Incidence of myoendothelial gap junctions in the proximal and distal mesenteric arteries of the rat is suggestive of a role in endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor-mediated responses

Circulation Research

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 341-346

  Sandow, Shaun L ^a   Hill, Caryl E ^a  

^a Biology and Environment   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Smooth muscle; Three dimensional reconstruction; Ultrastructure; Vascular Communication

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZING FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL TRANSPORT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GAP JUNCTION; INCIDENCE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

EID: 0033956534     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.86.3.341     Document Type: Article

References (52)

1. Duling BR, Matsuki T, Segal SS. Conduction in the resistance-vessel wall. Contributions to vasomotor tone and vascular communication. In: Bevan JA, ed. The Resistance Vasculature. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press; 1991:193-215.
2. Christ GJ, Spray DC, el-Sabban M, Moore LK, Brink PR. Gap junctions in vascular tissues. Evaluating the role of intercellular communication in the modulation of vasomotor tone. Circ Res. 1996;79:631-646.
3. Goodenough DA, Goliger JA, Paul DL. Connexins, connexons, and intercellular communication. Annu Rev Biochem. 1996;65:475-502.
4. Little TL, Beyer EC, Duling BR. Connexin 43 and connexin 40 gap junctional proteins are present in arteriolar smooth muscle and endothelium in vivo. Am J Physiol. 1995;268:H729-H739.
5. Yen HI, Lupu F, Dupont E, Severs NJ. Upregulation of connexin43 gap junctions between smooth muscle cells after balloon catheter injury in the rat carotid artery. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 1997; 17:3174-3184.
6. Hong T, Hill CE. Restricted expression of the gap junctional protein connexin43 in the arterial system of the rat. J Anat. 1998;193:583-593.
7. Laird DW, Revel JP. Biochemical and immunocytochemical analysis of the arrangement of connexin43 in rat heart gap junction membranes. J Cell Sci. 1990;97:109-117.
8. Rennick RE, Connat JL, Bumstock G, Rothery S, Severs NJ, Green CR. Expression of connexin43 gap junctions between cultured vascular smooth muscle cells is dependent upon phenotype. Cell Tissue Res. 1993;271:323-332.
9. Yen HI, Dupont E, Coppen S, Rothery S, Severs NJ. Gap junction localization and connexin expression in cytochemically identified endothelial cells of arterial tissue. J Histochem Cytochem. 1997;45: 539-550.
10. von der Weid P-Y, Beny J-L. Simultaneous oscillations in the membrane potential of pig coronary artery endothelial and smooth muscle cells. J Physiol (Lond). 1993;471:13-24.
11. Little TL, Xia J, Duling BR. Dye tracers define differential endothelial and smooth muscle coupling patterns within the arteriolar wall. Circ Res. 1995;76:498-504.
12. Yamamoto H, Fukuta H, Nakahira Y, Suzuki H. Blockade by 18β-glycyrrhetinic acid of intercellular electrical coupling in guinea-pig arterioles. J Physiol (Lond). 1998;511:501-508.
13. Beny J-L. Electrical coupling between smooth muscle cells and endothelial cells in pig coronary arteries. Pflugers Arch. 1997;433:364-367.
14. Spagnoli LG, Villaschi S, Neri L, Palmen G. Gap junctions in myoendothelial bridges of rabbit carotid arteries. Experientia. 1982;38: 124-125.
15. Rhodin JAG. Architecture of the vessel wall. In: Bohr DF, Somlyo AP, Sparks HV, eds. The Cardiovascular System. Bethesda, Md: American Physiological Society; 1980:1-31.
16. Kristek F, Gerova M. Myoendothelial relations in the conduit coronary artery of the dog and rabbit. J Vasc Res. 1992;29:29-32.
17. Sosa-Melgarejo JA, Berry CL. Myoendothelial contacts on the thoracic aorta of rat fetuses. J Pathol. 1992;166:311-316.
18. Chaytor AT, Evans WH, Griffith TM. Central role of heterocellular gap junctional communication in endothelium-dependent relaxations of rabbit arteries. J Physiol (Lond). 1998;508:561-573.
19. Severs NJ. Gap junctions and orientation at the cardiac intercalated disk. Circ Res. 1989;65:1458-1462.
20. Beny J-L, Connat JL. An electron-microscopic study of smooth muscle cell dye coupling in the pig coronary arteries. Role of gap junctions. Circ Res. 1992;70:49-55.
21. Mulvany MJ, Aalkjaer C. Structure and function of small arteries. Physiol Rev. 1990;70:921-961.
22. Morris JL, Gibbins IL, Kadowitz PJ, Herzog H, Kreulen DL, Toda N, Clanig A. Roles of peptides and other substances on cotransmission from vascular autonomic and sensory neurons. Can J Physiol Pharmacol. 1995;73:521-532.
23. Mombouli JV, Vanhoutte PM. Endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor(s): updating the unknown. Trends Pharmacol Sci. 1997;18:252-256.
