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lüll Effective contractile response to voltage-gated Na+ channels revealed by a channel activator Ho WS; Davis AJ; Chadha PS; Greenwood IAAm J Physiol Cell Physiol 2013[Apr]; 304 (8): C739-47This study investigated the molecular identity and impact of enhancing voltage-gated Na(+) (Na(V)) channels in the control of vascular tone. In rat isolated mesenteric and femoral arteries mounted for isometric tension recording, the vascular actions of the Na(V) channel activator veratridine were examined. Na(V) channel expression was probed by molecular techniques and immunocytochemistry. In mesenteric arteries, veratridine induced potent contractions (pEC(50) = 5.19 +/- 0.20, E(max) = 12.0 +/- 2.7 mN), which were inhibited by 1 muM TTX (a blocker of all Na(V) channel isoforms, except Na(V)1.5, Na(V)1.8, and Na(V)1.9), but not by selective blockers of Na(V)1.7 (ProTx-II, 10 nM) or Na(V)1.8 (A-80347, 1 muM) channels. The responses were insensitive to endothelium removal but were partly (~60%) reduced by chemical destruction of sympathetic nerves by 6-hydroxydopamine (2 mM) or antagonism at the alpha1-adrenoceptor by prazosin (1 muM). KB-R7943, a blocker of the reverse mode of the Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger (3 muM), inhibited veratridine contractions in the absence or presence of prazosin. T16A(inh)-A01, a Ca(2+)-activated Cl(-) channel blocker (10 muM), also inhibited the prazosin-resistant contraction to veratridine. Na(V) channel immunoreactivity was detected in freshly isolated mesenteric myocytes, with apparent colocalization with the Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger. Veratridine induced similar contractile effects in the femoral artery, and mRNA transcripts for Na(V)1.2 and Na(V)1.3 channels were evident in both vessel types. We conclude that, in addition to sympathetic nerves, NaV channels are expressed in vascular myocytes, where they are functionally coupled to the reverse mode of Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger and subsequent activation of Ca(2+)-activated Cl(-) channels, causing contraction. The TTX-sensitive Na(V)1.2 and Na(V)1.3 channels are likely involved in vascular control.|Animals[MESH]|Male[MESH]|Mesenteric Arteries/physiology[MESH]|Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism[MESH]|NAV1.2 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel/*metabolism[MESH]|NAV1.3 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel/*metabolism[MESH]|Rats[MESH]|Rats, Wistar[MESH]|Sodium Channel Blockers/pharmacology[MESH]|Vasoconstriction/*physiology[MESH]|Veratridine/pharmacology[MESH] |