Chronic hypoxia enhances endothelin-1-induced intracellular calcium elevation in rat carotid body chemoreceptors and up-regulates ETA receptor expression

Pflügers Archiv : European journal of physiology
Yueping ChenMan Lung Fung

Abstract

Endothelin-1 (ET-1) excites carotid body (CB) chemoreceptors and induces mitosis of the chemoreceptors in chronic hypoxia. The aim of the present study was to examine the hypothesis that up-regulation of both ETA receptor and endogenous ET-1 expression in CB chemoreceptors enhances the response of intracellular Ca2+ to ET-1 following adaptation to chronic hypoxia (10% inspired O2 for 3-4 weeks). Cytosolic free [Ca2+] ([Ca2+]i) in type-I (glomus) cells freshly dissociated from rat CBs was measured by spectrofluorometry. Application of exogenous ET-1 (1-100 nM) concentration-dependently elevated [Ca2+]i in the glomus cells. This response to ET-1 (100 nM) was 49% greater in the chronically hypoxic (CH) group. The ET-1 response was abolished completely by the ETA receptor antagonist BQ610 (1 microM), but not by the ETB antagonist BQ788 (1 microM). The transient [Ca2+]i elevation induced by caffeine (30 mM) in the normoxic group was similar to that in the CH group, suggesting no differences in the intracellular Ca2+ stores. In situ hybridization with a digoxigenin-labelled antisense ETA receptor mRNA oligonucleotide probe revealed very intense and ubiquitous specific expression of ETA receptors in the lobules of glomus cells in the ...Continue Reading

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