Key result
Caveolin-1 enables EDHF-mediated vasodilation by regulating membrane localization of TRPV4 channels and connexins.
Why the study?
The role of caveolin-1 in modulating membrane location and activity of TRPV4 channels and connexins in EDHF-mediated relaxation was investigated.
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May guide endothelial signaling research; leaves open any clinical relevance in vascular disease.
We demonstrated that expression of caveolin-1 is required for EDHF-related relaxation by modulating membrane location and activity of TRPV4 channels and connexins, which are both implicated at different steps in the EDHF-signaling pathway.
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Saliez et al. (2008) studied this question. Caveolin-1 expression is required for EDHF-related relaxation by modulating the membrane location and activity of TRPV4 channels and connexins.
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