Incubation of cultured rat aortic smooth muscle cells (ASMCs) in a medium containing high glucose concentrations (25 mM) did not affect the basal cytosolic free calcium ([Ca2+]i) but led to significant reductions in peak [Ca2+]i response evoked by arginine vasopressin, angiotensin II, and endothelin-1 (ET-1). This was observed in both the presence and absence of extracellular Ca2+. Maintenance of rat ASMCs in a medium containing mannose (an osmotic control for high glucose) did not affect either the basal or peptide agonist-evoked increase in [Ca2+]i. However, pretreatment with either the nonselective protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor staurosporine or the selective PKC inhibitor 2,6-diamino-N-([1-(1-oxotridecyl)-2 piperidinyl] methyl) hexanamide reversed the attenuating effect of high glucose on peak [Ca2+]i response evoked by ET-1. Also, short-term incubation of ASMCs with the active phorbol ester, phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, led to a reduction in peak [Ca2+]i response to all three agonists, whereas the inactive phorbol ester, 4α-phorbol 12,13-didecanoate, which does not activate PKC, had no such effect. Although high-glucose treatment of rat ASMCs led to significant reductions in the maximal number of binding sites to the extent of 39% of [125I]ET-1 specific binding, no significant differences in the affinity (Kd ∼110 pM) characteristics were evident between control and high-glucose treatment groups. It is proposed that incubation of rat ASMCs with high glucose enhances the de novo synthesis of diacylglycerol and activates membrane-bound PKC and that this, in turn, impairs agonist-mediated intracellular Ca2+ mobilization.
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August 01 1994
High Glucose Attenuates Peptide Agonist-Evoked Increases in Cytosolic Free [Ca2+] in Rat Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells
Lakshman Sandirasegarane;
Lakshman Sandirasegarane
Cardiovascular Risk Factor Reduction Unit (CRFRU), Departments of Pharmacology and Medicine, University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Robert J Herman;
Robert J Herman
Cardiovascular Risk Factor Reduction Unit (CRFRU), Departments of Pharmacology and Medicine, University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Venkat Gopalakrishnan
Venkat Gopalakrishnan
Cardiovascular Risk Factor Reduction Unit (CRFRU), Departments of Pharmacology and Medicine, University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Venkat Gopalakrishnan, CRFRU, Department of Pharmacology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N OWO, Canada.
Diabetes 1994;43(8):1033–1040
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Received:
March 09 1993
Accepted:
March 28 1994
Revision Received:
April 28 1994
PubMed:
8039597
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Lakshman Sandirasegarane, Robert J Herman, Venkat Gopalakrishnan; High Glucose Attenuates Peptide Agonist-Evoked Increases in Cytosolic Free [Ca2+] in Rat Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells. Diabetes 1 August 1994; 43 (8): 1033–1040. https://doi.org/10.2337/diab.43.8.1033
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