Zw. Yang et al., Importance of PKC and PI3Ks in ethanol-induced contraction of cerebral arterial smooth muscle, AM J P-HEAR, 280(5), 2001, pp. H2144-H2152
Citations number
53
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiovascular & Hematology Research
Journal title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY
We investigated the relationships of two potential intracellular signaling
pathways, protein kinase C (PKC) and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases (PI3Ks)
, to ethanol-induced contractions in cerebral arteries. Ethanol (20-200 mM)
induces concentration-dependent constriction in isolated canine basilar ar
teries that is inhibited in a concentration-dependent manner by pretreatmen
t of these vessels with 10(-9)-10(-3) M Go-6976 (an antagonist selective fo
r PKC-alpha and PKC-betaI), 10(-10)-10(-4) M bisindolylmaleimide I (a speci
fic antagonist of PKC betaI), and 10(-1) -10(-4) M wortmannin or 10(-8)-10(
-2) M LY-294002 (selective antagonists of PI3Ks). Ethanol-induced increases
in intracellular Ca2+ concentration (from similar to 100 to similar to 500
nM) in canine basilar smooth muscle cells are also suppressed markedly (si
milar to 20-70%) in the presence of a similar concentration range of Go-697
6, bisindolymaleimide I, wortmannin, or LY-294002. This study suggests that
activation of PKC isoforms and PI3Ks appears to be an important signaling
pathway in ethanol-induced vasoconstriction of cerebral blood vessels.