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ArticleInvestigative ophthalmology & visual science2010

cAMP/PKA-dependent increases in Ca Sparks, oscillations and SR Ca stores in retinal arteriolar myocytes after exposure to vasopressin.

Owen Jeffries, Mary K McGahon, Peter Bankhead, Maria Manfredi Lozano, C Norman Scholfield, Tim M Curtis, J Graham McGeown

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Article in Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Vasopressin-stimulated ORAI1 expression and store-operated CaJournal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) · 2021
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  5. Ca(2+) sparks promote myogenic tone in retinal arterioles.British journal of pharmacology · 2013
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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Owen JeffriesCentre for Vision and Vascular Science, Queen's University of Belfast, Institute of Clinical Sciences, The Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
Mary K McGahon
Peter Bankhead
Maria Manfredi Lozano
C Norman Scholfield
Tim M Curtis
J Graham McGeown
University of Ulster · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust 074648/Z/04
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo investigate the effects of arginine vasopressin (AVP) on Ca(2+) sparks and oscillations and on sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca(2+) content in retinal arteriolar myocytes.

methodsFluo-4-loaded smooth muscle in intact segments of freshly isolated porcine retinal arteriole was imaged by confocal laser microscopy. SR Ca(2+) store content was assessed by recording caffeine-induced Ca(2+) transients with microfluorimetry and fura-2.

resultsThe frequencies of Ca(2+) sparks and oscillations were increased both during exposure to, and 10 minutes after washout of AVP (10 nM). Caffeine transients were increased in amplitude 10 and 90 minutes after a 3-minute application of AVP. Both AVP-induced Ca(2+) transients and the enhancement of caffeine responses after AVP washout were inhibited by SR 49059, a V(1a) receptor blocker. Forskolin, an activator of adenylyl cyclase, also persistently enhanced caffeine transients. Rp-8-HA-cAMPS, a membrane-permeant PKA inhibitor, prevented enhancement of caffeine transients by both AVP and forskolin. Forskolin, but not AVP, produced a reversible, Rp-8-HA-cAMPS insensitive reduction in basal [Ca(2+)](i).

conclusionsAVP activates a cAMP/PKA-dependent pathway via V(1a) receptors in retinal arteriolar smooth muscle. This effect persistently increases SR Ca(2+) loading, upregulating Ca(2+) sparks and oscillations, and may favor prolonged agonist activity despite receptor desensitization.

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Calcium SignalingAniline CompoundsAnimalsAntidiuretic Hormone Receptor AntagonistsArginine VasopressinArteriolesCaffeineCalciumCyclic AMPCyclic AMP-Dependent Protein KinasesFluorometryFura-2IndolesMicroscopy, ConfocalMuscle, Smooth, VascularMyocytes, Smooth MuscleAniline CompoundsAntidiuretic Hormone Receptor AntagonistsArginine VasopressinCaffeineCalciumCyclic AMPCyclic AMP-Dependent Protein KinasesFluo 4Fura-2IndolesPyrrolidinesReceptors, VasopressinrelcovaptanVasoconstrictor AgentsXanthenes

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PMID19959643
PMCPMC2868433
OpenAlexW1965013866

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