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H2O2-induced dilation in human coronary arterioles: role of protein kinase G dimerization and large-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channel activation. Circ Res 2012 Feb 03;110(3):471-80

Date

12/14/2011

Pubmed ID

22158710

Pubmed Central ID

PMC3272100

DOI

10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.111.258871

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-84856720038 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   147 Citations

Abstract

RATIONALE: Hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) serves as a key endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor mediating flow-induced dilation in human coronary arterioles (HCAs). The precise mechanisms by which H(2)O(2) elicits smooth muscle hyperpolarization are not well understood. An important mode of action of H(2)O(2) involves the oxidation of cysteine residues in its target proteins, including protein kinase G (PKG)-Iα, thereby modulating their activities.

OBJECTIVE: Here we hypothesize that H(2)O(2) dilates HCAs through direct oxidation and activation of PKG-Iα leading to the opening of the large-conductance Ca(2+)-activated K(+) (BK(Ca)) channel and subsequent smooth muscle hyperpolarization.

METHODS AND RESULTS: Flow and H(2)O(2) induced pressure gradient/concentration-dependent vasodilation in isolated endothelium-intact and -denuded HCAs, respectively. The dilation was largely abolished by iberiotoxin, a BK(Ca) channel blocker. The PKG inhibitor Rp-8-Br-PET-cGMP also markedly inhibited flow- and H(2)O(2)-induced dilation, whereas the soluble guanylate cyclase inhibitor ODQ had no effect. Treatment of coronary smooth muscle cells (SMCs) with H(2)O(2) elicited dose-dependent, reversible dimerization of PKG-Iα, and induced its translocation to the plasma membrane. Patch-clamp analysis identified a paxilline-sensitive single-channel K(+) current with a unitary conductance of 246-pS in freshly isolated coronary SMCs. Addition of H(2)O(2) into the bath solution significantly increased the probability of BK(Ca) single-channel openings recorded from cell-attached patches, an effect that was blocked by the PKG-Iα inhibitor DT-2. H(2)O(2) exhibited an attenuated stimulatory effect on BK(Ca) channel open probability in inside-out membrane patches.

CONCLUSIONS: H(2)O(2) dilates HCAs through a novel mechanism involving protein dimerization and activation of PKG-Iα and subsequent opening of smooth muscle BK(Ca) channels.

Author List

Zhang DX, Borbouse L, Gebremedhin D, Mendoza SA, Zinkevich NS, Li R, Gutterman DD

Authors

David Gutterman MD Emeritus Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin
David X. Zhang PhD Associate Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Natalya S. Zinkevich Research Scientist I in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Arterioles
Cells, Cultured
Coronary Vessels
Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinases
Dimerization
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Endothelium, Vascular
Enzyme Inhibitors
Fluoresceins
Humans
Hydrogen Peroxide
Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels
Muscle, Smooth, Vascular
Patch-Clamp Techniques
Peptide Fragments
Peptides
Vasodilation