Maternal nutrient restriction during pregnancy impairs an endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor-like pathway in sheep fetal coronary arteries

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The mechanisms underlying developmental programming are poorly understood but may be associated with adaptations by the fetus in response to changes in the maternal environment during pregnancy. We hypothesized that maternal nutrient restriction during pregnancy alters vasodilator responses in fetal coronary arteries. Pregnant ewes were fed a control [100% U.S. National Research Council (NRC)] or nutrient-restricted (60% NRC) diet from days 50 to 130 of gestation (term = 145 days); fetal tissues were collected at day 130. In coronary arteries isolated from control fetal lambs, relaxation to bradykinin was unaffected by nitro-l-arginine (NLA). Iberiotoxin or contraction with KCl abolished the NLA-resistant response to bradykinin. In fetal coronary arteries from nutrient-restricted ewes, relaxation to bradykinin was fully suppressed by NLA. Large-conductance, calcium-activated potassium channel (BKCa) currents did not differ in coronary smooth muscle cells from control and nutrient-restricted animals. The BKCa openers, BMS 191011 and NS1619, and 14,15-epoxyeicosatrienoic acid [a putative endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF)] each caused fetal coronary artery relaxation and BKCa current activation that was unaffected by maternal nutrient restriction. Expression of BKCa-channel subunits did not differ in fetal coronary arteries from control or undernourished ewes. The results indicate that maternal undernutrition during pregnancy results in loss of the EDHF-like pathway in fetal coronary arteries in response to bradykinin, an effect that cannot be explained by a decreased number or activity of BKCa channels or by decreased sensitivity to mediators that activate BKCa channels in vascular smooth muscle cells. Under these conditions, bradykinin-induced relaxation is completely dependent on nitric oxide, which may represent an adaptive response to compensate for the absence of the EDHF-like pathway.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2014

Erschienen:

2014

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:307

Enthalten in:

American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology - 307(2014), 2 vom: 15. Juli, Seite H134-42

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Shukla, Praveen [VerfasserIn]
Ghatta, Srinivas [VerfasserIn]
Dubey, Nidhi [VerfasserIn]
Lemley, Caleb O [VerfasserIn]
Johnson, Mary Lynn [VerfasserIn]
Modgil, Amit [VerfasserIn]
Vonnahme, Kimberly [VerfasserIn]
Caton, Joel S [VerfasserIn]
Reynolds, Lawrence P [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Chengwen [VerfasserIn]
O'Rourke, Stephen T [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

31C4KY9ESH
BKCa channels
Biological Factors
Bradykinin
Endothelium-dependent hyperpolarization factor
Endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor
Fetal coronary artery
Journal Article
Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel alpha Subunits
Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel beta Subunits
Maternal nutrient restriction
Nitric Oxide
Nitric oxide
Potassium Channel Blockers
RNA, Messenger
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
S8TIM42R2W
Vasodilator Agents

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Date Completed 05.09.2014

Date Revised 21.10.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1152/ajpheart.00595.2013

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM238137821