Chronic carbon monoxide enhanced IbTx-sensitive currents in rat resistance pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells |
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Authors: | Dubuis Eric Gautier Mathieu Melin Alexandre Rebocho Manuel Girardin Catherine Bonnet Pierre Vandier Christophe |
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Affiliation: | Laboratoire de Physiopathologie de la Paroi Artérielle, Faculté de Médecine, 37032 Tours, France. |
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Abstract: | Exogenous carbon monoxide (CO) can induce pulmonary vasodilation by acting directly on pulmonary artery (PA) smooth muscle cells. We investigated the contribution of K+ channels to the regulation of resistance PA resting membrane potential on control (PAC) rats and rats exposed to CO for 3 wk at 530 parts/million, labeled as PACO rats. Whole cell patch-clamp experiments revealed that the resting membrane potential of PACO cells was more negative than that of PAC cells. This was associated with a decrease of membrane resistance in PACO cells. Additional analysis showed that outward current density in PACO cells was higher (50% at +60 mV) than in PAC cells. This was linked to an increase of iberiotoxin (IbTx)-sensitive current. Chronic CO hyperpolarized membrane of pressurized PA from -46.9 +/- 1.2 to -56.4 +/- 2.6 mV. Additionally, IbTx significantly depolarized membrane of smooth muscle cells from PACO arteries but not from PAC arteries. The present study provides initial evidence of an increase of Ca2+-activated K+ current in smooth muscle cells from PA of rats exposed to chronic CO. |
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