title: Endothelium-Independent Hypoxic Contraction Is Prevented Specifically by Nitroglycerin via Inhibition of Akt Kinase in Porcine Coronary Artery.
abstract: Objective. Hypoxia-induced sustained contraction of porcine coronary artery is endothelium-independent and mediated by PI3K/Akt/Rho kinase. Nitroglycerin (NTG) is a vasodilator used to treat angina pectoris and acute heart failure. The present study was to determine the role of NTG in hypoxia-induced endothelium-independent contraction and the underlying mechanism. Methods and Results. Organ chamber technique was used to measure the isometric vessel tension of isolated porcine coronary arteries. Protein levels of phosphorylated and total Akt were determined by western blot. A sustained contraction of porcine coronary arteries induced by hypoxia was significantly reduced by NTG but not by isoproterenol. This contraction was also inhibited by DETA NONOate, 8-Br-cGMP, which can be reversed by ODQ, and Rp-8-Br-PET-cGMPS. The restored contraction was blocked by LY294002. The reduction of Akt-p at Ser-473 by NTG, DETA NONOate, and 8-Br-cGMP was significantly inhibited by ODQ, PKG-I. The decrease in Akt-p level by NTG and 8-Br-cGMP was prevented by calyculin A but not by okadaic acid. Conclusions. These results demonstrated that the endothelium-independent sustained hypoxic vasoconstriction can be prevented by NTG and that the inhibition of PI3K/Akt signaling pathway may be involved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Peking University Health Science Center, 38 Xue Yuan Road, Beijing 100191, China; Department of Physiology, Heze Medical College, Heze, Shandong, China.
authors.forename: Huixia
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Peking University Health Science Center, 38 Xue Yuan Road, Beijing 100191, China.
authors.forename: Yanjing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Peking University Health Science Center, 38 Xue Yuan Road, Beijing 100191, China.
authors.forename: Yuanming
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: An
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Peking University Health Science Center, 38 Xue Yuan Road, Beijing 100191, China.
authors.forename: Peixin
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Peking University Health Science Center, 38 Xue Yuan Road, Beijing 100191, China; Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Science (Peking University), Ministry of Education, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Liling
authors.initials: L
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authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Peking University Health Science Center, 38 Xue Yuan Road, Beijing 100191, China; Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Science (Peking University), Ministry of Education, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Yuansheng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Peking University Health Science Center, 38 Xue Yuan Road, Beijing 100191, China; Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Science (Peking University), Ministry of Education, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Dou
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dou
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