24. Edwards G, Weston AH. Endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor - a critical appraisal. Prog Drug Res. 1998;50:107-133.
25. 2+ stores in endothelium-dependent relaxations. Pharmacol Toxicol. 1998; 83:57-59. Abstract.
26. Fleming I, Busse R. NO: the primary EDRF. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 1999; 31:5-14.
27. Shimokawa H, Yasutake H, Fujii K, Owada K, Nakaike R, Fukumoto Y, Takayanagi T, Nagao T, Egashira K, Fujishima M, Takeshita A. The importance of the hyperpolarizing mechanism increases as the vessel size decreases in endothelium-dependent relaxations in rat mesenteric circulation. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 1996;28:703-711.
28. + is an endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor in rat arteries. Nature. 1998; 396:269-272.
29. de Wit C, Esser N, Lehr H-A, Bolz S-S, Pohl U. Pentobarbital-sensitive EDHF comediates ACh-induced arteriolar dilation in the hamster microcirculation. Am J Physiol. 1999;276:H1527-H1534.
30. Doughty JM, Plane F, Langton PD. Charybdotoxin and apamin block EDHF in rat mesenteric artery if selectively applied to the endothelium. Am J Physiol. 1999;276:H1107-H1112.
31. 2. Circ Res. 1999;84:53-64.
32. Feletou M, Vanhoutte PM. The alternative: EDHF. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 1999;31:15-22.
33. Shimokawa H. Primary endothelial dysfunction: atherosclerosis. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 1999;31:23-37.
34. Campbell WB, Harder DR. Endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factors and vascular cytochrome P450 metabolites of arachidonic acid in the regulation of tone. Circ Res. 1999;84:484-488.
35. Vanhoutte PM. Old-timer makes a comeback. Nature. 1998;396: 213-216.
36. Quignard JF, Feletou M, Thollon C, Vilaine TP, Duhault J, Vanhoutte PM. Potassium ions and endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor in guinea-pig carotid and porcine coronary arteries. Br J Pharmacol. 1999; 127:27-34.
37. - polarizing factor(s): species and tissue heterogeneity. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol. 1999;26:176-179.
38. Taylor HJ, Chaytor AT, Evans WH, Griffith TM. Inhibition of the gap junctional component of endothelium-dependent relaxations in rabbit iliac artery by 18α-glycyrrhetinic acid. Br J Pharmacol. 1998;125:1-3.
39. Dora KA, Martin PEM, Chaytor AT, Evans H, Garland CJ, Griffith TM. Role of heterocellular gap junctional communication in endothelium-dependent smooth muscle hyperpolarization: inhibition by a connexinmimetic peptide. Biochem Biophys Res Comm. 1999;254:27-31.
40. Yamamoto Y, Imaeda K, Suzuki H. Endothelium-dependent hyperpolarization and intercellular electrical coupling in guinea-pig mesenteric arterioles. J Physiol (Lond). 1999;514:505-513.
41. Beny J-L. Electrical communication between endothelial and smooth muscle cells. Proceedings of the International Symposium in New Developments in Smooth Muscle and Endothelial Cell Signaling (ISSMETCS). Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan. 1999;1:67. Abstract.
42. Shiraishi T, Sakaki S, Uehara Y. Architecture of the media of the arterial vessels in the dog brain: a scanning electron microscopic study. Cell Tissue Res. 1986;243:329-335.
43. Miller BG, Connors BA, Bohlen G, Evan AP. Cell and wall morphology of intestinal arterioles from 4-to 6-and 17-to 19-week-old Wistar-Kyoto and spontaneously hypertensive rats. Hypertension. 1987;9:59-68.
44. Luff SE. The ultrastructure of arterioles. In: Bevan JA, ed. The Resistance Vasculature. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press; 1991:93-113.
45. Michel RP, Hu F, Meyrick BO. Myoendothelial junctional complexes in postobstructive pulmonary vasculopathy: a quantitative electron microscopic study. Exp Lung Res. 1995:21:437-452.
46. Sandow SL, Ball EE, Hill CE. Morphological variation may underlie functional differences in neural control of different vascular beds. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 1997;23:1518. Abstract.
47. Spray DC. Gap junction proteins: where they live and how they die. Circ Res. 1998;83:679-681.
48. Haas TL, Duling BR. Morphology favors an endothelial cell pathway for longitudinal conduction within arterioles. Microvasc Res. 1997;53:113-120.
49. Chen L, Meng MQ. Compact and scattered gap junctions in diffusion mediated cell-cell communication. J Theor Biol. 1995;176:39-45.
50. Veenstra RD. Size and selectivity of gap junction channels formed from different sized connexins. J Bioenerg Biomembr. 1996;28:327-337.
51. Sosinsky GE. Molecular organization of gap junction membrane channels. J Bioenerg Biomembr. 1996;28:297-309.
52. Hirst GDS, Edwards FR. Sympathetic neuroeffector transmission in arteries and arterioles. Physiol Rev. 1989;69:546-604.