Pulmonary cytochrome P-450 2J4 is reduced in a rat model of acute Pseudomonas pneumonia

2003 ◽  
Vol 285 (5) ◽  
pp. L1099-L1105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asma Yaghi ◽  
J. Alyce Bradbury ◽  
Darryl C. Zeldin ◽  
Sanjay Mehta ◽  
John R. Bend ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Arachidonic Acid ◽  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Vascular Tone ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Pulmonary Arteries ◽  
Epoxyeicosatrienoic Acids ◽  
Rat Lung ◽  
Metabolic Products ◽  
And Control ◽  
Cytochrome P 450

We previously reported that the levels of epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) and 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (20-HETE) are depressed in microsomes prepared from lungs of rats with acute Pseudomonas pneumonia. We also showed a potential role for cytochrome P-450 (CYP) metabolites of arachidonic acid (AA) in contractile responses of both normal pulmonary arteries and pulmonary arteries from rats with pneumonia. The CYP2J subfamily enzymes (endogenous source of EETs and HETEs) are constitutively expressed in human and rat lungs where they are localized in vascular smooth muscle and endothelium. The purpose of this study was to determine if CYP2J proteins are modified in pneumonia. Pseudomonas organisms were injected via a tracheostomy in the lungs of rats. Later (44 h), lungs were frozen, and microsomes were prepared from pneumonia and control rat lung homogenates. Lung microsomal proteins were then immunoblotted with anti-CYP2B1/2B2, anti-CYP4A, anti-CYP2J9pep2 (which reacts with rat CYP2J3), anti-CYP2J6pep1 (which reacts with rat CYP2J4), anti-CYP2J2pep4, or anti-CYP2J2pep3 (both of which react with all known CYP2J isozymes). Western blotting revealed a prominent 55-kDa band with anti-CYP2J2pep3, anti-CYP2J2pep4, and anti-CYP2J6pep1 (but not anti-CYP2J9pep2) that was reduced in pneumonia compared with control lung microsomes. The CYP2B bands (51-52 kDa) were less prominent and not different between pneumonia and control lungs. CYP4A proteins (20-HETE sources) were not detected in rat lung microsomes. Therefore, rat lung contains a protein with immunological characteristics similar to CYP2J4, and this CYP is reduced after pneumonia. We speculate that CYP2J (but not CYP2B) enzymes and their AA metabolic products (EETs) are involved in the modulation of pulmonary vascular tone in pneumonia in rats.

Role of PGI2 and epoxyeicosatrienoic acids in relaxation of bovine coronary arteries to arachidonic acid

1993 ◽  
Vol 264 (2) ◽  
pp. H327-H335 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Rosolowsky ◽  
W. B. Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Arachidonic Acid ◽  
Coronary Arteries ◽  
Vascular Tone ◽  
Epoxyeicosatrienoic Acids ◽  
Lipoxygenase Inhibitor ◽  
Physiological Processes ◽  
Coronary Vascular Tone ◽  
Cytochrome P 450 ◽  
Endothelium Dependent Relaxation

Metabolites of arachidonic acid regulate several physiological processes, including vascular tone. The purpose of this study was to determine which metabolites of arachidonic acid are produced by bovine coronary arteries and which may regulate coronary vascular tone. Arachidonic acid induced a concentration-related, endothelium-dependent relaxation [one-half maximum effective concentration (EC50) of 2 x 10(-7) M and a maximal relaxation of 91 +/- 2% at 10(-5) M] of bovine coronary arteries that were contracted with U-46619, a thromboxane mimetic. The concentration of 6-ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha (6-keto-PGF1 alpha), a metabolite of prostaglandin I2 (PGI2), increased from 82 +/- 6 to 328 +/- 24 pg/ml with arachidonic acid (10(-5) M). Treatment with the cyclooxygenase inhibitor indomethacin attenuated arachidonic acid-induced relaxations by approximately 50% and blocked the synthesis of 6-keto-PGF1 alpha. PGI2 caused a concentration-related relaxation (EC50 of 10(-8) M and a maximal relaxation of 125 +/- 11% at 10(-7) M). BW755C, a cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase inhibitor, inhibited arachidonic acid-induced relaxation to the same extent as indomethacin. When vessels were treated with both indomethacin and BW755C, the inhibition of relaxation was the same as either inhibitor alone. SKF 525a, a cytochrome P-450 inhibitor, reduced arachidonic acid-induced relaxation by approximately 50%. When SKF 525a was given in combination with indomethacin, the relaxation by arachidonic acid was almost completely inhibited. SKF 525a inhibited the synthesis of epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

