Control of coronary vascular resistance by eicosanoids via a novel GPCR

NJ Alkayed, Z Cao, ZY Qian… - … of Physiology-Cell …, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
… 39 (GPR39) as a microvascular smooth muscle cell (mVSMC) … us to isolate its binding proteins
from mouse heart mVSMCs … -activated (BKCa) and ATP-sensitive potassium channels, the …

[HTML][HTML] GPR40 is a low-affinity epoxyeicosatrienoic acid receptor in vascular cells

SK Park, A Herrnreiter, SL Pfister, KM Gauthier… - Journal of Biological …, 2018 - ASBMB
… , or shear stress, endothelium-derived EETs act on smooth muscle cells to activate large
conductance, calcium-… in coronary smooth muscle through guanine nucleotide binding protein. …

… of the mechanisms underlying the vascular relaxation mediated by n-3 PUFAs (fish oils), docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), in resistance …

R Limbu - 2019 - centaur.reading.ac.uk
activation of KATP channels was also examined by using … Tunica media is mostly composed
of smooth muscle cells (SMCs) … AA can be converted into epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) …

[HTML][HTML] CYP2J2 metabolites, epoxyeicosatrienoic acids, attenuate Ang II-induced cardiac fibrotic response by targeting Gα12/13

Z He, Y Yang, Z Wen, C Chen, X Xu, Y Zhu… - Journal of Lipid …, 2017 - ASBMB
… with reduced activation of the α subunits of G12 family G proteins (Gα 12/13 )/… guanosine
monophosphate (cGMP) level in cardiac tissue. In in vitro studies, cardiac fibroblast activation, …

Orally active epoxyeicosatrienoic acid analogs

WB Campbell, JD Imig, JM Schmitz… - Journal of …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
… to the smooth muscle where they activate the large … EET release of tPA requires a guanine
nucleotide-binding protein, … MAP kinase prosurvival signaling mechanisms to prevent cardiac

Potassium channels in regulation of vascular smooth muscle contraction and growth

WF Jackson - Advances in Pharmacology, 2017 - Elsevier
Potassium channels importantly contribute to the regulation of vascular smooth muscle (VSM) …
conductance, Ca 2+ -activated K + (BK Ca ) channels, intermediate-conductance Ca 2+ -…

Reactive oxygen species in cardiovascular health and disease: special references to nitric oxide, hydrogen peroxide, and Rho-kinase

H Shimokawa - Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition, 2020 - jstage.jst.go.jp
… the tonus of underlying vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) by … RhoA is activated by the
guanine nucleotide exchange … The small GTP-binding protein Rho binds to and activates a …

The factor in EDHF: Cytochrome P450 derived lipid mediators and vascular signaling

I Fleming - Vascular pharmacology, 2016 - Elsevier
guanine nucleotide binding protein … The fact that arachidonic acid was able to induce
vascular smooth muscle … of arachidonic acid ie 11,12- and 14,15-epoxyeicosatrienoic acid (EET) …

The vascular endothelium: A regulator of arterial tone and interface for the immune system

R Khaddaj Mallat, C Mathew John… - Critical reviews in …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
… adjacent smooth muscleprotein subunits (β and γ) activate a guanine nucleotide exchange
factor (Rho-GEF) to convert the small GTP-binding protein Rho from its inactive GDP-bound

[HTML][HTML] The calcium signaling mechanisms in arterial smooth muscle and endothelial cells

M Ottolini, SK Sonkusare - Comprehensive Physiology, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… Ca 2+ is increased by ion channels and transporters on the … This article focuses on endothelial
and smooth muscle Ca 2+ … of abnormal endothelial and smooth muscle Ca 2+ signals to …