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García-Llorca A, Carta F, Supuran CT, Eysteinsson T. Carbonic anhydrase, its inhibitors and vascular function. Front Mol Biosci 2024; 11:1338528. [PMID: 38348465 PMCID: PMC10859760 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2024.1338528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 02/15/2024] Open
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It has been known for some time that Carbonic Anhydrase (CA, EC 4.2.1.1) plays a complex role in vascular function, and in the regulation of vascular tone. Clinically employed CA inhibitors (CAIs) are used primarily to lower intraocular pressure in glaucoma, and also to affect retinal blood flow and oxygen saturation. CAIs have been shown to dilate vessels and increase blood flow in both the cerebral and ocular vasculature. Similar effects of CAIs on vascular function have been observed in the liver, brain and kidney, while vessels in abdominal muscle and the stomach are unaffected. Most of the studies on the vascular effects of CAIs have been focused on the cerebral and ocular vasculatures, and in particular the retinal vasculature, where vasodilation of its vessels, after intravenous infusion of sulfonamide-based CAIs can be easily observed and measured from the fundus of the eye. The mechanism by which CAIs exert their effects on the vasculature is still unclear, but the classic sulfonamide-based inhibitors have been found to directly dilate isolated vessel segments when applied to the extracellular fluid. Modification of the structure of CAI compounds affects their efficacy and potency as vasodilators. CAIs of the coumarin type, which generally are less effective in inhibiting the catalytically dominant isoform hCA II and unable to accept NO, have comparable vasodilatory effects as the primary sulfonamides on pre-contracted retinal arteriolar vessel segments, providing insights into which CA isoforms are involved. Alterations of the lipophilicity of CAI compounds affect their potency as vasodilators, and CAIs that are membrane impermeant do not act as vasodilators of isolated vessel segments. Experiments with CAIs, that shed light on the role of CA in the regulation of vascular tone of vessels, will be discussed in this review. The role of CA in vascular function will be discussed, with specific emphasis on findings with the effects of CA inhibitors (CAI).
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- Andrea García-Llorca
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- NEUROFARBA Department, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- NEUROFARBA Department, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
- Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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Shimoda LA, Suresh K, Undem C, Jiang H, Yun X, Sylvester JT, Swenson ER. Acetazolamide prevents hypoxia-induced reactive oxygen species generation and calcium release in pulmonary arterial smooth muscle. Pulm Circ 2021; 11:20458940211049948. [PMID: 34646499 PMCID: PMC8504243 DOI: 10.1177/20458940211049948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2020] [Accepted: 09/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Upon sensing a reduction in local oxygen partial pressure, pulmonary vessels constrict, a phenomenon known as hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction. Excessive hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction can occur with ascent to high altitude and is a contributing factor to the development of high-altitude pulmonary edema. The carbonic anhydrase inhibitor, acetazolamide, attenuates hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction through stimulation of alveolar ventilation via modulation of acid-base homeostasis and by direct effects on pulmonary vascular smooth muscle. In pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells (PASMCs), acetazolamide prevents hypoxia-induced increases in intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i), although the exact mechanism by which this occurs is unknown. In this study, we explored the effect of acetazolamide on various calcium-handling pathways in PASMCs. Using fluorescent microscopy, we tested whether acetazolamide directly inhibited store-operated calcium entry or calcium release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum, two well-documented sources of hypoxia-induced increases in [Ca2+]i in PASMCs. Acetazolamide had no effect on calcium entry stimulated by store-depletion, nor on calcium release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum induced by either phenylephrine to activate inositol triphosphate receptors or caffeine to activate ryanodine receptors. In contrast, acetazolamide completely prevented Ca2+-release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum induced by hypoxia (4% O2). Since these results suggest the acetazolamide interferes with a mechanism upstream of the inositol triphosphate and ryanodine receptors, we also determined whether acetazolamide might prevent hypoxia-induced changes in reactive oxygen species production. Using roGFP, a ratiometric reactive oxygen species-sensitive fluorescent probe, we found that hypoxia caused a significant increase in reactive oxygen species in PASMCs that was prevented by 100 μM acetazolamide. Together, these results suggest that acetazolamide prevents hypoxia-induced changes in [Ca2+]i by attenuating reactive oxygen species production and subsequent activation of Ca2+-release from sarcoplasmic reticulum stores.
