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  • Title: Effects of an angiotensin II receptor antagonist, CV-11974, on angiotensin II-induced increases in cytosolic free calcium concentration, hyperplasia, and hypertrophy of cultured vascular smooth muscle cells.
    Author: Koh E, Morimoto S, Tomita J, Rakugi H, Jiang B, Inoue T, Nabata T, Fukuo K, Ogihara T.
    Journal: J Cardiovasc Pharmacol; 1994 Feb; 23(2):175-9. PubMed ID: 7511744.
    Abstract:
    The effects of CV-11974, a potent nonpeptide antagonist of the angiotensin II (AII) type-1 receptor (AT1), on cytosolic free calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i), hyperplasia, and hypertrophy of cultured vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) from rat aorta were studied. [Ca2+]i was measured by fura 2, and hyperplasia and hypertrophy were determined by incorporation of [3H]thymidine and [3H]leucine, respectively. CV-11974 had no effect on [Ca2+]i itself, but suppressed 10(-7) M AII-induced increase in [Ca2+]i dose dependently at concentrations from 10(-10) M and completely at 10(-7) M. CV-11974 suppressed both Ca2+ release from intracellular Ca2+ stores and Ca2+ influx from the extracellular space. However, CV-11974 had no effect on the increases in [Ca2+]i induced by prostaglandin F2 alpha (PGF2 alpha), a potent vasoconstrictor, or ionomycin, a Ca2+ ionophore. These results indicate that the suppressive effects of CV-11974 act on the binding of AII and its specific receptors. AII 10(-7) M increased the synthesis of DNA and protein to 1.5 and 1.7 times the control values, respectively. CV-11974 had no effect on synthesis of DNA or protein, but suppressed the AII-stimulated synthesis of DNA and protein dose dependently at concentrations > or = 10(-8) and 10(-10) M, respectively and completely at 10(-6) M. These results indicate that AII increases [Ca2+]i and synthesis of DNA and protein in VSMC through activation of AT1. CV-11974 showed no partial agonistic effects on AII. Thus, CV-11974 may act not only as an antihypertensive agent, but also as an inhibitor of vascular injury stimulated by AII.
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