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Knockout of the Na, K-ATPase {alpha} 2-isoform in the cardiovascular system does not alter basal blood pressure but prevents ACTH-induced hypertension.
TN Rindler, I Dostanic-Larson... - American journal of ..., 2011 - The α2 isoform of the Na, K-ATPase (α2) is thought to play a role in blood pressure
regulation, but the specific cell type(s) involved have not been identified. Therefore, it is important
to study the role of the α2 in individual cell types in the cardiovascular system. The ...
The α(2)-isoform of Na,K-AT Pase (α(2)) is thought to play a role in blood pressure regulation, but the specific cell type(s) involved have not been identified. Therefore, it is important to study the role of the α(2) in individual cell types in the cardiovascular system. The present study demonstrates the role of vascular smooth muscle α(2) in the regulation of cardiovascular hemodynamics. To accomplish this, we developed a mouse model utilizing the Cre/Lox P system to generate a cell type-specific knockout of the α(2) in vascular smooth muscle cells using the SM22α Cre. We achieved a 90% reduction in the α(2)-expression in heart and vascular smooth muscle in the knockout mice. Interestingly, tail-cuff blood pressure analysis reveals that basal systolic blood pressure is unaffected by the knockout of α(2) in the knockout mice. However, knockout mice do fail to develop ACTH-induced hypertension, as seen in wild-type mice, following 5 days of treatment with ACTH (Cortrosyn; wild type = 119.0 ± 6.8 mm Hg; knockout = 103.0 ± 2.0 mm Hg). These results demonstrate that α(2)-expression in heart and vascular smooth muscle is not essential for regulation of basal systolic blood pressure, but α(2) is critical for blood pressure regulation under chronic stress such as ACTH-induced hypertension.
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Knockout of the Na, K-ATPase {alpha} 2-isoform in the cardiovascular system does not alter basal blood pressure but prevents ACTH-induced hypertension. |
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