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- Larissa A Shimoda
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, VA Puget Sound Health Care System and University of Washington School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Wang L, Sparacino-Watkins CE, Wang J, Wajih N, Varano P, Xu Q, Cecco E, Tejero J, Soleimani M, Kim-Shapiro DB, Gladwin MT. Carbonic anhydrase II does not regulate nitrite-dependent nitric oxide formation and vasodilation. Br J Pharmacol 2019; 177:898-911. [PMID: 31658361 DOI: 10.1111/bph.14887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2018] [Revised: 09/16/2019] [Accepted: 09/17/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Although it has been reported that bovine carbonic anhydrase CAII is capable of generating NO from nitrite, the function and mechanism of CAII in nitrite-dependent NO formation and vascular responses remain controversial. We tested the hypothesis that CAII catalyses NO formation from nitrite and contributes to nitrite-dependent inhibition of platelet activation and vasodilation. EXPERIMENT APPROACH The role of CAII in enzymatic NO generation was investigated by measuring NO formation from the reaction of isolated human and bovine CAII with nitrite using NO photolysis-chemiluminescence. A CAII-deficient mouse model was used to determine the role of CAII in red blood cell mediated nitrite reduction and vasodilation. KEY RESULTS We found that the commercially available purified bovine CAII exhibited limited and non-enzymatic NO-generating reactivity in the presence of nitrite with or without addition of the CA inhibitor dorzolamide; the NO formation was eliminated with purification of the enzyme. There was no significant detectable NO production from the reaction of nitrite with recombinant human CAII. Using a CAII-deficient mouse model, there were no measurable changes in nitrite-dependent vasodilation in isolated aorta rings and in vivo in CAII-/- , CAII+/- , and wild-type mice. Moreover, deletion of the CAII gene in mice did not block nitrite reduction by red blood cells and the nitrite-NO-dependent inhibition of platelet activation. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS These studies suggest that human, bovine and mouse CAII are not responsible for nitrite-dependent NO formation in red blood cells, aorta, or the systemic circulation.
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- Ling Wang
- Pittsburgh Heart, Lung, Blood and Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.,Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Pittsburgh Heart, Lung, Blood and Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.,Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China
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- Department of Physics, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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- Pittsburgh Heart, Lung, Blood and Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Pittsburgh Heart, Lung, Blood and Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Pittsburgh Heart, Lung, Blood and Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Pittsburgh Heart, Lung, Blood and Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.,Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Physics, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.,Translational Science Center, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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- Pittsburgh Heart, Lung, Blood and Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.,Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Joyce K, Lucas S, Imray C, Balanos G, Wright AD. Advances in the available non-biological pharmacotherapy prevention and treatment of acute mountain sickness and high altitude cerebral and pulmonary oedema. Expert Opin Pharmacother 2018; 19:1891-1902. [DOI: 10.1080/14656566.2018.1528228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- K.E. Joyce
- School of Sport, Exercise, & Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- School of Sport, Exercise, & Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire; Warwick Medical School, Coventry, UK
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- School of Sport, Exercise, & Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Medicine, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, UK
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Andring JT, Lomelino CL, Tu C, Silverman DN, McKenna R, Swenson ER. Carbonic anhydrase II does not exhibit Nitrite reductase or Nitrous Anhydrase Activity. Free Radic Biol Med 2018; 117:1-5. [PMID: 29355738 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2018.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2017] [Revised: 01/09/2018] [Accepted: 01/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Carbonic anhydrase II (CA II) is a zinc metalloenzyme that catalyzes the reversible interconversion of water and CO2 to bicarbonate and a proton. CA II is abundant in most cells, and plays a role in numerous processes including gas exchange, epithelial ion transport, respiration, extra- and intracellular pH control, and vascular regulation. Beyond these CO2 and pH-linked roles, it has been postulated that CA II might also reduce nitrite (NO2-) to nitric oxide (NO), as bicarbonate and NO2- both exhibit sp2 molecular geometry and NO also plays an important role in vasodilation and regulation of blood pressure. Indeed, previous studies by Aamand et al. have shown that bovine CA II (BCA II) possesses nitrite dehydration activity and paradoxically demonstrated that CA inhibitors (CAIs) such as dorzolamide and acetazolamide significantly increased NO production (Aamand et al., 2009; Nielsen and Fago, 2015) [1,2]. Hence, the goal of this work was to revisit these studies using the same experimental conditions as Aamand et al. measuring NO generation by two methods, and to examine the structure of CA II in complex with NO2- in the presence and absence of dorzolamide. Our results contradict the previous findings and indicate that CA II does not exhibit nitrite reductase or dehydration activity, and that this is not enhanced in the presence of CA inhibitors. In addition, a structural examination of BCA II in complex with NO2- and superimposed with dorzolamide demonstrates that CA inhibitor binding at the active site to the zinc moiety blocks potential NO2- binding.
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- Jacob T Andring
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Medical Service, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, University of Washington, Seattle Washington 98108, USA.
