Chronic mevastatin modulates receptor-dependent vascular contraction in eNOS-deficient mice.
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We tested the hypothesis that endothelial nitric oxide (NO) synthase (eNOS)-derived NO modulates rho-kinase-mediated vascular contraction. Because 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl (HMG)-CoA-reductase inhibition can both upregulate eNOS expression and inhibit rhoA/rho-kinase function, a second hypothesis tested was that statin treatment modulates rho-kinase-mediated contraction and that this can occur independently of eNOS. Contractile responses to the receptor-dependent agonists serotonin and phenylephrine but not to the receptor-independent agent KCl were greater in aortic rings from eNOS-null (eNOS(-/-)) vs. wild-type (eNOS(+/+)) mice. Similarly enhanced responses were seen in eNOS(+/+) rings after acute NOS inhibition. The rho-kinase inhibitor Y-27632 abolished or profoundly attenuated responses to receptor agonists in both eNOS(+/+) and eNOS(-/-) rings, but responses in eNOS(+/+) were more sensitive to Y-27632. Mevastatin treatment (20 mg/kg sc per day, 14 days) reduced responses to serotonin and phenylephrine in female mice of both strains. KCl-induced contractions were slightly smaller in eNOS(+/+)-derived aortic rings only. Levels of plasma cholesterol, and aortic expression of rhoA and rho-kinase, did not differ between groups. Thus eNOS-derived NO suppresses rhoA/rho-kinase-mediated vascular contraction. Moreover, a similar suppressive effect on rho-kinase-mediated vasoconstriction by statin therapy occurs independently of effects on eNOS or plasma cholesterol.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology
دوره 287 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004