title: Elevated plasma membrane and sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ pump mRNA levels in cultured aortic smooth muscle cells from spontaneously hypertensive rats.
abstract: We have observed previously that Ca2+ pump-mediated Ca2+ efflux is elevated in cultured aortic smooth muscle cells from spontaneously hypertensive rats compared to those from Wistar-Kyoto rat controls. The objective of this work was to determine if these strains differ in mRNA levels for the PMCA1 isoform of the plasma membrane Ca2+-ATPase and the SERCA2 isoform of the sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase. mRNA levels were compared in cultured aortic smooth muscle cells from 10-week-old male rats. PMCA1 and SERCA2 mRNA levels were elevated in SHR compared to WKY. Angiotensin II increased the level of PMCA1 and SERCA2 mRNA in both strains. These studies provide further evidence for altered Ca2+ homeostasis in hypertension at the level of Ca2+ transporting ATPases in the spontaneously hypertensive rat model. These data are also consistent with the hypothesis that the expression of these two Ca2+ pumps may be linked.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Monteith
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Kable
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Kuo
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Roufogalis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000201:enzymology; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D027682:Cation Transport Proteins; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000201:enzymology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006973:Hypertension / Q000201:enzymology; D008297:Male; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000201:enzymology*; D053499:Plasma Membrane Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000201:enzymology*; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D027682:Cation Transport Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D053499:Plasma Membrane Calcium-Transporting ATPases; C506955:Atp2b1 protein, rat; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases