Evidence of Functional Ryanodine Receptors in Rat Mesenteric Collecting Lymphatic Vessels
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2019
Keywords
caffeine, dantrolene, lymphatic, ryanodine receptor, smooth muscle
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00564.2018
Abstract
In the current study, the potential contributions of ryanodine receptors (RyRs) to intrinsic pumping and responsiveness to substance P (SP) were investigated in isolated rat mesenteric collecting lymphatic vessels. Responses to SP were characterized in lymphatic vessels in the absence or presence of pretreatment with nifedipine to block L-type Ca2+ channels, caffeine to block normal release and uptake of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum, ryanodine to block all RyR isoforms, or dantrolene to more selectively block RyR1 and RyR3. RyR expression and localization in lymphatics was also assessed by quantitative PCR and immunofluorescence confocal microscopy. The results show that SP normally elicits a significant increase in contraction frequency and a decrease in end-diastolic diameter. In the presence of nifedipine, phasic contractions stop, yet subsequent SP treatment still elicits a strong tonic contraction. Caffeine treatment gradually relaxes lymphatics, causing a loss of phasic contractions, and prevents subsequent SP-induced tonic contraction. Ryanodine also gradually diminishes phasic contractions but without causing vessel relaxation and significantly inhibits the SP-induced tonic contraction. Dantrolene treatment did not significantly impair lymphatic contractions nor the response to SP. The mRNA for all RyR isoforms is detectable in isolated lymphatics. RyR2 and RyR3 proteins are found predominantly in the collecting lymphatic smooth muscle layer. Collectively, the data suggest that SP-induced tonic contraction requires both extracellular Ca2+ plus Ca2+ release from internal stores and that RyRs play a role in the normal contractions and responsiveness to SP of rat mesenteric collecting lymphatics.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology, v. 317, issue 3, p. H561-H574
Scholar Commons Citation
Jo, Michiko; Trujillo, Andrea N.; Yang, Ying; and Breslin, Jerome W., "Evidence of Functional Ryanodine Receptors in Rat Mesenteric Collecting Lymphatic Vessels" (2019). Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology Faculty Publications. 47.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/mpp_facpub/47
