Bivalent angiotensin II suppresses oxidative stress-induced hyper-responsiveness of angiotensin II receptor type I
作者:Titiwat Sungkaworn、Chutima Jiarpinitnun、Pongkorn Chaiyakunvat、Varanuj Chatsudthipong
DOI:10.1016/j.ejmech.2013.02.041
日期:2013.5
Angiotensin II receptor type I (AT(1)R) is a G-protein coupled receptor involved in regulation of body water-electrolyte balance and blood pressure. Oxidative stress promotes AT(1)R oligomerization and hyper-responsiveness to its cognate ligand Ang II. In this study, bivalent Ang II, synthesized by linking with aminocaproic acid (Acp) at the N-terminus, was used to induce AT(1)R dimerization and hyper-responsiveness in AT(1)R-expressed human embryonic kidney (AT(1)R-HEK) cells, determined using image correlation spectroscopy (ICS) and by measuring AT(1)R-mediated change in intracellular Ca2+ concentration, respectively. In addition, ICS was employed to determine distribution pattern of cell-surface AT(1)R and its degree of aggregation when stimulated by monomeric (monovalent) and bivalent Ang II under oxidative stress (100 mu M H2O2) condition in comparison with normal (unoxidized) AT(1)R-HEK cells. Bivalent Ang II induced cell-surface AT(1)R aggregation/clustering but maintained AT(1)R normal signaling response under oxidative stress condition, whereas stimulation by monomeric Ang II or a mixture of monomeric and Acp-modified Ang II (used in the synthesis of bivalent form) resulted in AT(1)R hyper-responsiveness. These results suggest that bivalent ligand (viz. Ang II) provides another strategy in the development of novel drugs specifically designed for attenuating aberrant responsiveness of cognate receptor (AT(1)R) under pathological (oxidative stress) conditions. (C) 2013 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.