Distinct roles for protease-activated receptors 1 and 2 in vasomotor modulation in rat superior mesenteric artery.
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OBJECTIVE Protease-activated receptors (PARs) 1 and 2 are expressed in various blood vessels including rat aorta, modulating vascular tone. We investigated the roles of PAR-1 and PAR-2 in vasomotor modulation in rat superior mesenteric artery. METHODS AND RESULTS Effects of the PAR-2-activating peptide Ser-Leu-Ile-Gly-Arg-Leu-amide (SLIGRL-amide) and the PAR-1-activating peptide Thr-Phe-Leu-Leu-Arg-amide (TFLLR-amide) on isometric tension were examined in isolated rat superior mesenteric artery or aorta. Both SLIGRL-amide and TFLLR-amide caused relaxation in the precontracted rat aortic rings. The latter peptide, but not the former, produced contraction in the resting rings. NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), but not apamin/charybdotoxin known to block the endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF) pathway, abolished the relaxation and facilitated the contraction. In the precontracted rat superior mesenteric artery, SLIGRL-amide, but not TFLLR-amide, elicited endothelium-dependent relaxation, which was only partially inhibited by L-NAME with and without indomethacin. The residual relaxation was abolished by apamin/charybdotoxin. Carbenoxolone, a gap junction inhibitor, significantly attenuated the SLIGRL-amide-evoked, EDHF-dependent relaxation, although neither 17-octadecynoic acid, a P450 epoxygenase inhibitor, nor catalase, a hydrogen peroxide scavenger, revealed inhibitory effects. The residual response resistant to carbenoxolone was unaffected by ouabain/BaCl2. In the resting artery, TFLLR-amide, but not SLIGRL-amide, produced only slight contraction, which was dramatically facilitated by combination of L-NAME and apamin/charybdotoxin or by removal of the endothelium. CONCLUSIONS Our data suggest that, in rat superior mesenteric artery, endothelial PAR-2, upon activation, causes relaxation via both NO and EDHF pathways, and that activation of muscular PAR-1 exhibits potential contractile activity that is largely masked by NO and EDHFs pathways triggered by endothelial PAR-1. Gap junctions might be involved in the EDHF mechanisms in this artery.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Cardiovascular research
دوره 61 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004