scholarly journals Calcium-Sensing Receptor Contributes to Hyperoxia Effects on Human Fetal Airway Smooth Muscle

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne M. Roesler ◽  
Jovanka Ravix ◽  
Colleen M. Bartman ◽  
Brijeshkumar S. Patel ◽  
Marta Schiliro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Airway Smooth Muscle ◽  
Airway Disease ◽  
Calcium Sensing Receptor ◽  
Pediatric Airway ◽  
Calcium Sensing ◽  
Airway Diseases ◽  
Resident Cell ◽  
Intracellular Ca ◽  
Fetal Lungs

Supplemental O2 (hyperoxia), necessary for maintenance of oxygenation in premature infants, contributes to neonatal and pediatric airway diseases including asthma. Airway smooth muscle (ASM) is a key resident cell type, responding to hyperoxia with increased contractility and remodeling [proliferation, extracellular matrix (ECM) production], making the mechanisms underlying hyperoxia effects on ASM significant. Recognizing that fetal lungs experience a higher extracellular Ca2+ ([Ca2+]o) environment, we previously reported that the calcium sensing receptor (CaSR) is expressed and functional in human fetal ASM (fASM). In this study, using fASM cells from 18 to 22 week human fetal lungs, we tested the hypothesis that CaSR contributes to hyperoxia effects on developing ASM. Moderate hyperoxia (50% O2) increased fASM CaSR expression. Fluorescence [Ca2+]i imaging showed hyperoxia increased [Ca2+]i responses to histamine that was more sensitive to altered [Ca2+]o, and promoted IP3 induced intracellular Ca2+ release and store-operated Ca2+ entry: effects blunted by the calcilytic NPS2143. Hyperoxia did not significantly increase mitochondrial calcium which was regulated by CaSR irrespective of oxygen levels. Separately, fASM cell proliferation and ECM deposition (collagens but not fibronectin) showed sensitivity to [Ca2+]o that was enhanced by hyperoxia, but blunted by NPS2143. Effects of hyperoxia involved p42/44 ERK via CaSR and HIF1α. These results demonstrate functional CaSR in developing ASM that contributes to hyperoxia-induced contractility and remodeling that may be relevant to perinatal airway disease.

scholarly journals Calcium sensing receptor in developing human airway smooth muscle

2019 ◽  
Vol 234 (8) ◽  
pp. 14187-14197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne M. Roesler ◽  
Sarah A. Wicher ◽  
Jovanka Ravix ◽  
Rodney D. Britt ◽  
Logan Manlove ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Airway Smooth Muscle ◽  
Calcium Sensing Receptor ◽  
Human Airway Smooth Muscle ◽  
Human Airway ◽  
Calcium Sensing

Neurotrophin effects on intracellular Ca2+ and force in airway smooth muscle

2006 ◽  
Vol 291 (3) ◽  
pp. L447-L456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. S. Prakash ◽  
Adeyemi Iyanoye ◽  
Binnaz Ay ◽  
Carlos B. Mantilla ◽  
Christina M. Pabelick
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Airway Smooth Muscle ◽  
Prolonged Exposure ◽  
Force Measurements ◽  
Neuronal Structure ◽  
Airway Diseases ◽  
Cell Groups ◽  
Intracellular Ca ◽  
Positive Immunostaining ◽  
And Function

Neurotrophins [e.g., brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), neurotrophin 4 (NT4)], known to affect neuronal structure and function, are expressed in nonneuronal tissues including the airway. However, their function is unclear. We examined the effect of acute vs. prolonged neurotrophin exposure on regulation of airway smooth muscle (ASM) intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i): sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ release and Ca2+ influx (specifically store-operated Ca2+ entry, SOCE). Human ASM cells were incubated for 30 min in medium (control) or 1 or 10 nM BDNF, NT3, or NT4 (acute exposure) or overnight in 1 nM BDNF, NT3, or NT4 (prolonged exposure) and imaged after loading with the Ca2+ indicator fura-2 AM. [Ca2+]i responses to ACh, histamine, bradykinin, and caffeine and SOCE following SR Ca2+ depletion were compared across cell groups. Force measurements were performed in human bronchial strips exposed to neurotrophins. Basal [Ca2+]i, peak responses to all agonists, SOCE, and force responses to ACh and histamine were all significantly enhanced by both acute and prolonged BDNF exposure (smaller effect of NT4) but decreased by NT3. Inhibition of the BDNF/NT4 receptor trkB by K252a prevented enhancement of [Ca2+]i responses. ASM cells showed positive immunostaining for BDNF, NT3, NT4, trkB, and trkC (NT3 receptor). These novel data demonstrate that neurotrophins influence ASM [Ca2+]i and force regulation and suggest a potential role for neurotrophins in airway diseases.

