Calmodulin Reduces Ouabain-Sensitive Atpase of Cardiac Sarcolemmal Membranes: High Reduction in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

1984 ◽  
Vol 67 (5) ◽  
pp. 535-540 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Cirillo ◽  
M. David-Dufilho ◽  
M. A. Devynck

1. Calmodulin and calcium effects on cardiac ouabain-sensitive adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) activity were studied in young spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and in their normotensive control Wistar—Kyoto rats (WKY). 2. Cardiac sarcolemmal membranes from SHR showed significantly higher ouabain-sensitive ATPase activity than membranes from WKY rats. This activity was unaffected by calmodulin or calcium alone. 3. However, when both calmodulin and calcium were added, ouabain-sensitive activity was significantly reduced without changes in the total ATPase activity. 4. The calcium-dependent calmodulin effect was dose-dependent and greater in SHR than in WKY membranes. 5. An altered interaction between the calcium-calmodulin system and sodium handling by the plasma membrane in SHR may play a role in the pathogenesis of hypertension.

1985 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 407-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Higaki ◽  
T. Ogihara ◽  
Y. Kumahara ◽  
E. L. Bravo

1. Intracellular calmodulin levels were measured by direct radioimmunoassay in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and Wistar—Kyoto rats (WKY). 2. Decreased calmodulin levels were demonstrated in the brain, heart, aorta and kidney of spontaneously hypertensive rats compared with those in Wistar—Kyoto rats. 3. Calmodulin levels in the brain were also decreased in deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt rats, but not changed significantly in the heart, aorta and kidney compared with those in Wistar—Kyoto rats. 4. These findings suggest that intracellular calcium-dependent regulatory systems are genetically disrupted in spontaneously hypertensive rats, but this is probably not an important factor in the development of hypertension.


1993 ◽  
Vol 85 (5) ◽  
pp. 585-591 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert I Norman ◽  
Navtej Achall

1. The relationships between systolic blood pressure and altered erythrocyte Ca2+-Mg2+-ATPase activity and membrane microviscosity were assessed in membranes prepared from 20-week-old female Wistar-Kyoto normotensive and spontaneously hypertensive rats obtained from two different sources (Charles River and Harlan OLAC) and a second filial (F2) generation derived from a cross between Wistar-Kyoto rats and spontaneously hypertensive rats from one source (Charles River). 2. Spontaneously hypertensive rats from both sources had systolic blood pressures significantly higher than those of Wistar-Kyoto animals (P <0.05; 151 + 4 and 110 + 3 mmHg, Charles River; 155 + 4 and 122 + 4 mmHg, Harlan OLAC). The systolic blood pressures for the F2 rat population ranged between 73 and 168 mmHg. 3. Ca2+-Mg2+-ATPase activity was measured as ATP-dependent 45Ca2+ uptake into inside-out vesicles and microviscosity assessed by the measurement of polarization anisotropy of membrane incorporated fluorescent probes including 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene, trimethylamino-1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene and a series of anthroyloxy fatty acids. 4. Contrary to previous studies, no relationship between adult systolic blood pressure and erythrocyte Ca2+-Mg2+-ATPase activity or general or localized membrane microviscosity was indicated by the comparison of spontaneously hypertensive and Wistar-Kyoto animals or in the analysis of the F2 rat population. 5. These results suggest that Ca2+-Mg2+-ATPase activity and membrane microviscosity are causally unrelated to hypertension in these animals. On the assumption that biophysical properties of the erythrocyte membrane reflect those of smooth muscle, our results suggest that membrane alteration does not play a significant role in the pathogenesis of hypertension in the spontaneously hypertensive rat model.


1994 ◽  
Vol 267 (6) ◽  
pp. F1069-F1075 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. W. Gurich ◽  
R. E. Beach

Enhanced salt reabsorption by the kidney, which may arise from impaired regulation of proximal tubule Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase activity, has a central role in the pathogenesis of essential hypertension. Guanine nucleotide binding proteins (G proteins) are involved in many regulatory pathways and have been implicated in the regulation of proximal tubule Na(+)-K(+)-adenosinetriphosphatase (ATPase) activity. The present study was designed to evaluate further the regulation of Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase activity by G proteins in proximal tubule suspensions from Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY) and to determine whether such regulation is abnormal in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). Cholera toxin (CTX) inhibited Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase activity by approximately 40% in WKY but had no effect on Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase activity in SHR. In WKY, pretreatment of tubules with pertussis toxin (PTX), followed by the application of dopamine, inhibited Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase activity significantly, compared with the inhibition produced by dopamine alone. In SHR, dopamine alone did not inhibit Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase activity. However, in the presence of PTX, dopamine inhibited Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase activity significantly. These studies indicate that the renal proximal tubule Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase in WKY is regulated by both a PTX- and CTX-sensitive G protein(s) and that this regulation is abnormal in SHR. Such a defect could cause enhanced sodium reabsorption in SHR and contribute to the pathogenesis of hypertension in this model.


