Regulator of G protein signaling 5 marks peripheral arterial smooth muscle cells and is downregulated in atherosclerotic plaque

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Jing LiR L Geary

Abstract

Regulator of G protein signaling 5 (RGS5), an inhibitor of Galpha(q) and Galpha(i) activation, was recently identified among genes highly expressed in smooth muscle cells (SMCs) of aorta but not vena cava. This finding prompted the hypothesis that RGS5 provides long-term G protein inhibition specific to normal arterial SMC populations and that loss of expression may in turn contribute to arterial disease. To test this hypothesis we characterized RGS5 gene expression throughout the vasculature of nonhuman primates to determine whether RGS5 was restricted to arteries in other vascular beds and whether expression was altered in arterial disease. In situ hybridization localized RGS5 message to medial SMCs of peripheral arteries, including carotid, iliac, mammary, and renal arteries, but not accompanying veins. SMCs of many small arteries and arterioles also expressed RGS5, including glomerular afferent arterioles critical to blood pressure regulation. Differential expression persisted in culture, inasmuch as RGS5 message was significantly higher in SMCs derived from arteries than from veins at real-time polymerase chain reaction. It was remarkable that the only major arterial bed lacking RGS5 was the coronary circulation. In athero...Continue Reading

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