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PROSTAGLANDINS & OTHER LIPID MEDIATORS
Volume 112, Issue -, Pages 1-8Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.prostaglandins.2014.05.001
Keywords
14,15-Epoxyeicosatrienoic acid; Prostaglandin EP2 receptor; Aging; Hypertension; Mesenteric artery; Endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81160404]
- Natural Scientific Fund of Yunnan Province [2012FB171, 2012FD039]
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The objective of this study was to investigate the 14,15-epoxyeicosatrienoic acid (14,15-EET)-induced vasodilatations as well as the underlying signaling pathways in rat mesenteric arteries from young, adult and old normotensive (WKY) and hypertensive rats. Protein expressions for prostaglandin ER1-4 receptors, large conductance Ca2+-activated K+ (BKca) channels, and adenylate cyclase (AC) were determined together with 14,15-EET-induced vasodilatations in primary- versus secondary-branches of the mesenteric artery. Responses to 14,15-EET were greater in the smaller secondary- versus primary-branches (and also more sensitive with lower EC50) and were reduced in vessels from old (80 weeks) rats as well as from vessels from the spontaneous hypertensive rats (SHR). Regardless of age or hypertension responses to 14,15-EET were inhibited by the EP2 antagonist AH6809, BKca channel inhibitor iberiotoxin, or 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP)-protein kinase A (PKA) pathway antagonists. These data indicate 14,15-EET-induced vasodilatation is mediated via the activation of EP2 receptors and opening of BKca channels. The expressions of the EP2 receptor and AC were markedly reduced in vessels from SHR as well as old rats, whereas BKca expression was reduced in old WKY and SHR, but not adult SHR. Furthermore, expression of the p53 protein, an indicator of cell senescence and apoptosis, was elevated in adult and old SHR as well as in old WKY. In summary, attenuated 14,15-EET-induced vasodilatation in mesenteric arteries from old normotensive WKY as well as adult and old SHR is associated with reduced expression of EP2 receptors and AC. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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