Flow-dependent regulation of rat mesenteric lymphatic vessel contractile response requires activation of endothelial TRPV4 channels

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OBJECTIVES: The objective of our study is to evaluate the involvement of the transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) in the alteration of lymphatic pumping in response to flow and determine the signaling pathways involved.

METHODS: We used immunofluorescence imaging and western blotting to assess TRPV4 expression in rat mesenteric lymphatic vessels. We examined inhibition of TRPV4 with HC067047, nitric oxide synthase (NOS) with L-NNA and cyclooxygenases (COXs) with indomethacin on the contractile response of pressurized lymphatic vessels to flow changes induced by a stepwise increase in pressure gradients, and the functionality of endothelial TRPV4 channels by measuring the intracellular Ca2+ response of primary lymphatic endothelial cell cultures to the selective agonist GSK1016790A.

RESULTS: TRPV4 protein was expressed in both the endothelial and the smooth muscle layer of rat mesenteric lymphatics with high endothelial expression around the valve sites. When maintained under constant transmural pressure, most lymphatic vessels displayed a decrease in contraction frequency under conditions of flow and this effect was ablated through inhibition of NOS, COX or TRPV4.

CONCLUSIONS: Our findings demonstrate a critical role for TRPV4 in the decrease in contraction frequency induced in lymphatic vessels by increases in flow rate via the production and action of nitric oxide and dilatory prostanoids.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:31

Enthalten in:

Microcirculation (New York, N.Y. : 1994) - 31(2024), 2 vom: 15. Feb., Seite e12839

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

DuToit, Jacques [VerfasserIn]
Brothers, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Stephens, Matthew [VerfasserIn]
Keane, Keith [VerfasserIn]
de Jesus, Flavia Neto [VerfasserIn]
Roizes, Simon [VerfasserIn]
von der Weid, Pierre-Yves [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

31C4KY9ESH
Journal Article
Lymph flow
Lymphatic pumping
Nitric Oxide
Nitric oxide
Prostanoids
TRPV Cation Channels
TRPV4
Thromboxane A2
Transient Receptor Potential Channels

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Date Completed 16.02.2024

Date Revised 16.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/micc.12839

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM365357731