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Ciocci Pardo A, Díaz RG, González Arbeláez LF, Pérez NG, Swenson ER, Mosca SM, Alvarez BV. Benzolamide perpetuates acidic conditions during reperfusion and reduces myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2017; 125:340-352. [PMID: 29357509 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00957.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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During ischemia, increased anaerobic glycolysis results in intracellular acidosis. Activation of alkalinizing transport mechanisms associated with carbonic anhydrases (CAs) leads to myocardial intracellular Ca2+ increase. We characterize the effects of inhibition of CA with benzolamide (BZ) during cardiac ischemia-reperfusion (I/R). Langendorff-perfused isolated rat hearts were subjected to 30 min of global ischemia and 60 min of reperfusion. Other hearts were treated with BZ (5 μM) during the initial 10 min of reperfusion or perfused with acid solution (AR, pH 6.4) during the first 3 min of reperfusion. p38MAPK, a kinase linked to membrane transporters and involved in cardioprotection, was examined in hearts treated with BZ in presence of the p38MAPK inhibitor SB202190 (10 μM). Infarct size (IZ) and myocardial function were assessed, and phosphorylated forms of p38MAPK, Akt, and PKCε were evaluated by immunoblotting. We determined the rate of intracellular pH (pHi) normalization after transient acid loading in the absence and presence of BZ or BZ + SB202190 in heart papillary muscles (HPMs). Mitochondrial membrane potential (ΔΨm), Ca2+ retention capacity and Ca2+-mediated swelling after I/R were also measured. BZ, similarly to AR, reduced IZ, improved postischemic recovery of myocardial contractility, increased phosphorylation of Akt, PKCε, and p38MAPK, and normalized ΔΨm and Ca2+ homeostasis, effects abolished after p38MAPK inhibition. In HPMs, BZ slowed pHi recovery, an effect that was restored after p38MAPK inhibition. We conclude that prolongation of acidic conditions during reperfusion by BZ could be responsible for the cardioprotective benefits of reduced infarction and better myocontractile function, through p38MAPK-dependent pathways. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Carbonic anhydrase inhibition by benzolamide (BZ) maintains acidity, decreases infarct size, and improves postischemic myocardial dysfunction in ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) hearts. Protection afforded by BZ mimicked the beneficial effects elicited by an acidic solution (AR). Increased phosphorylation of p38MAPK occurs in I/R hearts reperfused with BZ or with AR. Mitochondria from I/R hearts possess abnormal Ca2+ handling and a more depolarized membrane potential compared with control hearts, and these changes were restored by treatment with BZ or AR.
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- Alejandro Ciocci Pardo
- Centro de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares CIC-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata , La Plata , Argentina
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- Centro de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares CIC-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata , La Plata , Argentina
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- Centro de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares CIC-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata , La Plata , Argentina
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- Centro de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares CIC-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata , La Plata , Argentina
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Department of Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System , Seattle, Washington
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- Centro de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares CIC-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata , La Plata , Argentina
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- Centro de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares CIC-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata , La Plata , Argentina
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Carreyre H, Carré G, Ouedraogo M, Vandebrouck C, Bescond J, Supuran CT, Thibaudeau S. Bioactive Natural Product and Superacid Chemistry for Lead Compound Identification: A Case Study of Selective hCA III and L-Type Ca 2+ Current Inhibitors for Hypotensive Agent Discovery. Molecules 2017; 22:molecules22060915. [PMID: 28561785 PMCID: PMC6152723 DOI: 10.3390/molecules22060915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2017] [Revised: 05/23/2017] [Accepted: 05/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Dodoneine (Ddn) is one of the active compounds identified from Agelanthusdodoneifolius, which is a medicinal plant used in African pharmacopeia and traditional medicine for the treatment of hypertension. In the context of a scientific program aiming at discovering new hypotensive agents through the original combination of natural product discovery and superacid chemistry diversification, and after evidencing dodoneine's vasorelaxant effect on rat aorta, superacid modifications allowed us to generate original analogues which showed selective human carbonic anhydrase III (hCA III) and L-type Ca2+ current inhibition. These derivatives can now be considered as new lead compounds for vasorelaxant therapeutics targeting these two proteins.
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- Hélène Carreyre
- Superacid Group/Organic Synthesis Team, Université de Poitiers, IC2MP-UMR CNRS 7285, 86073 Poitiers CEDEX 09, France.
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- STIM-ERL CNRS 7368 Université de Poitiers, 86073 Poitiers Cedex 9, France.
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- Laboratoire de Physiologie Animale, Université de Ouagadougou, 03 BP 7021 Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso.
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- STIM-ERL CNRS 7368 Université de Poitiers, 86073 Poitiers Cedex 9, France.
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- Department of Neurofarba, Sez, Chimica Farmaceutica e Nutraceutica, University of Florence, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.
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- Superacid Group/Organic Synthesis Team, Université de Poitiers, IC2MP-UMR CNRS 7285, 86073 Poitiers CEDEX 09, France.
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Niinimaki E, Muola P, Parkkila S, Kholová I, Haapasalo H, Pastorekova S, Pastorek J, Paavonen T, Mennander A. Carbonic anhydrase IX deposits are associated with increased ascending aortic dilatation. SCAND CARDIOVASC J 2016; 50:162-6. [PMID: 27157093 DOI: 10.3109/14017431.2016.1158416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Carbonic anhydrase IX (CA IX) expression is induced by local hypoxia. We studied whether CA IX deposits associate with ascending aortic dilatation. DESIGN Aortic wall histology, CA IX expression, presence of leukocytes, plasma cells, macrophages, endothelial cells, smooth muscle cells, cell proliferation, elastin and collagen were studied in histological specimens collected from 30 patients who underwent surgery for ascending aorta. The samples were grouped according to presence of CA IX deposits. RESULTS Twenty out of 30 patients had CA IX-positive deposits within the adventitia, whereas 10 specimens remained negative. Adventitial inflammation was increased in CA IX-positive samples as compared with CA IX-negative ones (p < 0.01). The mean diameter of the ascending aorta at the sinotubular junction increased significantly in patients with CA IX-positive staining as compared with CA IX-negative cases (63 ± 3 vs 53 ± 2 mm, p < 0.02). Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis confirmed the association of CA IX positivity with increased ascending aortic dilatation (AUC 0.766; S.E. 0.090; p = 0.020; 95% C.I. 0.590-0.941). CONCLUSIONS Positive CA IX staining in certain aortic specimens suggests that increased CA activity may contribute to ascending aortic dilatation.
