title: Vasomotor effects of arg-gly-asp (RGD) peptides are limited and not related to endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor-mediated relaxation in rat mesenteric arteries.
abstract: 1. In the present study we tested the effect of arg-gly-asp (RGD) peptides on vasomotor responses in rat isolated mesenteric arteries. More specifically, the hypothesis was tested that RGD interaction with integrins mediates relaxation attributed to endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF). 2. The presence of the beta3 integrin subunit was shown by western blot analysis. To study its functional role, arteries (355 +/- 11 microm; n = 50) were mounted in a wire myograph set-up to measure isometric force generation. After blockade of nitric oxide synthesis with N(G)-nitro-L-arginine (0.1 mmol/L) and prostaglandin synthesis with indomethacin (10 micromol/L), methacholine (10 micromol/L) induced a transient relaxation within 1 min of 72 +/- 4.0% (as percentage of precontraction with phenylephrine; n = 27). 3. These responses were inhibited by a 60 mmol/L potassium buffer (18 +/- 6.0%; n = 6) or endothelium denudation (12 +/- 3.2%; n = 7), consistent with EDHF. 4. A function-blocking monoclonal antibody against the integrin beta3 chain did not affect relaxation. 5. The RGD peptides gly-arg-gly-asp-thr-pro (GRGDTP), gly-arg-gly-asp-ser (GRGDS) and cyclic RGD, ligands for the RGD binding site of integrins, also did not affect relaxation induced by methacholine. 6. Cyclic RGD increased contraction from 91 +/- 3 to 98 +/- 3% (as percentage of 120 mmol/L potassium). 7. In conclusion, these data show that vasomotor responses related to integrins are small and not involved in hyperpolarization attributed to EDHF in rat mesenteric artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Physics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: E N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Bakker
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Balt
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pfaffendorf
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Spaan
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: VanBavel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001685:Biological Factors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015153:Blotting, Western; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D016023:Integrins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000187:drug effects; D014666:Vasomotor System / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D001685:Biological Factors; D016023:Integrins; D009842:Oligopeptides; C067410:endothelium-dependent hyperpolarization factor; C047981:arginyl-glycyl-aspartic acid