Inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation, vascular tone, and [Ca2+]i in the perfused rat tail artery

Autor: Jeffrey Atkinson, Nguyen Tran, C. Capdeville-Atkinson, A. Robert
Rok vydání: 1997
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Zdroj: American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 273:C834-C842
ISSN: 1522-1563
0363-6143
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1997.273.3.c834
Popis: We investigated the possibility that the inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation in vascular smooth muscle attenuates norepinephrine- or KCl-evoked vasoconstriction with no change in mobilization of intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i). Experiments were performed in perfused segments of the rat tail artery loaded with the intracellular calcium dye fura 2, in the absence and presence of dinitrophenol or sodium cyanide; inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation was evaluated from the fall in intracellular ATP levels. The metabolic inhibitors reduced vasoconstriction with no change in [Ca2+]i handling, suggesting that 1) inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation attenuates vasoconstriction via a mechanism downstream of [Ca2+]i, and 2) [Ca2+]i homeostasis (both increases and decreases in [Ca2+]i) can be maintained in the presence of inhibitors of oxidative phosphorylation.
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