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Arterial smooth muscle cell PKD2 (TRPP1) channels regulate systemic blood pressure

  1. Simon Bulley
  2. Carlos Fernández-Peña
  3. Raquibul Hasan
  4. M Dennis Leo
  5. Padmapriya Muralidharan
  6. Charles E Mackay
  7. Kirk W Evanson
  8. Luiz Moreira-Junior
  9. Alejandro Mata-Daboin
  10. Sarah K Burris
  11. Qian Wang
  12. Korah P Kuruvilla
  13. Jonathan H Jaggar  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of Tennessee Health Science Center, United States
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.42628
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  1. Simon Bulley
  2. Carlos Fernández-Peña
  3. Raquibul Hasan
  4. M Dennis Leo
  5. Padmapriya Muralidharan
  6. Charles E Mackay
  7. Kirk W Evanson
  8. Luiz Moreira-Junior
  9. Alejandro Mata-Daboin
  10. Sarah K Burris
  11. Qian Wang
  12. Korah P Kuruvilla
  13. Jonathan H Jaggar
(2018)
Arterial smooth muscle cell PKD2 (TRPP1) channels regulate systemic blood pressure
eLife 7:e42628.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.42628
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Abstract

Systemic blood pressure is determined, in part, by arterial smooth muscle cells (myocytes). Several Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) channels are proposed to be expressed in arterial myocytes, but it is unclear if these proteins control physiological blood pressure and contribute to hypertension in vivo. We generated the first inducible, smooth muscle-specific knockout mice for a TRP channel, namely for PKD2 (TRPP1), to investigate arterial myocyte and blood pressure regulation by this protein. Using this model, we show that intravascular pressure and α1-adrenoceptors activate PKD2 channels in arterial myocytes of different systemic organs. PKD2 channel activation in arterial myocytes leads to an inward Na+ current, membrane depolarization and vasoconstriction. Inducible, smooth muscle cell-specific PKD2 knockout lowers both physiological blood pressure and hypertension and prevents pathological arterial remodeling during hypertension. Thus, arterial myocyte PKD2 controls systemic blood pressure and targeting this TRP channel reduces high blood pressure.

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  1. Simon Bulley

    Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, United States
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  2. Carlos Fernández-Peña

    Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, United States
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  3. Raquibul Hasan

    Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, United States
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  4. M Dennis Leo

    Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, United States
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  5. Padmapriya Muralidharan

    Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, United States
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  6. Charles E Mackay

    Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, United States
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  7. Kirk W Evanson

    Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, United States
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  8. Luiz Moreira-Junior

    Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, United States
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  9. Alejandro Mata-Daboin

    Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, United States
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  10. Sarah K Burris

    Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, United States
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  11. Qian Wang

    Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, United States
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  12. Korah P Kuruvilla

    Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, United States
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  13. Jonathan H Jaggar

    Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, United States
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Funding

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (HL67061)

  • Jonathan H Jaggar

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (HL133256)

  • Jonathan H Jaggar

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (HL137745)

  • Jonathan H Jaggar

American Heart Association (16SDG27460007)

  • Simon Bulley

American Heart Association (15SDG22680019)

  • M Dennis Leo

American Heart Association (16POST30960010)

  • Raquibul Hasan

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

Ethics

Animal experimentation: This study was performed in strict accordance with the recommendations in the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals of the National Institutes of Health. All of the animals were handled according to an approved institutional animal care and use committee (IACUC) protocol (#17-068.0) of the University of Tennessee. Every effort was made to minimize suffering.

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  1. Kenton Jon Swartz, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, United States

Version history

  1. Received: October 5, 2018
  2. Accepted: November 22, 2018
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: December 4, 2018 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: December 5, 2018 (version 2)
  5. Version of Record updated: October 30, 2019 (version 3)
  6. Version of Record updated: June 30, 2020 (version 4)

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© 2018, Bulley et al.

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  1. Simon Bulley
  2. Carlos Fernández-Peña
  3. Raquibul Hasan
  4. M Dennis Leo
  5. Padmapriya Muralidharan
  6. Charles E Mackay
  7. Kirk W Evanson
  8. Luiz Moreira-Junior
  9. Alejandro Mata-Daboin
  10. Sarah K Burris
  11. Qian Wang
  12. Korah P Kuruvilla
  13. Jonathan H Jaggar
(2018)
Arterial smooth muscle cell PKD2 (TRPP1) channels regulate systemic blood pressure
eLife 7:e42628.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.42628

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