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Khabibrakhmanov II, Ziyatdinova NI, Zefirov AL, Zefirov TL. Comparative Analysis of Cardiac Effects of α 1A-Adrenoreceptor Stimulation In Vivo and Ex Vivo in Newborn Rats. Bull Exp Biol Med 2020; 169:605-608. [PMID: 32986212 DOI: 10.1007/s10517-020-04937-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
The study examined the effects of α1A-adrenoceptor stimulation on chronotropic function of Langendorff-perfused isolated heart ex vivo and on cardiac chronotropy in vivo in 7-day-old rats. α1A-Adrenergic receptor agonist A-61603 reduced heart chronotropy only in the whole organism. No chronotropic effects of selective stimulation of α1A-adrenergic receptors on isolated hearts were observed in ex vivo experiments. These findings suggest that α1A-adrenergic receptors are not implicated in HR regulation in newborn rats. Bradycardia induced by activation of these receptors in vivo is most likely associated with reflex influences on the heart and changes in the vascular tone in the whole organism.
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Affiliation(s)
- I I Khabibrakhmanov
- Department of Human Health Protection, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, Kazan, Russia
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- Department of Human Health Protection, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, Kazan, Russia
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- Department of Normal Physiology, Kazan Federal Medical University, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia
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- Department of Human Health Protection, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, Kazan, Russia.
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Liao MH, Liu SS, Peng IC, Tsai FJ, Huang HH. The stimulatory effects of alpha1-adrenergic receptors on TGF-beta1, IGF-1 and hyaluronan production in human skin fibroblasts. Cell Tissue Res 2014; 357:681-93. [PMID: 24844469 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-014-1893-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2013] [Accepted: 04/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Skin fibroblasts modulate tissue repair, wound healing and immunological responses. Adrenergic receptors (ARs) mediate important physiological functions, such as endocrine, metabolic and neuronal activity. In this study, the expression α1A-ARs in human skin fibroblasts is examined and verified. Regulatory effects of α1-agonist cirazoline on cell migration and the production of transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1), insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), hyaluronan (HA), fibronectin and procollagen type I carboxy-terminal peptide (PIP) by human skin fibroblasts are assessed and validated. α1A-AR mRNA and protein were found in human skin fibroblasts WS1. Exposure of cirazoline doubled skin fibroblast migration and the increase in cell migration was attenuated by α1-antagonist prazosin. TGF-β1 mRNA and production were enhanced after exposure to cirazoline and IGF-1 production was also increased after treatment with cirazoline. Exposure to cirazoline also enhanced HA and PIP production. The increases in TGF-β1, IGF-1, HA and PIP production were partially abolished in fibroblasts transfected with α1A-AR short interfering RNAs, indicating that α1A-ARs are involved in the cirazoline-induced increases in TGF-β1, IGF-1, HA and PIP production. Thus, α1A-ARs are stably expressed and stimulate cell migration and TGF-β1, IGF-1, HA and PIP production in human skin fibroblasts. Moreover, TGF-β1, IGF-1, HA and PIP production and the cell migration of human skin fibroblasts are possibly modulated by natural catecholamines produced by the endocrine system or sympathetic innervation, which could directly or indirectly participate in cytokine secretion, fibroblast migration and matrix production of wound healing in the skin.
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- Ming-Huei Liao
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan
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Zhang Q, Tan Y. Nerve growth factor augments neuronal responsiveness to noradrenaline in cultured dorsal root ganglion neurons of rats. Neuroscience 2011; 193:72-9. [PMID: 21784134 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.07.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2011] [Revised: 07/09/2011] [Accepted: 07/12/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Increasing evidence indicates that both the nerve growth factor (NGF) and adrenergic systems play a very important role in the development of nociception. However, there is little information concerning the functional interactions between these two systems in the dorsal root ganglion (DRG). The present study tested the hypothesis that NGF could affect neuronal responsiveness to noradrenaline (NA) on the nociceptive DRG neurons, thus enhancing the nociceptive signals. To investigate this issue, spontaneous action potentials were recorded in cultured DRG neurons using current-clamp recording. When NGF (50 ng/ml, 24 h) was administered in the neuronal cultures, the neuronal firing response to NA (10 μM) was augmented in TrkA-positive neurons (3.02±0.28 Hz with NGF treatment vs. 1.36±0.14 Hz in control, P<0.05), indicating that chronic NGF treatment significantly enhanced the neuronal response to NA. Pretreatment of neurons with either the α-adrenergic receptor (AR) antagonist phentolamine (100 μM) or α1-AR antagonist prazosin (50 μM) significantly inhibited the enhanced firings of DRG neurons induced by NA. In addition, treatment of neuronal cultures with NGF (50 ng/ml, 24 h) induced a two-fold increase in α1b-AR expression, as detected with real-time reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR) and Western blots, but had no effect on α2-AR expression. These observations indicate that NGF augmented neuronal responsiveness to NA in DRG neurons via increasing α1b-AR expression, and this could contribute to the development of pain sensitization.
