Mechanism of glutamate stimulation of CO production in cerebral microvessels

Charles W. Leffler, Liliya Balabanova, Alexander L. Fedinec, Christopher M. Waters, Helena Parfenova

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Abstract

Dilation of piglet pial arterioles to glutamate involves carbon monoxide (CO) produced from heme by heme oxygenase-2 (HO-2). Piglet cerebral microvessels and endothelial and smooth muscle cells grown on microcarrier beads were used to address the hypothesis that glutamate increases endothelial CO production by increasing HO-2 catalytic activity. CO was measured by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Glutamate increased CO production from endogenous heme by cerebral microvessels, endothelial cells, and smooth muscle cells. Glutamate increased the conversion of exogenous heme to CO. Protein tyrosine kinase inhibition blocked glutamate stimulation of CO production. Inhibition of protein tyrosine phosphatases stimulated CO production. Conversely, neither phorbol myristate acetate nor H-7 changed glutamate stimulation of CO production. The mechanism of HO-2 stimulation by glutamate appears to be independent of cytosolic Ca, because stimulation of CO production by glutamate was the same in Careplete medium, Ca-free medium with ionomycin, and Careplete medium with ionomycin. Therefore, glutamate appears to increase HO-2 catalytic activity in cerebral microvessels via a tyrosine kinase mediated pathway.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)H74-H80
JournalAmerican Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology
Volume285
Issue number1 54-1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 1 2003

Keywords

  • Calcium
  • Cerebrovascular circulation
  • Endothelium
  • Heme oxygenase
  • Phosphorylation
  • Vascular smooth muscle

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physiology
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Physiology (medical)

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