Arterial smooth muscle cell PKD2 (TRPP1) channels regulate systemic blood pressure
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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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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- Kenton Jon Swartz, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, United States
Version history
- Received: October 5, 2018
- Accepted: November 22, 2018
- Accepted Manuscript published: December 4, 2018 (version 1)
- Version of Record published: December 5, 2018 (version 2)
- Version of Record updated: October 30, 2019 (version 3)
- Version of Record updated: June 30, 2020 (version 4)
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© 2018, Bulley et al.
This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License permitting unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.
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