1994 ◽  
Vol 72 (8) ◽  
pp. 862-869 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seigo Fujimoto

α1-Adrenoceptors (ARs) were divided into α1H and α1L subtypes by their different affinities for bunazosin or prazosin. α1H-ARs were further subdivided into α1A, α1B, and α1C subtypes. Therefore, this study was undertaken to determine which α1-AR subtypes were involved in the activation of femoral artery preparations by α1-AR agonists in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). For comparison, aortic strips were also incorporated in the present study. In the presence of propranolol, deoxycorticosterone, and desipramine, norepinephrine (NE) contracted the vascular strips in a dose-dependent manner. Negative log EC50 values and maximum responses of NE-induced contraction of the SHR femoral artery were unchanged and increased, respectively, compared with those of Sprague–Dawley and Wistar–Kyoto rats (WKY). Contractile responses of the SHR aortae to NE were similar to those of the normotensive tissues. Schild plot data for α1-AR antagonists indicated that α1-AR subtypes mediating contraction of the aorta were homogeneous and had high affinities for bunazosin (pA2 9.4, α1H subtype) and WB 4101 (pA2 9.3) and a low affinity for 5-methylurapidil (pA2 7.7). In the femoral artery, because Schild plots for bunazosin had slopes of less than 1.0, there were α1H and α1L subtypes. Bunazosin, at 10−9 M, which could mask the α1H subtype, yielded a Schild plot for bunazosin with a slope not different from unity and decreased the pA2 value for bunazosin (pA2 9.4 vs. 8.5). Chlorethylclonidine inhibited the response of the aortic and femoral preparations to NE but did not change Schild plot data for 5-methylurapidil. It was suggested that in the rat femoral artery, α1C and α1L subtypes mediated the contractile response to NE. The α1-AR subtype in the aorta was essentially identical with the α1H subtype in the femoral artery. α1-AR subtypes mediating contraction in the SHR blood vessels were identical with those in the WKY tissues.Key words: α1-adrenoceptor subtype, blood vessels, spontaneously hypertensive rat.


Author(s):  
Lyudmila N. Shapoval ◽  
Olga Dmytrenko ◽  
Galyna L. Vavilova ◽  
Lyudmila S. Pobegaylo ◽  
Lyubov G. Stepanenko ◽  
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1995 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Lash ◽  
H. G. Bohlen

These experiments determined whether a deficit in oxygen supply relative to demand could account for the sustained decrease in tissue PO2 observed during contractions of the spinotrapezius muscle in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). Relative changes in blood flow were determined from measurements of vessel diameter and red blood cell velocity. Venular hemoglobin oxygen saturation measurements were performed by using in vivo spectrophotometric techniques. The relative dilation [times control (xCT)] of arteriolar vessels during contractions was as large or greater in SHR than in normotensive rats (Wistar-Kyoto), as were the increases in blood flow (2 Hz, 3.50 +/- 0.69 vs. 3.00 +/- 1.05 xCT; 4 Hz, 10.20 +/- 3.06 vs. 9.00 +/- 1.48 xCT; 8 Hz, 16.40 +/- 3.95 vs. 10.70 +/- 2.48 xCT). Venular hemoglobin oxygen saturation was lower in the resting muscle of SHR than of Wistar-Kyoto rats (31.0 +/= 3.0 vs. 43.0 +/- 1.9%) but was higher in SHR after 4- and 8-Hz contractions (4 Hz, 52.0 +/- 4.8 vs. 43.0 +/- 3.6%; 8 Hz, 51.0 +/- 4.6 vs. 41.0 +/- 3.6%). Therefore, an excess in oxygen delivery occurs relative to oxygen use during muscle contractions in SHR. The previous and current results can be reconciled by considering the possibility that oxygen exchange is limited in SHR by a decrease in anatomic or perfused capillary density, arteriovenular shunting of blood, or decreased transit time of red blood cells through exchange vessels.


Biomedicines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 676
Author(s):  
Kunanya Masodsai ◽  
Yi-Yuan Lin ◽  
Sih-Yin Lin ◽  
Chia-Ting Su ◽  
Shin-Da Lee ◽  
...  

This study aimed to investigate the aging-related endothelial dysfunction mediated by insulin and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and antioxidant deficiency in hypertension. Male spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs) and age-matched normotensive Wistar–Kyoto rats (WKYs) were randomly divided into 24-week-old (younger) and 48-week-old (older) groups, respectively. The endothelial function was evaluated by the insulin- and IGF-1-mediated vasorelaxation of aortic rings via the organ bath system. Serum levels of nitric oxide (NO), malondialdehyde (MDA), catalase, and total antioxidant capacity (TAC) were examined. The insulin- and IGF-1-mediated vasorelaxation was significantly impaired in both 24- and 48-week-old SHRs compared with age-matched WKYs and was significantly worse in the 48-week-old SHR than the 24-week-old SHR. After pretreatments of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) or NO synthase (NOS) inhibitors, the insulin- and IGF-1-mediated vasorelaxation became similar among four groups. The serum level of MDA was significantly increased, while the NO, catalase, and TAC were significantly reduced in the 48-week-old SHR compared with the 24-week-old SHR. This study demonstrated that the process of aging additively affected insulin- and IGF-1-mediated endothelial dysfunction in SHRs, which could be partly attributed to the reduced NO production and antioxidant deficiency.


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