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- Q Zhang
- Basic Medical College, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang, Shaanxi, PR China.
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Karczewski P, Haase H, Hempel P, Bimmler M. Agonistic antibody to the alpha1-adrenergic receptor mobilizes intracellular calcium and induces phosphorylation of a cardiac 15-kDa protein. Mol Cell Biochem 2009; 333:233-42. [PMID: 19685172 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-009-0224-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2009] [Accepted: 08/06/2009] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Hypertension is a major cause for hypertrophic remodelling of the myocardium. Agonistic autoantibodies to extracellular loops of the alpha(1)-adrenergic receptor (alpha(1)-AR) have been identified in patients with arterial hypertension. However, intracellular reactions elicited by these agonistic antibodies remain elusive. An anti-peptide antibody (anti-alpha(1)) was generated against the second extracellular loop of the alpha(1)-AR that bound to its peptide epitope with high affinity (K (D) approximately 50 nM). We studied anti-alpha(1) effects on intracellular calcium (Ca(i)), a key factor in cellular remodelling, and receptor-mediated cardiac protein phosphorylation. Anti-alpha(1) induced pronounced but transient increases in Ca(i) in CHO cells expressing the human alpha(1)-AR (CHO-alpha(1)) and in neonatal cardiomyocytes. Preincubation experiments failed to demonstrate a tonic effect of anti-alpha(1) on Ca(i). However, preincubation with the antibody attenuated the effect of the alpha(1)-AR antagonist prazosin. In neonatal cardiomyocytes anti-alpha(1) induced a robust phosphorylation of a 15-kDa protein that is involved in alpha(1)-AR signalling. Our data support the notion that elevation of Ca(i) is a general feature of agonistic antibodies' action and constitute an important pathogenic component of hypertension-associated autoantibodies. Furthermore, we suggest that agonistic antibodies to the alpha(1)-AR contribute to hypertrophic remodelling of cardiac myocytes, and that the cardiac 15-kDa protein is a relevant downstream target of their action.
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- Peter Karczewski
- ERDE eV, Campus Berlin-Buch, Building 55 (OCVH), Robert-Rössle-Strasse 10, 13125, Berlin, Germany.
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Huang HH, Brennan TC, Muir MM, Mason RS. Functional alpha1- and beta2-adrenergic receptors in human osteoblasts. J Cell Physiol 2009; 220:267-75. [PMID: 19334040 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.21761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Central (hypothalamic) control of bone mass is proposed to be mediated through beta2-adrenergic receptors (beta2-ARs). While investigations in mouse bone cells suggest that epinephrine enhances both RANKL and OPG mRNA via both beta-ARs and alpha-ARs, whether alpha-ARs are expressed in human bone cells is controversial. The current study investigated the expression of alpha1-AR and beta2-AR mRNA and protein and the functional role of adrenergic stimulation in human osteoblasts (HOBs). Expression of alpha1B- and beta2-ARs was examined by RT-PCR, immunofluorescence microscopy and Western blot (for alpha1B-ARs). Proliferation in HOBs was assessed by (3)H-thymidine incorporation and expression of RANKL and OPG was determined by quantitative RT-PCR. RNA message for alpha1B- and beta2-ARs was expressed in HOBs and MG63 human osteosarcoma cells. alpha1B- and beta2-AR immunofluorescent localization in HOBs was shown for the first time by deconvolution microscopy. alpha1B-AR protein was identified in HOBs by Western blot. Both alpha1-agonists and propranolol (beta-blocker) increased HOB replication but fenoterol, a beta2-agonist, inhibited it. Fenoterol nearly doubled RANKL mRNA and this was inhibited by propranolol. The alpha1-agonist cirazoline increased OPG mRNA and this increase was abolished by siRNA knockdown of alpha1B-ARs in HOBs. These data indicate that both alpha1-ARs and beta2-ARs are present and functional in HOBs. In addition to beta2-ARs, alpha1-ARs in human bone cells may play a role in modulation of bone turnover by the sympathetic nervous system.
