title: Vascular CO counterbalances the sensitizing influence of 20-HETE on agonist-induced vasoconstriction.
abstract: We examined the influence of interactions between CO and 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (20-HETE) on vascular reactivity to phenylephrine and vasopressin. Renal interlobar arteries incubated in Krebs buffer released CO at a rate that is decreased (from 125.0+/-15.2 to 46.3+/-8.8 pmol/mg protein per hour, P<0.05) by the heme oxygenase inhibitor chromium mesoporphyrin (CrMP; 30 micromol/L). The level of 20-HETE in vessels was not affected by CrMP (74.3+/-6.1 versus 72.5+/-16.2 pmol/mg protein), but was decreased (P<0.05) by CO (1 micromol/L; 33.2+/-7.9 pmol/mg protein) or the cytochrome P450-4A inhibitor N-methylsulfonyl-12,12-dibromododec-11-enamide (DDMS; 30 micromol/L; 11.4+/-3.3 pmol/mg protein). Phenylephrine elicited development of isometric tension in vascular rings mounted on a wire-myograph (EC(50), 0.29+/-0.02 micromol/L; R(max), 3.78+/-0.19 mN/mm). The sensitivity to phenylephrine was decreased (P<0.05) by CO (1 micromol/L; EC(50), 0.60+/-0.04 micromol/L) or DDMS (EC(50), 0.71+/-0.12 micromol/L) and increased (P<0.05) by 20-HETE (10 micromol/L; EC(50), 0.08+/-0.02 micromol/L) or CrMP (EC(50), 0.11+/-0.02 micromol/L). Notably, neither CO nor CrMP changed the sensitivity to phenylephrine in vessels treated with DDMS. Refractoriness to CO and CrMP in such a setting was eliminated by inclusion of 20-HETE (1 micromol/L) in the bathing buffer. The aforementioned interventions affected the vascular reactivity to vasopressin in a similar manner. These data indicate that the reactivity of renal arteries to phenylephrine and vasopressin is reciprocally influenced by CO and 20-HETE of vascular origin and that CO desensitizes the vascular smooth muscle to constrictor agonists by interfering with the sensitizing influence of 20-HETE.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York 10595, USA.
authors.forename: Jun-Ichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kaide
authors.forename: Fan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: WenHui
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Venkat Raj
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Gopal
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Falck
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Laniado-Schwartzman
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nasjletti
mesh_terms: D000322:Adrenergic Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001158:Arteries / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D010656:Phenylephrine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012077:Renal Artery; D012079:Renal Circulation; D014661:Vasoconstriction; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000322:Adrenergic Agonists; D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids; D015221:Potassium Channels; D014667:Vasopressins; D010656:Phenylephrine; C055987:20-hydroxy-5,8,11,14-eicosatetraenoic acid; D002248:Carbon Monoxide