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Carbon monoxide of vascular origin attenuates the sensitivity of renal arterial vessels to vasoconstrictors
Jun-Ichi Kaide, … , Nader G. Abraham, Alberto Nasjletti
Jun-Ichi Kaide, … , Nader G. Abraham, Alberto Nasjletti
Published May 1, 2001
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 2001;107(9):1163-1171. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI11218.
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Carbon monoxide of vascular origin attenuates the sensitivity of renal arterial vessels to vasoconstrictors

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Rat renal interlobar arteries express heme oxygenase 2 (HO-2) and manufacture carbon monoxide (CO), which is released into the headspace gas. CO release falls to 30% and 54% of control, respectively, after inhibition of HO activity with chromium mesoporphyrin (CrMP) or of HO-2 expression with antisense oligodeoxynucleotides (HO-2 AS-ODN). Patch-clamp studies revealed that CrMP decreases the open probability of a tetraethylammonium-sensitive (TEA-sensitive) 105 pS K channel in interlobar artery smooth muscle cells, and that this effect of CrMP is reversed by CO. Assessment of phenylephrine-induced tension development revealed reduction of the EC50 in vessels treated with HO-2 AS-ODN, CrMP, or TEA. Exogenous CO greatly minimized the sensitizing effect on agonist-induced contractions of agents that decrease vascular CO production, but not the sensitizing effect of K channel blockade with TEA. Collectively, these data suggest that vascular CO serves as an inhibitory modulator of vascular reactivity to vasoconstrictors via a mechanism that involves a TEA-sensitive K channel.

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Jun-Ichi Kaide, Fan Zhang, Yuan Wei, Houli Jiang, Changhua Yu, WenHui Wang, Michael Balazy, Nader G. Abraham, Alberto Nasjletti

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