem / Q000494:pharmacology; D004533:Egtazic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000378:metabolism; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D012079:Renal Circulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D014661:Vasoconstriction
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D000804:Angiotensin II; D004533:Egtazic Acid; D004110:Diltiazem; D003620:Dantrolene; D002118:Calcium