scholarly journals Cellular and ionic signal transduction mechanisms for the mechanical activation of renal arterial vascular smooth muscle.

1993 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 986-996
Author(s):  
R J Roman ◽  
D R Harder
Keyword(s):  
Arachidonic Acid ◽  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Vascular Smooth Muscle ◽  
Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells ◽  
Vascular Tone ◽  
Calcium Concentration ◽  
Renal Arteries ◽  
Myogenic Response ◽  
Renal Vascular ◽  
Cytochrome P 450

Elevations in transmural pressure increase active vascular tone in arteries from most vascular beds, and this myogenic response has been shown to play an important role in the regulation of blood flow in the kidney and other organs. The myogenic response in isolated perfused arteries is associated with depolarization of vascular smooth muscle cells and a rise in intracellular calcium concentration, which is dependent on calcium influx through voltage-sensitive calcium channels. Recent studies have indicated that the myogenic response in renal arteries is associated with the activation of phospholipase C and that arachidonic acid potentiates, whereas inhibitors of cytochrome P-450 and protein kinase C attenuate, this response. Renal arteries produce 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (20-HETE) via the cytochrome P-450 pathway when incubated with arachidonic acid. 20-HETE is a potent constrictor of canine and rat renal arterioles. It inhibits K+ channel activity, depolarizes renal vascular smooth muscle cells, and produces a sustained increase in intracellular calcium concentration. In this regard, the vasoconstrictor response to 20-HETE mimics the myogenic activation of renal arteries after elevations in transmural pressure. These studies suggest that the activation of phospholipase C and subsequent increases in the intracellular levels of diacylglycerol, 1,4,5 inositol triphosphate, and cytochrome P-450 metabolites of arachidonic acid may participate in the myogenic response of renal arteries and in the regulation of renal vascular tone.

scholarly journals P-450 Eicosanoids: A Novel Signaling Pathway Regulating Renal Function

Physiology ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 238-242
Author(s):  
Richard J. Roman ◽  
Magdalena Alonso-Galicia
Keyword(s):  
Renal Function ◽  
Arachidonic Acid ◽  
Vascular Tone ◽  
Second Messengers ◽  
Epoxyeicosatrienoic Acids ◽  
Sodium Reabsorption ◽  
Loop Of Henle ◽  
Renal Vascular ◽  
Cytochrome P 450 ◽  
Renal Vascular Tone

Cytochrome P-450 enzymes primarily metabolize arachidonic acid to epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) and 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (20-HETE) in the kidney. These compounds serve as second messengers that play a central role in the regulation of renal vascular tone and sodium reabsorption in the proximal tubule and thick ascending loop of Henle.

Regulation of potassium channels in coronary smooth muscle by adenoviral expression of cytochrome P-450 epoxygenase

2006 ◽  
Vol 290 (1) ◽  
pp. H64-H71 ◽  
Author(s):  
William B. Campbell ◽  
Blythe B. Holmes ◽  
John R. Falck ◽  
Jorge H. Capdevila ◽  
Kathryn M. Gauthier
Keyword(s):  
Arachidonic Acid ◽  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Epoxyeicosatrienoic Acids ◽  
Channel Activity ◽  
Channel Activation ◽  
Membrane Hyperpolarization ◽  
Coronary Smooth Muscle ◽  
Adenoviral Transduction ◽  
Cytochrome P 450 ◽  
M 14

Epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) are endothelium-derived cytochrome P-450 (CYP) metabolites of arachidonic acid that relax vascular smooth muscle by large-conductance calcium-activated potassium (BKCa) channel activation and membrane hyperpolarization. We hypothesized that if smooth muscle cells (SMCs) had the capacity to synthesize EETs, endogenous EET production would increase BKCa channel activity. Bovine coronary SMCs were transduced with adenovirus coding the CYP Bacillus megaterium -3 (F87V) (CYP BM-3) epoxygenase that metabolizes arachidonic acid exclusively to 14( S),15( R)-EET. Adenovirus containing the cytomegalovirus promoter- Escherichia coli β-galactosidase was used as a control. With the use of an anti-CYP BM-3 (F87V) antibody, a 124-kDa immunoreactive protein was detected only in CYP BM-3-transduced cells. Protein expression increased with increasing amounts of virus. When CYP BM-3-transduced cells were incubated with [14C]arachidonic acid, HPLC analysis detected 14,15-dihydroxyeicosatrienoic acid (14,15-DHET) and 14,15-EET. The identity of 14,15-EET and 14,15-DHET was confirmed by mass spectrometry. In CYP BM-3-transduced cells, methacholine (10−5 M) increased 14,15-EET release twofold and BKCa channel activity fourfold in cell-attached patches. Methacholine-induced increases in BKCa channel activity were blocked by the CYP inhibitor 17-octadecynoic acid (10−5 M). 14( S),15( R)-EET was more potent than 14( R),15( S)-EET in relaxing bovine coronary arteries and activating BKCa channels. Thus CYP BM-3 adenoviral transduction confers SMCs with epoxygenase activity. These cells acquire the capacity to respond to the vasodilator agonist by synthesizing 14( S),15( R)-EET from endogenous arachidonic acid to activate BKCa channels. These studies indicate that 14( S),15( R)-EET is a sufficient endogenous activator of BKCa channels in coronary SMCs.

Metabolism of adrenic acid to vasodilatory 1α,1β-dihomo-epoxyeicosatrienoic acids by bovine coronary arteries

2007 ◽  
Vol 292 (5) ◽  
pp. H2265-H2274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiu-Yu Yi ◽  
Kathryn M. Gauthier ◽  
Lijie Cui ◽  
Kasem Nithipatikom ◽  
John R. Falck ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Arachidonic Acid ◽  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Coronary Arteries ◽  
Carbon Chain ◽  
Chain Elongation ◽  
Epoxyeicosatrienoic Acids ◽  
Spectrometric Analysis ◽  
Adrenic Acid ◽  
Acid Metabolites ◽  
Cytochrome P 450

Adrenic acid (docosatetraenoic acid), an abundant fatty acid in the vasculature, is produced by a two-carbon chain elongation of arachidonic acid. Despite its abundance and similarity to arachidonic acid, little is known about its role in the regulation of vascular tone. Gas chromatography/mass spectrometric analysis of bovine coronary artery and endothelial cell lysates revealed arachidonic acid concentrations of 2.06 ± 0.01 and 6.18 ± 0.60 μg/mg protein and adrenic acid concentrations of 0.29 ± 0.01 and 1.56 ± 0.16 μg/mg protein, respectively. In bovine coronary arterial rings preconstricted with the thromboxane mimetic U-46619, adrenic acid (10−9–10−5 M) induced concentration-related relaxations (maximal relaxation = 83 ± 4%) that were similar to arachidonic acid relaxations. Adrenic acid relaxations were blocked by endothelium removal and the K+ channel inhibitor, iberiotoxin (100 nM), and inhibited by the cyclooxygenase inhibitor, indomethacin (10 μM, maximal relaxation = 53 ± 4%), and the cytochrome P-450 inhibitor, miconazole (10 μM, maximal relaxation = 52 ± 5%). Reverse-phase HPLC and liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry isolated and identified numerous adrenic acid metabolites from coronary arteries including dihomo (DH)-epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) and DH-prostaglandins. DH-EET [16,17-, 13,14-, 10,11-, and 7,8- (10−9–10−5 M)] induced similar concentration-related relaxations (maximal relaxations averaged 83 ± 3%). Adrenic acid (10−6 M) and DH-16,17-EET (10−6 M) hyperpolarized coronary arterial smooth muscle. DH-16,17-EET (10−8–10−6 M) activated iberiotoxin-sensitive, whole cell K+ currents of isolated smooth muscle cells. Thus, in bovine coronary arteries, adrenic acid causes endothelium-dependent relaxations that are mediated by cyclooxygenase and cytochrome P-450 metabolites. The adrenic acid metabolite, DH-16,17-EET, activates smooth muscle K+ channels to cause hyperpolarization and relaxation. Our results suggest a role of adrenic acid metabolites, specifically, DH-EETs as endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factors in the coronary circulation.