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- Eetu Niinimaki
- b School of Medicine , University of Tampere , Tampere , Finland
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- b School of Medicine , University of Tampere , Tampere , Finland
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- b School of Medicine , University of Tampere , Tampere , Finland ;,c Department of Pathology, Fimlab Laboratories, Tampere University Hospital and Tampere University Medical School , Tampere , Finland
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- c Department of Pathology, Fimlab Laboratories, Tampere University Hospital and Tampere University Medical School , Tampere , Finland
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- c Department of Pathology, Fimlab Laboratories, Tampere University Hospital and Tampere University Medical School , Tampere , Finland
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- d Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Virology , Slovak Academy of Sciences , Bratislava , Slovak Republic
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- d Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Virology , Slovak Academy of Sciences , Bratislava , Slovak Republic
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- c Department of Pathology, Fimlab Laboratories, Tampere University Hospital and Tampere University Medical School , Tampere , Finland
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- a Heart Center , Tampere University Hospital , Tampere , Finland ;,e Heart Center , Turku University Hospital , Turku , Finland
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Dorzolamide-induced relaxation of isolated rabbit ciliary arteries mediated by inhibition of extracellular calcium influx. Jpn J Ophthalmol 2016; 60:103-10. [PMID: 26759121 DOI: 10.1007/s10384-015-0423-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2015] [Accepted: 11/04/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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PURPOSE The carbonic anhydrase inhibitor dorzolamide can increase optic nerve blood flow. The aim of the study reported here was to investigate the effect of dorzolamide on isolated rabbit ciliary arteries that supply the optic nerve. METHODS Changes in ciliary artery isometric tension and intracellular Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)]i) were recorded to elucidate the underlying pharmacologic mechanisms by which dorzolamide regulates blood flow to the optic nerve. RESULTS Dorzolamide induced concentration-dependent relaxation of rabbit ciliary arteries that had been precontracted by exposure to a high potassium (high-K) solution. Neither pretreatment with 10 µM KB-R 7943, an Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger inhibitor, nor alkalinization of the high-K solution had an effect on the dorzolamide-induced relaxation. Pretreatment with 100 µM N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methylester, a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor (n = 10), 10 µM indomethacin, a prostacyclin inhibitor (n = 9), or 0.1 µM iberiotoxin, an inhibitor of endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (n = 7), did not change the concentration-dependent relaxation induced by dorzolamide. Incubation with 3 mM dorzolamide in a Ca(2+)-free solution did not change the transient contractions of the rabbit ciliary arteries induced by 1 µM histamine (n = 9). However, 3 mM dorzolamide significantly suppressed the increase in [Ca(2+)]i induced by the reintroduction of Ca(2+) to a calcium-free extracellular medium (P < 0.05). Furthermore, 3 mM dorzolamide significantly suppressed the [Ca(2+)]i increase induced by the high-K solution (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Taken together, our results reveal a novel role for dorzolamide in relaxing the ciliary arteries. Our data support the hypothesis that the vasodilatory action of dorzolamide is mediated by inhibition of Ca(2+) entry through voltage-dependent Ca(2+) channels.
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Karim K, Giribabu N, Muniandy S, Salleh N. Estrogen and progesterone differentially regulate carbonic anhydrase II, III, IX, XII, and XIII in ovariectomized rat uteri. Syst Biol Reprod Med 2015; 62:57-68. [PMID: 26709452 DOI: 10.3109/19396368.2015.1112699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Changes in the uterus expression of carbonic anhydrase (CA) II, III, IX, XII, and XIII were investigated under the influence of sex-steroids in order to elucidate mechanisms underlying differential effects of these hormones on uterine pH. Uteri of ovariectomised rats receiving over three days either vehicle, estrogen, or progesterone or three days estrogen followed by three days either vehicle or progesterone were harvested. Messenger RNA (mRNA) and protein levels were quantified by real-time PCR and Western blotting, respectively. The distribution of CA isoenzymes proteins were examined by immunohistochemistry. The levels of CAII, III, XII, and XIII mRNAs and proteins were elevated while levels of CAIX mRNA and protein were reduced following progesterone-only and estrogen plus progesterone treatment, compared to the control and estrogen plus vehicle, respectively. Following estrogen treatment, expression of CAII, IX, XII, and CAXIII mRNAs and proteins were reduced, but remained at a level higher than control, except for CAIX, where its level was higher than the control and following progesterone treatment. Under progesterone-only and estrogen plus progesterone influences, high levels of CAII, III, XII, and XIII were observed in uterine lumenal and glandular epithelia and myometrium. However, a high level of CAIX was observed only under the influence of estrogen at the similar locations. In conclusion, high expression of CAII, III, XII, and XIII under the influence of progesterone and estrogen plus progesterone could result in the reduction of uterine tissue and fluid pH; however, the significance of high levels of CAIX expression under the influence of estrogen remains unclear.