scholarly journals Upregulation of airway smooth muscle calcium-sensing receptor by low-molecular-weight hyaluronan

2020 ◽  
Vol 318 (3) ◽  
pp. L459-L471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Lazrak ◽  
Zhihong Yu ◽  
Stephen Doran ◽  
Ming-Yuan Jian ◽  
Judy Creighton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Calcium Channel ◽  
Calcium Channel Blocker ◽  
Airway Smooth Muscle ◽  
Channel Blocker ◽  
Airway Smooth Muscle Cells ◽  
Low Molecular Weight ◽  
Calcium Sensing Receptor ◽  
Calcium Sensing

We investigated the mechanisms involved in the development of airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) following exposure of mice to halogens. Male mice (C57BL/6; 20–25 g) exposed to either bromine (Br2) or Cl2 (600 or 400 ppm, respectively, for 30 min) developed AHR 24 h after exposure. Nifedipine (5 mg/kg body wt; an L-type calcium channel blocker), administered subcutaneously after Br2 or Cl2 exposure, produced higher AHR compared with Br2 or Cl2 alone. In contrast, diltiazem (5 mg/kg body wt; a nondihydropyridine L-type calcium channel blocker) decreased AHR to control (air) values. Exposure of immortalized human airway smooth muscle cells (hASMC) to Br2 resulted in membrane potential depolarization ( Vm Air: 62 ± 3 mV; 3 h post Br2:−45 ± 5 mV; means ± 1 SE; P < 0.001), increased intracellular [Ca2+]i, and increased expression of the calcium-sensing receptor (Ca-SR) protein. Treatment of hASMC with a siRNA against Ca-SR significantly inhibited the Br2 and nifedipine-induced Vm depolarization and [Ca2+]i increase. Intranasal administration of an antagonist to Ca-SR in mice postexposure to Br2 reversed the effects of Br2 and nifedipine on AHR. Incubation of hASMC with low-molecular-weight hyaluronan (LMW-HA), generated by exposing high-molecular-weight hyaluronan (HMW-HA) to Br2, caused Vm depolarization, [Ca2+]i increase, and Ca-SR expression to a similar extent as exposure to Br2 and Cl2. The addition of HMW-HA to cells or mice exposed to Br2, Cl2, or LMW-HA reversed these effects in vitro and improved AHR in vivo. We conclude that detrimental effects of halogen exposure on AHR are mediated via activation of the Ca-SR by LMW-HA.

scholarly journals Effect of MgCl2 and GdCl3 on ORAI1 Expression and Store-Operated Ca2+ Entry in Megakaryocytes

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (7) ◽  
pp. 3292
Author(s):  
Kuo Zhou ◽  
Xuexue Zhu ◽  
Ke Ma ◽  
Jibin Liu ◽  
Bernd Nürnberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Kidney Disease ◽  
Transcription Factor ◽  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Kidney Disease ◽  
Protein Abundance ◽  
Rt Pcr ◽  
Calcium Sensing Receptor ◽  
Transcript Levels ◽  
Calcium Sensing ◽  
Store Depletion

