Endothelium-dependent frequency modulation of Ca 2+ signalling in individual vascular smooth muscle cells of the rat

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 504, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 349-357

  Kasai, Yasuyo ^a,b   Yamazawa, Toshiko ^a,b   Sakurai, Takashi ^a,b   Taketani, Yuji ^a   Iino, Masamitsu ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCIUM ION; FLUORESCENT DYE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; IMAGING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; TAIL ARTERY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL ACTIVATION; DIGITAL IMAGING; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NERVE STIMULATION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANILINE COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; CALCIUM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE; PYRIDINIUM COMPOUNDS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM; XANTHENES;

EID: 0030723367     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1997.349be.x     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. ANDRIANTSITOHAINA, R., LAGAUD, G. J., ANDRE, A., MULLER, B. & STOCLET, J. C. (1995). Effects of cGMP on calcium handling in ATP-stimulated rat resistance arteries. American Journal of Physiology 268, H1223-1231.
2. 2+ channels. Pflügers Archiv 420, 219-222.
3. CAMACHO, P. & LECHLEITER, J. D. (1993). Increased frequency of calcium waves in Xenopus laevis oocytes that express a calcium-ATPase. Science 260, 226-229.
4. CLAPP, L. H. & GURNEY, A. M. (1991). Modulation of calcium movements by nitroprusside in isolated vascular smooth muscle cells. Pflügers Archiv 418, 462-470.
5. 2+-transport by smooth muscle membranes and its regulation. Biomedica Biochimica Acta 48, S370-381.
6. GARLAND, C. J., PLANE, F., KEMP, B. K. & COCKS, T. M. (1995). Endothelium-dependent hyperpolarization: a role in the control of vascular tone. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences 16, 23-30.
7. GIRARD, S. & CLAPHAM, D. (1993). Acceleration of intracellular calcium waves in Xenopus oocytes by calcium influx. Science 280, 229-232.
8. GRIFFITH, O. G. & STUEHR, D. J. (1995). Nitric oxide syntbases: Properties and catalytic mechanism. Annual Review of Physiology 57, 707-736.
9. HIRATA, M., KOHSE, K. P., CHANG, C. H., IKEBE, T. & MURAD, F. (1990). Mechanism of cyclic GMP inhibition of inositol phosphate formation in rat aorta segments and cultured bovine aortic smooth muscle cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry 265, 1268-1273.
10. 2+ concentration in single vascular smooth muscle cells in situ. EMBO Journal 13, 5026-5031.
11. JACOB, R., MERRITT, J. E., HALLAM, T. J. & RINK, T. J. (1988). Repetitive spikes in cytoplasmic calcium evoked by histamine in human endothelial cells. Nature 335, 40-45.
12. KOGA, T., YOSHIDA, Y., CAI, J. Q., ISLAM, M. O. & IMAI, S. (1994). Purification and characterization of 240-kDa cGMP-dependent protein kinase substrate of vascular smooth muscle. Journal of Biological Chemistry 269, 11640-11647.
13. KOMALAVILAS, P. & LINCOLN, T. M. (1994). Phosphorylation of the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor by cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase. Journal of Biological Chemistry 269, 8701-8707.
14. LINCOLN, T. M. & CORNWELL, T. L. (1993). Intracellular cyclic GMP receptor proteins. FASEB Journal 7, 328-338.
15. 2+ signals in endothelial cells. Pflügers Archiv 431, 318-324.
16. MONCADA, S., PALMER, R. M. & HIGGS, E. A. (1991). Nitric oxide: physiology, pathophysiology, and pharmacology. Pharmacological Reviews 43, 109-142.
17. ROONEY, T. A., JOSEPH, S. K., QUEEN, C. & THOMAS, A. P. (1996). Cyclic GMP induces oscillatory calcium signals in rat hepatocytes. Journal of Biological Chemistry 271, 19817-19825.
18. SAITO, S., HORI, M., OZAKI, H. & KARAKI, H. (1996). Cytochalasin D inhibits smooth muscle contraction by directly inhibiting contractile apparatus. Journal of Smooth Muscle Research 32, 51-61.
19. YING, X., MINAMIYA, Y., FU, C. & BHATTACHARYA, J. (1996). Ca waves in lung capillary endothelium. Circulation Research 79, 898-908.
20. + currents by cGMP-dependent protein kinase in tracheal smooth muscle and Chinese hamster ovary cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry 271, 19760-19767.