EETs relax airway smooth muscle via an EpDHF effect: BKCa channel activation and hyperpolarization

2001 ◽  
Vol 280 (5) ◽  
pp. L965-L973 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Benoit ◽  
Barbara Renaudon ◽  
Dany Salvail ◽  
Eric Rousseau
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Airway Smooth Muscle ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Muscle Tone ◽  
Muscle Relaxation ◽  
Smooth Muscle Relaxation ◽  
Epoxyeicosatrienoic Acids ◽  
Bkca Channel ◽  
Channel Activity ◽  
Cytochrome P 450

Epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) are produced from arachidonic acid via the cytochrome P-450 epoxygenase pathway. EETs are able to modulate smooth muscle tone by increasing K+ conductance, hence generating hyperpolarization of the tissues. However, the molecular mechanisms by which EETs induce smooth muscle relaxation are not fully understood. In the present study, the effects of EETs on airway smooth muscle (ASM) were investigated using three electrophysiological techniques. 8,9-EET and 14,15-EET induced concentration-dependent relaxations of the ASM precontracted with a muscarinc agonist (carbamylcholine chloride), and these relaxations were partly inhibited by 10 nM iberiotoxin (IbTX), a specific large-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ (BKCa) channel blocker. Moreover, 3 μM 8,9- or 14,15-EET induced hyperpolarizations of −12 ± 3.5 and −16 ± 3 mV, with EC50 values of 0.13 and 0.14 μM, respectively, which were either reversed or blocked on addition of 10 nM IbTX. These results indicate that BKCa channels are involved in hyperpolarization and participate in the relaxation of ASM. In addition, complementary experiments demonstrated that 8,9- and 14,15-EET activate reconstituted BKCa channels at low free Ca2+ concentrations without affecting their unitary conductance. These increases in channel activity were IbTX sensitive and correlated well with the IbTX-sensitive hyperpolarization and relaxation of ASM. Together these results support the view that, in ASM, the EETs act through an epithelium-derived hyperpolarizing factorlike effect.

Fluorescent HPLC assay for 20-HETE and other P-450 metabolites of arachidonic acid

2000 ◽  
Vol 279 (2) ◽  
pp. H863-H871 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristopher G. Maier ◽  
Lisa Henderson ◽  
Jayashree Narayanan ◽  
Magdalena Alonso-Galicia ◽  
John R. Falck ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Arachidonic Acid ◽  
Interstitial Fluid ◽  
Internal Standard ◽  
Dienoic Acid ◽  
Renal Tissue ◽  
Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Epoxyeicosatrienoic Acids ◽  
Hplc Assay ◽  
Standard Curve ◽  
Cytochrome P 450