In chronic kidney disease, hyperphosphatemia upregulates the Ca2+ channel ORAI and its activating Ca2+ sensor STIM in megakaryocytes and platelets. ORAI1 and STIM1 accomplish store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE) and play a key role in platelet activation. Signaling linking phosphate to upregulation of ORAI1 and STIM1 includes transcription factor NFAT5 and serum and glucocorticoid-inducible kinase SGK1. In vascular smooth muscle cells, the effect of hyperphosphatemia on ORAI1/STIM1 expression and SOCE is suppressed by Mg2+ and the calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) agonist Gd3+. The present study explored whether sustained exposure to Mg2+ or Gd3+ interferes with the phosphate-induced upregulation of NFAT5, SGK1, ORAI1,2,3, STIM1,2 and SOCE in megakaryocytes. To this end, human megakaryocytic Meg-01 cells were treated with 2 mM ß-glycerophosphate for 24 h in the absence and presence of either 1.5 mM MgCl2 or 50 µM GdCl3. Transcript levels were estimated utilizing q-RT-PCR, protein abundance by Western blotting, cytosolic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) by Fura-2 fluorescence and SOCE from the increase in [Ca2+]i following re-addition of extracellular Ca2+ after store depletion with thapsigargin (1 µM). As a result, Mg2+ and Gd3+ upregulated CaSR and blunted or virtually abolished the phosphate-induced upregulation of NFAT5, SGK1, ORAI1,2,3, STIM1,2 and SOCE in megakaryocytes. In conclusion, Mg2+ and the CaSR agonist Gd3+ interfere with phosphate-induced dysregulation of [Ca2+]i in megakaryocytes.

scholarly journals Airway smooth muscle CXCR3 ligand production: regulation by JAK-STAT1 and intracellular Ca2+

2013 ◽  
Vol 304 (11) ◽  
pp. L790-L802 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. Tan ◽  
Y. A. Alrashdan ◽  
H. Alkhouri ◽  
B. G. G. Oliver ◽  
C. L. Armour ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Airway Smooth Muscle ◽  
Immunoblot Analysis ◽  
Interferon Γ ◽  
Protein Activation ◽  
Early Activation ◽  
Plasmic Reticulum ◽  
Cxcr3 Ligand ◽  
Intracellular Ca ◽  
Jnk Activation

In asthma, airway smooth muscle (ASM) chemokine (C-X-C motif) receptor 3 (CXCR3) ligand production may attract mast cells or T lymphocytes to the ASM, where they can modulate ASM functions. In ASM cells (ASMCs) from people with or without asthma, we aimed to investigate JAK-STAT1, JNK, and Ca2+ involvement in chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand (CXCL)10 and CXCL11 production stimulated by interferon-γ, IL-1β, and TNF-α combined (cytomix). Confluent, growth-arrested ASMC were treated with inhibitors for pan-JAK (pyridone-6), JAK2 (AG-490), JNK (SP-600125), or the sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca2+ATPase (SERCA) pump (thapsigargin), Ca2+ chelator (BAPTA-AM), or vehicle before and during cytomix stimulation for up to 24 h. Signaling protein activation as well as CXCL10/CXCL11 mRNA and protein production were examined using immunoblot analysis, real-time PCR, and ELISA, respectively. Cytomix-induced STAT1 activation was lower and CXCR3 ligand mRNA production was more sensitive to pyridone-6 and AG-490 in asthmatic than nonasthmatic ASMCs, but CXCL10/CXCL11 release was inhibited by the same proportion. Neither agent caused additional inhibition of release when used in combination with the JNK inhibitor SP-600125. Conversely, p65 NF-κB activation was higher in asthmatic than nonasthmatic ASMCs. BAPTA-AM abolished early CXCL10/CXCL11 mRNA production, whereas thapsigargin reduced it in asthmatic cells and inhibited CXCL10/CXCL11 release by both ASMC types. Despite these inhibitory effects, neither Ca2+ agent affected early activation of STAT1, JNK, or p65 NF-κB. In conclusion, intracellular Ca2+ regulated CXCL10/CXCL11 production but not early activation of the signaling molecules involved. In asthma, reduced ASM STAT1-JNK activation, increased NF-κB activation, and altered Ca2+ handling may contribute to rapid CXCR3 ligand production and enhanced inflammatory cell recruitment.

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