Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
Volume 24, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms24098140
Keywords
carbonic anhydrase; myography; arterial wall tension; membrane impermeable; porcine
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Previous research has shown that carbonic anhydrase inhibitors (CAIs) can induce vasodilation in retinal arteriolar segments, but it is unclear which isoforms or mechanisms are responsible for this effect. In this study, four new CAIs that do not enter cell membranes but have high affinity for cytosolic and membrane-bound isoforms of CA were tested. None of these CAIs had a significant effect on arteriolar wall tension, while a membrane permeant CAI called benzolamide fully dilated all segments tested. This suggests that CAIs act as vasodilators through cellular mechanisms located in the cytoplasm of vascular cells.
It has been demonstrated previously that a variety of carbonic anhydrase inhibitors (CAIs) can induce vasodilation in pre-contracted retinal arteriolar segments although with different efficacy and potency. Since the CAIs tested so far are able to permeate cell membranes and inhibit both intracellular and extracellular isoforms of the enzyme, it is not clear whether extra- or intracellular isoforms or mechanisms are mediating their vasodilatory effects. By means of small wire myography, we have tested the effects of four new CAIs on wall tension in pre-contracted retinal arteriolar segments that demonstrably do not enter cell membranes but have high affinity to both cytosolic and membrane-bound isoforms of CA. At concentrations between 10(-6) M to 10(-3) M, none of the four membrane impermeant CAIs had any significant effect on arteriolar wall tension, while the membrane permeant CAI benzolamide (10(-3) M) fully dilated all arteriolar segments tested. This suggests that CAI act as vasodilators through cellular mechanisms located in the cytoplasm of vascular cells.
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