Tyrosine phosphorylation of Kv1. 5 is upregulated in intrauterine growth retardation rats with exaggerated pulmonary hypertension
Braz. j. med. biol. res
; 50(11): e6237, 2017. tab, graf
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ABSTRACT
Intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) is associated with the development of adult-onset diseases, including pulmonary hypertension. However, the underlying mechanism of the early nutritional insult that results in pulmonary vascular dysfunction later in life is not fully understood. Here, we investigated the role of tyrosine phosphorylation of voltage-gated potassium channel 1.5 (Kv1.5) in this prenatal event that results in exaggerated adult vascular dysfunction. A rat model of chronic hypoxia (2 weeks of hypoxia at 12 weeks old) following IUGR was used to investigate the physiological and structural effect of intrauterine malnutrition on the pulmonary artery by evaluating pulmonary artery systolic pressure and vascular diameter in male rats. Kv1.5 expression and tyrosine phosphorylation in pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PASMCs) were determined. We found that IUGR increased mean pulmonary artery pressure and resulted in thicker pulmonary artery smooth muscle layer in 14-week-old rats after 2 weeks of hypoxia, while no difference was observed in normoxia groups. In the PASMCs of IUGR-hypoxia rats, Kv1.5 mRNA and protein expression decreased while that of tyrosine-phosphorylated Kv1.5 significantly increased. These results demonstrate that IUGR leads to exaggerated chronic hypoxia pulmonary arterial hypertension (CH-PAH) in association with decreased Kv1.5 expression in PASMCs. This phenomenon may be mediated by increased tyrosine phosphorylation of Kv1.5 in PASMCs and it provides new insight into the prevention and treatment of IUGR-related CH-PAH.
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Assunto principal:
Organofosfatos
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Polímeros
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Canal de Potássio Kv1.5
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Hipóxia Fetal
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Retardo do Crescimento Fetal
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Hipertensão Pulmonar
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Músculo Liso Vascular
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de etiologia
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Estudo prognóstico
Limite:
Animais
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Gravidez
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Braz. j. med. biol. res
Assunto da revista:
Biologia
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Medicina
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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Documento de projeto
País de afiliação:
China
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Zhejiang University/CN