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- b Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine , University of Malaya , Lembah Pantai , Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia
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Carre G, Ouedraogo M, Magaud C, Carreyre H, Becq F, Bois P, Supuran CT, Thibaudeau S, Vandebrouck C, Bescond J. Vasorelaxation induced by dodoneine is mediated by calcium channels blockade and carbonic anhydrase inhibition on vascular smooth muscle cells. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2015; 169:8-17. [PMID: 25847623 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.03.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2014] [Revised: 03/05/2015] [Accepted: 03/12/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Dodoneine (Ddn) is one of the active compounds identified from Agelanthus dodoneifolius (DC.) Polhill and Wiens, a medicinal plant used in traditional medicine for the treatment of hypertension. This dihydropyranone exerts hypotensive and vasorelaxant effects on rats, and two molecular targets have been characterized: the carbonic anhydrase and the L-type calcium channel in cardiomyocytes with biochemical and electrophysiological techniques, respectively. To further evaluate the involvement of these two molecular targets in vasorelaxation, the effect of Ddn on rat vascular smooth muscle was investigated. MATERIAL AND METHODS The effects of Ddn on L-type calcium current and on resting membrane potential were characterized in A7r5 cell line using the whole-cell patch-clamp configuration. The molecular identities of carbonic anhydrase isozymes in smooth muscle cells were examined with RT-PCR. Vascular response was measured on rat aortic rings in an organ bath apparatus and the effect of Ddn on intracellular pH was determined by flow cytometry using the pH-sensitive fluorescent probe BCECF-AM [2,7-Bis-(2-Carboxyethyl)-5-(and-6)-Carboxyfluorescein, Acetoxymethyl Ester]. RESULTS 100µM Ddn reduced calcium current density of about 30%. In addition, carbonic anhydrase II, III, XIII and XIV were shown to be expressed in rat aorta and inhibited in smooth muscle cells by Ddn. This inhibition resulted in a rise in pHi of about 0.31, leading to KCa channel activation, thereby inducing membrane hyperpolarization and vasorelaxation. The results of vascular reactivity experiments obtained with pharmacological tools acting on the L-type calcium current and carbonic anhydrase suggest that Ddn produces its vasorelaxant effect via the inhibition of these two molecular targets. CONCLUSION This study demonstrates that Ddn induced vasorelaxation by targeting two proteins involved in the modulation of excitation-contraction coupling: L-type calcium channels and carbonic anhydrase.
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- Grégoire Carre
- Signalisation et Transports Ioniques Membranaires, Université de Poitiers, CNRS ERL 7368; 1 rue Georges Bonnet F-86073 Poitiers Cedex 09, France
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- Laboratoire de Physiologie Animale, Université de Ouagadougou, 03 BP 7021, Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso
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- Signalisation et Transports Ioniques Membranaires, Université de Poitiers, CNRS ERL 7368; 1 rue Georges Bonnet F-86073 Poitiers Cedex 09, France
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- Superacid group in "Organic Synthesis" team, Université de Poitiers, CNRS UMR 7285 IC2MP, 4 avenue Michel Brunet, Poitiers 86022 Cedex, France
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- Signalisation et Transports Ioniques Membranaires, Université de Poitiers, CNRS ERL 7368; 1 rue Georges Bonnet F-86073 Poitiers Cedex 09, France
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- Signalisation et Transports Ioniques Membranaires, Université de Poitiers, CNRS ERL 7368; 1 rue Georges Bonnet F-86073 Poitiers Cedex 09, France
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- Università degli Studi di Firenze, Laboratorio di Chimica Bioinorganica, Rm 188, Via della Lastruccia 3, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Firenze), Italy
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- Superacid group in "Organic Synthesis" team, Université de Poitiers, CNRS UMR 7285 IC2MP, 4 avenue Michel Brunet, Poitiers 86022 Cedex, France
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- Signalisation et Transports Ioniques Membranaires, Université de Poitiers, CNRS ERL 7368; 1 rue Georges Bonnet F-86073 Poitiers Cedex 09, France
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- Signalisation et Transports Ioniques Membranaires, Université de Poitiers, CNRS ERL 7368; 1 rue Georges Bonnet F-86073 Poitiers Cedex 09, France.
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Swenson ER. New insights into carbonic anhydrase inhibition, vasodilation, and treatment of hypertensive-related diseases. Curr Hypertens Rep 2015; 16:467. [PMID: 25079851 DOI: 10.1007/s11906-014-0467-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Carbonic anhydrase (CA) and its inhibitors are relevant to many physiological processes and diseases. The enzyme is differentially expressed throughout the body, in concentration and subcellular location, and as 13 catalytically active isoforms. Blood vessels contain small amounts of CA, but the enzyme's role in vascular physiology and blood pressure regulation is uncertain. However, considerable recent evidence points to vasodilation by CA inhibitors. CA inhibition in vascular smooth muscle, endothelium, heart, blood cells, and nervous system could all contribute. It is equally plausible that other targets besides CA for all known CA inhibitors may account for their vascular effects. I will review this knowledge and important remaining gaps relating to treatment of hypertensive-related diseases with potent sulfonamide inhibitors, such as acetazolamide; but also the possibility that CA inhibition by thiazides and loop diuretics, although generally weaker, may have antihypertensive effects beyond their inhibition of renal sodium transporters.