This study describes a fluorescent HPLC assay for measuring 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (20-HETE) and other cytochrome P-450 metabolites of arachidonic acid in urine, tissue, and interstitial fluid. An internal standard, 20-hydroxyeicosa-6( Z),15( Z)-dienoic acid, was added to samples, and the lipids were extracted and labeled with 2-(2,3-naphthalimino)ethyl trifluoromethanesulfonate. P-450 metabolites were separated on a C18 reverse-phase HPLC column. Coelution and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry studies confirmed the identity of the 20-HETE peak. The 20-HETE peak can be separated from those for dihydroxyeicosatrienoic acids, other HETEs, and epoxyeicosatrienoic acids. Known amounts of 20-HETE were used to generate a standard curve (range 1–10 ng, r 2 = 0.98). Recovery of 20-HETE from urine averaged 95%, and the intra-assay variation was <5%. Levels of 20-HETE were measured in 100 μl of urine and renal interstitial fluid or 0.1 mg of renal tissue. The assay was evaluated by studying the effects of 1-aminobenzotriazole (ABT) on the excretion of 20-HETE in rats. ABT reduced excretion of 20-HETE by >65% and inhibited the formation of 20-HETE by renal microsomes. The availability of this assay should facilitate work in this field.

CYP4A mRNA, protein, and product in rat lungs: novel localization in vascular endothelium

2002 ◽  
Vol 93 (1) ◽  
pp. 330-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daling Zhu ◽  
Chenyang Zhang ◽  
Meetha Medhora ◽  
Elizabeth R. Jacobs
Keyword(s):  
Arachidonic Acid ◽  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Cellular Localization ◽  
Muscle Tone ◽  
Pulmonary Arteries ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
Male Rat ◽  
Type I ◽  
Rat Lungs

The vasodilatory effect of 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (20-HETE) on lung arteries is opposite to the constrictor effect seen in cerebral and renal vessels. These observations raise questions about the cellular localization of 20-HETE-forming isoforms in pulmonary arteries and other tissues. Using in situ hybridization, we demonstrate for the first time CYP4A (a family of cytochrome P-450 enzymes catalyzing formation of 20-HETE from the substrate arachidonic acid) mRNA in pulmonary arterial endothelial and smooth muscle cells, bronchial smooth muscle and bronchial epithelial cells, type I epithelial cells, and macrophages in adult male rat lungs. Moreover, we detect CYP4A protein in rat pulmonary arteries and bronchi as well as cultured endothelial cells. Finally, we identify endogenously formed 20-HETE by using fluorescent HPLC techniques, as well as the capacity to convert arachidonic acid into 20-HETE in pulmonary arteries, bronchi, and endothelium. These data show that 20-HETE is an endogenous product of several pulmonary cell types and is localized to tissues that optimally position it to modulate physiological functions such as smooth muscle tone or electrolyte flux.

Respiratory epithelium modulates the responses of canine bronchi to cooling

1993 ◽  
Vol 74 (5) ◽  
pp. 2421-2425 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Gao ◽  
P. M. Vanhoutte
Keyword(s):  
Arachidonic Acid ◽  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Airway Smooth Muscle ◽  
Isometric Force ◽  
Nordihydroguaiaretic Acid ◽  
Respiratory Epithelium ◽  
Resting Tension ◽  
Cytochrome P 450 ◽  
Evoked Contractions

The present study was designed to investigate the effect of cooling on the modulatory role of the respiratory epithelium on the underlying smooth muscle. Canine bronchial rings and segments (with or without epithelium) were suspended in organ chambers and perfused with modified Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate solution, respectively. Isometric force was recorded. Cooling did not affect the resting tension of the bronchi. During contractions to carbachol, cooling evoked contractions in bronchi with epithelium but relaxations in those without epithelium. In the presence of indomethacin, cooling induced contractions in both preparations with and without epithelium. The contractions in bronchi with epithelium were significantly larger than those in bronchi without epithelium. After treatment with indomethacin, exogenous arachidonic acid potentiated the cooling-induced contractions in preparations with epithelium but not in those without epithelium. This potentiation was not affected by nordihydroguaiaretic acid. SKF 525-A and metyrapone, inhibitors of cytochrome P-450 monooxygenases, converted the cooling-induced contractions of preparations with epithelium to relaxations and had no significant effects on the responses of preparations without epithelium. These observations suggest that cooling induces from the epithelium the release of a cytochrome P-450-derived eicosanoid that potentiates contractions of the underlying airway smooth muscle to carbachol.

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