摘要
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE @@@ The effects and mechanisms of chemical mitochondrial uncouplers on vascular function have never been identified. Here, we characterized the effects of the typical mitochondrial uncoupler carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP) on vascular function in rat mesenteric arteries and aorta and elucidated the potential mechanisms. @@@ EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH @@@ Isometric tension of mesenteric artery and thoracic aorta was recorded by using amultiwire myograph system. Protein levels were measured by western blot analyses. Cytosolic [Ca2+](i), mitochondrial ROS (mitoROS) and mitochondrial membrane potential of smooth muscle cells (A10) were measured by laser scanning confocal microscopy. KEY RESULTS Acute treatment with CCCP relaxed phenylephrine (PE)- and high K+ (KPSS)-induced constriction of rat mesenteric arteries with intact and denuded endothelium. Pretreatment with CCCP prevented PE- and KPSS-induced constriction of rat mesenteric arteries with intact and denuded endothelium. Similarly, CCCP prevented PE- and KPSS-induced constriction of rat thoracic aorta. CCCP increased the cellular ADP/ATP ratio in vascular smooth muscle cells (A10) and activated AMPK in A10 cells and rat thoracic aorta tissues. CCCP-induced aorta relaxation was attenuated in AMPK alpha 1 knockout (-/-) mice. SERCA inhibitors thapsigargin and cyclopiazonic acid (CPA) but not the K-ATP channel blocker glibenclamide partially inhibited CCCP-induced vasorelaxation in endothelium-denuded rat mesenteric arteries. CCCP increased cytosolic [Ca2+](i), mitoROS production and depolarized mitochondrial membrane potential in A10 cells. FCCP, the analogue of CCCP, had similar vasoactivity as CCCP in rat mesenteric arteries. @@@ CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS @@@ CCCP induces vasorelaxation by a mechanism that does not involve K-ATP channel activation in smooth muscle cells of arteries.
- 出版日期2016-11
- 单位哈尔滨医科大学