Apelin-Induced Relaxation of Coronary Arteries Is Impaired in a Model of Second-Hand Cigarette Smoke Exposure.

Autor: Anto S; Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND., Sathish V, Sun C, O'Rourke ST
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology [J Cardiovasc Pharmacol] 2022 Dec 01; Vol. 80 (6), pp. 842-851. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Dec 01.
DOI: 10.1097/FJC.0000000000001354
Abstrakt: Abstract: Apelin, an endogenous ligand for APJ receptors, causes nitric oxide (NO)-dependent relaxation of coronary arteries. Little is known about the effects of apelin/APJ receptor signaling in the coronary circulation under pathological conditions. Here, we tested the hypothesis that the vasorelaxing effect of apelin is impaired by cigarette smoke extract (CSE), an established model for second-hand smoke exposure. Isolated rat coronary arteries were treated with 2% CSE for 4 hours. Apelin-induced relaxation of coronary arteries was abolished by CSE exposure, while relaxations to acetylcholine (ACh) (endothelium-dependent relaxation) and to diethyl amine NONOate (NO donor) were similar in control and CSE-treated arteries. Immunoblot analysis demonstrated that apelin increased eNOS ser1177 phosphorylation under control conditions but had no effect after exposure to CSE. Moreover, GRK2 expression was increased in CSE-exposed coronary endothelial cells. Pretreatment with CMPD101, a GRK2 inhibitor, improved the relaxation response to apelin in CSE-exposed coronary arteries. CSE treatment failed to inhibit relaxations evoked by CMF-019, an APJ receptor biased agonist that has little effect on GRK2. In arteries exposed to CSE, apelin impaired the response to ACh but not to diethyl amine NONOate. ACh-induced relaxation was unaffected by CMF-019 in either control or CSE-treated coronary arteries. The results suggest that APJ receptor signaling using the GRK2 pathway contributes to both loss of relaxation to apelin itself and the ability of apelin to inhibit endothelium-dependent relaxation to ACh in CSE-exposed coronary arteries, likely because of impaired production of NO from endothelial cells. These changes in apelin/APJ receptor signaling under pathological conditions (eg, exposure to second-hand smoke) could create an environment that favors increased vasomotor tone in coronary arteries.
Competing Interests: The authors report no conflicts of interest.
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Databáze: MEDLINE