Redox-dependent coronary metabolic dilation

Abstract

We have observed that hydrogen peroxide (H 2O2), the dismutated product of superoxide, is a coronary metabolic dilator and couples myocardial oxygen consumption to coronary blood flow. Because the chemical activity of H 2O2 favors its role as an oxidant, and thiol groups are susceptible to oxidation, we hypothesized that coronary metabolic dilation occurs via a redox mechanism involving thiol oxidation. To test this hypothesis, we studied the mechanisms of dilation of isolated coronary arterioles to metabolites released by metabolically active (paced at 400 min) isolated cardiac myocytes and directly compared these responses with authentic H2O2. Studies were performed under control conditions and using interventions designed to reduce oxidized thiols [0.1 M dithiothreitol (DTT) and 10 mM N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC)]. Aliquots of the conditioned buffer from paced myocytes produced vasodilation of isolated arterioles (peak response, 71% Ϯ 6% of maximal dilation), whereas H 2O2 produced complete dilation (92% Ϯ 7%). Dilation to either the conditioned buffer or to H 2O2 was significantly reduced by the administration of either NAC or DTT. The location of the thiols oxidized by the conditioned buffer or of H 2O2 was determined by the administration of the fluorochromes monochlorobimane (20 M) or monobromotrimethylammoniobimane (20 M), which covalently label the reduced total or extracellular-reduced thiols, respectively. H 2O2 or the conditioned buffer predominately oxidized intracellular thiols since the fluorescent signal from monochlorobimane was reduced more than that of monobromotrimethylammoniobimane. To determine whether one of the intracellular targets of thiol oxidation that leads to dilation is the redoxsensitive kinase p38 mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase, we evaluated dilation following the administration of the p38 inhibitor SB-203580 (10 M). The inhibition of p38 attenuated dilation to either H2O2 or to the conditioned buffer from stimulated myocytes by a similar degree, but SB-203580 did not attenuate dilation to nitroprusside. Western blot analysis for the activated form of p38 (phospho-p38) in the isolated aortae revealed robust activation of this enzyme by H2O2. Taken together, our results show that an active component of cardiac metabolic dilation, like that of H2O2, produces dilation by the oxidation of thiols, which are predominately intracellular and dependent activation on the p38 MAP kinase. Thus coronary metabolic dilation appears to be mediated by redox-dependent signals. coronary circulation; coronary microcirculation; reactive oxygen species; vasodilatation THE OXIDATION OF THIOL GROUPS is involved in many biological processes. Thiol oxidation induces protein conformation changes by converting the free thiols (-SH) into sulfenic acids (SO Ϫ ), sulfinic acids (SOO Ϫ ), sulfonic acids (SOOO Ϫ ), and disulfide bridges (S-S). Thiol oxidation is involved in many cellular processes, e.g., p38 mitogen-activating protein (MAP) kinase activation (2, 23), inhibition of p56 (lck) tyrosine kinase ...

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