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- Erik R Swenson
- Department of Veterans Affairs, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, University of Washington, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA, USA,
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Wang X, Schröder HC, Schlossmacher U, Neufurth M, Feng Q, Diehl-Seifert B, Müller WEG. Modulation of the initial mineralization process of SaOS-2 cells by carbonic anhydrase activators and polyphosphate. Calcif Tissue Int 2014; 94:495-509. [PMID: 24374859 DOI: 10.1007/s00223-013-9833-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2013] [Accepted: 12/11/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Ca-phosphate/hydroxyapatite (HA) crystals constitute the mineral matrix of vertebrate bones, while Ca-carbonate is the predominant mineral of many invertebrates, like mollusks. Recent results suggest that CaCO₃ is also synthesized during early bone formation. We demonstrate that carbonic anhydrase-driven CaCO₃ formation in vitro is activated by organic extracts from the demosponge Suberites domuncula as well as by quinolinic acid, one component isolated from these extracts. Further results revealed that the stimulatory effect of bicarbonate (HCO₃ (-)) ions on mineralization of osteoblast-like SaOS-2 cells is strongly enhanced if the cells are exposed to inorganic polyphosphate (polyP), a linear polymer of phosphate linked by energy-rich phosphodiester bonds. The effect of polyP, administered as polyP (Ca²⁺ salt), on HA formation was found to be amplified by addition of the carbonic anhydrase-activating sponge extract or quinolinic acid. Our results support the assumption that CaCO₃ deposits, acting as bio-seeds for Ca-carbonated phosphate formation, are formed as an intermediate during HA mineralization and that the carbonic anhydrase-mediated formation of those deposits is under a positive-negative feedback control by bone alkaline phosphatase-dependent polyP metabolism, offering new targets for therapy of bone diseases/defects.
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- Xiaohong Wang
- ERC Advanced Investigator Grant Research Group at Institute for Physiological Chemistry, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Duesbergweg 6, 55128, Mainz, Germany,
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INTRODUCTION Carbonic anhydrase (CA) inhibitors have an impressive safety record despite the multiple functions that CA isozymes serve because they are not fully inhibited with most dosing. While reducing the targeted CA-dependent process sufficiently for disease control, residual activity and uncatalyzed rates in combination with compensations are adequate to avoid lethal consequences. Some drugs have in vitro selectivity differences against the 13 active isozymes, but none are convincingly selective in vivo or clinically. Efforts to synthesize selective inhibitors should result in safer drugs with fewer side effects. AREAS COVERED This review will focus on approved drugs with CA-inhibiting activity, whether used directly for this purpose or others. Side effects are discussed in relation to various organ systems and the disease being treated. Causes of side effects are considered, and strategies for symptom reduction are given. EXPERT OPINION Common side effects of paresthesias, dyspepsia, lassitude and fatigue in 30 - 40% of patients are generally tolerable or abate, but if not can be partially relieved by bicarbonate supplementation. The most important safety concerns are severe acidosis, respiratory failure and encephalopathy in patients with renal, pulmonary and hepatic disease where caution is critical, as is also the case in persons with sulfa drug allergies.
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- Erik R Swenson
- University of Washington - Medical Service, VA Puget Sound Health Care System , 1660 S Columbian Way, S-111-PLUM, Seattle, WA 98108 , USA
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Carbonic anhydrase (CA) inhibitors, particularly acetazolamide, have been used at high altitude for decades to prevent or reduce acute mountain sickness (AMS), a syndrome of symptomatic intolerance to altitude characterized by headache, nausea, fatigue, anorexia and poor sleep. Principally CA inhibitors act to further augment ventilation over and above that stimulated by the hypoxia of high altitude by virtue of renal and endothelial cell CA inhibition which oppose the hypocapnic alkalosis resulting from the hypoxic ventilatory response (HVR), which acts to limit the full expression of the HVR. The result is even greater arterial oxygenation than that driven by hypoxia alone and greater altitude tolerance. The severity of several additional diseases of high attitude may also be reduced by acetazolamide, including high altitude cerebral edema (HACE), high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) and chronic mountain sickness (CMS), both by its CA-inhibiting action as described above, but also by more recently discovered non-CA inhibiting actions, that seem almost unique to this prototypical CA inhibitor and are of most relevance to HAPE. This chapter will relate the history of CA inhibitor use at high altitude, discuss what tissues and organs containing carbonic anhydrase play a role in adaptation and maladaptation to high altitude, explore the role of the enzyme and its inhibition at those sites for the prevention and/or treatment of the four major forms of illness at high altitude.
