TY - JOUR
T1 - Chronic hypoxia alters fetal cerebrovascular responses to endothelin-1
AU - Silpanisong, Jinjutha
AU - Kim, Dahlim
AU - Williams, James M.
AU - Adeoye, Olayemi O.
AU - Thorpe, Richard B.
AU - Pearce, William J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 the American Physiological Society.
PY - 2017/8/3
Y1 - 2017/8/3
N2 - In utero hypoxia influences the structure and function of most fetal arteries, including those of the developing cerebral circulation. Whereas the signals that initiate this hypoxic remodeling remain uncertain, these appear to be distinct from the mechanisms that maintain the remodeled vascular state. The present study explores the hypothesis that chronic hypoxia elicits sustained changes in fetal cerebrovascular reactivity to endothelin-1 (ET-1), a potent vascular contractant and mitogen. In fetal lambs, chronic hypoxia (3,820-m altitude for the last 110 days of gestation) had no significant effect on plasma ET-1 levels or ETA receptor density in cerebral arteries but enhanced contractile responses to ET-1 in an ETA-dependent manner. In organ culture (24 h), 10 nM ET-1 increased medial thicknesses less in hypoxic than in normoxic arteries, and these increases were ablated by inhibition of PKC (chelerythrine) in both normoxic and hypoxic arteries but were attenuated by inhibition of CaMKII (KN93) and p38 (SB203580) in normoxic but not hypoxic arteries. As indicated by Ki-67 immunostaining, ET-1 increased medial thicknesses via hypertrophy. Measurements of colocalization between MLCK and SMαA revealed that organ culture with ET-1 also promoted contractile dedifferentiation in normoxic, but not hypoxic, arteries through mechanisms attenuated by inhibitors of PKC, CaMKII, and p38. These results support the hypothesis that chronic hypoxia elicits sustained changes in fetal cerebrovascular reactivity to ET-1 through pathways dependent upon PKC, CaMKII, and p38 that cause increased ET-1-mediated contractility, decreased ET-1-mediated smooth muscle hypertrophy, and a depressed ability of ET-1 to promote contractile dedifferentiation.
AB - In utero hypoxia influences the structure and function of most fetal arteries, including those of the developing cerebral circulation. Whereas the signals that initiate this hypoxic remodeling remain uncertain, these appear to be distinct from the mechanisms that maintain the remodeled vascular state. The present study explores the hypothesis that chronic hypoxia elicits sustained changes in fetal cerebrovascular reactivity to endothelin-1 (ET-1), a potent vascular contractant and mitogen. In fetal lambs, chronic hypoxia (3,820-m altitude for the last 110 days of gestation) had no significant effect on plasma ET-1 levels or ETA receptor density in cerebral arteries but enhanced contractile responses to ET-1 in an ETA-dependent manner. In organ culture (24 h), 10 nM ET-1 increased medial thicknesses less in hypoxic than in normoxic arteries, and these increases were ablated by inhibition of PKC (chelerythrine) in both normoxic and hypoxic arteries but were attenuated by inhibition of CaMKII (KN93) and p38 (SB203580) in normoxic but not hypoxic arteries. As indicated by Ki-67 immunostaining, ET-1 increased medial thicknesses via hypertrophy. Measurements of colocalization between MLCK and SMαA revealed that organ culture with ET-1 also promoted contractile dedifferentiation in normoxic, but not hypoxic, arteries through mechanisms attenuated by inhibitors of PKC, CaMKII, and p38. These results support the hypothesis that chronic hypoxia elicits sustained changes in fetal cerebrovascular reactivity to ET-1 through pathways dependent upon PKC, CaMKII, and p38 that cause increased ET-1-mediated contractility, decreased ET-1-mediated smooth muscle hypertrophy, and a depressed ability of ET-1 to promote contractile dedifferentiation.
KW - Calcium-calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II
KW - Endothelin receptors
KW - Myosin light chain kinase
KW - P38 MAP kinase
KW - Protein kinase C
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U2 - 10.1152/ajpcell.00241.2016
DO - 10.1152/ajpcell.00241.2016
M3 - Article
C2 - 28566491
SN - 0363-6143
VL - 313
SP - C207-C218
JO - American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology
JF - American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology
IS - 2
ER -