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JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY
卷 226, 期 10, 页码 2633-2640出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.22611
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- Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion [SAF2008-03948, AGL2007-66108, BFU2007-61848, Predoctoral FPI]
- Spanish Ministerio de Educacion [Predoctoral FPU]
- Fundacion Mutua Madrilena
The molecular mechanisms underlying hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV) are not yet properly understood. Mitochondrial electron transport chain (ETC) and NADPH oxidase have been proposed as possible oxygen sensors, with derived reactive oxygen species (ROS) playing key roles in coupling the sensor(s) to the contractile machinery. We have recently reported that activation of neutral sphingomyelinase (nSMase) and protein kinase C zeta (PKC zeta) participate in the signalling cascade of HPV. Herein, we studied the significance of nSMase in controlling ROS production rate in rat pulmonary artery (PA) smooth muscle cells and thereby HPV in rat PA. ROS production (analyzed by dichlorofluorescein and dihydroethidium fluorescence) was increased by hypoxia in endothelium-denuded PA segments and their inhibition prevented hypoxia-induced voltage-gated potassium channel (K-V) inhibition and pulmonary vasoconstriction. Consistently, H2O2, or its analogue t-BHP, decreased K-V currents and induced a contractile response, mimicking the effects of hypoxia. Inhibitors of mitochondrial ETC (rotenone) and NADPH oxidase (apocynin) prevented hypoxia-induced ROS production, K-V channel inhibition and vasoconstriction. Hypoxia induced p47(phox) phosphorylation and its interaction with caveolin-1. Inhibition of nSMase (GW4869) or PKC zeta prevented p47(phox) phosphorylation and ROS production. The increase in ceramide induced by hypoxia (analyzed by immunocytochemistry) was inhibited by rotenone. Exogenous ceramide increased ROS production in a PKC zeta sensitive manner. We propose an integrated signalling pathway for HPV which includes nSMase-PKC zeta-NADPH oxidase as a necessary step required for ROS production and vasoconstriction. J. Cell. Physiol. 226: 2633-2640, 2011. (C) 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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