Chronic Hypoxia Increases Intracellular Ca2+ Concentration via Enhanced Ca2+ Entry Through Receptor-Operated Ca2+ Channels in Pulmonary Venous Smooth Muscle Cells

Gongyong Peng; Shaoxing Li; Wei Hong; Jinxing Hu; Yongliang Jiang; Guoping Hu; Yimin Zou; Yumin Zhou; Juan Xu; Pixin Ran

doi:10.1253/circj.CJ-15-0067

Vascular Biology and Vascular Medicine

Chronic Hypoxia Increases Intracellular Ca²⁺ Concentration via Enhanced Ca²⁺ Entry Through Receptor-Operated Ca²⁺ Channels in Pulmonary Venous Smooth Muscle Cells

Gongyong Peng, Shaoxing Li, Wei Hong, Jinxing Hu, Yongliang Jiang, Guoping Hu, Yimin Zou, Yumin Zhou, Juan Xu, Pixin Ran

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Gongyong Peng
Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University
Shaoxing Li
Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University
Wei Hong
Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University
The Research Center of Experiment Medicine, Guangzhou Medical University
Jinxing Hu
Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Yongliang Jiang
Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Guoping Hu
Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University
Yimin Zou
Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University
Yumin Zhou
Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University
Juan Xu
Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University
Pixin Ran
Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University

Keywords: Calcium channels, Proliferation, Pulmonary hypertension, Pulmonary vein, Smooth muscle cells

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2015 Volume 79 Issue 9 Pages 2058-2068

DOI https://doi.org/10.1253/circj.CJ-15-0067

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Abstract

Background:Hypoxic pulmonary hypertension (HPH) is characterized by pulmonary vascular remodeling. Intracellular Ca²⁺concentration ([Ca²⁺]_i) is an essential signal for myocyte proliferation. Whether chronic hypoxia (CH) affects the basal [Ca²⁺]_iand Ca²⁺entry through store- and/or receptor-operated calcium channels (SOCC, ROCC), and whether canonical transient receptor potential (TRPC) proteins are involved in CH-induced Ca²⁺influx and proliferation in pulmonary venous smooth muscle cells (PVSMCs) is examined.Methods and Results:Rats were exposed to CH. PVSMCs were isolated from distal pulmonary veins. In freshly isolated PVSMCs, CH increased the basal [Ca²⁺]_i; removal of Ca²⁺or application of SKF-96365 reversed the elevated [Ca²⁺]_i, whereas nifedipine had no effect. Receptor-operated Ca²⁺entry (ROCE) was expressed in PVSMCs. In freshly isolated PVSMCs from CH rats, ROCE was enhanced, whereas store-operated Ca²⁺entry had no alteration. Furthermore, real-time polymerase chain reaction and western blotting showed that mRNA and protein expression level of TRPC6, but neither TRPC1 nor TRPC3, in pulmonary venous smooth muscle (PV) from CH rats and PVSMCs exposed to CH was greater than in normal PV and PVSMCs. The knockdown of TRPC6 in hypoxic PVSMCs with siRNA inhibited the enhanced ROCE and attenuated CH-induced PVSMCs proliferation.Conclusions:The enhanced Ca²⁺entry through ROCC, due to upregulated TRPC6, is a novel pathogenic mechanism contributing to the increased basal [Ca²⁺]_iin PVSMCs and excessive PVSMC proliferation during the development of HPH. (Circ J 2015; 79: 2058–2068)

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