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- H H Huang
- Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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O-Uchi J, Sasaki H, Morimoto S, Kusakari Y, Shinji H, Obata T, Hongo K, Komukai K, Kurihara S. Interaction of α
1
-Adrenoceptor Subtypes With Different G Proteins Induces Opposite Effects on Cardiac L-type Ca
2+
Channel. Circ Res 2008; 102:1378-88. [DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.107.167734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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We examined the effect of α
1
-adrenoceptor subtype-specific stimulation on L-type Ca
2+
current (
I
Ca
) and elucidated the subtype-specific intracellular mechanisms for the regulation of L-type Ca
2+
channels in isolated rat ventricular myocytes. We confirmed the protein expression of α
1A
- and α
1B
-adrenoceptor subtypes at the transverse tubules (T-tubules) and found that simultaneous stimulation of these 2 receptor subtypes by nonsubtype selective agonist, phenylephrine, showed 2 opposite effects on
I
Ca
(transient decrease followed by sustained increase). However, selective α
1A
-adrenoceptor stimulation (≥0.1 μmol/L A61603) only potentiated
I
Ca
, and selective α
1B
-adrenoceptor stimulation (10 μmol/L phenylephrine with 2 μ mol/L WB4101) only decreased
I
Ca
. The positive effect by α
1A
-adrenoceptor stimulation was blocked by the inhibition of phospholipase C (PLC), protein kinase C (PKC), or Ca
2+
/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII). The negative effect by α
1B
-adrenoceptor stimulation disappeared after the treatment of pertussis toxin or by the prepulse depolarization, but was not attriburable to the inhibition of cAMP-dependent pathway. The translocation of PKCδ and ε to the T-tubules was observed only after α
1A
-adrenoceptor stimulation, but not after α
1B
-adrenoceptor stimulation. Immunoprecipitaion analysis revealed that α
1A
-adrenoceptor was associated with G
q/11
, but α
1B
-adrenoceptor interacted with one of the pertussis toxin-sensitive G proteins, G
o
. These findings demonstrated that the interactions of α
1
-adrenoceptor subtypes with different G proteins elicit the formation of separate signaling cascades, which produce the opposite effects on
I
Ca
. The coupling of α
1A
-adrenoceptor with G
q/11
-PLC-PKC-CaMKII pathway potentiates
I
Ca
. In contrast, α
1B
-adrenoceptor interacts with G
o
, of which the βγ-complex might directly inhibit the channel activity at T-tubules.
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- Jin O-Uchi
- From the Department of Cell Physiology (J.O.-U., S.M., Y.K., S.K.), the Division of Molecular Cell Biology (H.Sasaki, T.O.), the Division of Cardiology (S.M., K.H., K.K.), and the Department of Bacteriology (H.Shinji), The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- From the Department of Cell Physiology (J.O.-U., S.M., Y.K., S.K.), the Division of Molecular Cell Biology (H.Sasaki, T.O.), the Division of Cardiology (S.M., K.H., K.K.), and the Department of Bacteriology (H.Shinji), The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- From the Department of Cell Physiology (J.O.-U., S.M., Y.K., S.K.), the Division of Molecular Cell Biology (H.Sasaki, T.O.), the Division of Cardiology (S.M., K.H., K.K.), and the Department of Bacteriology (H.Shinji), The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- From the Department of Cell Physiology (J.O.-U., S.M., Y.K., S.K.), the Division of Molecular Cell Biology (H.Sasaki, T.O.), the Division of Cardiology (S.M., K.H., K.K.), and the Department of Bacteriology (H.Shinji), The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- From the Department of Cell Physiology (J.O.-U., S.M., Y.K., S.K.), the Division of Molecular Cell Biology (H.Sasaki, T.O.), the Division of Cardiology (S.M., K.H., K.K.), and the Department of Bacteriology (H.Shinji), The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- From the Department of Cell Physiology (J.O.-U., S.M., Y.K., S.K.), the Division of Molecular Cell Biology (H.Sasaki, T.O.), the Division of Cardiology (S.M., K.H., K.K.), and the Department of Bacteriology (H.Shinji), The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- From the Department of Cell Physiology (J.O.-U., S.M., Y.K., S.K.), the Division of Molecular Cell Biology (H.Sasaki, T.O.), the Division of Cardiology (S.M., K.H., K.K.), and the Department of Bacteriology (H.Shinji), The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- From the Department of Cell Physiology (J.O.-U., S.M., Y.K., S.K.), the Division of Molecular Cell Biology (H.Sasaki, T.O.), the Division of Cardiology (S.M., K.H., K.K.), and the Department of Bacteriology (H.Shinji), The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- From the Department of Cell Physiology (J.O.-U., S.M., Y.K., S.K.), the Division of Molecular Cell Biology (H.Sasaki, T.O.), the Division of Cardiology (S.M., K.H., K.K.), and the Department of Bacteriology (H.Shinji), The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Danielson P, Alfredson H, Forsgren S. Studies on the importance of sympathetic innervation, adrenergic receptors, and a possible local catecholamine production in the development of patellar tendinopathy (tendinosis) in man. Microsc Res Tech 2007; 70:310-24. [PMID: 17206652 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