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- Erik R Swenson
- VA Puget Sound Health Care System and Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA,
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Hong JH, Kim SE, Kim JW. The Effects of Topical Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors on Nitric Oxide Production in Trabecular Meshwork Cells. JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 2014. [DOI: 10.3341/jkos.2014.55.3.416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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- Jeung Hum Hong
- Department of Ophthalmology, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea
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Lin YP, Hsu ME, Chiou YY, Hsu HY, Tsai HC, Peng YJ, Lu CY, Pan CY, Yu WC, Chen CH, Chi CW, Lin CH. Comparative proteomic analysis of rat aorta in a subtotal nephrectomy model. Proteomics 2010; 10:2429-43. [PMID: 20405472 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200800658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Although accelerated atherosclerosis and arteriosclerosis are the main causes of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, the molecular pathogenesis remains largely obscure. Our study of the aortic function in a typical CKD model of subtotal nephrectomy (SNX) rats demonstrated phenotypes that resemble CKD patients with aortic stiffness. The 2-DE analysis of rat aortas followed by MS identified 29 up-regulated and 53 down-regulated proteins in SNX rats. Further Western blot and immunohistochemistry analyses validated the decreased HSP27 and increased milk fat globule epidermal growth factor-8 (MFG-E8) in SNX rats. Functional classification of differential protein profiles using KOGnitor revealed that the two major categories involved in aortic stiffness are posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones (23%) and cytoskeleton (21%). Ingenuity Pathway Analysis highlighted cellular assembly and organization, and cardiovascular system development and function as the two most relevant pathways. Among the identified proteins, the clinical significance of the secreted protein MFG-E8 was confirmed in 50 CKD patients, showing that increased serum MFG-E8 level is positively related to aortic stiffness and renal function impairment. Drug interventions with an inhibitor of the angiotensin converting enzyme, enalapril, in SNX rats improved aortic stiffness and decreased MFG-E8 depositions. Together, our studies provide a repertoire of potential biomarkers related to the aortic stiffness in CKD.
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- Yao-Ping Lin
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Targeting carbonic anhydrase to treat diabetic retinopathy: emerging evidences and encouraging results. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2009; 390:368-71. [PMID: 19833100 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.10.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2009] [Accepted: 10/08/2009] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the leading cause of vision loss among working-age populations in developed countries. Current treatment options are limited to tight glycemic, blood pressure control and destructive laser surgery. Carbonic anhydrases (CAs) are a group of enzymes involving in the rapid conversion of carbon dioxide to bicarbonate and protons. Emerging evidences reveal CA inhibitors hold the promise for the treatment of DR. This article summarizes encouraging results from clinical and animal studies, and reviews the possible mechanisms.
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Aamand R, Dalsgaard T, Jensen FB, Simonsen U, Roepstorff A, Fago A. Generation of nitric oxide from nitrite by carbonic anhydrase: a possible link between metabolic activity and vasodilation. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2009; 297:H2068-74. [PMID: 19820197 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00525.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 167] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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In catalyzing the reversible hydration of CO2 to bicarbonate and protons, the ubiquitous enzyme carbonic anhydrase (CA) plays a crucial role in CO2 transport, in acid-base balance, and in linking local acidosis to O2 unloading from hemoglobin. Considering the structural similarity between bicarbonate and nitrite, we hypothesized that CA uses nitrite as a substrate to produce the potent vasodilator nitric oxide (NO) to increase local blood flow to metabolically active tissues. Here we show that CA readily reacts with nitrite to generate NO, particularly at low pH, and that the NO produced in the reaction induces vasodilation in aortic rings. This reaction occurs under normoxic and hypoxic conditions and in various tissues at physiological levels of CA and nitrite. Furthermore, two specific inhibitors of the CO2 hydration, dorzolamide and acetazolamide, increase the CA-catalyzed production of vasoactive NO from nitrite. This enhancing effect may explain the known vasodilating effects of these drugs and indicates that CO2 and nitrite bind differently to the enzyme active site. Kinetic analyses show a higher reaction rate at high pH, suggesting that anionic nitrite participates more effectively in catalysis. Taken together, our results reveal a novel nitrous anhydrase enzymatic activity of CA that would function to link the in vivo main end products of energy metabolism (CO2/H+) to the generation of vasoactive NO. The CA-mediated NO production may be important to the correlation between blood flow and metabolic activity in tissues, as occurring for instance in active areas of the brain.
