CaMKII inhibition in smooth muscle cells controls Ang-II-induced gene transcription in the aorta

ABSTRACT: The Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent kinase II is expressed in smooth muscle and believed to mediate intracellular calcium handling and calcium-dependent gene transcription. CaMKII is activated by Angiotensin-II. The multifunctional calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase II (CaMKII) is activated by Angiotensin-II (Ang-II) in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC), but its impact on hypertension remains unknown. In our transgenic mice that express the inhibitor peptide CaMKIIN in smooth muscle (TG SM-CaMKIIN), the blood pressure response to chronic Ang-II infusion was significantly reduced as compared to littermate controls. Surprisingly, examination of blood pressure and heart rate under ganglionic blockade revealed a key role for VSMC CaMKII in efferent sympathetic outflow in response to Ang II hypert

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

SUBMITTER: Thomas Bair 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-64613 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress