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BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 161, Issue 3, Pages 530-540Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2010.00914.x
Keywords
purinoceptors; uridine adenosine tetraphosphate; P2 receptors; rat isolated perfused kidney; vasoconstriction; vasodilation
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- Deutsche Nierenstiftung
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [JA972/11-1]
- Sonnenfeld-Stiftung
- BMBF [0313920D]
- Deutsche Hochdruckliga
- Robert-Pfleger-Stiftung
- Manchot-Stiftung
- Werner Jackstadt-Stiftung
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Purinergic signalling plays an important role in vascular tone regulation in humans. We have identified uridine adenosine tetraphosphate (Up(4)A) as a novel and highly potent endothelial-derived contracting factor. Up(4)A induces strong vasoconstrictive effects in the renal vascular system mainly by P2X(1) receptor activation. However, other purinoceptors are also involved and were analysed here. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH The rat isolated perfused kidney was used to characterize vasoactive actions of Up(4)A. KEY RESULTS After desensitization of the P2X(1) receptor by alpha,beta-methylene ATP (alpha,beta-meATP), Up(4)A showed dose-dependent P2Y(2)-mediated vasoconstriction. Continuous perfusion with Up(4)A evoked a biphasic vasoconstrictor effect: there was a strong and rapidly desensitizing vasoconstriction, inhibited by P2X(1) receptor desensitization. In addition, there is a long-lasting P2Y(2)-mediated vasoconstriction. This vasoconstriction could be blocked by suramin, but not by PPADS or reactive blue 2. In preparations of the rat isolated perfused kidney model with an elevated vascular tone, bolus application of Up(4)A showed a dose-dependent vasoconstriction that was followed by a dose-dependent vasodilation. The vasoconstriction was in part sensitive to P2X(1) receptor desensitization by alpha,beta-meATP, and the remaining P2Y(2)-mediated vasoconstriction was only inhibited by suramin. The Up(4)A-induced vasodilation depended on activation of nitric oxide synthases, and was mediated by P2Y(1) and P2Y(2) receptor activation. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS Up(4)A activated P2X(1) and P2Y(2) receptors to act as a vasoconstrictor, whereas endothelium-dependent vasodilation was induced by P2Y(1/2) receptor activation. Up(4)A might be of relevance in the physiology and pathophysiology of vascular tone regulation.
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