Journal
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 41, Issue 4, Pages 476-483Publisher
AMER THORACIC SOC
DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2008-0412OC
Keywords
endothelin-1; TASK-1 channel; membrane potential; pulmonary hypertension
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Endothelin (ET)-1 causes long-lasting vasoconstriction and vascular remodeling by interacting with specific G-protein-coupled receptors in pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PASMCs), and thus plays an important role in the pathophysiology of pulmonary arterial hypertension. The two-pore domain K+ channel, TASK-1, controls the resting membrane potential in human PASMCs (hPASMCs), and renders these cells sensitive to a variety of vasoactive factors, as previously shown. ET-1 may exert its vasoconstrictive effects in part by targeting TASK-1. To clarify this, we analyzed the ET-1 signaling pathway related to TASK-1 in primary hPASMCs. We employed the whole-cell patch-clamp technique combined with TASK-1 small interfering RNA (siRNA) in hPASMC and the isolated, perfused, and ventilated mouse lung model. We found that ET-1 depolarized primary hPASMCs by phosphorylating TASK-1 at clinically relevant concentrations. The ET sensitivity of TASK-1 required ETA receptors, phospholipase C, phosphatidylinositol 4,5-biphosphate, diacylglycerol, and protein kinase C in primary hPASMCs. The ET-1 effect on membrane potential and TASK-1 was abrogated using TASK-1 siRNA. This is the first time that the background K+ channel, TASK-1 has been identified in the ET-1-mediated depolarization in native hPASMC, and might represent a novel pathologic mechanism related to pulmonary arterial hypertension.
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