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  • Title: Mechanisms of vasopressin-induced increase in intracellular Na+ in vascular smooth muscle cells.
    Author: Okada K, Ishikawa S, Saito T.
    Journal: Am J Physiol; 1991 Dec; 261(6 Pt 2):F1007-12. PubMed ID: 1661077.
    Abstract:
    The present study was undertaken to examine the interrelationship between the arginine vasopressin (AVP)-induced dynamic changes in intracellular Ca2+ and Na+ concentrations in cultured rat aortic vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) by the direct measurements of intracellular Na+ concentration [( Na+]i), cytosolic free calcium [( Ca2+]i), and intracellular pH (pHi) using fluorescence dyes. AVP increased [Ca2+]i and [Na+]i in a dose-dependent manner; the rise in [Ca2+]i preceded the rise in [Na+]i. Pretreatment with the V1 antagonist [1-(beta-mercapto-beta, beta-cyclopentamethylenepropionic acid) 2-(O-methyl)-tyrosine] AVP [( d(CH2)5Tyr(Me)]AVP) completely blocked the effects of AVP on [Ca2+]i and [Na+]i. The V2 agonist 1-desamino-8-D-AVP, DDAVP, did not affect basal [Na+]i or the AVP-induced increase in [Na+]i. Also, Ca(2+)-free solution completely blocked the AVP-induced increase in [Na+]i. Moreover, Ca(2+)-free solution decreased the AVP-induced intracellular acidification and blunted the later AVP-induced intracellular alkalinization. These results therefore indicate that after binding to the V1 receptor AVP increases [Na+]i mediated by the activation of Na(+)-Ca2+ and Na(+)-H+ exchanges in VSMC. All of these cellular events are completely dependent on an increase in cellular Ca2+ uptake produced by AVP.
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