Exogenous NO upregulates CNGA2 expression, which is associated with elevated intracellular calcium and capacitive calcium entry in porcine pulmonary artery endothelial cells.
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Exogenous NO may regulate endothelial Ca2+ via CNGA2 in vitro; hypothesis-generating and leaves open in vivo or clinical relevance.
We investigated whether nitric oxide (NO) upregulates a cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channel and whether this contributes to sustained elevation of intracellular calcium levels ([Ca(2+)](i)) in porcine pulmonary artery endothelial cells (PAEC). Exposure of PAEC to an NO donor, NOC-18 (1 mM), for 18 h increased the protein and mRNA levels of CNGA2 40 and 50%, respectively (P < 0.05). [Ca(2+)](i) in NO-treated cells was increased 50%, and this increase was maintained for up to 12 h after removal of NOC-18 from medium. Extracellular calcium is required for the increase in [Ca(2+)](i) in NO-treated cells. Thapsigargin induced a rapid cytosolic calcium rise, whereas both a CNG and a nonselective cation channel blocker caused a faster decline in [Ca(2+)](i), suggesting that capacitive calcium entry contributes to the elevated calcium levels. Antisense inhibition of CNGA2 expression attenuated the NO-induced increases in CNGA2 expression and [Ca(2+)](i) and in capacitive calcium entry. Our results demonstrate that exogenous NO upregulates CNGA2 expression and that this is associated with elevated [Ca(2+)](i) and capacitive calcium entry in porcine PAEC.
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