Abstract
Changes in the patterns of production and in the effects of signal substances may be involved in the development of tendinosis, a chronic condition of pain in human tendons. There is no previous information concerning the patterns of sympathetic innervation in the human patellar tendon. In this study, biopsies of normal and tendinosis patellar tendons were investigated with immunohistochemical methods, including the use of antibodies against tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and neuropeptide Y, and against alpha1-, alpha2A-, and beta1-adrenoreceptors. It was noticed that most of the sympathetic innervation was detected in the walls of the blood vessels entering the tendon through the paratendinous tissue, and that the tendon tissue proper of the normal and tendinosis tendons was very scarcely innervated. Immunoreactions for adrenergic receptors were noticed in nerve fascicles containing both sensory and sympathetic nerve fibers. High levels of these receptors were also detected in the blood vessel walls; alpha1-adrenoreceptor immunoreactions being clearly more pronounced in the tendinosis tendons than in the tendons of controls. Interestingly, immunoreactions for adrenergic receptors and TH were noted for the tendon cells (tenocytes), especially in tendinosis tendons. The findings give a morphological correlate for the occurrence of sympathetically mediated effects in the patellar tendon and autocrine/paracrine catecholamine mechanisms for the tenocytes, particularly, in tendinosis. The observation of adrenergic receptors on tenocytes is interesting, as stimulation of these receptors can lead to cell proliferation, degeneration, and apoptosis, events which are all known to occur in tendinosis. Furthermore, the results imply that a possible source of catecholamine production might be the tenocytes themselves
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- Patrik Danielson
- Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Section for Anatomy, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
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Luo DL, Gao J, Fan LL, Tang Y, Zhang YY, Han QD. Receptor subtype involved in alpha 1-adrenergic receptor-mediated Ca2+ signaling in cardiomyocytes. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2007; 28:968-74. [PMID: 17588332 DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7254.2007.00605.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
AIM The enhancement of intracellular Ca2+ signaling in response to alpha 1-adrenergic receptor (alpha 1-AR) stimulation is an essential signal transduction event in the regulation of cardiac functions, such as cardiac growth, cardiac contraction, and cardiac adaptation to various situations. The present study was intended to determine the role(s) of the alpha 1-AR subtype(s) in mediating this response. METHODS We evaluated the effects of subtype-specific agonists and antagonists of the alpha 1- AR on the intracellular Ca2+ signaling of neonatal rat ventricular myocytes using a confocal microscope. RESULTS After being cultured for 48 h, the myocytes exhibited spontaneous local Ca2+ release, sparks, and global Ca2+ transients. The activation of the alpha 1-AR with phenylephrine, a selective agonist of the alpha 1-AR, dose-dependently increased the frequency of Ca2+ transients with an EC50 value of 2.3 micromol/L. Blocking the alpha 1A-AR subtype with 5-methylurapidil (5-Mu) inhibited the stimulatory effect of phenylephrine with an IC(50) value of 6.7 nmol/L. In contrast, blockade of the alpha 1B-AR and alpha 1D-AR subtypes with chloroethylclonidine and BMY 7378, respectively, did not affect the phenylephrine effect. Similarly, the local Ca2+ spark numbers were also increased by the activation of the alpha 1-AR, and this effect could be abolished selectively by 5-Mu. More importantly, A61603, a novel selective alpha 1A-AR agonist, mimicked the effects of phenylephrine, but with more potency (EC(50) value =6.9 nmol/L) in the potentiation of Ca2+ transients, and blockade of the alpha 1A-AR by 5-Mu caused abolishment of its effects. CONCLUSION These results indicate that alpha 1-adrenergic stimulation of intracellular Ca2+ activity is mediated selectively by the alpha 1A-AR.
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- Da-li Luo
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Chemical Biology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100069, China.
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