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- Rasmus Aamand
- Department of Biological Sciences, Universitetsparken Bldg. 1131, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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Tavichakorntrakool R, Sriboonlue P, Prasongwattana V, Puapairoj A, Yenchitsomanus PT, Sinchaikul S, Chen ST, Wongkham C, Thongboonkerd V. Metabolic Enzymes, Antioxidants, and Cytoskeletal Proteins Are Significantly Altered in Vastus Lateralis Muscle of K-Depleted Cadaveric Subjects. J Proteome Res 2009; 8:2586-93. [DOI: 10.1021/pr800941g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Ratree Tavichakorntrakool
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Medical Molecular Biology Unit, Office for Research and Development, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Medical Biotechnology Unit, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), Bangkok, Thailand, Institute of Biological Chemistry and Genomic Research Center,
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Medical Molecular Biology Unit, Office for Research and Development, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Medical Biotechnology Unit, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), Bangkok, Thailand, Institute of Biological Chemistry and Genomic Research Center,
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Medical Molecular Biology Unit, Office for Research and Development, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Medical Biotechnology Unit, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), Bangkok, Thailand, Institute of Biological Chemistry and Genomic Research Center,
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Medical Molecular Biology Unit, Office for Research and Development, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Medical Biotechnology Unit, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), Bangkok, Thailand, Institute of Biological Chemistry and Genomic Research Center,
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Medical Molecular Biology Unit, Office for Research and Development, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Medical Biotechnology Unit, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), Bangkok, Thailand, Institute of Biological Chemistry and Genomic Research Center,
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Medical Molecular Biology Unit, Office for Research and Development, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Medical Biotechnology Unit, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), Bangkok, Thailand, Institute of Biological Chemistry and Genomic Research Center,
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Medical Molecular Biology Unit, Office for Research and Development, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Medical Biotechnology Unit, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), Bangkok, Thailand, Institute of Biological Chemistry and Genomic Research Center,
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Medical Molecular Biology Unit, Office for Research and Development, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Medical Biotechnology Unit, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), Bangkok, Thailand, Institute of Biological Chemistry and Genomic Research Center,
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Medical Molecular Biology Unit, Office for Research and Development, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Medical Biotechnology Unit, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), Bangkok, Thailand, Institute of Biological Chemistry and Genomic Research Center,
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Krishnamurthy VM, Kaufman GK, Urbach AR, Gitlin I, Gudiksen KL, Weibel DB, Whitesides GM. Carbonic anhydrase as a model for biophysical and physical-organic studies of proteins and protein-ligand binding. Chem Rev 2008; 108:946-1051. [PMID: 18335973 PMCID: PMC2740730 DOI: 10.1021/cr050262p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 555] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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- Vijay M. Krishnamurthy
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
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Shimoda LA, Luke T, Sylvester JT, Shih HW, Jain A, Swenson ER. Inhibition of hypoxia-induced calcium responses in pulmonary arterial smooth muscle by acetazolamide is independent of carbonic anhydrase inhibition. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2007; 292:L1002-12. [PMID: 17209136 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00161.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV) occurs with ascent to high altitude and can contribute to development of high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE). Vascular smooth muscle contains carbonic anhydrase (CA), and acetazolamide (AZ), a CA inhibitor, blunts HPV and might be useful in the prevention of HAPE. The mechanism by which AZ impairs HPV is uncertain. Originally developed as a diuretic, AZ also has direct effects on systemic vascular smooth muscle, including modulation of pH and membrane potential; however, the effect of AZ on pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells (PASMCs) is unknown. Since HPV requires Ca2+ influx into PASMCs and can be modulated by pH, we hypothesized that AZ alters hypoxia-induced changes in PASMC intracellular pH (pH(i)) or Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+](i)). Using fluorescent microscopy, we tested the effect of AZ as well as two other potent CA inhibitors, benzolamide and ethoxzolamide, which exhibit low and high membrane permeability, respectively, on hypoxia-induced responses in PASMCs. Hypoxia caused a significant increase in [Ca2+](i) but no change in pH(i). All three CA inhibitors slightly decreased basal pH(i), but only AZ caused a concentration-dependent decrease in the [Ca2+](i) response to hypoxia. AZ had no effect on the KCl-induced increase in [Ca2+](i) or membrane potential. N-methyl-AZ, a synthesized compound lacking the unsubstituted sulfonamide group required for CA inhibition, had no effect on pH(i) but inhibited hypoxia-induced Ca2+ responses. These results suggest that AZ attenuates HPV by selectively inhibiting hypoxia-induced Ca2+ responses via a mechanism independent of CA inhibition, changes in pH(i), or membrane potential.
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- Larissa A Shimoda
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
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Swenson ER. Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors and hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2005; 151:209-16. [PMID: 16376158 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2005.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2005] [Revised: 10/05/2005] [Accepted: 10/05/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Acetazolamide and other related carbonic anhydrase (CA) inhibitors have had a long history of effectiveness in prevention and treatment of acute mountain sickness (AMS) and remain the standard of care for this indication. Despite many decades of CA inhibitor use for AMS, the possibility has never been seriously entertained that these drugs might also afford protection against high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE). In this paper, I will present our evidence and supporting data of others, that acetazolamide has inhibitory effects on the hypoxic response of the pulmonary circulation that may be useful in HAPE. Data from pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells, isolated perfused lungs, and live unanethetized animals all point to a potent reduction in hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV) by acetazolamide that may have clinical utility in HAPE and possibly other pulmonary hypertensive disorders. Astonishingly, the efficacy of acetazolamide as a HPV inhibitor does not appear to be related to carbonic anhydrase inhibition, since other potent CA inhibitors have no effect on HPV either in the conscious dog or on hypoxic calcium (Ca(2+)) signalling in rat pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells, despite enzyme presence in these cells. Although we have not yet determined the mechanism of action for acetazolamide in HPV, we have ruled out actions on membrane L-type Ca(2+) channels, normoxic and hypoxic membrane potential and rho-kinase activation. Based upon these negative findings in isolated pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells and preliminary data in Ca(2+) free media we propose that acetazolamide may act at the level of Ca(2+) release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum, a process which initiates and amplifies cell membrane Ca(2+) channel opening. In further work, we have developed and will use a methylated analog of acetazolamide to yield a molecule lacking CA inhibiting activity, but which in most other respects (size, pK(a), heterocyclic ring structure, electrostatic charge distribution) is equivalent to acetazolamide.
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- Erik R Swenson
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
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